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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1899
Page
4
Alderman David F. Barry acted decisively yesterday after a Boston Brooklyn game. He rushed onto Columbus avenue and tackled a moving Elevated car to save a boy and girl on the street railway track, then left with ex Representative Isaac Rosnosky amid a crowd.
The converted gunboat Vixen receives orders to sail from Norfolk to Bluefields Nicaragua to assist the Detroit in protecting American interests. The gunboat Viking is to be fitted for service along the eastern Central American coast and will visit ports in Nicaragua and Honduras where Americans face petty persecutions.
Jewelry worth three hundred to four hundred dollars was stolen from Henry Sackett’s apartments at the Hotel Renair using false keys. Harrison H. Atwond of Dorchester is rumored as the likely architect for a new Normal School at a cost not less than three hundred nine thousand and nine. Senate bill 108 authorized the loan for the project. Judge Morton allowed an appeal on Martha D. Stevens will probate. guardian William B. Durant appeals for the heirs. Brookline Gas reports no explosion at Allston plant. The British bark Low Wood from Cebu arrived with ten sailors, eight of whom left to join the American army.
Postmaster General Smith rules that street railway cars may display United States Mail signs only if they are actually transporting mails at the time. The order will be issued tomorrow following a telegram from the Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employees protesting indiscriminate use of the signs and alleged intimidation.
The Telegraph Minstrels presented a rag-time style performance at Union Hall on Boylston Street last night. Charles J. Lavis served as interlocutor while bones player J. H. Irwin and Jambos led the endmen. The chorus included Thomas A. Quinn and William H. Crowley among others. eight performers staged The New Judge with strong reception. Accompanists were J. Fred O’Connor Thomas W. McLean and violinist Joseph Quinn.
Kins of Chicago president of the Cigarmakers Union and David Ross of the Illinois labor bureau testified before the Industrial Commission. Perkins praised organized labor for easing unemployment tensions while opposing indiscriminate immigration. Rogs spoke against black lists and boycott and noted a shift toward compulsory arbitration after Pana events. Ross condemned use of injunctions in labor disputes as mischievous. Washington may 4
Cloth sales for the past week total about 125000 pieces with local mills producing around 226000 pieces. Quotation remains 234 cents amid efforts to break the local cloth pool as a syndicate holds firm on term. Military notes include the retirement of Colonel C M Bailey due to disability and the promotion of Lt Colonel Charles Head to colonel of the Sixteenth Infantry, Major William F Spurgin to lieutenant colonel of the Twenty-third Infantry, and Lt Colonel McLaughlin’s retirement promoting Major William H Boyle to lieutenant colonel of the Nineteenth Infantry.
In Buffalo May 5 the State Board of Mediation and Arbitration resumed talks between dock laborers and contractors. The union demands abolishing the contract system while the contractors offer wage and pay method concessions. About 2,800 union members heard the board urge reasonable concessions as vessels wait and freight accumulates.
The State Board of Arbitration and Con tractor Connor and Commissioner Webster informed listeners that all overtures were rejected and the board would order a public investigation as soon as possible.
Washington notes official assurances that the Britain Russia agreement on Chinese spheres concerns only the two powers and does not seize lands or discriminate against the United States. Treaty port rights would continue, including cities long held as treaty ports, a feature welcomed here.
Plasterers in the city will work only half a day on Saturdays after a negotiated agreement. Employers concede the half-holiday if journeymen forgo two hours of pay, with full pay restored by June 1, 169. About 50 workers affected by the change.
Cardinal Philipn Krementzy Archbishop of Cologne who became cardinal in 1892 is dead. He was in his 80s.
James I Manning aged 20 of 79 Tremont street Charlestown and Daniel F Callinane aged 20 of 249 Commercial street are jailed in Station 2 after an unprovoked attack on Frank H Winslow on Hanover street near the Nickelodeon. Callinane taunted Manning through the cell bars calling him rubber neck as officers separated them.
Diligent search along the Point Judith shore by life savers seeks the body of Captain Thomas Crapo of New Bedford after the Volunteer boat overturned. Some fishermen believe a passing vessel picked him up, though time has elapsed for a report.
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