Labor News Refuse Offer From Boston & Maine Freight Handlers Union
The Boston and Maine Freight Handlers Union 5572 yesterday refused to accept its wage scale committee report. The committee met Saturday with General Manager Pollock General Superintendent Tyter and Superintendent Folger. The union deemed the report unsatisfactory in nearly every detail and voted unanimously against acceptance. The committee was restructured to seek another conference with officials.
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Boston & Maine
Union 5572
Pollock
Tyter
Folger
Members vote to demand minimum weekly wage of 15 dollars
The group unanimously backed a policy demanding a flat weekly wage floor of 15 dollars. They had previously proposed a lower starting point before reaching agreement on the higher rate.
Wages and holiday pay demands from road workers cited
A committee reported that workers demand a 15 percent wage increase and pay for all legal holidays with no further compromise on wages. Reinstatement of men was dropped due to alleged retrenchments, and several other grievances were addressed.
Plans for International Typographical Union Meet in Boston
Joseph J. Dallas of Boston Typographical Union 18 returned from Providence where he helped finish plans for the International Typographical Union convention to be held in Boston this summer. He secured union agreements with L Echo of New Bedford and La Semaine Paroissiale of Fall River and resolved a dispute at the Daily News Company of New Bedford. The firm agreed to observe union rules, return the label, and the union expressed hope for continued compliance.
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Joseph J. Dallas
Boston Typographical Union 18
New England
International
Boston
Providence
Jis
New Bedford
L’'Echo
la Semaine Paroissiale
Fall River
Daily News Company of
Dallas
Dallas predicts union agreement after Lowell conference
At Lowell, Mr. Dallas met with the management of the largest book and job plant. He expects a union agreement to be reached after a conference to be held Wednesday.
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Lowell
Dallas
Street Cleaning Shift Change Proposed by Union
A Sanitary and Street Cleaning Teamsters and Helpers Union 149 meeting yesterday discussed starting work in the early morning to ease worker hours. The executive board was tasked to pursue the plan, aiming to allow crews to begin shortly after midnight and give theatregoers a quieter evening.
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Union 149
Bartenders Seek Better Wages and Hours in Boston
Boston Bartenders' Union proposed a new schedule for higher wages and shorter hours was unanimously approved by the city’s joint executive board last week. The plan awaited final approval from the international union before immediate implementation, but no official word had been received.
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Boston Bartenders’ Union
Boston Joint Executive Board
International Union
International Office
Clerks Union Plans Boston Area Visit to Schools
Grocery and Provision Clerks Union elected a 12 member special committee to visit all labor union meetings in Boston and nearby areas over two months. The group will inform members which stores employ union clerks and will move regular meetings from Sundays to weeknights to secure a suitable hall and schedule.
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Grocery and Provision Clerks Union
Boston
Labor unions and meetings sweep Boston area
President Kobs calls a special L U executive board session for tomorrow night. Union leaders from the United Hatters Boston area hold talks. various unions report meetings, elections, and plans for outings, memorial funds, and district council appointments across Lynn to St John.
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Kobs
L. U
Charles Morris
United Hatters’ Union
Boston U. L. U
Lynn C. U. VU
John J. Fenton
Coal Teamsters’ Union GS
Wels Memorial Hall
Boston
Provident Longshoremen’s Union
William I. Dempsey
Atlantic Coast District Council
St. John
N. B
Roslindale Grocery and Provision Clerks’ Union
Mosely’s
Leather Handlers’ Union
John Cosgrove
William Conroy
Martin J. Carley
Caledonian Grove
Peter F. Lenihan
New York
New England
Electrical Workers
Evans
Longshoremen's International
Stetson Hall
Old Colony Lodge of
Railroad Clerks
John J. Kearney
Waiters’ Union SC Executive Board
Robert C. Hamilton
Washington St
Harmony Hall
Hub Works Company
Cambridge
East Boston
S22
William F. Dempsey
John Bray
Fast Boston Longshoremen’s Union
Collision on Hale Street injures three in Dorchester area
Edmund J. McDonnell of Beverly Farms avoided collision with his car on Hale Street as Robert E. McDonald of Dorchester drove onto the sidewalk. The impact damaged McDonnell’s car and injured McDonald’s three companions John Thomas R E Winters and W Keasdale. McDonnell escaped uninjured.
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Edmund J. McDonnell
Robert E. McDonald
Callender Street
Dorchester
McDonald
Tonneau
McDonnell
John Thomas
R. E. Winters
W. Keasdale
St. Louis
Hale Street
Everett Street
Girl Knocked Down By Automobile on Revere Beach Boulevard
Sarah Griffin 21 of 136 Third Street Chelsea was struck and knocked down yesterday on Revere Beach Boulevard by an automobile driven by Maud T. Eliot 40 Berkeley Street Boston. Griffin suffered numerous head and body contusions and was treated at the police station emergency room before being sent home.
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Sarah Griffin
Third Street
Chelsea
Revere Beach
Maud T. Eliot
Berkeley Street
Mothers Day Observance Sparks Boston City Wide Tribute
Thousands of Boston area residents wore white carnations for dead mothers and pinks for living ones. Clergymen praise maternal purity and loyalty as Anna Jarvis’s Mothers Day tradition spreads via church services, YMCA forums, and messages to distant mothers.
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Greater
Boston
Cortland Myers
Tremont Temple Baptist Church
Dr. Myers
Portland Businessman James W Kerr Hangs Self
The body of James W Kerr 47 a prominent businessman and president of the Des mond Howe Company was found hanging from a tree limb in Cape Elizabeth. He had been missing four days and was eastern representative for a Chicago clothing house. Police attribute the death to ill health.
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Chicago
Boston
Il Health
Hair Cutting Race at Arena Tonight
Twenty of Boston's fastest barbers compete in a hair cutting contest at the Arena. Disqualification rules ban lopping ears or plunging razors. billed as the most unique exhibition in the Back Pay arena.
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Arena Tonight
Boston
Lambs Gambol Change Moves to Boston Opera House
Arrangements set for the Lambs public all star gambol of actors authors and managers at the Boston Opera House on a Saturday in March in Boston.
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Boston Opera House
Boston
Pope Pius Receives Cardinal Farley in Rome
Pope Pius today met Cardinal Farley of New York in private audience. The cardinal presented a bound volume detailing his administration of the archdiocese of New York since 1902, and the Pope showed great interest in the work.
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Rome
Pius
Cardinal Farley
New York
Archdiocese of
Mystery in flight of Siegel novel departure
Henry Siegel left New York aboard the Olympus yesterday provoking questions about a potential change of venue for his case. Frank E Vogel remains within jurisdiction but counsel may be unable to explain Siegel’s sudden departure to Justice Blanchard tomorrow.
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New York
Henry Siegel
Frank E. Vogel
Vogel
Justice Blanchard
Siegel
Siegel Extradition Question Shapes Change of Venue Fight
District Attorney Whitman and assistant Arthur C. Train decline comment as Siegel flees to avoid trial. Proceedings on compelling witness attendance in the Siegel Vogel case loom before Justice Blanchard with extradition risks and potential return from Europe discussed. Jerome Siegel cites illness in London prompting his uncle to hasten voyage home.
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Whitman
Arthur C. Train
Siegel
Vogel
Justice Blanchard
Siesel
Europe
Jerome Siegel
London
Becker
New Metropolitan Police Station Open Near Boston Bridge
The new Metropolitan police station at the north end of the Charles River Basin opens for service today on the Boston side near the bridge. It adjoins the old building lane used by the park police.
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Metropolitan Police
Charles River
Boston
Park Police
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