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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1904
Page
5
Master bakers say orders for new machines will displace many striking bakers. Eight machines set up last Monday operated well, producing bread and pastries across all six big bakeries. Letters from customers pledge to return to union-backed bakeries after the strike, while drivers are told to direct old customers to the signed shops.
Rochester dispatch reports a suspected nationwide hotel strike by the Hotel and Restaurant Employees and Bartenders unions. In St. Louis every hotel and restaurant is expected to be tied up after a convention passed a resolution pledging aid to local unions amid enthusiasm.
Judge Theron Stevens adjourned the May term of court in Telluride as San Miguel County is under martial law. He cited a depot demonstration where soldiers barred deported union men and aimed to intimidate civil authority, noting it showed contempt for state and district authorities.
In Granite City Illinois May 11 a long building dispute among workers at the Granite City Manufacturing Company sparked a free for all with several bullet wounds and injuries from missiles. A man fired a magazine pistol into the crowd amid rising prejudice against foreign labor.
Antoine Bardzite alias Bardzick was jailed for 21 days by Judge Grant in the Probate Court for contempt of court after failing to pay the $6 weekly support ordered for his wife and children. He had defaulted to $72 by March 37 and was arrested again when he did not pay by April 18.
An amateur statistician argues bread making is a lost art as flour sales show no uptick in supply or demand amid a bakers' strike. He cites housewives with servants baking at home and warns of a bread famine while grocers report steady or unsure flour purchases.
Judge William J. Gaynor of the New York Supreme Court told the American Social Science Association that railroad franchises granted to corporations amount to a crime against the United States. He drew a parallel to historical trusts and warned that state laws cannot curb the power of large corporate interests until widespread interstate cooperation occurs. The meeting, opened by John Graham Brooks, also featured remarks on labor unions and upcoming talks on the disfranchisement of the Negro from a lawyer's standpoint by R. Burnham Moffat of New York City.
Mary E Halley, former Fall River factory inspector and Lawrence weaver, becomes Massachusetts textile mills inspector the first woman in the post. She cites long factory experience and labor expertise, begins duties Monday, and says she was surprised yet pleased by Governor Russell’s support.
In Woonsocket on May 11 a dozen painters return to the E N Slocomb shop while about 400 workers who went out on May 1 for higher wages still remain on strike at H Calder Pierce. A master painter agreed to the demands late last week.
Judge Emmons helped mark the Fusilier Veteran Association’s 117th anniversary with a large red coat parade through Boston. Guests included Amoskeag Veterans of Manchester and Rhode Island staff, with Major Wyman and local military figures at a banquet. Emmons recalled his soldier days and shared humorous anecdotes about the police board chairman.
Mrs W McRoberts of Delano Mississippi writes to Dr Hartman in Columbus Ohio praising Peruna and Manalin saying a third of March she bore a ten pound daughter and both are well She says Peruna saved her life and she now does housework and cares for the baby while neighbors also use the remedy and report renewed strength.
Tokyo dispatch reports Russians destroyed their fleet at Port Arthur to prevent Japanese capture. Admiral Togo notes explosions since May 6 with unclear cause. Viceroy Alexieff’s April 14 message cites Petropavlovsk sunk and Pobieda damaged, noting Port Arthur fleet levels down by four battleships since February.
Officials report Japanese forces advancing from Fengwangcheng toward Haicheng and aim to cut Port Arthur from the Liaotung peninsula. A trainload of ammunition was delivered to Port Arthur as Russian defenses appear strained. General Kuroki’s maneuvers seek to outflank Kuropatkin at Liaoyang amid uncertain troop movements and supply concerns.
C Be Winslow and James N Edalle of the Church Alliance for the Advancement of Labor addressed 200 Retail Grocers Association members in India Place. They pushed a plan to close all Boston stores at 10 pm on Saturdays and said committees would visit labor groups to urge pre 10 o’clock purchases.
London physician Dr. M. H. Aspinwall asserts that Orangeiie is essential in the present climate, stating neither he nor his family can do without it. The remark underscores perceived health or strength benefits attributed to the product.
From Pekin comes word that Japanese forces seized Kaiping 16 miles below Tashichao on Monday and plan to push toward Niuchwang by Friday, signaling a widening_operation in the theater.
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