Machinists threaten general strike on May 20
President James O Connell of the International Association of Machinists warns a large scale strike may occur May 20 unless an agreement is reached. Directly about 150 000 machinists and up to 500 000 metal trades workers could be affected over wage and nine to ten hour pay demands. A New York conference yesterday failed to resolve wage disputes.
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Washington
James O’connell
International Association of Machinists
Metal Trades Action
New York
O'Connell
Strike on L Road by Local 4 Forces G W and F Smith Workers
Members of Housesmiths and Structural Iron Workers Local 4 voted to strike all workers of G W and F Smith today. About one hundred men across Boston Elevated Railway stations Roxbury shop at Island and Gerrard streets and other firm sites will walk out after wage cuts from 33 142 to 22 13 cents for smiths and 28 to 21 13 cents for helpers sparked the action. Seventeen quit last week at Atlantic avenue and State street. Forty men currently work in the Roxbury main shop.
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G. W
F. Smith
Boston
Island and
Gerrard Streets
Roxbury
Atlantic Avenue
State Street
Pee Tho Phews
Natick Man Found Dead in Charles River After Alms House Exit
The body of 50 year old Joseph Swartz was found in the Charles River near Dover. Evidence indicates death by his own hand after leaving the local almshouse last week, where he had resided. He had suffered from cancer.
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Natick
Joseph Swartz
Charles River
Dover
Swarts
Building Laborers To Call On Mrs Jack Gardner
A delegation from Building Laborers Union No. 15 will visit Mrs. Jack Gardner in Brookline to protest pay and conditions for estate laborers at her Back Bay property. The committee includes Jeremiah Dacey, John Keohane, and Peter Collins. Keohane says the union has no grievance against Mrs Gardner and believes she will address workers’ pay fairness.
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Building Laborers’ Union No. 15
Jeremiah Dacey
John Keohane
Peter Collins
Keohane
One Man Puts Out Bad Fire and Narrow Escape at Dam
A Wachusett dam accident near Clinton halted work as a ship tipped above the flume spilling rocks that would have killed workers. Fireman Murray at Batterymarch street fought a blaze with water from a top perch to prevent a catastrophe in a building housing oil and turpentine. Spontaneous combustion of oils on the fifth floor caused the fire, with damages estimated around 15000 dollars.
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Clinton
Wachusett
Metropolitan Water Board
Murray
Batterymarch Street
John Briggs & Co
Benjamin Adams
Robbers Take Cash Register From Restaurant
Three thieves stole a cash register during business hours from the restaurant of Daniel E. Spaulding at 2259 Tremont Street last night. Patrolman Huse of Station 4 arrested a man on Essex Street an hour later after seeing him with a cash register. The prisoner named himself James Murray, a transient. The register was recovered with $20 of the $40 inside. the other two suspects were not found.
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Daniel E. Spaulding
Tremont Street
Huse
Station 4
Essex Street
James Murray
Fire on Rouge River destroys Delray yard and W U Telegraph
A wind driven blaze along the Rouge River front in Delray Detroit destroys about 800000 in property. The fire hits lumber firms and manufacturers while damaging a Western Union Telegraph building used as a ten state distributing point. Detroit fireboats and three engines battle the flames as Delray’s small department calls for aid.
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Detroit
Mich
Rouge River
Delray
Lumber Co
Western Union Telegraph Company
Harvard student Starbuck still missing at Andover
C B Starbuck a Harvard student from Andover remains missing after searchers from Sus hundred Phillips Andover Academy scoured ponds rivers and woods around town. Chief of Police Frye went to Cambridge but found no clue to his whereabouts.
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Andover
C. B. Starbuck
Harvard
Phillips Andover Academy
Frye
Cambridge
Dewet Resumes Combat Advancing into Transvaal with 2000 Men
London reports General Dewet has resumed fighting and is said to have crossed into the Transvaal with about two thousand men, according to a dispatch to the Daily Mail from Pretoria.
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London
Dewet
Ac Soreing
Daily Mail
Retoria
Transvaal
Man Falls Into Ship Hold Injures Back at Mystic Wharf
Daniel J. McLaughlin of Charlestown loading machinery aboard the steamship Celeste of the Hamburg line at Mystic wharf yesterday fell into the hold and sustained severe side and back injuries. He was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital and later returned home.
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Daniel J. McLaughlin
Chelsea Street
Charlestown
Celeste
Hamburg, Line
Mystic Wharf
Massachusetts General Hospital
Corcoran Falls 25 Feet At Easton Dock. Dies In City Hospital
Corcoran, 44, of 264 Everett Street Boston, fell into the Simp dry dock at Easton early Sunday morning and struck his head. He suffered a concussion and was removed to City Hospital. His injuries were described as serious. The fall was twenty five feet.
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Ates Corcoran
Everett
Boston
Easton
Merning
Ex Governor Mowlar Dead at 67 in Charlotte
Ex Governor Mowlar, 67, dies in Charlotte on May 13. The report notes his long public career and ties to P. EB 1. The death ends a prominent chapter in regional politics.
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P. EB
P. B
Charlotte
Mowlar
Wife overtaxed by journey as fever hits felon finger plan
Mrs Mek iey Isite Sie grows feverish during travel after a felon on her finger. The trip’s plans are disrupted and the president faces the possibility of returning home with the party left behind.
Mrs McKinley Rests Comfortably After Monterey Trip
Secretary Cortelyou reports Mrs McKinley has withstood the journey from Monterey well and rests comfortably at Mr Scott's residence following an indigestion attack. The bulletin, issued at 9 30 p m, states she is resting and in favorable condition.
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San Francisco
Cortelyou
Associated Press
Arlington's Missing Cash Book Found
Arlington's missing town cash book, found unharmed in the Town Hall by Chief Harriman, will be turned over to the Selectmen. Town Counsel Tuttle notes the book will help locate shortages and ease record reconciliation.
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Arlington
Harriman
Town Hall
Providence
Boston
Tuttle
Waldeck Rousseau Returns to Paris in Restored Health
Premier Waldeck Rousseau left Paris on April 11 to recover from illness and returned today with announcements that his health is completely restored.
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Paris
M. Waldeck-Rousseau
Weather forecast for Monday and Tuesday
Cloudy Monday turning partly cloudy with fair conditions. Generally fair statewide with cooler Tuesday. Showers probable in the Southwest and East Gulf and South Atlantic states, cooler in those areas. Missouri valley and Northwest warming, winds brisk southwesterly to northwesterly in various regions.
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Washington
Southwest
East Gulf
South Atlantic States
Missouri Valley
New England
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusets
Connecticut
Jeffersons son William weds Christine MacDonald at Crow’s Nest
In Crow's Nest parlor at the Jefferson summer home Buzzard's Bay on May 12 William Winter Jefferson son of actor Joseph Jefferson married Miss Christine MacDonald in a quiet ceremony. Rev E A Horton of Boston officiated. Neighbors and about fifty intimate friends attended. The couple received many presents and departed for Boston in a special car after the festivities.
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Jeffersons
Boston
Mrs. Jefferson
Man Falls From Window After Drinking Jamaica Ginger
Bystanders report 66 year old Waters drank Jamaica ginger and hurled himself from a second story window. He struck a sign painter and others, was unconscious, and saved from fatal injury as neighbors intervened. Police say no hospital transfer was made.
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Jamaica
A. Waters
Aire
Collision Injures Two Men In Somerville Street Crash
Joseph Manning the driver of a hack and David Kell ny were badly bruised and shaken after a collision with an electric car at Webster and Prospect streets in Somerville on Sunday. Both men, residents of Somerville, were thrown to the ground.
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Joseph Manning
David Kell Ny
Webster and
Prospect Streets
Somerville
Police arrest Jeremiah Kane for watch theft in city
Police from Station 8 arrest Jeremiah Kane of 8 Chambers Street on a charge of stealing a gold watch valued at 6 dollars from Henry H. Sullivan.
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Jeremiah Kane
Chambers Street
Henry H. Sullivan
Believed Plan for McKinley Health Update
Report says President McKinley may stay in the city or travel to San Jose as doctors monitor his condition. Dr. Hirschfelder of San Francisco consults with Dr. Rixey, with a decision due by 9 a.m. tomorrow.
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Hanover
Elm Street
S. Vorenberg & Co
Washington and Hanover Sts
Poston
United States
New London Dock
Clinton Dam
Hoseman Murray
Marksman
UNION
McQreenery Bros. & Manning
Starbuck
Dewet IN
Mrs. Mek Iey
Lillian Lawson
William M’kinley
Leonard & Co
Bromfield St
Candiani
Venice
Roux
Lincke
Riesener
L. Majorelle
N. M. Hatch
Park Square
Paeager
Jefferson
Wm’ Donald
Boston Acress
William A. Waters
Hack
Morris, Murch
Butler
Summer Street
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