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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1903
Page
7
List of various linen items and textiles with reduced bulk pricing. 20-Inch square napkins priced per dozen at 13.25, now 1.95 per dozen for superior Scotch, 22-Inch napkins sold as Irish, 36-Inch white gauze flannel and all-wool suitings offered in multiple colors with low unit prices.
The Boston Brewery Workers' Union 14 votes 60 cents weekly per member to aid Lowell textile strikers until the dispute is settled. The Team Drivers' Union adds 100 dollars, and several unions pledge funds while others abstain or oppose. Drivers reject new employer-imposed fines and scheduling changes from last year.
The Central Labor Union voted to back the firemen bill awaiting Governor Bates signature. A committee including Vice-President Quinn F J Kneeland and Henry Sterling will visit the governor to urge approval. Unions in Lowell continue aiding textile strikers financially. A special Central Labor Union meeting is set for Thursday night.
Louis Pipps and George Ross were chosen as temporary president and temporary secretary of the Boston Laundry Wagon Drivers' Union, formed yesterday at Blatchford Hall in Wells, Maine.
The report notes the Brewery Workers and related unions conducting addresses before the Federated Trades Council and Horseshoers, Stabilmen, and Team Drivers unions. It covers ongoing organizing efforts in New York, a pending strike at Cochrane Chemical Works in Everett, and a planned arbitration conference. A June 17 charity game at Locust Street grounds is announced, with James F. Grady to select players and arrange logistics. Frank P. Lynch was elected business agent for Expressmen's Union 307, with an office at the Team Drivers headquarters. The union aims to have all craft unions represented there and to push New York help for Boston. About 70 members are enrolled with twelve new applicants and six reinstatements.
A new labor group voted to petition the International Team Drivers' Union for a charter and to affiliate with the Boston Central Labor Union. A committee will visit Bartenders' and Barbers' unions to urge involvement and to encourage patronage of union driver firms. The union plans a Sunday meeting at Wells Memorial building to advance organization.
Leading metal trades representatives gathered at Wells Memorial building to discuss a health bill requiring fans and blowers in polishing and buffing rooms. The measure, passed by the House and now on second reading in the Senate, was laid on the table for time concerns. A committee will push its passage with Central Labor Union support pledged.
The Stablemen's Union 10 668 plans an open meeting at Warren Hall Dudley and Warren streets next Monday to organize Roxbury stablemen. Speakers include James R. Crozier A F L State president D D Driscoll Central Labor Union Cornelius P Shea Team Drivers Council Hartnett Team Drivers Union 25 and Frank H. McCarthy. Denis D. Driscoll Boston Central Labor Union president was in New York yesterday on horseshoers’ behalf. He was accompanied by P J Lally.
Monday schedule includes a 9 am prayer service at King's Chapel led by Rev. Austin Carver of Worcester, a 10:30 am Ministerial Union meeting at Channing Hall with a talk by Prof. George F. Moore on Signs of the Times in the Congregational Churches, and a 2:30 pm public meeting of the National Alliance of Unitarian and Other Liberal groups.
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