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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 20, 1887

Page

5

Shoes Lockout Ends in Haverhill Settlement Agreement

In Haverhill on May 19, over 3000 shoemakers returned to work after a settlement between Chick Bros and the Knights of Labor. The plan includes restoring workers, creating new price lists, and delaying strikes pending new terms. Officials from the Manufacturers' Association and Knights of Labor hailed the accord as a temporary peace, with doubts about future price lists and regional competition lingering.

Haversiut Sprcrar Chick Bros Shoe and Leather Association Knights Knights of Labor State Board of Arbitration Charles E. Kenny Manufacturers’ Association Townsend P. George The Haverhill Labor the Gazette

Plan of Campaign to Break Building Trades Lockout

A Chicago conference of building interests including the Illinois Architects’ Association and real estate board adopted a universal card of principles. It pledges employers to hire by signature and workers to sign for strict adherence, aiming to force a June 1 settlement and curb union power.

Curiaco Chicago Illinois Architects’ Association Chicago Real Estate Board United States

Additions Underway At The Boston Art Museum

Ground has been broken for two 60 by 64 foot wings to extend the Art Museum forming a completed quadrangle with a central open court. A temporary corrugated iron structure may complete the fourth side if funds allow. The project doubles the floor space to about 28 000 square feet, with galleries for statuary prints and Japanese collections. Readied paintings include works from Miss Spooner of Philadelphia and notable Boston acquisitions.

Art Museum Museum Newport Spooner Philadelphia Europe Daubigny Dupre Diaz Mange van Marcke Schreyer Jacque Corot Boston George Fuller Arethusa First Charles Sprague Pierce Munich Longfellow Edith Healey Stuarts Councillor Dunn Stuart Copley Rembrandt New York Mary Ann Faneuil Peter Faneuil Lydia Hutchinson Edward Hutchinson Harvard College Mary Middleton John Lovell Trousseau Mary Thaxter Samuel Thaxter Hingham Joshua Otis Scituate Katharine Livingston William Livingston New Jersey Matthew Ridley Martha Rollins Samuel Hale Mary Shepard Thomas Shepard First Church of Cambridge Christopher Osgood Salem Boston & Maine San Francisco James 8, Green Broadway Corner Second Street Chelsea Mass

Unknown Frenchman leaps from Shore Line express near Canton

In Boston the man ran onto the last platform of the Shore Line train claiming his daughter was aboard to elope to New York and Havre. He jumped near Sharon. his body later found near Spaulding's bridge Canton Junction, with a latchkey and a crape hatband as clues. The daughter and mother refused to identify.

Providence New York Boston & Providence Boston Havre Sharon Canton Shore Line Spaulding’s Bridge Canton Junction Holmes M.T Murphy Spector Mass Richardson Paris Tetco

Pledge ratified. June 1 to end lockout and resume business

Delegates voted individually to urge ratification with associations. The pledge was adopted unanimously and June 1 set as the date to declare the lockout off. A council of safety will oversee air protection with committees on grievances, strikes, and arbitrations. Funds raised by 25 cent assessments and public contributions.

Brewery Strike Continues as Laborers Find Replacements

Brews keep flowing while proprietors report full crews and ample applicants. Striking workers meet daily, claim 780 dollars from union drivers and 25 new customers joined yesterday. Pickets fail to deter workers as one group resigns and another fills their roles.

Horsford Acid Phosphate Earns Satisfactory Reports

Dr. O W Weeks of Marion Ohio states Horsford acid phosphate yields satisfactory results for patients and physicians. The testimony notes improvements after use and endorses its effectiveness in treatment.

Horsford O. W. Weeks Marion, C

Employers Liability Insurance Firm Opens Boston Office

The Employers' Liability Assurance Corporation of London opens a Boston branch led by Endicott and Macomber. It offers policies to cover employer damages and legal costs for workmen injuries, with Britain’s system influencing U S legislation signed May 14 and effective Sept 1, as Massachusetts leads a broader trend toward employer liability expansion.

Employers’ Liability Assurance Corporation of London Messrs. Endicott & Macomber State Street Insurance Company Pevces Employers’ Liability Assurance Corporation Great Britain Ames Massachusetts Europe Haying

London Insurance Company Promotes Worker Protection Plans

The London company markets accident policies with low premiums and large benefits for individuals, day tickets, instalment plans for factory workers, and collective blanket policies. Trustees and US directors are among prominent businessmen. Massachusetts manufacturers like Endicott & Macomber are cited as active clients. The firm seeks inquiries into policies indemnifying employers against claims from worker death or injury.

Claud J. Hamilton M.P London Liverpool Glasgow United States Massachusetts Messrs. Endicott & Macomber

Local Theatres Schedule Preview Evening Shows

Hollis Street Theatre presents Evangeline at 8. Globe Theatre runs Buddygore at 7 45. Boston Museum features Love in Harness and a prestidigitator in the evening. Atheneum offers Peck's Bad Boy and Jim the Penman. Forty-nine plays daily at 2.

Hollis Street Globe Theatre Buddygore Boston Museum Boston Nan the Prestidigitateur Evenin Jim Penman Athenium Peck Bigot Theatre Hollis Street Theatre Isaac B. Rich Rice

Auctions Schedule For Leonard Co And Others Today

Sales by auction listing paintings by Leonard & Co at 3 p m today and Saturday. Stocks auctioned by K L Day & Co at 11 30 a m and Francis Henshaw & Co at noon. Plants sold by Samuel Hatch & Co at 10 a m.

Leonard & Co K. L. Day & Co Francis Henshaw & Co Samuel Hatch & Co ROWE Nantasket Pemberton Boston E. G. Peirce W. B. Dustan

Marriages and obituaries from Boston area notices

A series of marriage notices from East Boston to Chelsea and Marblehead and obituaries from Medford Canton Newburyport and Auburndale list names such as William J Ambrose Annie E Kimball Louis Bean Amanda Woodill Albert D Bosson Alice M Campbell Howard Fisher Jennie Packard Agnes Buckley James Dwight Abigail P Dowell Emma Fisher Mary Maxwell Caleb Norris Polly Y Rogers Lydia Snow Robert E Williams and more with locations and dates in May. The column records clergy officiants and ages where given across multiple New England towns.

Ambrose—Kimball East Boston J. H. Cassil William J. Ambrose Annie E. Kimball Bean Woodill C.E. Davis Louis A. Bean Amanda F. Woodill Boston Bosson—Campbell Chelsea First Congregational Church Fritz W. Baldwin Albert D. Bosson Alice M. Campbell C. A. Campbell Chel Sea Fisher—Packard South Boston R. L. Greene Howard H. Fisher Wellesley Jennie Louise Packard Potter—Buckley Marblehead William Shinnick William G. Potter Agnes M. Buckley Austin Fall River Mary William D. Austin BRGWA Charles Ie Brown Ears Billisgs Canton William Billings DwiGar James Dwight Dodgext Newburyport Abigail P. Do Ewell Medford Isaac Ewell Fisher Emma Fisher Maxwell Kane Penn Mary Eunice Maxwell Charles L. Skelton Caleb Norris Rogers Chatham Polly Y. Rogers Snow Auburndale Lydia V. Snow Williams Robert E. Williams Thomas 8. Williams Mass

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