Zealous for Ireland Meeting in Watertown Explores Irish Party
A large Watertown gathering in St Patrick's Hall by the Irish National Federation discussed U S support for the Irish parliamentary party. Rev R P Stack presided and James D Monahan served as secretary while delegates to a Boston conference were chosen.
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England
Watertown
St. Patrick’s Hall
Irish National Federation
R. P. Stack
James D. Monahan
Father Stack
Martin Cunniff
America
M. J. Kelley
Thomas D. Hackett
Conference of the Federation
Union Hall
Boston
Thomas Gavin
M. Cunniff
James Vahey
Michael Hanrock
James P. Ryan
Murder in Great Barrington Leaves Frenchman Dead
George De Vorsey, 48, a Frenchman, died after an altercation with John Carroll, 22, on Railroad street in Great Barrington. Carroll claims De Vorney spoke in French and attacked him, sparking a chase and arrest. An autopsy is pending. Carroll faces murder arraignment tomorrow. De Vorney leaves a wife and four children.
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Pittsfield
George de Vorsey
John Carroll
Great Barrington
Carroll
Railroad Street
de Vorney
James Crotty
McCormick
de Verney
Great Barrington Coal Company
Juniata River Flood Tops Area Damage In May Deluge
Floods along the Juniata River and Raystown branch in Huntingdon Pennsylvania surpassed four days of rain, rising twenty one feet above low water. Bridges on the rivers were swept away and the region evacuated as water and wreckage surged through farms and roads. Drowning reported and residents fled to higher ground.
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Huntingdon
Penn
Juniata Valley
Juniata River
Raystown Branch
Juniata
Raystown
Williamstown
Caught at Cards in Malden Pool Hall Raid
Early today Chief Burleigh and officers arrested Charles Clark Benjamin Durand G W Hession Frank Thomas and Fred R B Card at Horsmans pool and billiard room 250 Pleasant street Malden They found cards and money on the tables and a lively scene followed the gambling arrests.
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Malden
Burleigh
Enwright, Farnham
J. N. Kelley
Woods
Horsman’s
Pleasant ‘Street
Charles Clark
Benjamin Durand
G. W. Hession
Frank Thomas
Fred RB
Boston Union Seeks City Run Stone Work Ban
Boston granite workers push an ordinance forcing stone work on site for municipal projects. The plan requires residents be hired and paid standard union wages, with contracts meeting city limits. A public crusade aims to expose padrone labor practices and curb foreign labor undercutting Boston jobs.
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Building Trades Council
Granite Cutters
Granite Cutters’ Union
Howard Street
Board of Aldermen
Common Council
City of
Boston
Bost
Granite Workers
New York City
Central Labor Union Sees Swift Sympathy Meeting
The Central Labor Union opened its regular session with a peculiar act to restore the fallen king Swift. A resolution intended to embarrass hostile press reports was placed in the refrigerator and then shelved, while Equity Union literature and posters were distributed. The group voted no literature without union stamp and union shop printing inside meetings.
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Central Labor Union
Swift
Garment Workers and Shirt Makers’ Union
Boston Journal
The
Boston Post
New England
Equity Union
Oak Street
Garment Workers Strike Plea Forged by Donations
A collection totaling 7.63 was raised for members of the Garment Workers arrested and fined last week for an alleged assault on men replacing strikers in their shops.
Cornice Workers Union Refers to Boston Inducement Issue
A communication from D B Wheels organizer of the Cornice Workers in Philadelphia says local cornice workers are being offered inducements to travel to Boston to replace locked out workers. The matter was referred to the organizing committee. Framed resolutions were presented to ex President Thomas Tracey. Delegate McKeene of New York aided strikers of G Latterman’s shop in pressing customers to stop trading until the dispute is settled.
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D. B. Wheels
Cornice Workers
Philadelphia
Cornice
Boston
National Order of the Trade
Mr. Wheeler
American Federation of Labor
Thomas Tracey
McKeene
New York
G. Latterman
Latterman
Craftsmen Doing Better Trade Report Highlights Improvement
A report of the trades was called for, and it was found in most cases that the craftsmen are improving their work and skills with greater efficiency, reflecting positively on industry standards and productivity.
Unions See Brighter Prospects After Harsh Winter
After a bleak winter many unions report improved outlooks as member morale and bargaining momentum recover. Leaders note rising interest in collective bargaining and renewed worker optimism across sectors.
Swift Denounces Press and Lawmakers at New England Army Rally
Morrison I. Swift, a Boston labor agitator, denounced the subsidized press and corrupt legislators at Fitzgeralds New England Industrial army meeting. He said the army, made of bona fide workers ousted by Congress action, will explain its aims in Washington through public meetings with Senators and Representatives. About fifty men will march to Washington after Fitzgerald read the petition.
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Baltimore
Morrison I. Swift
Boston
Fitzgerald
New England Industrial Army
Congress
Washington
Labor unrest at Newton Upper Falls silk mills escalates
Superintendent Davis reports 130 operatives striking over a 10 percent wage cut and half hours, with nine months of work at 3.10 to 4.50. Strikers say only hunger will end the walkout, many workers strained by board costs. Most earlier holdouts support the strikers. Davis notes possible importation of labor and contrasts U S wages with England while describing rents and letters with Mr. Ryle. Mill bells will ring at the usual hour.
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Newton Upper Falls
Nonantum
Davis
America
England
Upper Falls
Mr. Davis
Ryle
Church Social Union formed to mediate labor disputes
At a New York meeting the Episcopal church led unions formed to mediate labor and capital issues. The Church Social Union unites the Christian Social Union and the Church Association for the Advancement of the Interests of Labor with Bishop Huntington as president and George E. McNeil and Francis Watts Lee as officers. The Boston branch will soon be established.
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Episcopal Church
New York
Church Social Union
Bishop Huntington
George E. McNeil
Boston
Francis Watts Lee
Unemployed Association Seeks Reasons For Carey Rejection
The Association for the Municipal Employment of the Unemployed met on the Common despite cold weather and passed resolutions. They urged the Governor to reveal the reasons for James F. Carey of Haverhill being rejected by the Governor’s Council and asked for reconsideration. They proposed alternative labor representatives Henry L. Abrahams Royal B. Young T. T. Pomroy and sent copies to the Governor and the press.
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James F. Carey
Haverhill
Commission On
Carey
Governor’s Council
The
Association For the Municipal Employment of
M. BE. Donn
Tragic double murder and suicide in Somerville flat
A man killed his wife then attempted to kill himself in a two room Somerville flat. The murder occurred in the kitchen during a delirium tremens episode, and the 13 year old daughter described years of abuse and poverty before the tragedy. The killer died at Massachusetts General Hospital after a six month stay at Foxboro.
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Benjamin Scullay
Fitzsimmons
Wilson
Massachusetts General Hospital
Sarah Ellen
Harry
Cloyes
Murray
Shine
William Shine
Post
John Wilson
Washington Street
Somerville
Tragedy in Boston as Wilsons spiral ends in murder
James Wilson once a hopeful man with a bright future, ruined by alcohol, killed his partner Ellen after years of decline. Born in Ireland, they sought opportunity in America, married in Boston, and faced hardship as Wilson lost work and sank into delirium tremens, leaving three children to face a dark future.
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Boston
James Wilson
Rim
Wilson
Ireland
America
New York
Meriden
Conn
Ellen
Jones & McDuffee
Corcoran
Station 3
Pris
Boxing Card at Salem Rink Promises Ten-Rounders
Frank Wheeler and Frank Hawkes of New Jersey meet for a 500 purse in a ten round bout. Wheeler has defeated Eddie Turner and others as he pursues a 128 pound national title. The card also features Cross vs Ringwood and Duffy vs Long.
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Frank Wheeler
Hawkes
Salem
Frank Hawkes
New Jersey
Wheeler
Cycle stealing common as youths form bands in city
Captain Foster of the fifth division reports recovery of over ten stolen bicycles valued at more than $1,000 and the disruption of several theft gangs. Officers Shields Lynch Wat kin and Walker helped locate wheels, arrest youths, and identify stolen machines by maker numbers and gilded parts. One 12 year old, William H Purdy of Orange street, rode a new $150 wheel from Columbus avenue to Weymouth before returning home.
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Foster
Shields
Lynch
Providence
Boston
Emerald Street
Watkins
Walker
William H. Purdy
Orange Street
Columbus Avenue
Weymouth
Purdy
Union
Columbia
Sang for the Homeless Benefit Concert at St Josephs Hall
A crowd packed St Josephs Hall Vernon Street for a benefit by the Aid Society of the House of the Angel Guardian to aid fire victims. Leonard and Moran performed with permission from Mr B F Keith of the Gaiety and Bijou. John J Douglas of the Post gave lively recitations. boys from the home rang bells.
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St. Joseph’s Hall
Vernon Street
Aid Society
House of the Angel Guardian
Leonard and
Moran
B. F. Keith
Gaiety
Bijou
John J. Douglas
The
Post
the Home
Sweet poet Moore at Grand Opera House lecture
Michael J. Dwyer drew a large audience at the Grand Opera House last night to lecture on Thomas Moore. The Irish singer's rare personality shone through anecdotes and vivid descriptions with favorite verses read and sung by a chorus of forty directed by James M. McLaughlin, featuring soloists Mary L. Crowley Theresa F. Maginnis Joseph S. Judge Edward Machugh Jr. and James T. Whelan.
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Michael J. Dwyer
Grand Opera Opera House
Thomas Moore
James M. McLaughlin
Mary L. Crowley
Theresa F. Maginnis
Joseph S. Judge
Edward Machugh, Jr
James T. Whelan
Dedication of St John the Baptist Church in Brooklyn
The new Church of St John the Baptist at Lewis and Willoughby avenues was dedicated this morning by Bishop McDonnell of Brooklyn. Pontifical Mass was celebrated by Archbishop Elder of Cincinnati with help from Father Wood of Brooklyn and Father Sullivan of Washington. Cardinal Gibbons delivered the dedicatory sermon.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
St. John the Baptist
Lewis and
Willoughby Avenues
McDonnell
Archbishop Elder
Cincinnati
John Wood
Sullivan
Washington
Cardinal Gibbons
Boiler Makers Strike Endorsed at East Boston Plant
A Boiler Makers' Union meeting at 45 Eliot Street endorsed the strike at Hodge's boiler works in East Boston. Delegates cited the hiring of several non union men as justification for the action.
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Eliot Street
Hodge’s
Boston
Vote of Thanks to West End at Garment Workers Meeting
A largely attended Garment Workers meeting was held last evening at 116 Eliot Street. A vote of thanks was extended to West End road officials for requiring that all uniforms worn by their employees bear the union label.
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Eliot Street
West End Road
Emile Henry Executed for Hotel Terminus Bombing
Paris authorities carried out the execution of Emile Henry at 4 10 this morning for his Feb 12 bombing of the Hotel Terminus cafe.
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Paris
Emile Henry
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Mrs. Shine
Swan
Charles Street
Foxboro
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Dr. J. McQueeney
Miss Birch
E. J. McHugh
John C. Cullen
Frank J. Keenan
Grand Opera House
Miss Marmand
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P. 8. Quinn
Rosina C. Kickham
Ruggles Street
Everett D. Burr
Teamsters’ and
T. F. Wheeler
Sweet Poet Moore
West End
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Riding Academy
C. M. Jewett
Boaton
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