Strike Tieup of Steamship Lines
New York May 22 The city truck drivers weighing a strike in sympathy with freight handlers decided to postpone action until tomorrow after a heated discussion. Clerks and foremen voted to continue the struggle while several lines face possible tieups including Joy Metropolitan and Portland lines. North River piers hold substantial freight as Italian fill-ins quit and are absorbed into the union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Richard Peck
New Haven
Central Vermont
New Haven & Hart
Joy Line
Metropolitan
Portland
North River
Fall River
Pequot
City of
Sewer dispute stalls repairs on flooded Common
A burst sewer main near St Pauls Church flooded the Common for three hours as the West and South End sewer departments and City Forester Doogue wrangled over responsibility. Police were alerted at 9 pm and the City finally agreed to act at midnight as the street remained under water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Water Department
Sewer Department
West End
South End
City Forester Coogue
St. Paul’s Church
Fall River Society Affair Ends in Court Sanity Victory
Walter E Marr son in law of John H Estes freed by court after a week in Taunton Insane Asylum. He left town to recover while Fall River's society watches the climactic domestic dispute. Doctors testified sanity but public sentiment remains divided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
Taunton Insane Asylum
Walter E. Marr
John H. Estes
Marr
Charles Cummings
Post
Marrs
Jennie Estes
California
Honolulu
Drs. Dedrick
Gibbs
Morton
Blazing Somerville car injures two on outward bound Lexington
A fuse blew out on an outward bound Lexington car in Somerville at 11:15 last night causing panic among about 60 passengers. John Burke of Lexington suffered facial and scalp injuries while Hannah Slyne of Somerville endured head contusions sprained arm and singed hair. Both were taken to Somerville Hospital as flames were extinguished and the car damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Somerville
John Burke
Hannah Slyne
Adams Street
Somerville Hospital
E. J. Burke
Burke
Miss Slyne
Carter
Patrolman Saves Man and Baby Hanging From Electric Car
Patrolman Michael O'Donnell of Station 15 rescued George Hines and his infant in Hayes Square Charles Town from a slipping grip on a running board as a rapidly moving electric car approached. He shouted to the motorman to stop the vehicle and secured the father while the car was halted just as the man weakened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael O’donnell
Station 15
George Hines
Hayes Square
Charlestown
Hines
O'Donnell
Death of an Old Boston Merchant at Wakefield
Wakefield May 22 Peter Roberts a well known resident died at his Lakeside home aged 77 Born in Lyman Maine he moved to Charlestown early in life After Charlestowns annexation to Boston he served on the Boston City Council representing Charlestown district He was a trustee of the Boston City Hospital vice president and trustee of the Charlestown Savings Bank director of the Metropolitan National Bank of Boston and a director of the Mutual Protective Fire Insurance Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakefield
Peter
Roberts
Boston
Charlestown
Lakeside
Mr. Roberts
Lyman
Boston City Hospital
Charlestown Savings Bank
Metropolitan National Bank of Boston
The
Mutual Protective Fire Insurance Company
Machinists in Boston weigh major referendum on piece work
Boston Machinist Lodge 264 will debate Thursday night whether to enforce the proposed international law banning piece work and running more than one machine. The vote is seen as the most important query yet for local machinists and is expected to be widely recorded this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Union Meeting Pledges Support for Somerville Tube Workers
Striking American Tube Works employees in Somerville held a large meeting in Bacon Hall. Speakers included George E. McNeill Thomas B. Dardis Frank Abrahams and Frank McCarthy pledging financial and moral backing from 153 affiliated bodies. Company officials had not sought aid yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Tube Works
Somerville
Bacon Hall
George E. McNeill
Thomas B. Dardis
Piano Workers
William B. Kirkpatrick
Bartenders’ Union
Frank Abrahams
Cigar Makers’ Union
Frank McCarthy
Boston Central Labor Union
B T U to Entertain N E Convention Delegates
Boston Typographical Union 13 voted to appoint a 10 member committee to arrange entertainment for the delegates to the New England Allied Printing Trades convention opening in Ellis Hall Boston June 14 to 16. The union announced delegate Mc Anany elected. recount sought for Brophy and Stewart. Newly elected officers to be installed in Brodbine Hall on Sunday afternoon June 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Typographical Union
Henry McMahon
New England Allied Printing Trades
Ellis Hall
Boston
McAnany
George P. Brophy
A. C. Stewart
Brodbine Hall
Robert A Callahan honored by Local 77 vote
Robert A Callahan, re elected unanimously for a third term as president of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees International Alliance and Bartenders League of America, received an ovation and bouquet at Local 77. Delegates from the Rochester convention, including Secretary-Treasurer Martin J. Mattimoe, Business Agent Richard W. Kennedy, and M. J. Barry, were also presented with bouquets and thanked for their services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert A. Callahan
International Alliance and Bartenders
International League of America
Union 77
Rochester
Martin J. Mattimoe
Richard W. Kennedy
M. J. Barry
Marble Setters Helpers Union Receives Charter
The Marble Setters Helpers Union 54 yesterday secured a charter from International President Fitzgerald of New York. Officers installed include President Michael Hamilton and Vice President Timothy Vaughn with Financial Secretary William Shannon Recording Secretary Joseph Downing and Treasurer Arthur Zante. The union will meet at Union Hall 183 Hanover Street on the second and fourth Thursday nights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International
Fitzgerald
New York
Michael Hamilton
Timothy Vaughn
William Shannon
Joseph Downing
Arthur Zante
Union Hall
Hanover Street
C L U Endorses Bakers Strike and Trade Union Ideals
William R. F. Whalen of the Boston C L U addressed the Market and Commission House Teamsters Union 631 on Ideals in Trade Unionism. The union endorsed the ton bakers strike and the painters of Somerville and Cambridge. Eighteen applicants were obligated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. F. Whalen
Boston C. L. U
Market and Commission House Teamsters’ Union
Ton Bakers
Somerville
Cambridge
State Convention of Massachusetts Team Drivers Planned
Delegates from Boston and other cities will gather at 45 Eliot Street on Sunday June 19 to form a state amalgamation of team drivers unions. The meeting aims to organize the craft statewide and unite all local unions under a common framework.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Team Drivers’ Unions of
Massachusetts
Eliot Street
Boston
Marble Setters to Discuss New Schedule with Employers
Boston Marble Setters Union 50 and employers will meet this week through their conference committee to jointly negotiate a wage, hour, and working agreement. The union was addressed yesterday by General President James A. Fitzgerald of the International Association of Marble Workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marble Setters
Boston Marble Setters
James A. Fitzgerald
International Association of Marble Workers
Salvation Army Sings After Court Order Relaxation
Salvation Army units marched in silence at morning open-air meetings under Judge Emmons order. Colonel Evans said an understanding allows no music at Sunday morning services, while afternoon and evening gatherings proceed with music. He noted no complaints about instruments and affirmed worship rights so long as others’ rights are respected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Judge Emmons
Evans
Post
Emmons
Golden jubilee marks priest’s 40th ordination in Holyoke
In Holyoke on May 22 the St. Jerome parish anniversary and the 40th anniversary of Rev. P. J. Harkins ordination were celebrated with ceremonies. Mayor Chapin presided at City Hall, delivering an address, and Father Harkins received a $5,000 purse from the city at the close of the assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holyoke
St. Jerome Parish
P. J. Harkins
Chapin
Father Harkins
Colonel Bingham Recovers After Leg Amputation
In Buffalo on May 22 Colonel Theodore A. Bingham regained strength following an operation last Friday that led to the amputation of his left leg. Surgeons express optimism for his ultimate recovery after his leg was crushed by a falling derrick while overseeing harbor work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Theodore A. Bingham
Bingham
Assembly Won't Incur Strike Fallout On New Haven Line
Freight Handlers Assembly 628 says Boston end of the N Y N H and H road faces no strike risk from New York unions. No official notice of a strike has been received and Boston crews are not directly affiliated. The group plans to seek wage talks with President C R Mellen to raise Boston rates, while Assembly 5572 on the Boston and Maine says they will remain unaffected and votes to parade Labor Day with the Central Labor Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
N. Y
New York
Assembly 628
Knights of Labor
Assembly
C. R. Mellen
Boston & Maine
Boston Central Labor Union
Newport Fishermen Feared Strike Effects In 2 Days
Newport Rhode Island May 22 Fishermen fear impact as the steamer Plymouth of the Fall River line shipped only 30 barrels of fish tonight to New York with no other freight. If freight handlers strike continues two days locals may hire vessels to move fares to New York and Philadelphia entailing heavy loss. Previously 400 to 600 barrels shipped daily from this port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
R. I
Plymouth
Fall River
New York
Philadelphia
Labor Unions Rally and Meetings Across Boston Area
Labor Notes recounts union delegates to a state convention in Boston on June 19 and notes multiple local unit activities. Resolutions mark the death of Robert Farren of Roxbury. various union officers and presidents are listed. plans include parades, banquets, and meetings at Wells Memorial and the Apollo Garden event amid efforts to form new unions and organize workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teamsters’ Union
William Greaney
John J. Mellyn
Josegh J. Downing
Teamsters
Boston
Robert Farren
Roxbury
J. F. Fitzpatrick
Bost Majestic Theatre
James Russell
Boston Theatrical Stage Enigineer
Joseph Hogan
M. P. Pickering
J. J. Barry
P. I. Barry
J. Lester
Carriage and Wagon Workers’ Union 9
International
P. J. Mulligan
New York
Machinists
Timothy Fiesier
Nationary Firemen’s Union
Boston and Cambridge
Wells Memorial
Soda Fountain
Wella Memorial Building
International Association of Retail Clerks
Edmond F. Ward
Lieber
Weigel
Frank
Pickett
Forest Hills Cemetery
New England
Frank K. Fall
Cambridge Carriage and Cab Drivers’ Union
Boston Lumber Teamsters
Pentre Bert If
Aircus Branch
Baers
Tomarday
Den
New Haven
Hartford
Bridgeport
Bringfield
Worcester
Blacksmiths and Helpers’ District Council
New York, New Hai & Hartford Road
Charles River Dotted With Auto Boats And Canoes
Riverside May 22 The Charles River today offered a ideal summer scene with hundreds of canoes at the boathouse and many auto boats filled with people in summer attire. The Marjorie from Norumbega steamed along as all boathouses remained open and no accidents marred the leisure. Metropolitan police patrolled by paddle and their cameras were absent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Charles River
Marjorie
Norumbega
Metropolitan Police
Melrose Blue Sunday Fails to Materialize
Melrose on May 22 reports the aldermen order to have the chief police investigate Sunday business at Ell Pond appears not yet acted on. Boating canoeing crowds gathered as usual. refreshments and confections were available and no Blue Sunday restrictions were observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melrose
Board of Aldermen
Ell Pond
East Boston Raid Nabs Whiskey and Crackdown at Crap Game
Patrolman F J Flynn and Station 7 officers raided John Pitzold’s unlicensed premises at 67 Forder Street East Boston capturing two gallons of whiskey seven empty beer bottles and several empty whiskey bottles. A separate raid at Putnam and Bremen streets arrested Joseph Cassidy for shooting craps and Joseph O Connell for being present at the game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Flynn
Station 7
John Pitzold
Forder Street
Boston
Putnam and
Bremen Streets
Joseph Cassidy
Joseph O’connell
Painters Union Delays Strike Pending Arbitration
Boston Painters' Union 11 with 1600 members deferred any strike action after a meeting in Paine Memorial Hall. The union will read the State Board of Arbitration's final decision on wage demands at a special meeting in Faneuil Hall Tuesday night. The union agreed not to act until arbitration efforts finish. The union will not attend the employers and State Board meeting Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Painters’ Union 11
Paine Memorial Hall
Faneuil Hall
State Board of Arbitration
State Board
M'Carthy Chosen Labor Day Chief Marshal
President Frank H. McCarthy of the Boston Central Labor Union will be chief marshal of the Labor Day parade, elected at a joint meeting of the Labor Day committees of the Central Labor Union, Building Trades Council and District Assembly 30, K of L.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. McCarthy
Boston Central Labor Union
Central Labor Union, Building Trades Council and
District Assembly
K. of L
Coal Hoisters Draft Scale With James Roughan For 80 Engineers
A committee of Coal Hoisting Engineers' Union 74 was named to draft a working agreement with James Roughan of Charlestown who employs 80 engineers. The group includes Wesley A. Goodwin William Torns berg and H. L. Hurd to attend the unveiling of the Frank S. Pickett memorial monument Memorial Day morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union 74
James Roughan
Charlestown
Wesley A. Goodwin
William Tornsberg
H. L. Hurd
Frank S. Pickett
Hay and Grain Drivers Plan New Schedule
Hay and Grain Team Drivers Union outlined a wage, hour and working agreement to be submitted to Boston Team Drivers District Council and, upon central approval, presented to the 15 employing hay and grain teamsters of Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hay and Grain Team Drivers’ Union
Boston Team Drivers’ District Council
Boston
Grocery Clerks Plan Time Arrangements in Union Meeting
The Boston Grocery and Provision Clerks Union 160 nominated officers and formed a committee to set hours and conditions of work, excluding wages. The group approved ninety five dollars for sick benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Grocery and Provision Clerks’ Union
Two Boy Thieves Caught After Ventilator Break-In
Two young boys about ten years old were arrested by Patrolman Murphy of the North End station for breaking and entering and larceny at a clothing store on Trav ers and Canal streets. They were found crawling through a ventilator with a box of underclothing as they attempted an escape around midnight.
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Travers and
Canal Streets
North End
Murphy
Work Horse Parade to Span Three Miles on Memorial Day
The work horse parade entries number 448 and will form a procession three or four miles long along Commonwealth avenue beyond the Three Roads in the forenoon Memorial Day. The old horse class attracts attention with gold and silver medals for top prizes, plus additional cash awards of five and four dollars offered by Mr. W. D. Quimby and the Rev. Reuben Kidner respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth Avenue
W. D. Quimby
Reuben Kidner
Rev A C Dixon Says Sabbath Is Moral Necessity
In a sermon on The Sabbath Day at Ruggles Street Church Rev. A C Dixon declared the Sabbath a moral necessity. He argued that over 90 percent of criminals were habitual Sabbath breakers before turning to crime and warned that breaking one commandment invites violation of others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruggles Street
A. C. Dixon
Aged Woman Roams City Streets In Distress
An elderly woman, known as Mary English at Chardon Street Home and Mary Flynn at Relief Hospital, escaped the home on Saturday morning without a coat or hat. Police are asked to help locate her after she was found roaming Keany square and taken to Relief Hospital before being sent back to Chardon Street Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chardon Street
Mary English
Relief Hospital
Mary Flynn
Keany Square
Branches Represented At Clan-Na-Gael Meeting
The Clan-Na-Gael of Boston and vicinity held its largest gathering at headquarters on D Street South Boston chaired by Patrick Ferguson of Quincy. About 400 attendees from 57 branches including Worcester Lowell Milford and Providence joined as excitement grew for the Oak Island field day on July 4 with 2500 tickets distributed bringing total in circulation to over 11 000. The group adjourned to next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clan-Na-Gael
Boston
D Street
Patrick Ferguson
Quincy
Worcester
Lowell
Milford
Providence
Oak Ialfid
Edward T Peirce Dead in Springfield
Edward T Peirce president of the Holyoke Card and Paper Company died suddenly of heart disease this afternoon in Springfield. He was born November 6 1848 in Roxbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Edward T. Peirce
The
Holyoke Card and Paper Company
Roxbury
Not Best Century Says Two Reverends in Sermons
The Rev. Dr Edward Everett Hale argues this century is improving citing his May 15 sermon. The Rev Franklin Hamilton of First Methodist Episcopal Church counters that this age is marked by unrest sham and greed. He compares today to early Christianity noting lack of universal freedom and moral drift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Hale
Franklin Hamilton
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Edward Everett Hale
Hamilton
Millionaire Preacher Addresses Wellesley Students
The Rev Anson Phelps Stokes, the New York millionaire preacher, spoke to over 200 Wellesley College girls in the chapel last evening. He touched on current events and related them to Biblical teaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellesley
Anson Phelps Stokes
New York City
Wellesley College
Stokes
Rev Johnson Speaks on Stanley the Explorer
The Rev Herbert G Johnson preached last evening at Warren Avenue Baptist Church on Stanley the Great Newspaper Man and Westminster Abbey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MR. Johnson
Stanley the Explorer
Stanley
Westminster Abbey
Herbert G. Johnson
Warren Avenue Baptist Church
Johnny Bostonbean's Slate Readers Invited to Inscriptions
The Post invites readers to submit witty and poetic inscriptions for Johnny's Slate in care of the newspaper. It notes bright ideas from recent freak headlines and war poems as examples and promises a chance at newspaper fame for contributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post
Sé Johnny
Pastor Barter bids farewell to East Cambridge church
The Rev. Charles S. Barter, pastor of the Second Universalist Church, East Cambridge, preached farewell yesterday before a large audience. He wept while saying he must leave the church but would pursue the work in East Cambridge independently. Sunday school children expressed sadness at losing him for his strong support of their activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles S. Barter
Second Universalist Church
East Cambridge
Mr. Barter
Chelsea Cops Break Up Poker Game at 122 Spruce Street
Police and a squad of officers burst into a Chelsea room yesterday afternoon arresting Max Albert Morris Bach Henry Cohen and Wolff Wineburg on gambling charges at 122 Spruce Street Joseph Kaufman and Mandell Freedman were jailed as participants. A deck of cards and a small amount of money were seized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chelsea
Spruce Street
Gaillac
Max Albert
Morris Bach
Henry Cohen
Wolff Wineburg
Joseph Kaufman
Mandell Freedman
Knights of Pythias Service at Berkeley Temple
The Rev. Allan A. Stockdale spoke on Fraternity at Berkeley Temple in an evening service largely attended by members of the Knights of Pythias.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights OF Pythias
Berkeley Temple
Allan A. Stockdale
Temple
Order of the Knights of Pythias
Busy Day on Harbor Front
Foreign arrivals at the harbor included vessels from multiple nations. Oxonian from Antwerp via London. Hiso from Trinidad with 16521 bags sugar. Bound Brook from Port de Paix with logwood. Radiant towed in with 10056 baskets sugar from Passaroean via Barbados. Mimi in ballast from Brake to load lumber. Laconia with 649 casks palm oil from Addah after 56 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxonian
Colpitts
Antwerp
London
Hoosac Tunnel
Charlestown
Hiso
Pedersen
Trinidad and Cienfuegos
Fiske
Bound Brook
Bock
Port de Paix
Hayti
East
Boston
Radiant
H. C. Doty
Pallas
Joseph Kemp
South
Passaroean
Java
Barbados
American Sugar Refining Company
South Boston
Timandra
East Boston
Brake
Germany
Mimi
Buenos Ayres
Laconia
Graff Delivers Passion Play Talk at Boston Y M C A
At the Boston Young Men's Christian Association yesterday afternoon Mr. George B. Graff gave an illustrated talk on the Passion Play of Oberammergau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Young Men's Christian Association
George B. Graff
Oberammergau
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Blazing Somerville Electric
Borpen
N. E
Local 77
C. L. U. Indorses
the Bakers’ Strike
Salvationists
Col. Bingham
B. & M. Men Quiet Also
LABOR
F. H. M’carthy
Labor Day
Rev
Dr. Hale
Methodist Divine
T. Louis
Bogeeniara
Asia
Poupon Ag
Strais
Broad Street
Mass
Johnny Bostonbean
Wari
John E. Gillis
Winship Street
Brighton
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