Machinists Seek Higher Wages in Boston Area
Boston Lodge of Machinists sends a general letter to local employers requesting a minimum wage of 8 dollars per day for specialists and 6 to 9 dollars for general machinists and toolmakers, effective June 1. The letter offers three meeting options and notes sympathy for workers amid rising living costs while urging continued production and cooperation.
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Boston
Boston Lodge of Machinists
Jennings
Thomas L. Wilson
Frank Jennings
Mass Meeting Of Machinists In Hyde Park
Hyde Park Lodge of Machinists held a large mass meeting at Liberty Hall. Officials announced 67 new members admitted in the last two weeks and about 40 applications received at yesterday's gathering. Speakers included Thomas L. Wilson international vice president H M Thompson Hyde Park district lodge president and Horace W Churchill special international organizer.
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Hyde Park
Newsboys Told of City Guard
Newsboys Union speaker Frank Carpenter of English High School described the City Guard, a Boston student group formed last year to spot and report city ills. He outlined detailed plans, urged enrollment, and many boys joined, purchasing membership buttons.
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Newsboys’ Union
Frank
Carpenter
The
English High School
City Guard
Association of Boys and Girls of
Boston
Plan for Garment Workers' Convention Seated
At a general meeting of Ladies' Tailors and Dressmakers' Union plans were advanced for the international convention of the Ladies' Garment Workers' Union to be held in this city next month. The meeting approved a new international journal on union topics printed in English, Italian and Yiddish, with first copies received yesterday.
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Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
N.ew International
Brights Disease Diet Advice From John J Fulton Co
People with Brights disease or friends who have it can gain by writing to John J Fulton Co at 607 Battery Street San Francisco California A free helpful diet list will be mailed.
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John J. Fulton Co
Battery St
San Francisco
Cal
A New Skin Remedy Cures Itching Instantly
An advertisement promotes Cacium as a new medical preparation for all skin diseases. It claims immediate itching relief and rapid healing while excluding air and germs from affected parts, noting its cleansing and healing properties for skin troubles.
Labor Leader Joseph E Laycock A Life in Waiters and Cooks unions
Joseph E Laycock born August 1871 in Manchester England immigrated to the United States in 1889 and built a long career in the hotel and restaurant trades. He rose from bellboy to waiter to union organizer, served as Boston Waiters Union secretary, helped win a 1896 strike, and held key posts in the Waiters Alliance and the International Bartenders Waiters and Cooks Alliance with crews in New England and Boston shaping the May 1911 convention.
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Joseph E. Laycock
New England
Manchester
Eng
United States
Albany
N. Y
Boston
Boston Waiters’ Union
Waiters’ Alliance
Laycock
St. Louis
Waiters’ Union 80
Toledo
Minneapolis
International Bartenders, Waiters and Cooks
Coal Men Win Nine Hour Day With Double Pay
Boston Coal Teamsters and Handlers Union 68 secures a nine hour workday year round with double pay for Sundays and holidays. Columbus Day listed as a covered holiday. Union meeting at Wells Memorial Hall accepted the committee report and ratified the agreement, replacing prior offers of higher wages without hours change.
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Boston
Union 68
Wells Memorial Hall
Banquet Marks 25th Anniversary of Boston Lodge 97
Pp J Moran the oldest member of Boston Lodge 97 Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen presided at the banquet marking the 25th anniversary last night in Ellis Hall Hayward Place. Special guests included Trainmaster Shaw of the B and M R and United States Deputy Immigration Inspector Jeremiah J Hurley.
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Pp. J. Moran
Boston Lodge
Brotherhood of Railroad
Pioneer Lodge of the Brotherhood In
Boston
Ellis’ Hall
Hayward Place
Shaw
United States
Jeremiah J. Hurley
Franklin Assembly Committee Report
The grievance committee of Franklin Assembly 5468 K of L reported several matters brought before it were settled. Three new members were admitted. A committee to organize the annual picnic announced it will be held July 26 at Amory Grove.
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Ben Franklin Assembly
K. of L
Amory Grove
Police hunt for Newton slasher Salvatore Bitto
Police in Newton and neighboring towns chase Salvatore Bitto a 28 year old Nonantum Italian after a dispute ends with him slashing Angelo Gumbash 49 on the left arm and side at 11 30 pm Both men worked at Hood Rubber Company Watertown Bitto has been in the country two months and is now sought on assault charges
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Newton
Salvatore Bitto
Angelo Gumbash
West Street
Bitto
Hood Rubber Company
Watertown
King George Plans Royal Racing Stable and Breeding Stud
London May 22. It is announced that King George will maintain a royal racing stable at Newmarket and a breeding stud at Sandringham, and he will patronize racing on the same extensive scale as his father.
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London
King George
Newmarket
Sandringham
Uniformed Sailors Barred From Dance Hall Entry
A reader complains that sailors in uniform are barred from a Revere Beach dance hall while others with money are admitted. The letter cites rude policy at the ticket window and urges public awareness of the city’s treatment of bluejackets, noting frustration with uniformed service members being refused entry.
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United States
Revere Beach
United States of America
Bobi
Apple Island Shacks Burn on Harbor Flats
A fire among squatters on Apple Island destroyed several shacks just before midnight. The blaze burned briskly for half an hour and the island’s flats prevented fire boats from approaching. No major damage expected beyond the burned structures. Owners named include Bunker Hill Yacht Club, William Hunter, Michael Barry, the Doherty brothers, E P Scigliano, Joseph Cavagnaro, James Regolla and Dr Henry A Callahan.
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Apple Island
Bunker Hill
Dorothea Dinsmoor Celebrates 10th Birthday in Dorchester
The daughter of architect William W. Dinsmoor, Miss Dorothea Dinsmoor, hosted a birthday party for 12 invited little girls at 36 Rosemont Street Dorchester on Saturday. Guests included Josephine McCarthy Ruth Clifford Hazel Rankin Cecilia Norton Beatrice Spargo Louise Owen Mildred Spargo Alice Murphy Alice Shea Mary Hurley Grace Longworth. Many handsome presents were received by the host.
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Rosemont Street
Dorchester
Dorothea Dinsmoor
William W. Dinsmoor
Josephine McCarthy
Ruth Clifford
Hazel Rankin
Cecilia Norton
Beatrice Spargo
Louise Owen
Mildred Spargo
Alice Murphy
Alice Shea
Mary Hurley
Grace Longworth
Body Found In Charles River Linked To Local Hotel Guest
The body of a man identified as Herbert L. Littlefield, long a boarder at the Copley Square Hotel, was recovered from the Charles River by Station 16 at 10 30 p m. A leather belt secured to the body held a Boston bag containing two iron dumbbells and two bricks with a key to Room 293 at the Copley Square Hotel, the room he occupied.
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Herbert L. Littlefield
Copley Square Hotel
Charles River
Station 16
Boston
Mr. Littlefield
Early morning Boston fire record with multiple calls
Fire log lists incidents at Maverick street East Boston Hyde Park West Roxbury and Kennard court Emma colar and Kanthioston. Responders Stickney Ger Max Co Michael Kerwin noted with losses of 10 25 and slight damage to a property.
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Daily Fire Record
Maverick Street
East Boston
Stickney & Gerwhaes
Hyde Park Avenue
West Roxbury
Max Comisky
Kennard Court
Emma Colar
Kanthioston
Michael Kerwin
Slight
Offer Of Railroad Spurned At Charlestown Meeting
Boston and Maine Freight Handlers Assembly 5572 K of L held a monster meeting in Hibernian Hall Charlestown yesterday. They insisted on the full wage increase from 2 to 2.25 a day not the 14 cent raise offered by the road. Longshoremen assemblies backed the demand noting the 14 cents is inadequate for these low paid, hard working crews. The wage committee was instructed to pursue the 11 cent additional increase, arguing higher raises granted to other groups justify fairness for freight handlers.
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Boston & Maine
Assembly 5572
K. of L
Hibernian Hall
Charlestown
Menter
Yeneohein
Joseph Gulesian
Yenephein
Workmen Organization Praised At Big Team Drivers Talk
Fred J. Kneeland former international president of the painters and decorators union spoke at a team drivers smoke talk at Washington Hall. Nearly 1000 members attended the educational hour with Chelsea C. L. A. president Noonan and others including Dolf of the Cigarmakers and Jennings of the Teamsters Joint Council. Entertainment featured Downey McGrath Schwab McDonough Sullivan and John Cotter.
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Fred J. Kneeland
Team Drivers’ Union
Washington Hall
Noonan
Chelsea C. L. A
Joseph Dolf
Cigarmakers’ Union
Harry J. Jennings
Teamsters’ Joint
Mayor Aids City Drivers With Wages Dispute Settlement
Mayor Fitzgerald sent a letter to the Sanitary and Street Cleaning Teamsters Union 149 addressing wage compensation for an injured worker. The union announced that moving forward all entitled workers will receive compensation. William J. Boyle spoke at the educational hour as ten new members joined. Sick benefits totaled $4. A smoke talk is planned for Sunday June 12 with City Councilor James M. Curley discussing Civil Government.
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Union 149
Fitzgerald
William J. Boyle
Wagon Drivers’ Union
Refusal of 7 percent wage offer by New Haven carmen
Bay View lodge of carmen voted yesterday to reject the New Haven railroad seven per cent wage increase. The federation had sought eight hours daily, six cents more per hour, with the railway offering six per cent and a nine hour day, which unions declined. The seven per cent proposal was then presented to unions and deemed unsatisfactory by the lodge.
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Bay View Lodge of
Carmen
N. Y
Federated Council of All
Typo Graphic Union Announces Election Result
The official result of its election last Wednesday was reported to Boston Typo graphic Union yesterday. Officers will be installed at the June meeting. A donation was made to assist striking garment workers of St Louis. Members were informed about non union work by Cleveland baseball club management. Proceeds from the May party by the apprentices association were voted to a special fund for the boys.
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Boston Typographical Union
Garment Workers of
St. Louis
Cleveland Baseball Club
New Apprentices’ Association
Metal Workers Meet President T M Daly
T M Daly of New York international president of the Metal Polishers Buffers Platers and Brass and Silver Workers Union met the executive board of Boston union 95 and international officers of other metal trades unions. They discussed the general organizing campaign now underway. Daly will be a guest and speaker at the Boston Metal Trades Council meeting tonight.
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T. M. Daly
New York
Metal Polishers, Buffers, Platers and Brass and Silver Workers’ Union
Boston Union 95
Metal
Daly
Boston Metal Trades’ Council
Brewery Workers Vote to Parade on Labor Day in Roxbury
The Brewery Workers' Union met in Vernon Hall at 1206 Tremont Street Roxbury yesterday and voted to parade on Labor Day. A committee on arrangements was appointed including K F Ward Joan Harney H J Gildea Joan Casey and M T Athridge Jene Harney and T.
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Brewery Workers’ Union
Vernon Hall
Tremont Street
Roxbury
K. F. Ward
Joan Harney
H. J. Gildea
Joan Casey
M. T. Athridge
Jene Harney
Explosion at Mattapan Fireworks Shack Endangers Lives
A midnight blast at 12 35 am near Itasca street in Mattapan shattered windows and rattled dishes as gunpowder and fireworks exploded. Firefighters fought a spreading blaze that damaged an adjacent cottage. loss about 500 dollars. State police will investigate possible arson or reckless prank.
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Mattapan
Halley
Itasca Street
Mattapan Square
Iashais Yeneohein
Experi
Hyde Park
Yeneohein
Eight Outdoor Meetings Rally on Common for Reform
On the Common yesterday afternoon eight outdoor meetings drew a total crowd over a thousand as speakers urged social reform and single tax ideals. W L Meaker of Revere headlined a two hour talk advocating government ownership of natural resources.
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W. L. Meaker
Revere
Meaker
Congress
Mayor Won’t Open City Laundry After Cadet Trousers Cleaned
Cadet Samuel J. Cohen of the English High School battalion had white trousers spotted during a march by a street cleaning substance. Mayor Fitzgerald considered a municipal laundry, but Miss Gertrude Cohenshig saved the day by washing the trousers herself, restoring their pristine color.
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Fitzgerald
Samuel J. Cohen
English High School
Gertrude Cohenshig
Intercolonials to Honor Victoria Birthday in Roxbury
The Intercolonial Club at 214 Dudley Street Roxbury will hold birthday observances for Queen Victoria with field exercises inside their hall Tuesday evening Several Canadian celebrities will attend with President Frederick J Macleod of Cambridge to preside Guests of honor include the Hon S Douglas Hazen premier of New Brunswick the Hon A Bannerman Warburton M P Gerald A Brown Deputy Minister of Labor Canada and the Hon Alfred M Morine K C ex Minister of Finance of Newfoundland It is expected state and city executives and many society representatives will be present.
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Queen Victoria
England
Crown of
Great Britain
Dudley Street
Roxbury
Frederick J. Macleod
Cambridge
Douglas Hazen
Province of
New Brunswick
A. Bannerman Warburton
M. P
Gerald A. Brown
Labor
Canada
Alfred M. Morine
K. C
Newfoundland
101st Birthday Woman From Chicago Shares Longevity Recipe
Mrs. Dinah KE Sprague, aged 101, celebrated with relatives and friends in Chicago on May 22 and offered a simple recipe for long life. She stresses sensible living, staying warmly dressed in winter and cool in summer, ample meals from farm origins, and limited coffee or tea in late life.
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Chicago
Dinah KE Sprague
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Joseph
Boston Lodge OF Trainmen
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Victoria
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