Actress to Nurse Lepers in Hawaiian Islands
Miss Elida Morris a vaudeville actress known as the Vesta Tilly of America plans to renounce stage work next year and become a nurse in a leper colony in the Hawaiian Islands. Relatives raced to Boston to urge a change, noting her past appendicitis operation and her stated preference for nursing over acting.
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Elida Morris
Vesta Tilly
America
Hawaiian Islands
New York
Miss Morris
Boston
Marion Herbert
Street Car as Ambulance in Hyde Park Horror
A Bay State street car was pressed into ambulance service after two men were hurled from the rear platform on River street near Readville. Terrence Marron and Arthur McGrath were rushed to Massachusetts General in Lynnwood street under observation with skull fracture and possible internal injuries. Conductor Gilmartin quickly loaded them and sped to the hospital.
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Hyde Park
River Street
Readville Street
Massachusetts General
Lynnwood Street
Terrence Marron
Eastern Avenue
Arthur McGrath
Neponset Avenue
Gilmartin
Five-Dollar Clerk Sued Over Tenacious Tall Tales
New York filed a $100000 suit against Deane Weaver a Spencer Trask clerk. He allegedly hid a $250 weekly salary from his wife and wrote a letter claiming a Long Island auto ride with Edith Taliaferro and Lila Frost. Mrs Taliaferro Abell also pursued slander.
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New York
Edith Taliaferro
Rebecca of
Taliaferro
Weaver
Spencer Trask & Company
Long Island
Lila Frost
Park Board to be Replaced by Paid Three Member Commission
The text reports unions pushing to abolish the present Park Commissioners and establish a paid three member board via a 1913 legislature bill. Labor leaders accuse the current board of hostility to organized labor, citing discharge and wage disputes in the park department and claiming unequal pay for similar work.
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Board of Park Commissioners
Metropolitan Park Commission
Park
Labor unions discuss cuts and reforms across Boston area
Boston labor groups report on postal laborers legislation and proposed remedial laws for workers. Leaders announce a defeat of a referendum to withdraw from the A F of L and arrange speeches at Owls Hall. Other unions report charters, meetings, and eight hour day implementation at shipyards and rail lines.
Unions Unseated by Boston Central Labor Union
Five leading Boston trade unions were unseated by delegates of the Boston Central Labor Union for failing to affiliate with the Boston A F of L Building Trades Department as required by the American Federation of Labor and the Central Labor Union. The unions affected were the Boston Painters' Union 11 East Boston Painters' Union 402 Sign Writers' Union 391 United Housesmiths and Bridgemen's Union 9 and Building Laborers' Union.
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Boston
Boston Central Labor Union
Boston A. F. of L. Building Trades Department
American Federation of Labor
Central Labor Union
Boston Painters’ Union
East Boston Painters’ Union
Sign Writers’ Union
United Housesmiths and Bridgemen’s Union
Building Laborers’ Union
Eastern Federation of Carworkers Plans Jurisdiction Extension
The Eastern Federation of Carworkers met in this city to extend its reach east of Buffalo and north of the Potomac. They plan a New York meeting next month inviting delegates from 11 rail systems with only four represented. Leaders Condon and English were named to prepare federation matters and coordinate with railroad officials. Dwyer’s political support for Senator Burke was endorsed.
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Eastern Federation of Carworkers
Boston & Maine
New Haven
Maine Central
New York Central
Buffalo
Potomac River
Eastern Federation
New York
Federation of Carworkers
T. H. Condon
Salem
P. J. English
West Haven
Conn
Federation
New England
James H. Dwyer
Burke
Milford
Boston unions unseat Carpenters and Joiners locals in C L U action
The Boston locals of the Carpenters and Joiners are unseated by the Central Labor Union after the Amalgamated Society’s suspension and failure to reaffiliate with the Building Trades Department. Painters and related unions face similar action unless they rejoin before the next meeting. Longshoremen Local 808 affiliated at yesterday’s session.
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Boston
Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Amalgamated
A. F. Ofl
United Brotherhood
A. F. of L
Carpenters
Painters Union
A. F. of L. Building Trades Department
Building Trades Department
Painters’ District Council
Building Laborers
United Housesmiths and Bridgemen’s Union
Building Trades’ Department
Housesmiths
Bridgemen’s Union
Fred J. Kneeland
Painters’ Union
No. 11
Painters’ Unions
Boston C. L. U
Building Trades’ Unions
A. F. of L. Building Trades’ Department
Cc. L. U
C. Jy.u
Co. IL. U
Central Labor Union
Knights of Labor
American Federation of Labor
Longshoremen’s Union
Executive Board
Frank H. McCarthy
Boston C. L. A
Rochester
N. Y
Dock Workers Talk Of Wages In Boston
Wage scale and working rules committee of the Boston Longshoremen's Trade Council reported a special meeting yesterday. The Transatlantic Steamship Agents Conference offered a small wage increase in exchange for concessions by the men. Delegates declined the concessions and will send a reply today. Further talks are expected to reach an amicable understanding this week.
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Boston Longshoremen’s Trade Council
Transatlantic Steamship Agents
Deep Water
Engineers Win Scale at Parker House and Two Hotels
Joseph A Nash of Stationary Engineers Union 16 reports a union agreement with Parker House Hotel Touraine and Youngs Hotel in Boston. The pact sets full union conditions for engineers, claims it is the first signed with a Boston hotel, and promises higher pay and improved conditions than at other local hotels.
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Joseph A. Nash
Stationary Engineers
Union 16
Parker House
Touraine
Young’s Hotel
Nash
Boston
Whipple
Never Had A Strike Says Always Ahead Of Labor Demands
The Always company boasted it instituted an eight hour day for tour workers a decade ago. It claimed it led the way while other paper mills in the nation still ran two shifts of eleven and thirteen hours.
Hotel Workers Hope for End to Four Week-Long Strikes
Boston Branch of the International Hotel Workers Union reports favorable outlook for adjusting nine week strikes at four local hotels. Agreements drafted with the State Board of Conciliation and Arbitration and submitted to hotel managers and the Hotel Men's Association aim to end further strikes or lockouts. A conference on the general agreement will be held this week, with a special meeting tonight at 170 Harrison Avenue to review progress and the proposed text.
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Boston
International Hotel Workers’ Union
State Board of Conciliation and Arbitration
Hotel Men’s Association
Harrison Avenue
Union Agents Confer Over Boston Strike Plans
Agent James T. Moriarty of the Boston Sheet Metal Workers' Union returned from New York where he attended a conference with union agents from multiple cities about strikes at a New York firm that locked out workers last week. He will report at a special Boston meeting tonight with Lynn union members in attendance.
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James T. Moriarty
Boston Sheet Metal Workers’ Union
New York
Boston
Chicago
Lynn
Brookline Girl to Wed Englishman
The engagement is announced of Constance Woods daughter of Dr J H Woods of 167 Salisbury Road Brookline Massachusetts and George Usher son of T C Usher of Nottingham Park.
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Brookline
London
Constance
J. H. Woods
Salisbury Road
Mass
George
T. C. Usher
Nottingham Park
Fire at 100 Ward Street Damages Roxbury Building
A blaze broke out in two separate locations inside a Roxbury building at 100 Ward Street shortly after 9 o clock last night causing about 200 dollars in damage.
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Ward Street
Roxbury
Woman Allegedly Instigated Patrolman Slaying Clue
Investigators believe a woman instigated the murder of Patrolman Peterson who was shot early Tuesday. Officers received a new clue last night and searched the North End for two Italians, one of whom fired the shot.
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Peterson
North End
Grievance Motive Cited in North End Shooting Case
Police learned two men were sought for the assassination linked to a woman who resented Patrolman Peterson for helping arrest her. She warned she would “get” the officer, had recently been probationed, and was seen with two Italians from the North End. Investigators call it a frameup to avenge a grievance.
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Peterson
North End
West
Freight Handlers Unions Plan Wage Scale Session
The joint council of three freight handlers unions 5572 70 and 80 will hold a special session this week to consider identical wage scale requests across local roads. Committees of Wood Wire and Metal Lathers' Union 72 and a voluntary sick and death benefit association met yesterday to plan a benefit system covering all members.
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N. Y
Voluntary
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F. W. Bird & Sons
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Joseph Walker
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