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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1917
Page
8
Boston Telephone Operators Union presents a new pay scale to executives of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company. The draft increases maximum weekly salary to 16 dollars and shortens the service period for eligibility from seven to five years.
A new agreement introduces a sliding scale raising weekly pay by 50 cents to $2 for all members including students and various staff levels. Shifts for split tricks remain but with proportionate raises by tenure. Minimums include $21 for assistant chief operators and $18 for supervisors on assignment.
The Boston Central Lanes Union Montengay adjourned its meeting in memory of Alfred C. Langlois. Pioneer Lodge No 5 considers a new 25 percent wage raise and 8 hour day for New Haven railroad signalmen. Italian laborers and 600 Quinnstun workers walk out amid open shop disputes with Aberthaw Construction Company. Efforts to reach Powell failed as Building Trades seeks adjustment and broader sympathy strikes.
Owing to a cast change the opening performance of Madison Carey’s new musical comedy The Grass Widow is postponed to tomorrow night at Park Square Theatre. The work by Pollock and Wolf with music by Hirsch features Natalie Alt Victor Morley Robert Emmet Keane Emma Janvier and Howard Maresh and is expected to enjoy a long Boston run.
Katharine Seabury Hicks daughter of Mr and Mrs Isaac Hicks of New Bedford wed James J Burns of Boston at Morgan Memorial Church. The bride a Boston Deaconess School graduate and Christian worker at Fred H Seavey Seminary Settlement. Burns an assistant to the social secretary of the settlement.
Italian navy authorities in northern Italy push for more Allied ships in the Adriatic to secure a sea front considered key to the Austro Italian war theatre as Gulf of Trieste activity rises.
The withdrawal of the Italian army to the new front west of the Tagliamento extends the upper Adriatic coast from Monfalcone to the Tagliamento mouth. Italian Navy under the Duke of the Abruzzi took Grado and its lagoons, gaining control of a 25 mile gulf front toward Monfalcone. Experts say entente fleets could trap Austrian ships, destroying the Adriatic fleet and sealing Trieste under entente control.
Recommendations made public yesterday by the special commission authorized by the Legislature to amend and supplement the dog laws are placed on the statute books.
The 18 page draft from commissioners Seagrave Wheeler Adams and Tenney calls for dog licensing by March 31 with collars and tags, vicious dog penalties including arrest, and owner duties from sunset to sunrise. It also outlines compensation for livestock damage and dog seizure powers by police. The document lists 37 sections including kennel licenses and fines.
More than 40,000 longshoremen at the Port of New York will strike Wednesday unless employers agree to arbitrate outstanding differences with marine workers. The decision followed a conference called by T. W. O’Connor, president of the union.
The food administration reports total pledges reached 6,469,467 with officials hoping for at least 10,000,000 by week end. The drive extends to next Saturday night as work continues in several areas. Vermont leads with 538,78 pledges past its 50,000 goal.
In Newburyport a cabinet maker named Bradbury shot Miss Lane and another woman in Haymarket Square after claiming jealousy over Miss Lane. He was arrested 80 minutes later by Patrolman McLaughlin and confessed at the station. One victim died soon after. Bradbury said he and Lane were betrothed and learned of her relation with another man.
Mrs. Michael A Farrell formerly Miss Anna EH Judge Dorchester nurse wed Michael A Farrell a 79 year old Roxbury undertaker last night in a Dorchester ceremony confirming their marriage.
Major Higginson says he was provoked by an apparent hold up and may have erred by not changing the programme. He asks the public to blame him alone and states he did not know of requests from Providence women until returning to Boston.
Mrs. Abby Scott Baker of Washington, jailed for suffrage picket actions near the White House, told at a Pilgrim Hall meeting on Beacon Street that she believes a federal amendment favoring woman suffrage will pass by the next Congress.
Mrs. Baker calls picketing the greatest means of public city for equal suffrage. The bannered protests near the White House kept the issue in the press. Arrests, jailings, and police actions fueled public attention and intensified the political battle for women’s vote. Gratitude, she argues, will not win suffrage.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company reports 122 456 employees subscribed to the Second Liberty Loan totaling 9 051 700. The company also subscribed 10 000 000 on its own account, making overall subscriptions for the company and employees 19 061 700.
Joseph A. Conry of the Port Terminal Facilities Committee calls for government seizure of the Fore River shipyard to prevent cost plus profits and ensure rapid warship production. He cites Bethlehem Steel profits, wage concerns, and a need for federal management to avert delays and bolster national effort.
Frank Morris Ramsay, known for works under Ramsay Morris, dies at 49 Tonnelle Avenue Jersey City. Born in Little Falls New York, he lived in Canada during youth and attended St Mary’s College Montreal. He acted with William Gillette and wrote celebrated plays including The Ninety and Nine which has run since 1902.
Fire of mysterious origin this evening destroyed the Portage Coal Company tipple at Portage causing the mine to shut down indefinitely. The mine has been shipping a heavy tonnage on government and railroad orders.
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