Great Atlantic Storm Floods New England Coast
A severe 1898 era storm batters the northeast coast with record tides and wreckage. Gloucester seaman William F. Stickney drowns after being washed overboard. Massachusetts towns from Newburyport to New Bedford report damaged seawalls, flooded cellars, and disrupted rail and telegraph lines. Coastal resorts, lighthouses, and breakwaters suffer extensive distress as ships, cottages, and roads face ruin.
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Seaboard
Newburyport
Hampton Beach
New Bedford
Marshall at labor conference visit shocks delegates
Vice President Marshall visited the International Labor Conference in Washington delivering a brief address and greeting delegates. His surprise appearance coincided with labor delegates pushing amendments to convention hours of work.
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Washington
Marshall
International Labor Conference
200 Taken in New York raid on Soviets
New York November 7 2000 radicals were rounded up in the Russian Soviet republic headquarters by Justice Department agents led by William J Flynn. After cross examination at DOJ headquarters, 50 were held for deportation as undesirable aliens. Eight women were taken. two faced deportation.
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New York
Department of Justice
William J. Flynn
Russian Soviet Republic
Tides Ebb After Severe Northeast Winds Along New England Coast
Winds from the northeast and east that hammered the New England coast for 48 hours show signs of slowing from 32 to 12 mph. The tidal barrage and surges may still bring high tides today and tomorrow, but the greatest danger appears to have passed.
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New England
Highest in 21 Years Marine Spectacle at Provincetown
Provincetown observed the highest tide since 1898 with dramatic water surges along the shore. Breakwaters and wharf held, though some cellars flooded and the Atkins Theatre area was soaked. Residents gathered to witness the towering water crest over the Cape tip.
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Hampton Beach
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
North Scituate Beach
South Shore
Provincetown
Revere
Winthrop
Boulevard
Lynn
Nahant
Marblehead
Swampscott
Lynn Shore
Boston
Lynn and
Harbor
Cape
Atkins Theatre
Accident at Dahlgren Hall injures South Boston man
Michael J. Gallagher, 19, of 250 Silver Street, South Boston, was accidentally shot in the left knee by Private Francis Galvin of the 11th Regiment M. 8. G. at a dancing party. The guard discharged the revolver while shifting it. Dr. William Sheehan advised hospital care and Gallagher was treated at City Hospital by Dr. Lawrence Betteridge for a flesh wound.
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Michael J. Gallagher
Silver Street
South Boston
Dahlgren
Silver and
E Streets
Francis Galvin
11Th Regiment
William Sheehan
Fourth Street
Lawrence Betteridge
Vice President Marshall Voices Humility and Labor Peace Ambition
The Vice President described his lack of power and urged solving labor capital tensions in amity. He warned against class legislation and favored a golden mean after radicals and conservatives air views. Canadian delegate S H Parson dissented on a 48 hour week citing US ratification uncertainty.
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Marshall
Senate of the
United States
Gowl
George N. Barnes
British War Ministry
Wilson
Daniels
Mount Vernon
S. H. Parson
Canada
Motorman Hilton Loses License Spark Union Outcry
Motorman Hilton of the Milton car barn had his license revoked by Police Commissioner Curtis for alleged running by a police officer at a proper stopping point. The Boston Carmen's Union division 1 calls the action a historic precedent and plans to take up the matter with the Boston Elevated Railway.
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Curtis
Boston Carmen’s Union
Carmen's Union
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Boston
Savin Hill Avenue
Dorchester Avenue
Dorchester
Newark Raid Nets Thirty Six Radical Suspects
Thirty six prisoners were captured in two raids on alleged radical headquarters in Newark New Jersey. Agents of the Department of Justice under Special Agent Frederick Stone conducted the arrests and the prisoners were taken to Market street offices for questioning.
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Newark
N. J
Department of Justice
Frederick Stone
Mr. Stone
Market Street
Roxbury Bandits Held After Boston Robbery
Five men were arrested in New York in connection with the August 24 holdup of Raymond S. Gurney a Fidelity Trust messenger in broad daylight. Suspects include George P. Sheehan Matthew Smith James F. Quinn John Reynolds alias Jocko Reynolds and Frank J. McHugh.
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New York
Raymond S. Gurney
Fidelity Trust Company
Boston
George P. Sheehan
Matthew Smith
James F. Quinn
John Reynolds
Jocko” Reynolds
Northampton
Frank J. McHugh
Dorchester
Boston gunmen tied to daring Fidelity Trust heist
Pinkerton detectives halted the getaway in New York, arresting Reynolds after tailing him from West 50th Street to an eighth Avenue building. In a staged room raid five men yielded a Boston bank wrapper with 680 dollars while a separate Boston robbery left messenger Gurney robbed of 12 000 dollars in Roxbury. John Riley faced Boston court action before vanishing.
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Boston
Pinkerton
West 50Th Street
Reynolds
Eighth Avenue
50Th Street
New York
Gurney
Fidelity Trust Company
Nicholas J. Volpe
Grocers Baking Company
East Cottage Street
Roxbury
John Riley
Boston Police
Superior Criminal Court
Fifty Arrested in Detroit Raid on Union Hall
Detroit, Mich. Fifty alleged radicals were arrested by Department of Justice agents in raids on a hall used by the Russian Workers' Union. No violence occurred, and the men were held for investigation.
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Detroit
Mich
Department of Justice
Alleged Radicals Arrested in Waterbury
Waterbury Connecticut reports six alleged radicals were arrested by local police on charges of attempting to circulate Red doctrines and stir up unrest. The arrests occurred tonight as authorities moved to curb radical activity in the city.
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Waterbury, Conn
Poice
Two Men Arrested in St Louis Raid
In St Louis on November 7 two men suspected of radical tendencies were arrested and held by Department of Justice operatives. They identified as Joe Norvelle a Russian and Antone Jurkovich a Croatian.
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ST. Louis
Department of Justice
Joe Norvelle
Antone Jurkovich
Six Arrested in Jackson Michigan Russian Union Raid
Six men were arrested in Jackson Michigan on federal orders to round up members of the Russian Workers' Union. The arrests were carried out by federal authorities following Department of Justice directives.
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Jackson, Mich
Department of Justice
Wagonload of Prisoners Paraded to Federal Building
A wagon load of prisoners was taken to the federal building in Chicago shortly before midnight. The arrests are connected with national raids on radicals, according to reports from the scene.
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Chicago
Ndév
Federal Building
Seven agent raid foiled radical plot before Soviet anniversary
DoJ chief William J. Flynn led seven agents and five NY bomb squad members in a raid on a radical stronghold. Four patrolmen aided by night watch and crowds gathered as suspects were moved to wagons. Across cities, 36 warrants issued for active radicals in industrial unrest.
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Department of Justice
William J. Flynn
New York
Russia
Philadelphia
Detroit
Newark
Jackson
Mich
Commissioner-General of Immigration
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