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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1906
Page
10
Boston officials describe yesterday as unusually warm with snow melting in the East. The forecaster notes coastal and inland warmth, predicts a return to cold tomorrow, and discusses the elusive idea of an Indian summer with mixed opinions.
Senator John E. Beck campaigned at Walnut Street Church Chel sea urging voters to end the corrupt machine rule. He alleged a plot to steal the election with hundreds of repeaters and promised state police aid if needed.
A Cornwall County chase for Francis, the jail escapee, ends with a decision to abandon Beauchamp Point as search efforts prove futile. Widespread guards, a found suitcase and prison shoes confirm his escape, while residents and authorities face the lost manhunt and shifting duties across Windsor Augusta Beauchamp Point.
The schooner William I Green from St George to Portland lost her rudder after a collision with a submerged wreck two miles south of Thatcher's Island. Towed by Powow to Portsmouth, then into Ipswich Bay overnight, she reached port intact though damaged. Crew evacuated briefly but returned aboard. no other wrecks reported nearby.
Amesbury Nov 18 Tomorrow members of a private detective agency will be called into the investigation of an arsenic poisoning attempt on Samuel T Pickard and his household. The case has baffled local and State police with five people at risk including Mr Pickard and Mrs Greenleaf Whittier Pickard. Mrs Pickard recounts family ate tender steak that night and insists the poison was added before it reached the house. She says police have offered no information and fears the culprit will flee with publicity.
The Central Labor Union opposed biennial elections and condemned Mayor Fitzgerald for attempting to inject race into the school campaign. They endorsed David X. Coughlan for the school board, created a 25 member committee to back him, and urged raising city laborers' pay from $2 to $2.25 a day while addressing eight hour violations and safety concerns.
The Boston Longshoremen's Trades Council voted to ignore the wage scale of Hoisting and Portable Engineers and to reject a sliding scale along the waterfront. Starting January 1, 1907, all lighter and engineer captains must carry the longshoremen's working card, per the council vote.
Coopers Union SY to hold a special meeting at Cohen's Hall to receive a committee report on talks with several firms. Agents report 90 applicants started, and Boston unions pledge support for striking lithographers with donations. Local unions back political limits on unions.
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