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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1910
Page
7
Boston labor leaders disputed a published quote claiming Samuel Gompers urged removing African Americans from unions. They cited AF L bylaws prohibiting discrimination and demanded verification as several questioned the accuracy of the quotation.
Local union officers dispute a St. Louis report attributed to Samuel Gompers. They argue the federation forbids racial discrimination and note abolition of slavery era principles. Interviews praise inclusion of Black workers and stress unions benefit when all laborers join.
A large group of women and male protesters attacked Parliament square in London as suffragettes pressed for votes for women. Police arrested sixty after hours of fighting. one constable suffered a knife-like wound while several women lost hats and dresses. An Annie Martin of Nevada figure led demonstrations. Prime Minister Asquith's secretary said no vote would be presented this session.
A Chelsea blaze scare last night triggered two alarms from Box 26. The fire department rushed to the Pope and Cottle lumber yard on Carter Street as hundreds gathered, fearing a large conflagration in the danger district.
A pile of lumber caught fire from sparks from a pile driver engine nearby. The blaze was quickly extinguished with minor loss. An hour later a second fire broke out at 112 Winnisimmet Street in Moses Coffsky's dry goods store. The store and building suffered 500 and 2800 dollars in losses respectively. The building belonged to HH Spurling of Marlboro.
Militant suffragettes clashed with police in London as 82 prominent activists were arrested. Leader Emmeline Pankhurst, famed in America for rallying women against lawmakers denying votes, led the protest.
Miss Swift plans a private wedding to Paymaster Auld in Burlington with few invitations issued. The couple faced public attention after Miss Swift ended her engagement with Harry D. Storer and Paymaster Auld was involved in a naval court martial over an incident with Dr. Edward Spencer Cowles in Charlestown last December. Both Auld and Assistant Surgeon Robnett were found guilty on some counts. sentences were commuted to loss of numbers.
Richfield Springs is chosen for the culminating incident in a navy romance between Miss Madeline Gray Swift, daughter of Rear Admiral William Swift, U S N, and Paymaster George Percival Auld, U S N, with the quiet village as the setting for the event.
Titus, found by police on the third floor hall at 38 Winnisimmet Street, stood wielding an axe above officers as they advanced up the stairs. The crazed husband defied them, keeping his balance in bare feet as the scene unfolded.
Brookline High School clinched the Preparatory School League football championship with a townwide victory parade. Captain O Hearn led the march, supported by stars Selliher Mason and Anderson, as fans cheered at each player’s home. Coach Carroll received accolades for ending Brookline’s 14 year championship drought. A final game against Waltham High School remains on Thanksgiving morning.
Patrolmen John Parsons and William Moody restrained Charles Titus after he swung an axe at one officer. Titus was arrested for felonious assault. Titus's wife Helen Titus rushed to the station in bare feet claiming fear of murder. Police note Titus, a colored man, had a prior razor assault conviction two years earlier.
John E Redmond M P chief of the Irish Parliamentary party cabled from New York that an immediate general election will be held. Joseph Devlin M P and Daniel Boyle M P were ordered to cancel engagements and return by the fastest steamer, sailing from New York on the Arabic.
Democratic campaign committee in Beacon Street office endorses Martin M. Lomasney for the speaker’s chair in the lower Legislature. The canvass aims to elect a Democratic U S Senator or replace Henry Cabot Lodge, with Lomasney’s formal announcement expected within three days.
Autopsy confirms a man died by asphyxia after being placed alive in a hermetically sealed trunk in a West Fifty fourth Street building. The victim, German in appearance with red hair and sandy mustache, carried papers from 1902 and bore a collar tag reading R H M with a name fragment W Lewis.
Meagher told district attorney Rubin of Irish origins and movements from 1889 to 1906. A trunk he opened contained plaster casts and a skeleton hidden beneath plaster, discovered by police after the box was broken open. Lyman C. Fisher seeks court relief to stop weekly support to his first wife for their two sons, arguing poverty and the second wife’s ability to adopt if needed.
Friends of Mrs. August McLean of Brookline learned yesterday that she is legally married to Charles H. McLean of western Canada. The couple wed on November 7, 1907 in St John New Brunswick and kept it secret until McLean’s health and fortune improved and he sent a letter confirming the marriage.
Street car traffic on Washington street between Dover and Northampton streets stalled for an hour when a four horse drag pulling a stationary engine pulled down wires on the inward and outward tracks at Massachusetts avenue. The 4:30 p.m. accident halted cars for an hour before elevated officials diverted service to Shawmut and Harrison avenues to avoid a larger blockage.
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