Labor Fight Ends in AFL Jurisdictional Victory
In Philadelphia on November 19 the International Union of Elevator Constructors won a key AFL vote over the International Association of Machinists. Machinists had sought to merge with elevator constructors to resolve long standing jurisdictional disputes, but the elevator men resisted the amalgamation despite prior convention support.
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Philadelphia
American Federation of Labor
International Union of Elevator Constructors
International Association of Machinists
Conference Aims at Amalgamation of Trade Unions
The committee of adjustment reports a resolution to call a conference within nine days to pursue amalgamation. A substitute resolution keeps elevator workers status while seeking union-made materials through agreements. The session, spanning much of the day, saw notable settlement of jurisdictional disputes and ongoing talks to merge Lithographers and Lithographic Press Feeders.
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Folay
Committee of Adjustment
The
Rederation
James Duncan
Federation
Machinists and Allied Trades
Executive Council
Committee On Adjustment
American Brotherhood of Cement Workers
International Hod Carriers, Building and Common Laborers Union of America
English Sidelights on the War
The piece notes several high ranking British officers who died since the war began and reflects on the losses to command. It mentions Sir James Grierson and Sir William Edmond Franks lyn, along with Sir Charles W. Douglas and Lord Roberts, and cites naval remarks by Admiral Sir John Hay about Prince Louis of Battenberg amid rumors.
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Sir James Grierson
France
John French
James Grierson
War Office
England
Belgium
Robert Kekewich
William Edmond Franklyn
Lord Kitchener
Bedfordshire
Lord Haldane
Charles W
Douglas
London
Neil Douglas Findlay
Royal Artillery
Charles Fitz- Clarence
Hubert Hamilton
Lord Roberts
British War Office
John Hay
London Times
Prince Louis of Battenberg
Prince Louis
Britannia
Charles Edward Pratt
Boston
William Donaldson
Suffolk Registry of Deeds
Roxbury
County of
Suffolk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Charles H. W. Wood
Devon Street
Donaldson
Hoag
Vose
P. B. Smith
Elizabeth M. Whittick
Elizabeth M. Kohl
William J. Miller
Tremont St
Mass
Births Marriages Deaths Notices From the Poet Column
Births marriages and deaths column notices list many obituaries with funeral details. Entries include Atwell Fougere Boylan Coakley Connolly Dillion Haggerty Hoban Lane Lundell Lowe Luddy Margetts McCarron McGinnis McSweeney Morrison Mullen Murphy Noble Rooney Sears Smith Trenholm Vannevar Wilson and others with dates and locations for services and interments.
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Atwell
Fred B
Annie M. Atwell
Annie M. Moning
Longwood Ave
Tremont St
Roxbury
Bowman
Milton
Annie B. (Donovan
Oliver H. Bowman
Pleasant St
St. Gregory Janes
Riends
Boylan
Cambridge
Margaret
George W. Boylan
West End
Columbia St
St. Mary’s Church
Coakley
Brighton
James Coakley
Cornelius Coakley
Mapleton Et
St. Columbkille's Church
Market St
Connolly
Matthew J
William
Mary Connolly
Degan
Sixth St
Bristol St
St. Mary's of the Annunciation Church
Dillion
Dorchester
Samuel C
Minnie F. Dillion
Matthews
Cushing Ave
Massasoit Lodge
Pilgrims Fraternal Order
Boston
Dorchester Checker Club
Fougere
Ast
Blizabeth
Girrior
Charles Fougere
Maree Girrior
Chelsea St
Church of the Assumption
Chelsea
Garrett
Melrose
Josiah J. Garrett
Bellevue Ave
Wyoming Cemetery
Grant
John J
Annie Grant
McElehiney
Sacred Heart Church
Sacred Heart Catholic Club
Charles Grant
Miller St
Exeter
N. H
S Haggerty
Brooklina
James
Mary EB. Haggerty Gore Ryan
Resence
Homer St
Reuiem
St. Mary’s of the Assumption
Heffernan
William C
St. Mary's Church
Kane
Annie M
John Kane
Cornelia D. Driscoll
Richfield St
St. Peter's Church
Meeting House Hill
Lane
John P
Ellen G. Lane
Ahearn
Harbor View St
St. Margaret's Church
Pere Marquette Council
K. of C
Boston Fire Protective Department Company
Lundell
Amanda Lundell
Tallberg’s Chapel
Glenwood Cemetery
Everett
Lowe
Belmont
Willam
School St
Luddy
West Roxbury
Maple St
Mary
James Luddy
St. Joseph’s Church
Lynn
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Dover
Margetts
Meredith
East Second At
M’ginnis
Hannah
Hugh McGinnis
Concord Ave
Mary Eleanor
Michael
Mary A. McSweeney
McAttee
Chambers St
St. Joseph's Chur
Holy Cross Cemetery
Morrison
Jamaica Plain
Mary Jane Morrison
Five Isliends
Washington St
Five Islands
Mullen
Elisabeth A
John F. Mullen
Griffig
Reidence
Fourth St
St. Hulalia’s
Murphy
Johanna
John Murphy
M. F. Stanton
Princeton St
Church of the Sacred Heart
Noble
Andover
Mary H
Mark BK. Noble
Gordon Ave
Hyde Park
Rooney
Brookline
Annie
James Rooney
Kent St
St. Mary's of the
Sears
Deborah A
Jabez H. Sears
Forest Hills Cemetery
Smith
Malden
Catherine A. Nee Berrigan
Simonmith
Talborg#t
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Stewart
Nova Scotia
Vannevar
Charlestown
Emma A. Vannevar
Mt. Vernon St
Wilson
David F. Wilson, Jr
David
Christina Wilson
McKenzie
Fresh fish receipts and cargoes at the Boston harbor
The fish pier saw large sales with eight ground fishermen including two steamers returning from a mackerel catch. Vessels like Crest and Long Island carried haddock cusk and halibut. prices ranged from 4 to 7 cents per pound. Steamers Colony and Mercian arrived or sailed with freight, while Leyland line ships faced delays and carried wheat apples and provisions. Funeral services were set for Captain Joseph Weldon in Dighton.
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Long Island
Thomas S. Gorton
Manhasset
Albert Nunan
W. M. Goodspeed
Haddock
Cod
Hake
Pollock
Crest
Thomas $. Gorton
Wee Albert Nunan
Hattie H. Heckman
Joanna
Leyland Line
Colonian
Thomas Chadwick
London
Hoosac Docks
Charlestown
Cambrian
England
Mercian
Alex Fortay
Liverpool
Limon
Havana
Port Limon
Costa Rica
San Jose
Esparta
White Star Line
William Finch
Queenstown
North Sea
Hornes
Shipping News Arrives With Multiple Steamers and Tows
A list of arriving ships and tugs near Halifax Portland New York and Gloucester includes steamers Colonian Chadwick Prince George Mercian and Grecian among others. Vessels travel from Liverpool Port Limon Havana Philadelphia and New York with barges to Portland Newburyport Newport News and Me. plus several tugs and schooners detouring to Salem and Gloucester as part of the transit.
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Colonian
Chadwick
London
England
Sable Island
Butler
St. John’s
Halifax
Prince George
McKinnon
Yarmouth
Calvin Austin
Mitchell
St. John
N. B
Eastport
Portland
Gloucester
Dodge
Norfolk
Middlesex
Wider
Cto
Onondage
Googins
Jacksonville
Charleston
Herman Winter
Crowell
Ontelaunee
Mingo
Paoli
Oliver
New York
Lansford
Greenwood
Strafford
Perth Amboy
Newburyport
Ontario
Hawes
Guttenberg
N. J
Liberty
Smyrna
Sidney
Dorothy B. Barrett
Merritt
Newport News
Hazel Dell
White
Edward
Eveleth
Barnes
Metvile
Nelson
New Haven
Samuel Dillaway
Smith
Mary A. White
Olsen
Rockport
Mercian
Liverpool
Limon
Ampere
Lynn
Concord
Submarine reports submerged wreck sighted near New London
The Prairie, flagship of the submarine flotilla, reported by wireless a barge about a foot out of water with one red and one white mast in lat 41.18N long 71.34W. The vessel is deemed a navigation menace.
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Newport, R. 1
Prairie
New London
Barge R. C. McNeil Sunk Off Penfield Reef
In a northeast gale the barge R. C. McNeil loaded with 500 tons of coal swamped and sank off Penfield Reef. It was the last of six barges consigned to Bridgeport from New York under tug Owen J. McWilliams. Fred Pitcher of South Amboy New Jersey was rescued by another barge.
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Bridgeport
Conn
R. C. McNeil
Penfield Reef
New York
Owen J. McWilliams
Fred Pitcher
South Amboy
N. J
McNeil
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Huntington Ave
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Istrumente
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Lenox Jewelry CO
L. H. H. Burack & & CO
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State St
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Baker & 60
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Clerk of Transportation Commission
City OF Boston
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Boston Nelt Commission
B. Leighton Beal
Notich
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Nice Piazza
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Read Estate Mortgages
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Smail
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Lockport
N.Y
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Workingmen’s Loan Association
Robert Treat Paine
Treas
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Adgins House
Fowler & Co
C. N. Cole
Marks & Avery
Namara
Helene L. Sweney
Phease Telephone
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Tremonts
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Heinemann
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Richards
Huntington Chambers
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Hi. Sachs
Ferry St
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State Stram Engineering School
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Omens
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Rolling Stone
William R. Waldisen
Lyons Ave
Williamsport
Penn
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Linsky & Cohen
Washington Street
Savoy St
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Marks & Chester
New England
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Dudley
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North Station
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Merrimac St
Kis Ot
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Harvard
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Boston Dress Suit CO
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Lincoln Associates
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Richmond
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Boston & Yarmouth
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Columbian Sq
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Geo. W. Hall
Strout
FEA
Strout Farm Agency
City Hall
W. C. Bayley
Plaistow
Haverhill
Grand View
Depot
KE. L. Baker
Herbert F. Nelson
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