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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1913
Page
2
A daring housebreaker fled from pursuing police into nearby woods near the Westwood line after a fast chase through Norwood streets and fields. He discarded his coat and hat to ease his escape as officers in an automobile closed in.
The Boston Installers and Inside Workers Union 142 threatens a large layoff of members next Tuesday if New England Telephone and Telegraph Company does not meet union demands. A committee was appointed to meet company officials immediately.
Mrs. L. G. Marston observed a well dressed young man leaving her rear yard after visiting friends at Vernon and Prospect. Police pursued through fences and fields toward Westwood, recovering the coat and hat with money and jewelry from the home in his possession.
The union wired at midnight seeking official consent from the international body to consider a lockout if layoffs occur. They called for immediate sending of international officers to manage the threatened crisis. A unanimous vote backed ending the contract method with non-union workers, noting the issue since April 1 and previous strike threats by the New England District Council of Electrical Workers and Boston joint executive board unions.
John Hays Hammond spoke yesterday on the chairmanship with Charles S. Baxter named as a likely choice. Baxter led campaigns for Louis Frothingham and is popular. a former Roosevelt ally in 1912, he may accept the post though not campaigning for it.
Patrolman Patrick Cullen of Jamaica Plain police faced a shocking moment when a presumed dying man, Joseph Prado, kicked at his abdomen and climbed off a stretcher. Prado had been struck by a steam roller on Centre Street during road work, suffering only a shake and temporary daze before resuming work.
The Rev. Albert Crabtree of the Church of the Redeemer in South Boston will speak at the 11 o’clock service tomorrow at St. Paul’s Cathedral on The Church and the Prisoner. He also oversees a mission at the State Prison.
In Cleveland on November 2, John D. Rockefeller, visiting a downtown store, asked that charges be billed to him at Forest Hill. A clerk unaware of his identity consulted the credit department. Rockefeller calmly reassured her, praising her caution and the store's policy.
New York sentence handed to Antonio Concha an East Side gunman for carrying a pistol in violation of the Sullivan law. He received 14 years in Sing Sing prison.
Town residents will meet Raymond Pierce at a reception tonight at the YMCA building. The evening will feature an association orchestra concert and two basketball games in the gym for attendees to become acquainted with the new secretary.
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