Republicans Fear For State Ticket
The Boston era reports a busy Republican headquarters with Senator Lodge, Goetting, Lovering, Dra ver, Butler Ames, Bates, Slade and the arrival of Eugene Foss. They press for more funds, warn of a critical year, and dispute financing. Foss meets Lodge, pledges effort, and Foss anticipates winning by ten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican State Committee
Senator Lodge
Goetting
William C. Lovering
Eben S. Draver
Butler Ames
John L. Bates
David F. Slade
Eugene N. Foss
Congress
Lodge
State Committee
Republican State Organization
National Finance Committee
Generous Offer for Relief of Coal Famine Sufferers
A New York paper details damp tenements causing pneumonia among the poor and recounts Carleton & Hovey Co of Lowell Mass offering Father John's Medicine at no charge to aid distressed families. The charity extends to institutions nationwide, promoting the remedy as a non additive, nutritious body builder aiding digestion and warmth to prevent illnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Carleton & Hovey Co
Lowell
Mass
John
Father John
Father John O'Brien
Carleton & Hovey
Bodies Found in Cold Storage Plant in Louisville
In Louisville Kentucky thirty bodies were discovered in a cold storage facility behind an ice cream plant on Eighth Street. The bodies were alleged to have been supplied by Kentucky prisons asylums and other state institutions for medical study, with the cold storage run through a link to the ice cream plant to aid identification.
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Louisville
Eighth Street
Kentucky
Louisville Medical Colleges
Robbery on Ferdinand Street Targets Frank Shea in Roxbury
Frank J. Shea of 2 Marcella Street Roxbury was held up by three men on Ferdinand Street near Columbus Avenue late last night. One stopped him another seized him from behind and a third searched him taking a diamond pin a gold watch and a diamond locket. Shea could not provide police with descriptions of the suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Shea
Marcella Street
Roxbury
Ferdinand Street
Columbus Avenue
Division 4
Police Catch Burglar With His Plunder
John W. Keefe aged 46 with no home was arrested by Inspectors Currier and Gaddis just before 11 last night for breaking and entering the Boston and Albany grain elevator on Chandler street and stealing lead and copper valued at 100 dollars. He was caught in the act as officers lay in wait for him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Keefe
Currier and Gaddis
Boston & Albany
Chandler Street
Keefe
Local Forecast For Boston And Vicinity
Fair Thursday with fresh southwest winds. Friday fair and cooler with fresh north to east winds. Washington forecast notes New England: south fair, northern showers Thursday, Friday fair and cooler in the east with fresh winds, mainly west.
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Boston
Washington
New England
Roosevelt Tells Presbyterians He Will Avoid Sunday Meetings
In Haverhill on October 8 the Boston presbytery held a session ending with a service where Rev. J J Hall, Rev. J H Langton, and Rev. Thomas J. MacFadden spoke. They condemned anonymous papers against Rev. Scott Hershey, whose resignation will be decided at a special session. Dr Kneeland reported Roosevelt’s letter denying Sunday political meetings and praising the Sabbath.
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Roosevelt
Haverhill
Boston Presbytery
J. J. Hall
Providence
J. H. Langton
Waltham
Thomas J. MacFadden
Scott F. Hershey
First Presbyterian Church of
Boston
Hershey
Presbytery
Kneeland
Cleveland
J H Crozier to Lead Federation in Brockton Election
In Brockton on October 4 the State branch of the American Federation of Labor elected James R. Crozier president, with a gold watch presented by delegates. Other officers were John Co Hickey first vice president Joseph T. Jackson second vice president Charles H. Winslow and E B Dowd. The convention denounced night factory work for women and children and praised union support during the Boston brewery strike. Dennis D. Driscoll was chosen as a delegate to the AFL national convention in New Orleans. The next state convention will meet in Worcester.
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Brockton
American Federation of Labor
James R. Crozier
Boston Central Labor Union
Frank K. Foster
Frank H. McCarthy
John Co
Hickey
Lynn
Joseph T. Jackson
Fall River
Charles H. Winslow
Fitchburg
Dowd
Holyoke
Massachusetts
Brewery Workers’ Union of Boston
Boston
Dennis D. Driscoll
New Orleans
Worcester
Hibernian Hall
Henry Sterling
Typographical Union 13
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers’ Union
Coal Trust
Mitchell and Quay Meet Over Coal Strike in New York
John Mitchell and three district presidents met Senators Quay and Penrose in New York at the Fifth Avenue Hotel for a nearly two hour conference seen as preliminary to a broader talk. Unions voting nearly 300 to refuse work backed the miners stance against operator proposals. Mitchell reportedly declined the President's call to return workers and the broader talks aimed to unify miners, operators, and lawmakers.
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New York
John Mitchell
Quay and
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Fifth Avenue
Mitchell
White House
United Mine Workers’ Association
Ashland House
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Senators Quay and
Louis N. Hammerling
Wilkesbarre
Quay
Rumor Baer Resigns From Philadelphia & Reading
Oct 8 report says George F Baer president of the Philadelphia Reading railway may have submitted resignation to the board. Two directors denied the rumor while Baer reportedly retired for the night. In New York John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers arrived with district presidents and discussed union votes on resuming work after meetings with Quay Penrose and Hammerling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
George F. Baer
Philadelphia & Reading Railway
Unions Stand Firm in Wilkesbarre Coal Strike
Union miners across the hard coal belt vote to stay on strike until concession from owners. President Mitchell flies to New York to push talks while unions back Roosevelt’s mediation and denounce coal railroads and troops. Strike persists with no new troops arrivals and coal supplies at risk.
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Wilkesbarre
Penn
Mitchell
New York
Roosevelt
Washington
Coal and Iron Police
Stone
United States
Coal shipments decline in valley with troops finalizing impact
No violence reported today and little since troops were stationed in the valley. Speculation centers on whether troop presence will boost coal output, though production since the Ninth Regiment arrived has not risen. Local unions adopted resolutions that imply limited coal shipments to market for the near future.
National Guard Deploys Across Pennsylvania Coal Regions
All Pennsylvania National Guard units are in the anthracite fields tonight with no major unrest from strikers. One incident occurred at Bethlehem as a train carrying the First Regiment was derailed by youths. Guardsmen are posted in Hazleton, New Philadelphia, Minersville, Tamaqua, Shamokin, Mahanoy City, Ashland and Shenandoah to cover Panther Creek Valley operations.
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Philadelphia
Frank H. Thompson
United States
Albany
N. Y
Pennsylvania
National Guard of
Bethlehem
Schuylkill
Luzerne
Carbon
Northumberland
Hazleton
New Philadelphia
Minersville
Tamaqua
Panther Creek Valley
Shamogin
Mahanoy City
Ashland
Shenandoah
Coal Operators Crim inals Says Federation
Brockton October meeting of the State branch of the American Federation of Labor adopts a resolution on the coal strike. Henry Sterling of Boston Typographical Union 13 presented the measure. The item notes operators and continues on page 2.
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Brockton
American Federation of Labor
Henry Sterling
Typographical Union 13 of
Boston
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William, Co. Lovering
Colonel Goetting
Congressman Lovering
Post
Bates
General Guild
Peterson
Republican Party
George H. Garfield
H. C. Gallagher
Joseph Walker
Frank H. Haynes
John H. Means
G. Warren Hayward
William M. Clarke
Lewis H. Bartlett
Joseph N. Peterson
Gilbert H. Kittredge
Thorndike Spalding
Frank BB. Dickerman
Alfred KE. Cox
Thomas F. McGauley
Alfred §. Pinkerton
George H. Ingalls
Ledyard Bill
A. N. Goetting
Chester Snow
George N. Goff
Edward W. Brown
Charles O. Brightman
Benjamin 8. Atwood
Edward G. Graves
Mark E. Smith
Edgar P. Benjamin
Leonard W. Ross
Walter B. Hopkinson
J. Otis Wardwell
William M. Flanders
Silas
Goeting
Foss
Gnetling
Guetting
Chickering
Alfred Ebcox
Malden
Taylor & Preston
Salem
Shaw
Bates Guild
Wall Street
IS. Treasue
Republica Club OF
Rast
Shaws Sprechi
Sec Shaw
Symphony Hall
Thompson's Spa
Washington Street
SRV
Ren
Shea
JH. Crozier
Baer
National Guard
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