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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1911
Page
12
Prices held firm with little week to week movement. Rails remained within a narrow band while industrials rose modestly, yet the outlook favored cautious buying by large firms for long term profit. Public sentiment split on near term direction.
The article notes investors seek buy low sell high and hedge on uncertainty. It argues the market is fairly strong after a price setback with Atchison rail stocks near par and industrials yielding 6 to 10 percent, signaling value opportunities.
Exchange Trust Company has launched a savings department in each banking room. The move aims to keep pace with times and serves depositors and others, with strong early response indicating it may become a leading division.
Eight vessels arrived at T wharf yesterday despite unfavorable weather. Cargoes include 18,500 pounds of mixed fish on E. C. Husse y, 20,000 pounds on Pontiac and Buema, 35,000 pounds each for Evelyn M. Thompson and Rita A. Vintor, and 26,000 pounds on Olive F. Hutchins. Columbian expected from New York to load for Liverpool. Warships Nebraska Virginia and Ohio depart yard en route to naval review and West Indies cruise. James Pierce sails to Buenos Ayres with 1,808,622 feet of white pine and spruce. Onaway sails to Aguirre Porto Rico with 4000 empty casks for molasses. Howard arrives late with 29 passengers and cargo of cotton tobacco domestics pig iron lumber. Persian also delayed by weather.
Shipping list notes arrivals including Snowden Range Dickinson Fowey Prince Arthur Kinney Yarmouth Howard Chase Norfolk Persian Thacher Philadelphia Herman Winter Colberth Bay State Strout Port land City of Bangor Colby Bath Camden Brown Bangor Gloucester Linneken tug Scranton Brophy towing barge Tunkhannock schooner Nile Cal Rockland and more. Departures include battleships Virginia Nebraska Ohio and yacht Mayflower with several steamers and tugs calling at ports and loading barges for Philadelphia Elizabethport Newport News and other ports.
The 1911 12 executive board of the State branch A F L at its first meeting yesterday decided to present to the next Legislature a bill to make illegal the employment of women in foundries and other hazardous trades not suited for women. Every candidate will be asked by Secretary Martin T Joyce about his intentions and vote on the bill.
The old and new boards met to install James W. Wall of Worcester as president and Martin T. Joyce of Boston as secretary treasurer. Dennis D. Driscoll retires after 12 12 years and presented 34 resolutions for action. New vice presidents include Bump, McKenzie, Collins and others from unions in Boston, Brockton, Lawrence, Cambridge, Haverhill, Holyoke, Fall River.
The Engravers union reports delegates to the Trades Council praise the label on political printing and notes favorable politician response. The auditing committee shows the group flourishing and a derailment case on label infringement approved. Detroit convention delegates highlight progress in technical education and TB protection. members back the McNamara fund. The international outing is planned for Boston with a 15-member committee, and Vice-President Brady expects many delegates to attend.
Labor notes recounts a series of union activities across Boston area. Meetings on the smokers proposition at Faneuil Hall. Roxbury Bakers honor anniversary with a Thanksgiving banquet at Kossuth Hall. Italian Bakers Union formed with organizers Walsh and Man ganaro speaking at Italian School Hall. Wage scale for Boston Waiters' Union 80 set to take effect Oct 15, with coverage expanding to most hotels and major restaurants. District Assembly 30 K of L plans a convention at Clyde Hall. Andrew J. Tighe spoke on educational hour for Coal Hoisting Engineers' Union. Tobin of Cambridge to visit from England for the British Trades Congress. Boston Sanitary and Street Cleaning Teamsters Union reported convention outcomes from New Bedford. Fenton of Coal Tremsters Union 68 honored as vice-president of the State A F L. A Boston Bartenders' Union member expelled for rule violation. Teamdrivers' Union 25 held a smoke talk with Alden and McNeally speaking. Peter Linehan addressed the Massachusetts State District Council of A F L. Artificial Stone Cement and Asphalt Workers' Union to establish a permanent business agent post. Ignatius McNulty elected to permanent post. Local 1648 K of L wage scale committee to file final report October 22 at Knights of Pythias Hall Charlestown.
John Mitchell argues the McNamara brothers may be innocent, noting the small union receipts and open accounts of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers. He questions the dynamite theory, cites large anti union funding, and urges caution ahead of next Wednesday’s trial.
Los Angeles prepares for the McNamara dynamite conspiracy case with 125 veniremen reporting to Judge Walter Bordwell. The new County Hall of Records hosts the exam and courtroom, with news wires and seating for press. Judges will decide on separate versus joint trial for John J. and J. B. McNamara on Wednesday.
Memorial services for Professor Frank Parsons were held last night at the Civic Service House on Salem Street under the Breadwinners Institute he founded. Parsons, a noted lecturer on law economics history and political science, also founded the Vocation Bureau of the Civic Service House and died in 18. The program featured talks on the Breadwinners Institute The New Education Public Ownership of Monopolies Choosing a Vocation The Bondage of Cities and Direct Legislation plus musical selections.
John Mitchell of the AFL spoke at a Dorchester charity gathering led by Elizabeth Power. He urged Massachusetts to lead a national push for sanitariums and industrial hygiene schools, arguing for safety measures to prevent injuries and tuberculosis with public health funding and nonpolitical inspectors.
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