18 Oct 1901
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1901
Page
1
The Fall River council voted that action requires four of five unions approval and said no strike would occur next Monday morning as the two week postponement ends. A conference with manufacturers is likely to renew the request for a five percent wage increase amid tight cloth market conditions.
The new trough moved off the Maine coast with a 29.60 inch barometer Thursday evening. Light rain reached the Atlantic coast from Virginia to New England as eastern New York cooled. Friday and Saturday should be fair and cool east of the Appalachians with fresh to brisk northwest winds. Steamers bound for European ports will encounter brisk northwest winds and fair weather toward Grand Banks.
At Cambridge school committee meeting last evening Professor Taussig's resignation from the board was accepted. He regretted retiring before year end but said he would leave Cambridge for a long period. The board voted a one year leave of absence for Effie Perkins of the Felbody Grammar School starting November 1.
In Litchfield Conn on October 17 the state rested in the Hayes murder case. Evidence centered on Hayes actions and words immediately preceding the shooting of his sweetheart Miss Winifred Cook.
The Ward 21 fraud saga intensifies as Mayor Hart funds a probe with a $500 personal check, with Republicans ready to raise $1500 to $2000. The committee vows to expose all levels of the conspiracy, aiming to jail those at the bottom. Prosecution funds and secrecy surround the effort.
A three story building at South and Beach streets faced a fierce blaze yesterday afternoon trapping twenty-one women, mostly hotel employees, on the upper floors. Firefighters and bystanders used ladders to save the women amid intense heat, with two being carried down by Captain Connor and Lieutenant Walsh. The rescue, aided by four men Michael Moriarty P J Moran W M Collins and Frank Dunphy, prevent loss of life though several women lost belongings.
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