Mayor Hibbard Pledges Pension Support at Knights of Labor Event
Mayor Hibbard addressed the 29th anniversary of the District Assembly K of L at Vine Street Church Roxbury urging a state old age pension for Commonwealth employees. He pledged to press the Legislature if the governor’s commission recommends it, citing benefit to Boston and the state. Powderly and several Aldermen attended as 300 spectators cheered.
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Hibbard
the Knights of Labor
Vine Street
Roxbury
Commonwealth
Boston
Fire and Police Department
Terence V. Powderly
Parker
Cotton
Baldwin
Terrence VY
Powderly
National Labor and Commerce Commission
Washington
Roosevelt
Smoke and Fire Paralyze Woburn Roads and Streets
Dense smoke blanketed Woburn overnight with flames burning feet below the peat. Officials waited for daylight to tackle the fire while streets became impassable and motorists abandoned autos. Newton and Arlington Heights also faced heavy smoke and a forest blaze later quashed.
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Woburn
P. A. Caulfield
Waltham
Nicholas Corner
Joseph Kinney
Woburn Fish Company
Lowell Street
Newton
Arlington Heights
Roosevelt Letter Attacks Gompers Bryan Labor Pledges
President Roosevelt assails Samuel Gompers and the Bryan labor pledge, arguing anti injunction measures would harm labor and the public. He cites court protections for workers and questions Bryan's stance, urging clarifications from Bryan and Taft on labor policy and legal remedies.
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White House
Senator Knox
Bryan
Organized Labor
Gompers
Bryant
Department of Justice
Supreme Court
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Mr. Gompers
Mr. Bryan
Chicago
Congress
Mitchell
United Mine -Workers of America
Labor
Federal
Equity
Central Association of Building Trades of New York
Edward J. Gavegan
Gavegan
Messrs. Bryan
Poth
America
Messrs
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Gillette
Razor
Labor and Democracy
Tabor
Democratic Party
Party
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A. F. of
House Committee On Judiciary
Pearce
Taft
Court of Equity
House
Courts of Equity
Commission
Mr. Taft
Republican Party
Therm
Ephraim
Case In
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
tJen P. C. Knox
Valley Forge
Penn
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Guyer Hat Company
Hampden Street
Mass
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