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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1920
Page
6
Anthracite operators and miners signed a two year contract implementing the coal commission award approved by President Wilson. The miners’ state committee will meet to seek reopening for further wage increases, while operators affirmed acceptance through regular channels.
Martin Lomasney placed a political wager with Henry Myer on Henry Green for the Democratic Senate nomination in the second Suffolk district. The wager, reportedly 980 pounds, centered on Green defeating Thomas H. Green, with Lomasney predicting Green’s victory and likening Tague’s fate.
In Bunalgrana County Donegal Ireland Sept 2 ten armed men entered the postoffice while staff sorted mail and forced the workers to face the wall. Three raiders stood guard as others rifled the mails taking letters for police naval and military authorities before departing unmolested.
Eastport Maine sees its best fishing month with abundant cod pollock haddock and halibut as Bay of Fundy and Passamaquoddy Bay fleets profit near Eastport wharves. Leslie A. Pike and daughter Myrtle Grace Pike from Melrose Massachusetts visited the Pike homestead and reported a 15 to 25 pound cod pollock catch in Eastport. Taland officials investigated a man named Pike believed to be an escapee from the area with two others, to be questioned this morning.
In Hartford on September 2, eight and six year old Thomas and Johan Rychele confessed they wrecked the New York to Boston express near Meriden on August 1. The crash killed Engineer George F. Bill of Hartford and Fireman William E. Cotter of Springfield and injured a score of passengers including several New Yorkers.
Captain James Carroll and his squad of railroad detectives tracked two boys who foiled by posing as heroes before their playmates. The youths were frightened at first but were apprehended and the incident was handled by the rail authorities.
Two boys confessed toplacing stones on railroad tracks hoping the rain would crush them. They witnessed the wreck and later aided detectives as evidence was presented to the Meriden court prosecutor. Arrraignment in police court is planned for tomorrow.
Boston Sunday Post Magazine will announce full details of a cash prize contest linked to the latest H. C. Witwer stories. The announcement sets up the program for readers to submit entries and win awards.
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