Weavers Vote Strike In Appleton Mill Row
About 300 weavers at the Appleton Company cotton mill voted to strike over a demand that all non I W W members join the union. Agent Frank A Bowe refused to compel firm employees to join any organization. The plant employs about 1800 workers with 300 IWW members mainly Portuguese Greeks and Armenians.
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Appleton Company
Industrial Workers of the World
Frank A. Bowe
Appleton Mill
NineYearOld Killed by Train While Walking to School
Southbridge, Sept. 3. Stephen Konuska, 9, was struck and killed on the N W H and H tracks on a bridge over Main and Mechanics streets while taking a shortcut to school. A local train from Southbridge to Worcester, led by Conductor John H. Breen, was involved.
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Stephen Konuska
Noury breaks leg again in two years in Manchester
Joseph Noury, 64, of Manchester New Hampshire, suffers his fourth leg fracture in two years after a fall today.
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Manchester
N. H
Joseph Noury
Taft Speech Praises Civil Service and Pension Plan
President Taft addressed the National Association of Post Office Clerks at Faneuil Hall calling for a permanent civil service and a shared pension system with government and employees. He defended tenure and merit promotions, opposed straight pensions, and warned against politically driven reappointments. The afternoon session debated Los Angeles hosting in 1915 and constitutional changes.
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Los Angeles
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St. Louis
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Girl Shot Down by Her Suitor in Train Station Fracas
A woman identified as Trainor was shot by her suitor in a crowded factory area. Foreman John Thomas and packer W Herenstein staggered the assailant and wrestled away the revolver. Officers Carey O'Brien and Dan arrested the man on an assault with intent to kill charge.
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O’brien
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City Hall Avenue
Jealous suitor shoots woman in Charlestown shipping room
Miss Jordan, a longtime shipping room worker, was shot by Jack Trainor after a heated dispute over rings and engagement. The attack ended with Trainor overpowered by Thomas and Horenstein. Jordan survived surgery at Relief Hospital. Trainor's ruby ring and the watch were found at the station.
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Thomas
Horenstein
One Year Sentence For Horse Stealing
Samuel 8 Tirella of 68 Hyde Park Avenue received a one year sentence in the house of correction by Judge Sullivan for horse stealing. Tirella allegedly drove off a horse from Thomas Clements of Hanover Street last Thursday. the horse, valued at $400, was recovered in West Providence, Rhode Island and is now in a veterinary hospital in Providence.
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House of Correction
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Thomas Clements
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Providence
Watertown Receives Fast Fire Auto for Central Station
A new one mile a minute fire auto costing 7000 dollars was bought by Watertown voters and arrived at the Central fire station yesterday. It will soon be put into service at Engine House in the East End.
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Watertown
Central Fire
Conemeenn
Trainor with Police Ties Faces Larceny Records
Police record shows Trainor, a boyhood offender, with multiple larceny sentences. He served three months in the House of Correction after a July sentence and two months on February 1, 1908. Reports note recent purchase of a lot at Revere for a home with a girl he shot and two brothers on the force, Joseph and Thomas Trainor.
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Concord
House of Correction
Revere
Joseph M
Mrs Jordan Ill Leaves Police Court Mention of Engagement
The article notes Mrs. Jordan is ill and had to go home after seeing their daughter, with her husband Mr. Jordan saying it would be fun for her to talk. He adds that it will all come out in Police Court and that he is too worried to speak further.
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United States
Burt
Suburb Schools Opened Yesterday Amid Attendance Rise
Boston area public schools began the new year with higher attendance and new buildings. In Quincy Rockland and Whitman curriculum and staff changes were announced including Ernest L Collins named headmaster of Quincy High School and Arthur J Ganley named sub-master at Whitman High School.
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Boston
Quincy
Rockland
Whitman
Ernest L. Collins
Everett
James D. Howlett
Quincy High School
Arthur J. Ganley
Methuen
Dartmouth College
Broken by grief father of girl shot yesterday at Relief Hospital
John H. Jordan, father of the young woman shot, was unable to speak as he left Relief Hospital. He asked not to talk and said he could not think beyond his daughter possibly dying overnight. He offered no clues on the causes behind the shooting.
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Trainor
Miss Jordan
Jack
John H. Jordan
Crief
Weighing for Mail Rates Begins Across New England
The weighing of mail to fix four year railroad carriage rates began at midnight, with 200 clerks and weighers processing every mail piece in New England. Operations started in Boston and three other terminals, continuing for 1066 days.
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New England
Boston
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