Pledges Full Support of A F L to Irish Cause in Boston
A quiet Labor Day mass meeting on Boston Common under the New England District Council of metal trades heard calls for restoring civil authority to Irish custodians and for withdrawal of England's army. Speakers urged recognition of the Irish Republic, supported longshoremen who refused British goods, and condemned the arrest of Cork official Terence MacSwiney. The event featured 50 colored strike breakers and prominent labor leaders including W J Birmingham and J M Patterson.
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New England Metal Trades’ Council
Boston Central Labor Union
Boston Common
New England District Council of the Metal Trades of
Boston and Vicinity
Parkman
James T. Moriarty
Organized Labor
Massachusetts
England
Ireland
Wilson
de Valera
Colby
Lloyd George
Greater
Boston
Terence MacSwiney
Cork
Mortality
Unity League
Beverly Brown
Minute Women
W. J. Birmingham
Boston Metal Trades’ Council
J. M. Patterson
Brotherhood of Railroad Carmen
George McWilliams
Robert Fechner
International Association of Machinists
Washington
Henry Abrahams
Picket Action Delays Boston Longshoremen Meeting
In progress meeting disrupted by about six women picketers who helped prompt the longshoremen’s refusal in Boston. The protests focused on labor and wage issues surrounding the port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Irish Freedom Support Moves Across British Freight Protest
British freight crews marched to the bandstand bearing placards urging labor support for Ireland and denouncing England. W A McDonald of the New England Metal Trades Council led the meeting pledging AFL backing for Ireland and explaining it followed national and state pro independence actions. Nora Mitchell read resolutions calling for civil liberty in Ireland, withdrawal of English troops, and honoring wartime pledges to small nations. The resolutions condemn British occupation and military repression asIreland seeks self rule.
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England
W. A. McDonald
New England Metal Trades’ Council
American Federation of Labor
A. F. of L
Sons of Ireland
Ireland
Nora Mitchell
Army and Navy Club Labor Day Entertainment
The Army and Navy Club at 10 Park Square hosted all day Labor Day events for navy and army men. World War veterans and service members filled the program from nine in the morning to midnight, exhausting canteen supplies. Society women in calico aprons assisted during the peak rush as a long dancing singing and vaudeville program played. Hostesses were Mrs. Evelyn Beverly Coe Mrs. Mary A. Madigan and Miss H Cutler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army and Navy Club
Park Square
Navy
Army
Community Service of
Boston
Evelyn Beverly Coe
Mary A. Madigan
H. Cutler
Miss Therese Weld to Wed Charles Blanchard in Chestnut Hill
Mr and Mrs A Winsor Weld announce the October 16 wedding of their daughter Miss Therese Weld to Charles Barnes Blanchard of Brookline at the Church of the Redeemer on Chestnut Hill. Weld is a noted skater with national titles and Olympic honors in Antwerp.
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A. Winsor Weld
Therese Weld
Charles Barnes Blanchard
Brookline
Church of the Redeemer
Chestnut Hill
Miss Weld
Nathaniel W. Niles
Antwerp
Mr. Niles
Cox Talks on Rights of Labor at Minnesota State Fair
Governor Cox addressed labor and agriculture at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds on Labor Day. He urged collective bargaining, pledged higher postal salaries, and argued government must ensure fair treatment to prevent industrial disputes while promoting open public opinion. He framed labor rights and progressivism as linked to a new day for the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Cox
League of Nations
America
Labor Day
Governor Cox on League of Nations and World Peace Plan
Governor Cox argues the League is not a political issue unless used divisively and warns millions in Europe face starvation without a definite postwar reconstruction plan. He links peace, national welfare, and labor readjustment to ratification of the peace treaty and outlines urgency for a coordinated approach.
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League of Nations
Cox
Europe
America
Witwer humor at Boston Post Magazine series
The line hints at a humorous piece titled She Lopes to Conquer in the H. C. Witwer series There's No Base Like Home, slated for the next Boston Sunday Post Magazine.
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H. C. Witwer
Boston Sunday Post
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MacSwiney
Chamber of Commerce
John F. Fitzgerald
Metal Polishers’ and Buffers’ Union
Cambridge Gas
George R. McWilliams
Boilermakers’ and Shipfitters’ Department
Parkman Bandstand
SCN
St. Ce
U.S. Army
Old Colony
O. C
U. S. Marine
U. S. Navy
Pere Carreraged
Coderel Poumetry
Deen Pestege
OLD Colony Storage Company
Federal Street
Republic of
United States
Republic of Ireland
Maxwells
Farley & Macneill Square
Federal St
Aalll
Illinois
LA Ns
Bromfield St
SLE
Spee
Auto Ain
Mts
Mier
Bethlehem Ho Lake
Franconia ‘Oods
Crawford Notch
Paneer. Co
Sayling School
Wolf
Jim Dandy
MY Clothier
Hanover and
Portland Streets
Washington Street
Bousre Legal Stamf
League
Politics
Witwer
Nege Ee
Russell A. Wood
Listera
Orrin C.igenborn
Winchester
Scott
Money Back
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