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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1914
Page
3
President Wilson urged employers and workers to adopt a tentative basis for adjusting the Colorado coal strike. The plan was drawn up by the Commission of Conciliation appointed by Secretary of Labor Wilson to mediate the dispute.
President Wilson forwards a tentative basis for settlement to Colorado Fuel & Iron, Victor American, Rocky Mountain Fuel, and United Mine Workers officers. It calls for a three year truce under law, return of non convicted workers, no intimidation, wage and rule publication, a grievance committee, and a three member commission as final referee. No mine guards, troops withdrawn, and picketing stopped pending commission decision.
Joseph Ghent, charged with killing his brother Frank Ghent in Pittsburg in September 1892, was found living in Chicago under aliases. Papers reveal he was indicted for manslaughter but never tried. He was arrested in Chicago after Pittsburg citizens identified him.
Theodore Roosevelt denounced the government tariff stance as reactionary with focus on Louisiana sugar interests. He warned that Panama Canal payments to Colombia would be blackmail and urged federal river control plus flood storage reservoirs. He praised the Progressive party and noted unions under right leadership.
Constantly changing crowds of thousands passed in and out of the North South Union stations yesterday, bound for holiday pleasures. They began to come and go during the early morning hours, their numbers doubling and trebling as the day progressed.
Labor Day travel saw special sections added to trains and electric baggage trucks busy at Boston terminals. Gating staff and porters worked hard as crowds moved to and from trains, but station men reported traveler numbers in 1914 were thousands fewer than 1913 as autos changed patterns. Travelers headed to beach, mountain resorts, or belated vacations nationwide, with total crowds possibly in the hundreds of thousands.
Miss Stella Gerber of East Mainstreet daughter of Charles Gerber secretary to Mrs Mabel Hunt Slater and Willard Brayton Hall Providence water department engineer were married at the Church of Reconciliation this afternoon by Rev Wolcott H Linsley They will live in Providence after a trip to New York.
Mary Doyle also known as Alice Heffernan, 38, was found dead in her room at 898 Washington Street South End with gas on. The windows and doors were closed tight.
Edward Gorman broke his leg sliding for home during a tense game at the Stony Batter playground in Waltham yesterday morning. He twisted his ankle and snapped a small bone while being tagged out on the play.
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