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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1912
Page
15
Vilhjalmur Stefansson arrived in Seattle by steamer from Nome Alaska after more than four years of Arctic exploration He spoke of likely descendants of Greenland s Scandinavian colonists last heard in 1412 and believed to have vanished when trade with Greenland resumed in the 17th century.
Stefansson and Dr. Anderson of Forest City Iowa travel aboard the steam whaler Belvedere with a zoological and ethnological collection. They expect to reach San Francisco in early November en route to the American Museum of Natural History. Stefansson leaves for New York tomorrow. The voyage followed their 1908 Arctic trip via Winnipeg Edmonton and the Mackenzie River to Coronation Gulf where 13 Eskimo groups, about 2000 people, were observed. The collection features skins skulls and leg bones of 19 barren ground grizzly bears and may include two species.
A strike settlement seemed possible at a late night conference after a day of rumors. Talks with Pierce and Hart and mediation offers from Dow and Bliner emerged as hotel managers in Back Bay began to buckle with unions pressing for tipped-employee rights and the Adams House walkout.
Hotel Vendome employees averted a walkout after a conference with Manager BE W Knight and house keeper Miss Elizabeth McLoud. About 20 workers secured concessions, including 64 hour weeks, two days off monthly, better food and sleeping quarters. Workers planned to present demands to the union next. A letter to Hotel Lenox sought honoring of union terms and expanded concessions.
Large hotels have conceded to kitchen and steward staff with a 60 hour week and one day off weekly plus overtime pay. Waiters seek shorter hours, overtime pay, and higher wages, while some gains in tips are affected by extra days off. Several hotels report varied progress with specific managers and chefs negotiating union scale terms.
A fragment notes that fines do not apply in the hotel since they were abolished four years prior, implying a change in enforcement policy. No further context or names are provided.
The Parker House workers push for an eight to ten hour day regime with 54 to 60 hour weeks, meal breaks, overtime pay, weekly paid day off, and union eligibility. Women face a remodelled entrance, pay adjustments for staff including cream heat and monthly increases for several roles, plus porters’ hiring and tip rights.
John Pappas 21 of 9 Appleton Street and Albert L Elner of New York with attorney Thomas G Connolly and others were arrested Sunday night for disturbing the peace while leading a hotel workers parade. They pleaded not guilty before Judge Burke and were held on 100 bail for a Wednesday hearing.
Report from a Boston strike day shows hotel staff and detectives at Young's as arrivals guarded exits. Union leaders claim workers were bribed to stay and recount two near incidents at Young's and Adams House before meetings with Mr. Pierce at Parker House. Pierce offers to discuss in a public hall if employees come as a group.
A somber meditation on life and death as hopes and fears invert. The speaker reflects on dying during sleep and sleeping in death, expressing a paradoxical farewell.
A local meeting concluded with a decision to have the committee confer with Mr. Pierce, directing the panel to assemble for discussions today. The action follows remarks about authority to settle matters under consideration.
Union business manager P. J. Sheehan of Local 242 said the International Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen would not strike in the Parker House, Hotel Touraine, or Young's Hotel in solidarity with hotel employees. He praised the Whipple Company president for fair treatment and urged other hotel owners to match it.
Mrs. Elien Brooks Chamberlain widow of Horace D. Chamberlain dies at 6 Marbury Terrace Jamaica Plain aged 65. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
Poslam offers antiseptic healing for skin issues including abrasions boils rashes and sores and claims to stop itching and promote disappearance of the problem. It includes Poslam soap and Poslam beap and offers free samples from Emergency Laboratories New York City.
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