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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1902
Page
2
Pioneer Clothing Co at 660 662 Washington St offers fall men s suits and overcoats at deep discounts. Specials include 875 all wool fall suits, 6 95 forty patterns of 10 suits, 10 line coats and raincoats, with store hours nightly to 9 and Saturdays to 11. Look for electric Pioneer beacon.
Two nine year old boys John Rafferty and John S Mullen appeared in Superior Criminal Court before Judge Aiken charged with four counts of arson in Roxbury. They pleaded guilty and were placed on probation then sent to the Home for Destitute Catholic Children. One fire caused a boy’s death and several injuries amid widespread property damage. Counts include burning warehouses and a stable between June and August.
Washington authorities notify the G A R encampment committee that an on street automobile race is not allowed due to danger. Organizers are urged to feature a floral parade instead and may arrange automobile contests at Bennings race tract during the encampment.
In the ninth district battle Dennison wins Charlestown while Kelcher loses Ward 4 and Conry leads in several wards. Winthrop votes tie, prompting a recount and possible caucus. Lomasney and Fitzgerald loom as power brokers amid ward shifts and factional battles threatening the convention outcome.
In Lowell and nearby towns the Democratic caucuses left the Fifth District race undecided. Bruce supporters rely on unpledged delegates from Lawrence and country towns to reach 67, while Sparks backers point to Billerica Tewksbury and other towns pledging to Sparks. Combined with Lowell delegates, Sparks could secure a majority if all unpledged delegates align. The convention comprises 128 delegates, needing 65 for a majority.
Dr George P Cooke campaign manager for Charles Hamlin said the caucus results do not show who will be the Democratic convention nominee. He argued unpledged delegations will decide the outcome and disputed Hamlin's claim.
Dr. Cooke asserts Franklin county leans to Hamlin based on ex-Representative Davenport. Cooke lists 209 pledged for Gaston and 3 for Hamlin with 119 unpledged, excluding these from his total of 719 delegates, Boston favoring Gaston at 426. Edward McSweeney calls the dispute moot, predicting Gaston’s nearly unanimous nomination after caucus results.
Charles Thompson, 26, of 29 Winthrop Street Charlestown, was arrested by Station 1 officers last evening on charges of voting more than once at the Democratic caucus in Ward 6 on Wednesday.
Governor Cran issued a precept for a November 4 special election in the sixth district to fill the Moody vacancy now Secretary of the Navy. The same day reelects a Congressman to serve March 4, 1903, to March 4, 1905, with Peabody noted as eligible to vote for the new member but not for Moody’s unexpired term.
The Hon Edward F McSweeney and Hon James E McConnell talked politics after caucu ses discussing the gubernatorial contest. McConnell boasted extra cities while wagering a tall hat, with a tall hat to be delivered at Gaston headquarters at 4 Liberty square in a few days.
A meeting of the third councillor committee at the Republican State committee rooms, presided by John A. Campbell of Boston and with John H. Cullis as secretary, decided to call the convention for Tuesday September 30 at Wesleyan Hall. E R Hoag of Chelsea and W W Rawson of Arlington addressed the committee as nominees candidates.
At a meeting of the 12th Republican district committee delegates were set at 114 to attend the convention in Boston at Wesleyan Hall on October 2 at 11 am. The Hon. Samuel L. Powers, current representative of the old 11th district, is a candidate for renomination in the new district.
A John L Bates Young Men's Republican Mean Club is formed in East Boston with officers led by President Ira M Huggan. Archibald McInnes Frank Cantwell and Ralph G Carruthers serve as vice presidents. Edwin W Graves is secretary and William H Dolbin is treasurer.
The nation looks to J Pierpont Morgan to end the dispute as the miners strike tests his famed financial poise. Observers note Morgan appears strained, with new wrinkles and a grizzled, tired appearance after a recent departure from the bank.
New Bedford adopts oil to beat high coal prices. City oil sales in the south part jump from about 100 gallons weekly to 5000 gallons, as residents switch from coal to oil for heat.
Sept. 11 The coal supply in Gloucester is critically low. City Hall has only a few wheelbarrows of coal left, schools lack fuel to start fires, engine houses and the police station report empty bins, and many churches have no coal at all.
Nantucket residents plan to use peat from extensive bogs as coal remains scarce with no anticipated supplies. Digging started last week and a substantial amount is already ready for use at the rate of about 12 dollars per ton.
Albany Sept 11 Governor Odell said he was not invited to confer with the governors of New Jersey and Pennsylvania to discuss ending the coal strike. He stated the proposal had never been made to him and he had no part in such talks.
New York financier Russell Sage, after a spell of illness, returns to his office and predicts the coal strike will wrap up in about ten days, arguing it affects too many key interests to endure.
Reports from Wilkesbarre indicate growing hope that Governor Stone and John Mitchell will take first steps toward ending the coal strike in a Saturday conference. Mitchell and Stone weigh plans, including possible arbitration, while operators deny settlement prospects and Baer orders foremen to ignore rumors as guards stay at mines. Senator Quay's Philadelphia visit also looms as a factor, with hundreds forced to move from the area amid unrest.
The conference committee of the People’s Alliance urged Governor Stone to call an extra Legislature session to pass compulsory arbitration, curb foreign corporations, and enforce constitutional articles. Daniel J. McCarthy said the alliance represents business interests in hard coal districts and seeks an end to the strike. He urged action against the beef and steel trusts and named Philadelphia & Reading head Baer as Morgan’s creature to push arbitration. T. C. Parker described the anthracite region conditions as horrible and supported legislative relief to end the strike.
President Baer of the Reading threatens resignation if J Pierpont Morgan intervenes or endorses arbitration in the coal strike. He argues coal operators rule by divine right and would stand with other anthracite railroad presidents to starve miners into submission, risking public coal shortages through winter. A railroad insider cites plans to resist Morgan's possible settlement efforts.
Lowell officials fear a faulty coal contract. Acting Mayor Badger and Purchasing Agent Rourke meet to plan. Rourke will run city furnaces on soft coal and coke until December or January, then prices and supply may improve. He insists the city has not lost $14,000 and expects no loss while in charge.
A mass meeting to aid Pennsylvania striking miners is scheduled for Sunday at 3 p.m. at Apollo Garden Roxbury. It will feature leading state Socialist speakers including James F. Carey and Frederic O. MacCartney with invited trade unionists. Proceeds from a collection will go to the miners. admission is free.
George W. Perkins of the firm J. P. Morgan & Co. reportedly not acting in New York as of September 11.
Albany, Sept 11 The attorney general Davis may move against the coal trust under the Donnelly act seek cancellation of certificates and halt business in the state. Attorney Shearn argued the coal companies fixed prices at regular meetings with circulars showing uniform prices, risking a sharp winter rise amid a 14 million ton shortage as the strike drags on.
Members of Company K Eighth Regiment from St Clair Schuylkill county clashed with deputies at Indian Ridge colliery Shenandoah Penn. After exchanges the soldiers were placed in the guard house on Captain Duffy's orders. The clash occurred as strikers from the mining town chased the deputies back to the camp amid insults.
Descriptions suggest Governor Stone and President Mitchell will meet next Saturday while Morgan remains unmoved by any plan. The miner leader’s stance appears unchanged, with Morgan offering no support or concession to Stone’s proposed settlement.
Secretary-Treasurer Wilson of the United Mine Workers announced in Indianapolis that a large defence fund remains to support strikers, enabling ongoing action. He expressed optimism that the end of the strike may be near and that workers can be cared for indefinitely if needed.
Former New York mayor Abram Hewitt stated that J P Morgan would not interfere in the coal strike. Hewitt also said coal operators would not agree to arbitrate with John Mitchell, but he believed grievances of employees would be considered.
Charles V Jaeger aged 56 8 20 of 1174 Columbus Ave Roxbury died Sept 10 funeral due at Sossuth Hall Sept 14 at 2 pm relatives invited pay please copy Rev Thomas Scully of Cambridgeport died Sept 11 funeral at St Mary's of the Immaculation Sept 15 10 am Paul A Rich of Somerville thanks friends for kindness and sympathy in recent bereavement
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