Policemen Vote to Return to Duty After Gompers Appeal
Policing union votes to resume work only if Gompers plan is adopted. Commissioner Curtis bans reinstatement and warns he will discipline any returning officers. Governor Coolidge says reinstatement rests with the commissioner and calls the deserters. Mayor Peters unavailable for comment.
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Curtis
Gomper
Crowley
Police Department
Eral
Coolidge
Peters
Wyman
Gompers Telegram Reads to Boston Police Strike Leaders
A telegram from Samuel Gompers read at Fay Hall urged Boston policemen to return to duty, deferring enforcement of a union membership order until after a presidential conference. Resolutions supported suspending disputes affiliated with the AFL pending Oct. 6, 1919 talks and returning to posts under the prior terms.
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Fay Hall
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Frank McCarthy
A. F. of L
Boston
Wilson
District of Columbia
Wheatland Avenue
Policemen’s Union
Mr. McCarthy
Woodrow Wilson
United States
City Policemen’s Union
Mass
Calvin Coolidge
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Boston Police Back On Street Duty Amid Strike Turmoil
Lieutenant Breivogel leads 26 park policemen to South Boston to reinforce protection as the City Policemen's Union presses for reinstatement of suspended officers. Governor Coolidge, Mayor Peters, and police officials foresee no reinstatement and coordinate with State Guard and volunteer officers to maintain order.
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Breivogel
Metropolitan Park
Charles River Basin
Pemberton Square
South Boston
Calvin Coolidge
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Police Department
City of
Boston
Massachusetts
State Guard
District of Columbia
Defenders of Law and Order
Park and Tremont
Park and Beacon
Beacon
Tremont
Washington and Court
Newton Constabulary
Coolidge
Metropolitan police back on duty in Boston during strike
In Boston 28 Metropolitan Police members who refused to serve in the strike positions patrolled the streets again after changing their stance. Superintendent Herbert W. West announced most would seek reinstatement and would report for duty at police headquarters.
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Boston
Metropolitan Police Force
Metropolitan Police
Herbert W. West
Metropolitan Park Commission
West
Hub
Brickbat breaks window at Waldorf in South Boston
In South Boston a brickbat shattered the Waldorf restaurant window on Broadway near C street shortly after 8 PM narrowly missing the cashier. Captain Hanley assigned Top Sergeant Pate and four men to probe the neighboring house from which the throw came, but nothing was found. a similar brickbat hit the window the prior Thursday night.
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Faneuil Hall
Roxbury
Roxbury Crossing
Dudley Street
Galvan
Skillings
Jamaica
Plain
Harriman
Faulkner Hospital
Boston
Waldorf
Broadway
C Street
Hanley
C Company
20Th State Guard Regiment
Pate
Raid at Inman Hall Crib Leads to 14 Arrests
A midnight raid by Cambridge police on a crap game in Inman Hall led to 14 arrests for gaming and presence with likely fictitious names. A revolver shot whizzed past Patrolman Bateman’s head as rocks and bricks flew. no injuries were reported. The suspects, mostly from Boston and Roxbury, were driven to the station, with furniture seized for arraignment today.
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Wellington D. Bateman
Cambridge Police Force
Charles W. Wyman
Inman Hall
Bateman
Boston
Roxbury
West End Café Shooting Leaves Patrons in Panic
21 year old Robin Robinson of 16 Lorne Street Dorchester is charged with assault with intent to kill after allegedly firing multiple shots at Anthony Cacciola of 2 Norman Street. Police, including Inspectors Wolfe and O'Neil and State Officers Saunders, Byers and Isel, responding to the scene found Robinson seated under a discharged 38 calibre revolver. all shots missed and embedded in woodwork and ceiling.
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Berwick House
Causeway Street
Robin Robinson
Robinson
Lorne Street
Dorchester
Anthony Cacciola
Norman Street
Cacciola
Wolfe
O'Neil
Saunders
Byers
Isel
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U. S Navy
Charlestown Navy Yard
Samuel Parker
Edwi A. Curtis
Michael H. Crowley
20Th Infantry
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President Wilson
A. F. OF Law
Commonwealth
Boston Central Labor Union
Harry Jennings
West Newton
James D. White
Constabulary
Jenkins
Major Wood
State Inspector General’s Department
Station l
Fast Boston Law
East Boston
Division 7
Paris Street
Charles Boyden
Mr. Boyden
Boston Stock Exchange
Nahant
Standard Oil Company OF
New York
U.S
Standard OI CO. OF
Brickbat
Cashier
Scott & Bowne
Scott’s
Cambridge
West End Cafe
M. T. Allen
Wood, Pollard & Co
Allen
Richard
Atlantic Ave
Dewey Square
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