15 Sep 1919
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1919
Page
1
The governor argues his actions enforce the law against men Wilson called a crime against civilization. He contrasts Washington with Boston noting men there stayed on duty.
A government telegram to Samuel Gompers states Boston police cannot strike. Officials back Police Commissioner Curtis, noting the police must obey Massachusetts law and the city’s authority. Nineteen officers have already been tried and removed for disobedience. Continued on Page 8-First Column.
President Wilson plans a Washington conference with labor and capital on his return to settle disputes. He will require both sides to agree on discussing their differences first, aiming to calm the broad wave of national discontent.
Provincetown Sept 14 Mrs Abigail Nickerson Paine wife of Edwin N Paine longtime Provincetown public school teacher for 15 years and a beloved figure in local reform and philanthropy died after months of illness from paralysis of the throat Funeral will be held Wednesday at 1 PM from her home She leaves husband two sisters Miss Sarah A Hamlin Provincetown and Mrs Lois Black of Troy New York.
More than twenty unions held regular and special meetings to act on the sympathetic strike resolution from the Boston Central Labor Union. Ballots were secret and sent to a C L U committee for tabulation, with results withheld. Many members favored aiding the police.
Sartenders' Union Local 177 adopted resolutions criticizing Governor Coolidge Mayor Peters and Police Commissioner Curtis for the crisis and pledging moral and financial aid to the Policemen's Union. The resolution cites Edwin A Curtis as challenging labor organization and notes a week of disgraceful city conditions.
Mrs Teter Jensen, an elderly resident at Weymouth Acres near Forest Street, South Weymouth, fought two burglars in her isolated home just after dawn. Her calls for help attracted neighbors. details of the attempted robbery and the attackers were reported as police began investigations.
report from New York states Samuel Gompers plans to travel to Boston after sending a rescinded telegram to Governor Coolidge. A party member hints at an upcoming disclosure about the Boston police strike but rules out a general strike.
A disturbance on the first floor dining room of Clark's Hotel in Washington street left one man jabbed in the hand by a bayonet and another with a fractured nose as several others suffered cuts and bruises. Beano Breen and Moriarty were arrested for drunkenness after the melee. Breen required stitches at Lagrange street station. Glassware shattered as the fight began with a glass hurled at another patron.
The United States Steel workers strike set for September 22 will be deferred until after the industrial conference in Washington on October 6, as disclosed by a reliable source.
A compact reminiscence lists notable facts: James Fenimore Cooper born 1789, Richard Gin statesman born 1857, ex-President William H. Taft, German cruiser Hela sunk 1914, Wilson orders Vera Cruz evacuation 1914, US troops advance St Mihiel a year ago, Fortress of Metz fire, sinking of Galway Castle by U-boat.
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for partly cloudy skies and generally fair conditions Monday and Tuesday. Winds from the west will be moderate, turning variable as warmer air moves in.
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