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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1913
Page
6
At Faneuil Hall delegates of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers consider whether telephone operators among them should be allowed to vote. The reform question centers on the role of women workers in the union gathering.
Delegates spend nearly three hours deciding that telephone girl delegates may speak but not vote at the convention. Despite broad support for voting rights, current rules keep women as sub locals of electrical workers. a constitutional amendment is promised to grant voting rights in future conventions. The telephone girls will become independent unions separate from the men’s locals.
A false alarm at 105 Longwood Avenue Brookline drew a village square fire auto to the scene. En route at Kent Street the vehicle struck a curb and smashed its front wheel nearly overturning as it sped at about 40 miles per hour.
The busiest day in port records saw four liners docking with 3500 passengers, over half immigrants from Europe and Western Asia. Immigration and customs officers came from coastal cities to handle the influx.
Testimony before three arbitrators reveals wage disputes and extended shifts at the South Boston power station. Engineers describe four day and three night stretches, bonuses tied to unloading times, and a push for straight pay over incentive rewards.
Post Wheeler and his socially prominent wife travel from Rome to Washington amid rumors he will be charged with abusing diplomatic customs privileges. The couple’s history links to Ermine Rives of Kentucky and Virginia, a novelist and cousin of Princess Troubetzkoy, whose affair with Wheeler previously drew major public attention. Wheeler later served in Japan and married, with further ties to St. Petersburg during his embassy tenure.
Italy permits embassy attachés to import goods duty free and Wheeler allegedly used his official position to gain commercial advantage. Wheeler, known as author and adventurer, drew attention for Reflections of a Bachelor and Arctic Tudukh expeditions. Mrs Wheeler was formerly Hallie.
A military funeral was held today for Private John A. Harrington of Company I Ninth Regiment who died at his Dorchester home from gunshot injuries received during the regiments annual tour at Sandwich on July 27. He had been a helpless example since the shooting.
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