Storms Aboard Multiple Schooners Off Cape Cod
Wreck near Thatcher Island sighted as Florence Leland reports two masts with gear. Several vessels suffer sail loss and flood damage from gale 40 miles south of Cape Cod. Gresham resumes attempts to refloat the stricken R. 8. Dean at Menemsha Bight. fear of total loss persists.
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Vineyard Haven
Florence Leland
Bangor
New York
Thatcher’s Island
Jordan L. Mott
Rockland
Cape Cod
Molly Rhodes
Vinal Haven
Nantucket Shoals
Estelle
Sand River
Gresham
Dean
Menemsha Bight
Roosevelt Guarded Like Czar as President at Oyster Bay
Sir Howard Vincent notes the tight security around Theodore Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill. Eight Secret Service agents operate in six hour shifts, with two on duty day and night, others stationed at the rear and front. Visitors are stopped without a pass, and cars bicycles or pedestrians cannot enter the grounds. Family movements trigger notifications to agents, who discreetly shadow the president during outings.
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Oyster Bay
Howard Vincent
London
United States
Roosevelt
Secret Service
Sagamore Hill
Execu
Tive
Sapramore Hill
Loeb
Roosevelt Grounds
Fred H. Gibson Sinks After Storm Off New York
The schooner Fred H. Gibson from St. John New Brunswick was abandoned 80 miles southeast of New York after sails failed in a hurricane. Crew of seven were rescued by the whaling schooner Billen A. Swift. Gibson sank shortly after with cargo of logwood. Built in 1894 at St. Mary's weighing 418 tons net, owned by John Gibson.
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New Bedford
Fred H. Gibson
St. John
N. B
New York
Billen A. Swift
Gibson
Bonatre
West Indies
St. Mary’s
John Gibson
St. John, N. B
Fall River Strikers Determined as Ever
Fall River news reports an eight week stalemate in the 37 million dollar mill labor dispute. Owners demand a 12 percent wage cut to resume work while 26 000 workers refuse any wage reduction. Foremost unions prepare for tougher winter and aid to workers continues as foreigners depart. A rumored October 3 resumption is denied by the operatives.
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Fall River
Three Sailors Drowned Off Beverly Farms After Squall
William Darby and Alexander Maddison, both 25 to 30, of Beverly worked at Consolidated Shoe Shops. A squall capsized their 20 foot sloop off Beverly Farms today. Henry ONeill survived, rescued by Captain Tucker of Marblehead and taken to Salem Hospital. Remarks: captain aided others, search for Darby and Maddison unsuccessful.
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Salem
William Darby
Alexander Maddison
Lowell
Beverly Farms
Henry O'Neill
Captain Tucker
Marblehead
Salem Hospital
Consolidated Shoe Shops
Beverly
Tucker
Darby
Maddison
O'Neill
Tube workers in Somerville vote to sustain strike
Somerville tube workers, voting 331 to 19, refuse to return to work until a $1 a week raise is won. They anticipate a $5000 AFL contribution to support the strike against American Tube Works, which began May 2. Only eight workers remain in the shop of 567 who struck after the plant reopened ten days ago.
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Somerville
American Federation of Labor
American Tube Works Company
Pension bill to pass over mayor veto urged by Boston union
The Boston Central Labor Union voted to urge all city government members to back the signal service employees pension bill despite Mayor Collins veto. It endorsed Electrical Workers Union 104 in backing the veto override and expressed sympathy with the International Peace Congress. Representatives named for the peace congress include Frank K. Foster Alderman Fred J Kneeland George Tagen Henry Abrams and G Henry Dunderdale. Resolutions praising the Church Alliance for Advancing efforts to close stores at 10 pm Saturday were adopted.
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Boston Central Labor Union
Boston
Signal Service Employees
Collins
Electrical Workers’ Union 104
Central Union
International Peace Congress
Frank K. Foster
Fred J. Kneeland
George Tagen
Henry Abrahams
G. Henry Dunderdale
Church Alliance For the Advancement of
Labor Notes Unite Eastern Massachusetts Unions Reshape
Painters District Council appoints a committee to reorganize as strikes persist in Alden, Cambridge, and in each town a majority of master painters sign the union agreement. One thousand labels to be placed with union firms this week. Hebrew Painters' Union and Hub Theatre dispute settled. Boston Teamdrivers Union 25 postpones its meeting to Wednesday night at Brodbine Hall. Cement and Asphalt Laborers Union 1 reports eight admitted and talks by Egan and Buckey. A mass meeting of building laborers planned to discuss unfair conditions at Eastern Expanded Metal Co. Longshoremen's Trades Council appoints a committee to urge Stevedore Downey to hire union men. Provident Union cites his refusal.
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Painters’ District Council of
Eastern Massachusetts
Alden Apeambridge
Hub Theatre
Boston Teamdrivers
Union 25
Brodbine Hall
Albany Street
Cement and Asphalt Laborers’ Union 1
Jefferson Hall
Timothy Egan
John Buckey
Boston
Vicinity
Eastern Expanded Metal Company
Boston Longshoremen’s Trades Council Vesters
John Downey
Longshoremen’s Provident Union
Downey
Hungry Rats In Baby's Crib
In Lowell on September 18 a 18 month old child of Mr and Mrs Louis Smith at 7 Crowley court was found with its fingers and head gnawed by rats. The family awakened by a noise discovered the bed swarming with rats. They dressed the injuries themselves until a doctor arrived. outlook uncertain but the child may recover.
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Lowell
Louis Smith
Crowley Court
Referendum Vote on Eight Hour Day Led by Typographical Union
Indianapolis September 18 In accordance with resolutions from the St Louis convention of the International Typographical Union the union will begin a referendum vote among members to decide whether to pledge support for the eight hour work day.
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Indianapolis
St. Louis
International Typographical Union
Strike of Marble Cutters Ends in Rutland
In Rutland Vermont on September 18 the strike of six hundred marble workers started July 1 was officially ended tonight. Workers will return to work tomorrow morning under the same conditions that existed when the strike began.
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Rutland
Conductor Hurt After Fall From Broadway Car
James P. Phelan, conductor on a Lynn and Boston car, fell from the running board on Broadway in Revere last night. He was unconscious and sustained a severe scalp wound.
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James P. Phelan
Lynn
Boston
Broadway
Revere
Sixty Wrecks Sail Fleet In Heavy Losses At Sea
A list of vessels with widespread damage and losses describes the scene as numerous ships and boats sustain breaks, leaks, and wrecking conditions. Names include Minneola, Mayflower, Miranda, Elliott and others, with several ashore or flooded and sails lost or damaged.
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Jonathan Sawyer
John Proctor
James L. Malloy
Minneola
Mary Ellen (Br
Sadie Willcutt
Tore Spanker
William Cobb
Perry Setzer
Abbie F. Walker
Miranda
Lizzie Lane
Maud Malloch
Charles H. Wolston
Lena
Pro Patria
A. F. Kindberg
Mount Hope
Golden Hope
Ida M
Pawnee
Childe Harold
Thomas W. Lawson
Lyman M. Law
John J. Hanson
Jordan L. Mott
Estelle
Adeline Adams
Fogo
Liberty
Barges Lost in Gale Safe, Say Morrill Crew
Captain Wagle of the Norwegian steamer Fri reports passing Five Fathom Bank and Northeast End lightship in the gale. Barges Gwennie and Powell, lost by the tug Morrill of the Boston and Baltimore Barge Company, were at anchor and reported all well. An offer to tow Gwennie was declined.
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Morrill
New York
Wagle
Fri
Two Battle for Life in the Charles Riversi de
Riverside, Sept 18. A young man and woman, unnamed, battled swift Charles current near Weston bridge after their canoe capsized. Officer Kimball of Newton threw a life buoy, saved the man, who dragged the woman toward safety with a line, as Metropolitan Police pulled them ashore. River current unusually swift, two feet higher than two months.
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Riverside
Charles
Weston Bridge
Kimball
Newton
Metropolitan Police
Whitlock Dies After Fall at Great Barrington Home
Frank W. Whitlock 54 retired civil engineer died after falling down stairs at his Great Barrington residence. Former city engineer of Waterbury Connecticut for 11 years and once with the Boston Water Company, he retired 14 years ago and is survived by a daughter.
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Great Barrington
Frank W. Whitlock
Woman Detects Theft at Rutland Street Lodging House
Mrs. Fitz Morris, owner at 79 Rutland Street, collected evidence from South End pawn shops leading to the arrest of her servant Mary Conley on theft charges of jewelry and clothing.
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South End
Fitz Morris
Rutland Street
Mary Conley
Three Capsized While Attempting Shoot Newton Falls
Three young men in a canoe attempted the falls at Newton Falls and were capsized. They completed the downstream journey in a rowboat to Riverside to dry their clothing.
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Newton
Newton Lower Falls
Riverside
Hoosac Dockman Falls To Death
Bartholomew Carney, a dock worker at the Hoosac Tunnel docks in Charlestown, was found dead on Pier 4 beneath an 18 foot gangway after a fall. Police rule the death accidental. Carney’s body was taken to Briggs' undertaking rooms and wife Mrs Carterney notified. Three children, George 7, Daniel 10, and John 12, are left behind.
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William O’brien
Hoosac Tunnel
Charlestown
Bartholomew Carney
Pier 4
Briggs’ Undertaking
Daniel
John
Zionists adopt new rank for Dowie followers
Chicago Sept 18 John Alexander Dowie and 11 other men to be proclaimed Apostles of Jesus Christ. They are to hear confession of sin in Zion City with this new rank bestowed on the overseer and his chief assistants.
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Chicago
John
Alexander Dowie
Jesus Christ
Zion City
Old Man Dead Found in Roxbury Cellar
Thomas Oats, aged 69, was found dead yesterday in the cellar of 16 Connolly Street Roxbury. His wife died three years ago and since then he slept in various cellars around Harrison Avenue and Northampton Street, relying on neighbors for meals and small errands.
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Thomas Oats
Connolly Street
Roxbury
Harrison Avenue
Northampton Street
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