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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1902
Page
5
London Sept 25 Captain Shane Taylor a leading landlord of Andrahan suggests that the leaders of the landlord and tenant groups meet outline solutions of the crisis and then adjourn while their plans are hammered out on the anvil of public opinion
Grand Duke Boris of Russia, in an interview published by Le Matin in Paris, lauds the American people saying there are no idlers in the country and that everyone works, including millionaires and their sons, like everyone else.
The committee of arrangements for a new feature of the Irish language movement met last evening to examine children’s spoken Irish. Sunday program at 1151 Washington street includes addresses by Professor F N Robinson of Harvard College Monsignor O Callaghan and Rev M P Mahon of East Cambridge. J J Conlon and P J O Daly will read papers proving Ireland’s national records are older and more systematic than Europe. Admission will be free.
The city of Boston leases the proposed Washington street tunnel to the Boston Elevated Railroad Company for four years from start of operation. Annual rent equals 4 percent of net acquisition and construction costs with the company to equip and maintain the tunnel. The city funds removal value at end of occupancy, while the company owns installed equipment. Inspectors may access premises. alterations require commission approval. The act awaits a municipal vote.
The Daily Chronicle reports a rumor that a movement may appoint President Roosevelt as a British line regiment colonel. It notes inquiry into precedent for such an action and references current discussions in London.
Alexandra Joseph, a young Syrian woman, leapt from a Michigan Central train at 50 miles an hour near Detroit and was killed. Her lover, Cedar Rapids native Joseph Abodeely, had fought immigration barriers to bring her to the United States and marry. After police and immigration authorities detained him at times, the woman was ordered deported to Syria by Treasury warrant, marking the end of a years long pursuit and a failed bid to unite the couple.
Ered Sarno aged 25 of 13 Lewis street fell asleep on a window sill at a Fulton street residence. Awakened suddenly he toppled ten feet to the sidewalk, striking his head and was taken to Relief station with a concussion of the brain.
The Rubber Workers' Union No. 8622 in Cambridge adopted resolutions mourning the untimely death of John F. O'Sullivan. They praise his faithful support of labor unions and extend deepest sympathy to his bereaved wife and family.
Harvard University opened its doors with an estimated 1500 new students, about 700 freshmen. The yard buzzed with activity as newcomers sought Sever Hall and the college offices, while notable new athletes from Brookline and Newton drew attention for promising track, football, and baseball potential.
Radcliffe College opened for the new year as an increasingly Harvard-like institution. The entering class shows improved social mix and standards, with more representative, well born girls from leading Boston and national families enrolling in Cambridge.
Smith College opened this morning with a freshman class of about 800, one of the largest entering classes in the college's history, at Northampton.
Charles C Loveridge foreman for Lewis Jones Son of Lagrange street died suddenly at 6 Seaver Place yesterday afternoon after a two day illness. Born in Enfield Massachusetts in 1865 he came to the city young and joined Jones Son 18 years ago. He leaves a widow and his mother in Newton Upper Falls.
Two hundred members of Court Roma 212 Foresters of America marked the anniversary of the capture of Rome in a hall at 122 Salem Street last evening. Matteo Russiello, chief ranger, presided. Speakers included F Bellotti N Bellotti and Dr Joseph Santosuosso who spoke on The Unity of Italy. A banquet followed the speeches.
A head on collision between a freight and a passenger car on the Newburgh and Orange Lake trolley line at Orange Lake left six people hurt. Motorman John Walsh suffered a fractured skull and is expected to die.
Welsh coal lands in Boston as prices surge and supply dwindles. Ten thousand tons at the stated rate would save Boston’s poor about thirty thousand dollars, while ten thousand tons at fifteen dollars per ton remains beyond the reach of most families. The volume of Welsh coal could relieve the hard coal crisis, with costs of transit and distribution adding to the total expense.
A citizenry and labor groups in Boston invite John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers to speak at an open air rally Oct 12 at Huntington avenue baseball grounds. Mitchell accepts if coal-field duties permit. Funds aims to raise 50000 for striking miners with Miners Day appeals to churches and public.
The Boston Coal Club gathered at Point Shirley Club house Winthrop with about 40 members led by President J F Wellington. No action was taken on the ongoing coal strike. An anthracite dealers meeting at 11 30 at Stetson Coal Company is expected to discuss price hikes to 20 per ton and a rise in bituminous coal as well.
Treasury figures show only one ton of anthracite was imported in the year ending June 30 1901 under the Dingley tariff. Imports declined since 1898 while U S exports rose to nearly 2 million tons in 1901. The United States led global coal output with 262 million tons produced last year, surpassing Great Britain and Germany.
President John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers reports by long distance from Wilkes Barre that press reports of lawlessness in the strike region are greatly exaggerated. He says there have been only isolated acts, no reign of terror, and miners are staying firm while non union workers quit to join them.
Harrisburg dispatch reports Governor Stone declined to discuss declaring martial law, stating that the question was not being addressed and that other measures would be considered first in the coal region situation.
The speaker notes the national guard has been sent into coal regions to suppress tumults and mobs where civil authorities cannot. They emphasize it will aid rather than replace civil authorities and state treasury surplus allows maintaining a large army for an indefinite period. He condemns violence and vows to preserve order at any cost.
In Somerville Wyatt street undergoing macadamizing the street department used a steam roller on Tuesday. A load of coal left on the street for boiler use disappeared overnight, with an unnamed thief allegedly taking it while residents slept. Local officials caution about safety and theft during street work.
In Scranton Pennsylvania James Winston aged 48 was killed and his son in law S J Lewis was severely injured by Hungarian strikers on the way to work near the Thirteenth Regiment camp. A mob beat Winston after he collapsed and six men and a woman were arrested. Mrs George Marshall shot at the mob scattering them and later bombarded her husband’s hotel as revenge actions followed.
Four thousand tons of Welsh coal mainly large anthracite arrived in New York today. No stock was offered for sale as all had been contracted before the order. The company’s office was besieged by coal dealers seeking orders for future shipments. Prices could not be learned.
In Scranton Pennsylvania near the Grassy Island colliery James Wenzal former Grassy Island Local Union secretary of the United Mine Workers was clubbed to death today within a mile of the Thirteenth Regiment encampment. He had returned to work recently stirring enmity among fellow union members. No arrests have been made.
Amid a coal famine caused by a strike, residents turn to alternatives. A Cambridgeport factory reports using costly imported woods such as ebony rosewood boxwood and lignumyite, well seasoned, burning nearly as well as coal. They avoid burning coal and wood together, switching between wood and coal to manage fuel costs.
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania President Mitchell praised troops for aiding the strike showing benefits as nonunion workers joined the picket lines more than since the strike began. Desertions from several collieries rise leaving strikers in a stronger position than before the deployment. About 100 mine workers were sent to soft coal fields where jobs exist.
From yesterday morning until this afternoon the Philadelphia and Reading Company reports show it has brought down 160 carloads or 4800 tons of coal. About half was anthracite and the rest washery coal. All of it was sent to tide water points with 10,000 tons promised by week’s end in the western Schuylkill region.
The Massachusetts Interclub league opened last night at Melrose Athletic Club with clubs Kernwood Melrose A C Towanda Glendon Malden and 99th Artillery in attendance President A M Willis presided. Officers elected Frank E Freeze president John W Drake vice president G W Buchanan treasurer Otis W Pierce secretary. Central Club Somerville resigned. A winter games series was approved for amateur clubs with a committee to set formats and report at the next Newtowne Club meeting.
Annapolis Md Sept 25 Among the candidates admitted to the naval academy today were Harry G Knox Newport R I and Whitford Drake Waltham Mass.
Chicago fighter Kid Hermann defeated Tommy Sullivan of Brooklyn by foul in the second round of a scheduled six round boxing match in Chicago on September 25.
The armored cruiser Drake arrived at Portsmouth Harbor this evening and reported a speed of 4 knots an hour, the fastest record ever made by a British cruiser.
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