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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1912
Page
11
Charles Sumner Bird, Progressive candidate, publicly accepts the gubernatorial nomination addressing Progres sive party supporters. He outlines a platform with equal suffrage initiative and referendum direct primaries and eight hour workday for women and children, aiming to reform government and social welfare.
Mr Bird quotes a Progressive party acceptance letter noting the party arose from protest against an invisible government. The letter addresses men and women in the party and traces its roots to long standing unseen influence.
The regular monthly meeting of the Boston Elevated Railway Company directors is set for 101 Milk Street this afternoon. Directors say only routine business will be discussed and dismiss rumors of General Bancroft’s absence or resignation being on the agenda.
The Massachusetts State branch A F of L executive board and legislative committee for 1912 1913 met yesterday and voted to send to every affiliated union a resolution condemning Lieutenant Governor Luce for barring street car men from an official hearing. Secretary Joyce will establish a permanent state headquarters at Wells Memorial Hall, the first time the organization will have a regular office.
Packing house workers in Somerville and Cambridge move to organize a large AF of L union. About 900 applications are on file with meetings planned tonight at Harugari hall East Cambridge. Coopers teamsters engineers and sausage makers have long belonged to trade unions.
The executive board led by Edward S. Alden reorganizes with new officers and committees, vowing a statewide organizing drive and messaging to candidates. Separately the Hotel Workers' Union seeks affidavits on alleged 58 hour violations and may march to the State House to press police enforcement.
Delegates representing the Boston and other state drivers unions met at Wells Memorial Hall and voted to send a body to the international union convention in Indianapolis. They will leave from North station on Saturday afternoon. International President Daniel J. Tobin and Auditor Nathaniel J. Lannon, both of Boston Union 25, departed for Indianapolis last week. Harry P. Jennings of General Teamsters Union 379, an international vice president, left for pre convention executive board sessions in Indianapolis yesterday.
The executive board of the Boston Central Labor Union urged a delegation of eight men from each of the more than 200 affiliated local unions to march in the Central Labor Union division of the Columbus Day parade carrying the banner and a U S flag.
At a Metropolitan Park Department Employees' Union meeting, officials protested layoffs following salary increases. Union members note laid off workers belonged to the union and blame “lack of work” or “economy” while warning of possible wide discharges. The executive board postponed action pending talks with commissioners and planned to seek Governor Foss’s intervention if needed. A special union meeting is set for Sunday at Wells Memorial Hall.
More than 100 Greater Boston labor representatives met at the Quincy Street Free Home for Consumptives to organize ongoing support. Edward Broders of the Boston Cigarmakers' Union was elected chairman with Martin T. Joyce as secretary treasurer. A 50 member committee was named to draft a definite aid plan.
Boston gas meter readers and other workers form a new union with a meeting planned at Weeks Memorial Hall. Reports note membership applications and talks with Frank H. McCarthy and the Boston Co. L A organizing committee. Union officials travel to Indianapolis for preconvention sessions as other locals update on negotiations and grievances.
The North End held a grand Feast of St. Michael with lavish decor and a morning parade that drew about 10 000 Italians. Michele Celata led the Societe San Michele Arcangelo with bands stationed citywide and Banda Roma of Providence performing in North square. Fireworks on the Common were planned for the finale.
Thomas Noonan, 58, a single man of 12 West Third Street, South Boston, fell from the roof of his home to the yard behind 79 West Second Street, a drop over 30 feet. He died at City Hospital about 3 pm from a fractured leg, left hip, and internal injuries after neighbors said he spoke of being tired of life and intending to end his own actions.
The Cambridge merchants host a second annual carnival starting today at 10 a m with daily street performances concerts from noon to 10 p m and a home made products exhibit at the State armory. President Taft will visit Wednesday afternoon with an expected crowd surpassing 100 000 and an automobile parade planned for Saturday.
An old fashioned warning against castor oil and calomel for children promotes Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a gentler laxative. The ad claims it eases stomachs, cleanses bowels, and leaves children well in hours, urging readers to demand the genuine California Fig Syrup Co product.
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