Pickets, Depots, and Quarry Labor Struggle in West Chelmsford
Striking union members guard West Chelmsford and three depots to deter nonunion workers at Fletcher quarry. Superintendent Blades aims to hire 300 Italians, but only 80 are employed as talk at depots persuades men to stay away. Strikers foresee continued disruption as violence is denied.
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Winston Company
Locker
Fletcher
West Chelmsford
Robert T. Blades
Fletcher Quarry
North Chelmsford
Brookside
Blades
Boston
North Street
America
Eight Hour Day Push in Northern Colorado Mines
A five member committee from United Mine Workers branches in Northern Colorado coal fields pressed Northern Coal Company for an eight hour workday. Other northern field firms have granted the demand. directors reportedly oppose narrowly, with a May first deadline for new rules. If a strike occurs about 1800 miners would walk out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Col
United Mine Workers of America
Colorado
Northern Coal Company
Floor collapses during funeral at Chicago cottage
In Chicago on April 28 a coffin bearing Mrs. Martin Meyerhoffer toppled into a basement when the floor sank during a funeral service. Seven people were severely injured but expected to recover. Several others were trapped under timbers and released with difficulty.
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Chicago
Martin Meyerhoffer
Rooker Visits Vatican Ahead of Nueva Caceres Bishopric
Mer. F. Z. Rooker former secretary of the Apostolic delegation in Washington arrives in Rome for his consecration as bishop of Nueva Caceres Philippines. He visits the Propaganda College the Vatican and meets several cardinals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Mer. F. Z. Rooker
Apostolic
Washington, D. C
Nueva Caceres
Philippine Islands
College of the Propaganda
Vatican
Italian Victim Found in Big Bay After Spier Falls Disaster
In Glens Falls on April 28 the body of an Italian victim of the Spier Falls disaster, which drowned 19 workers a month ago, was recovered from the bay among logs. This marks the third body recovered since the accident.
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Glens Falls
N. Y
Spier Falls
Big Bay
Colleges Push Longer High School Sessions
High schools face crowded curricula as college requirements grow. Of 58 replies 43 run five hours daily, three four and a half. Proposed change extends by a quarter or half hour, risking removal of military drill. Decision likely to depend on students and parents with boys favoring longer sessions.
Slump in business marks police court session
A Tuesday police court session lasted about twenty minutes. Thomas E. Allen, Academy of Music stage manager, faced larceny charges for a diamond ring from Gordon & Bergen Boston, bail set at 200 dollars. Annie Bell, Polish woman, charged with assault and battery on Simon Elipsky. bail set at 300 dollars. Greek teen Nickolas Klavis charged with assault. bail 200. Other cases include two Boston drunks fined 2 dollars each and a local drunken count of five two-dollar fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas E. Allen
The
Academy of Music
Gordon & Bergen
Boston
James O'Donnell
D. J. Donahue
Annie Bell
Simon Elipsky
Annie
Simon
Nickolas Klavis
Phil Dwyer
Klavis
Merrimack Street
Nicholas
Worcester Trainmen Seek Higher Wages and Ten Hour Day
Worcester reports Boston & Albany division trainmen have sent grievance committees to negotiate with road officials. They plan a wage schedule aiming to match New York New Haven Hartford standards after May 1 and will seek a ten hour day. Yardmen anticipate about a 15 percent raise, with Boston terminal workers under different terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Boston & Albany Division
Boston
New York
New Haven & Hartford
Presidential Train Arrives in Shenandoah Iowa
In Shenandoah Iowa on April 28 the presidential train arrived at seven this morning prompting cheers from about ten thousand gathered along the line. Congressman Hepburn met the President at the first Iowa stop in Shenandoah while Gov Cummings and his party did not accompany them here. The President gave a brief speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah
Iowa
Congressman Hepburn
Gov. Cummings
Clarinda
Byrne v Carter Opens In Superior Court Over Theft and Bill of Sale
Late yesterday afternoon the case of Thomas H. Byrne against John M. Carter opened in superior court. The complaint lists two counts alleging conversion of plaintiff’s goods and property and violation of a bill of sale conditions. Peter A. Fay represents Byrne while J I Haskell defends Carter.
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Thomas H. Byrne
John M. Carter
Peter A. Fay
J. I. Haskell
Yale Prof Josiah Gibbs Dies Suddenly in New Haven
Professor Josiah Willard Gibbs of Yale University a renowned scholar of international fame dies suddenly at his residence in New Haven on April 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven, Conn
Josiah Willard Gibbs
Yale University
College athletes face wholesale disqualification threat
The Amateur Athletic Union may strip Yale, Harvard, Pennsylvania and others of amateur status after the Pennsylvania relay carnival. Yale captain R B Hyatt and Columbia's F L O’Connell were deemed professionals for competing against pro teams, sparking a clash over AAU jurisdiction and enforcing rulings.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Amateur Athletic Union
Inter-Collegiate Basketball Association
R. B. Hyatt
Yale
Young Men's Christian Association
D. Weltmiller
Hyatt
Gen
F. L. O'Connell
Columbia
Harvard
Wisconsin
Chicago
Michigan
Locomotive Works Opened by Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul
Milwaukee reports the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad can build all its locomotives in house. The new locomotive works near Milwaukee have 75 to 80 engines yearly capacity, costing over 1 million dollars and employing 3000 to 4000 men for years to come.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Milwaukee
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
Canadian trade agents open Midlands offices in Birmingham
A London Tribune report notes Canadian efforts to expand trade with the United Kingdom through commercial agents. Agent Ball has established headquarters in Birmingham and reports orders for Canadian wool products and food. He will focus on linking Canada with industrial centers in the Midlands, not performing routine consul duties.
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New York
United Kingdom
Midlands
the Tribune
London
Ball
Birmingham
United States
Canada
DIED IN ALMSHOUSE AT WASHINGTON NEW JERSEY
Josiah E. Lynn formerly tied to Jay Gould's tanning business and later ran a local monument company. Once wealthy, domestic troubles and blindness led to ruin. He died at the county almshouse at age 73 after being admitted three years ago.
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Washington, N. J
Josiah E. Lynn
Lynn
Jay Gould
Despondent man throws brick through Bow Street window
Thomas Mullen, said to be in the last stages of consumption, hurled a brick through a Bow Street window in Somerville about 8 PM Monday and was taken to the police station for safe keeping. He claimed he belonged in the city and wished to be arrested.
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Thomas Mullen
Bow Street
Somerville
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Cited for Curing Many Coughs
Advertisement asserts consumption can be cured by Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, claiming it works for many cases though not all, and suggesting readers consult their doctor.
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Ayer
Woman horsewhips former lover in public row
Worcester April 28 Mrs Alice M Hathaway says she has no regrets after horsewhipping Forest J French who she claimed kept company with her and a woman in a carriage. She followed him to Waldo street stables, snatched the whip, struck him up to six times and knocked his hat off amid the scene. French says he was merely a friend and laments Hathaway’s pursuit and threats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Alice M. Hathaway
Forest J. French
Waldo Street
Bjother
Quyen
Mr. French
Woman in hotel felled by bell boys and sent to Bellevue ward
In New York April 28 a woman registering as Mrs. Nellie Fair of San Francisco at the Fifth Avenue hotel was moved to Bellevue hospital after bouts of ringing for bell boys and throwing objects. A physician deemed her extremely nervous and recommended constant care. She appeared briefly in the dining room and was then placed in the alcoholic ward after examination.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Nellie Fair
San Francisco
Bellevue Hospital
Edward Talks at Quirinal Dinner in Rome
King Edward described Rome as cosmopolitan and more enthusiastic than Paris and London during a private Quirinal dinner. He noted many American flags, chimes, and church bells bearing the American flag and the British anthem, signaling a vivid display of international fervor.
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New York
Edward
Quirinal
Victor Emmanuel
Tribune
Rome
Paris
London
Range Feud Victim Dies From Range Shooting
Trinidad Col April 28 W A Roman a wealthy stockman of Gallinas Okla is dead from bullet wounds received ten days ago while riding on his range. His brother C F Roman claims the shooting was the culmination of a bitter range feud. The two brothers were allegedly ambushed and shot from their horses by three men known to be fortified in the area.
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Trinidad
Col
W. A. Roman
Gallinas
Okla
C. F. Roman
Dry Goods Merchant Shot At Home In New York
Leopold Wertheimer, wealthy dry goods merchant, was shot three times at his West 141st Street home. Joseph Simpson, 30, of East 121st Street, arrested for the crime as police allege Simpson sought money owed and denied by Wertheimer. Wertheimer, 32, involved with Aaron & Wertheimer, recently burned out in Harlem. he survived to be hospitalized.
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New York
Leopold Wertheimer
West Ilith Street
J. Hood Wright Hospital
Joseph Simpson
East 121St Street
Aaron & Wertheimer
Third Avenue
Harlem
Simpson
Wertheimer
Mr. Wertheimer
Baird Named General Freight Agent for Northern Pacific
Circulars from J. M. Hannaford, traffic manager, announce J. B. Baird's promotion to general freight agent of the Northern Pacific system, succeeding the late S. L. Moore.
Classified notices and sales in the local office sampler
A scanned classified snippet lists engagements and ads including an allusion to meeting a respectable working girl for friendship and possible matrimony, several art for sale items like oil paintings, a tenement for let at 37 South Lpring Street for 13 dollars per month, carriages including a two-seated trap and buggies for sale at 65 Merrimack Street, an employment ad offering earnings by corresponding for a press syndicate, all dated with the orphan suffix a29 6t
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A. C
Lpring Street
Nicollettes
Goddard
Concord
Merrimack St
Gompers to Visit Lowell Amid Textile Strike Plans
The American Federation of Labor led by Samuel Gompers plans to support the Lowell strike with funds from unions nationwide. A large Lowell audience is expected when Gompers visits within 10 days to outline AFL methods and resources for aiding the strike. Delegates will be sent to Middle States cities, and about 25 Lowell spinning craft workers depart for Willimantic to work in major thread mills with assurances of good wages.
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Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Lowell
America
Gompers
American Federation
Lowell Textile Council
New England
Textile Council
Huntington Hall
Fall River
Lowel
Middle States
Baltimore
Buffalo
Albany
Cincinnati
Chicago
St. Louis
Conroy
Willimantic
Conn
Willimantic Company
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Mgr. Rooker
Sions Daily
Police Court
Superior Court
Prof. Gibbs
A. A. Union
St. Paul Road
England
Fifth Avenue Guest
Edward Talks
William K. Vanderbilt
Mrs. Rutherford
Rutherford
France
Baird
Eca
Lockport
Federation of Labor
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