Matt Borden Mills Draw Hundreds in Labor Pleas in Fall River
Aug 26 Fall River hundreds of men and women rush to the Matt Borden mills seeking work at the Fall River iron works and American print works as Matthew C. D. Borden earns trust for fair wages and open jobs. Labor prefers his mills amid a city labor market reliant on streetcar commutes and rising calico production.
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Fall River
Matt
Borden
American Print Works
Fall River Iron Works
Jobe Village
Matt” Borden Mills
Philippine Islands
Matthew C. D. Borden
Borden Mills
New Agent Named for Globe and Prospect Mills
Lawrence reports Assistant Agent John W. Coggeshall of Washington mills has been appointed agent of the Globe and Prospect mills by Agent Ingram. The mills recently purchased are running with the same help and overseers in place.
Nantucket Cable Outage Delays Telegrams Expect Repair Tomorrow
Nantucket on August 26 reports the Gay Head cable remains broken with telegrams delayed. The W. A. cable boat has arrived and officials expect repair to be completed tomorrow.
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Nantucket
Gay Head
W. A
Ten Men Buried Alive At Perthshire Colliery
London August 27 a land subsidence at the Dontbristle colliery in Perthshire trapped ten men. A rescue party of four descended but did not return and it is feared all have perished.
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London
Dontbristle
Perthshire
Died at the organ in Mission church Roxbury
Elizabeth McCormick assistant organist at Mission church Roxbury died at home after an organ recital during high mass. She was 24, educated at Boston Conservatory and remembered for her musical talent and church involvement.
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Boston
Mission Church
Roxbury
Elizabeth McCormick
Tremont Street
James B. McCormick
Thomas H. O'Connor
J. Corr
SS. R
O'Connor
Miss McCormick
Monson
Franklin
Jamaica Plain
Boston Conservatory of Music
Young Ladies’ Confraternity
Holy Name Society
Sacred Heart League
Mission Church of the Young Ladies’ Charitable Association
Storm in Lynn Floods City and Damages`
A massive storm drenched Lynn on Aug 26 causing about 10000 in damage. Cellars flooded streets washed out and two Morocco shops caught fire when lime in the buildings ignited. Cobbett school was struck by lightning. Police aided residents including Patrolman Tarbox who carried a woman to safety as sewers filled and manholes overflowed.
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Central Square
Lynn
Highlands
Highland
Essex
Union
Hanover
Washington
Chestnut Streets
Bergengren
Fabens
Newhall
Chas. E. Sprague
Mulberry Street
H. Dunbar
Munroe Street
Camden
Summer
Bog Meadow
Park
Cobbett School
Franklin Street
Sutton Street
Patroman Tarbox
Rand Street
Randy
Boston Street
Federal Square
Lennox & Hoffman
Morocco
Cobbett
Tarbox
Munroe
Oxford
Blake and
Willow Streets
Central Avenue
Factory plan advances for William Fenton foundry
In South Framingham on August 26 two thirds of the funds needed to secure Worcester based William Fenton foundry business location have been raised. Promoters call a special meeting to act on incorporation and construction of a factory for the business.
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South Framingham
William Fenton
Worcester
Freeman in Murder Case Shown Before Great Barrington Court
Berkshire county authorities have arrested John Freeman of Great Barrington for the May murder of George Darling, a man sometimes known as John Clough. Freeman pleaded not guilty in district court and was held without bail as details emerge from a drunken altercation and the discovery of Darling's body near the railroad tracks.
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Pittsfield
Berkshire
John Freeman
Great Barrington
George Darling
John Clough
Freeman
Norton
Darling
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Sheffield
Lehy Transferred From Holy Cross College
Rev. John F. Lehy, long time president of Holy Cross college Worcester, was named treasurer of Woodstock college Maryland and pastor of its attached parish. He will depart Worcester today to begin new duties, a move met with regret from local clergy. Fr Murphy attends Jesuit studies prefects meeting in New York to plan the year's college work.
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Worcester
John F. Lehy
Holy Cross College
Woodstock
MD.) College
Lehy
Worcester County
Holy Cross
Woodstock College
Thomas E. Murphy
S&s. J
New York
A Slick Swindler Arraigned in Boston Court
Arthur G. Marshall of Cleveland Ohio was arraigned in Municipal Court before Judge Burke on a fugitive from justice charge and held in 10000 bail for a hearing August 29. He allegedly obtained funds from W. E. White general manager of the firm.
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Boston
Arthur G. Marshall
Cleveland
Ohio
Burke
Marshall
W. E. White
Cleveland man swindled by Mississippi mining stock deal
America Clyde of Cleveland converted personal property and notes valued at 10000 into mining stock in Mississippi Valley Lead. Marshall issued small dividend checks then bought White’s horse for 2000 mining stock and took 8000 in preferred stock by note on June 14. Dividends stopped. Marshall fled Cleveland after selling White’s notes. New York broker W J Ashton helped grand jury arrest Marshall in Boston last Saturday.
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America Clyde Company
Cleveland
Mississippi Valley Lead Company
Marshall
Mr. White
Mississippi Mining Stock Company
White
W. J. Ashton
New York
Grand Jury
Boston
Lawyer’s Huge Fees Stir Private Estate Case
New York August 26 one of the largest legal fees on record goes to Lawyer Joseph D Hedding for securing 6 000 000 from the Huntington estate for Princess Clara von Hatzfeldt Redding gets 300 000 or five percent of the sum The fees reflect the scale of private interests involved in the case Also noted are other high earnings by judges and lawyers in corporate and international matters including Depew Vanderbilt and Harrison cases.
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New York
Joseph D. Hedding
Collis P. Huntington
Huntington
Clara von Hatzfeldt
Redding
William G. Moore
Chicago
Tin Plate Trust
James B. Dill
New Jersey Trust
Henry C. Frisk
Andrew Carnegie
Legi
Ogden Gas Company
Harrison
Venezuela
England
Chauncey M. Depew
Cornelius Vanderbilt
San Francisco
Mr. Redding
Harvard
Princess von Hatzfeldt
Bride and groom wed at hospital bedside before fatal operation
Atlantic City, Aug 26. Quar termaster Joseph Matthews of the United States cruiser Newark died after a rare operation on his seventh cervical vertebrae. He married Eva May Sam of Camden hours before surgery, the civil ceremony held at his bedside as hospital staff and mournful onlookers observed in quiet. Matthews, 28, a resident of Philadelphia, had proposed to his bride before deployment to the Philippines and a civil wedding followed.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Quartermaster Joseph Matthews
United States
Newark
Eva May Sam
Camden
Matthews
Collins Street
Philadelphia
Thirty-second Street
Philippines
Sam
Elizabeth Sal
Justice of the Peace
McAlister
Emery Marvel
J. R. Doughty
Operatives Locked Out Over Union Recognition in D C
A despatch from Columbia, Washington reports 300 cotton mill operatives were locked out yesterday as management refused to recognize the union sought by the workers. The dispute centers on union recognition and labor rights in the capital.
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Columbia
D. C
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New
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Reape
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J. W. Coggeshall
Globe Mills
E. A. McCormick
FR. Lehy
Pres. of Holy Cross
The
Courier
Quartermaster Matthews
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