New York Building Trades Face Worst Year in Five Years
A Building Trades Employers Association statement warns of a poor year with about half of Greater New York’s 100,000 building workers idle. Employers vow no wage cuts, unions seek stable pay, and arbitration keeps strikes low while some unions remain outside the plan. About 50,000 idle workers reflect the industry sag.
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New York
Building Trades Employers’ Association
Amalgamated Woodworkers’ Union
Bricklayers and Masons
Electrical Workers
Marble Cutters’ U
Marble Polishers’ Union
Ornamental Operative Plasterers’ Society
Modelers’ Union
Wood Carvers
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Metal Lathers
Amalgamated Sheet Metal Ah
Plumbers’ Union
Vtomposition Roofers and
Cement Masons
Brotherhod
Hughes Boomers Publican Club Names Hughes Committee
The Publican Club of this city announced yesterday the twenty five members appointed by Gov. Hughes supporters to push a Hughes for President campaign amid a split Republican scene. The list includes Lehmater, Wetmore, Talcott, Einstein, Humphrey, Merriam, Costello, Halstead, Kenyon, Maas, Morse, Hunt, Smith, Maynard, Brookfield, Dougl, Stern, Albro, Turn, Baldwin, Howard, Wheeler, Nussbaum, Russell and Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Hughes
United States
Tong
Charles Young
James S. Lehmater
Edward Wetmore
James Talcott
Willam Etinstein
A. B. Humphrey
A. L. Merriam
P. C. Costello
Jacob Halstead
Robert N. Kenyon
Charles O. Maas
Perley Morse
Leavitt J Hunt
Sidney Smith
R.L. Maynard
Frank Brookfield
W. H. Dougl
Leopold Stern
H. W. Albro
M. Turn
Stephen €. Baldwin
Ora Howard
A. Wheeler
Myer Nussbaum
Joseph EB. Russell
Howard Wilsoner
Hughes Men to Confer On Hughes Presidential Boom
Albany Jan 1 A conference is planned tomorrow by Gov Hughes supporters in the Legislature and other friends from across New York to advance his presidential bid. The meeting aims to form a state organization and launch a Hughes State league to channel public sentiment for his nomination.
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Hughes
Chicago
Young
Albany
Hughes State League
New York Republicans Gather for Conference Led by Key Senators
The Republican Club of New York City and Brooklyn groups convene with central figures Senators Page and Saxe, Travis of Brooklyn, Hinman of Binghamton, Armstrong of Rochester, and Assemblyman Wainwright of Westchester expected to attend. Other Republican operatives from New York City, the southern tier, and the northern and western parishes will join.
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Republican Club
New York
Hughes
Brooklyn
Page and Saxe
Travis
Hinman
Binghamton
Armstrong
Rochester
Assemblyman
Wainwright
Westchester
New York City
Sugar Men Oppose Taft in Michigan Delegation Shuffle
Copper Trust and Sugar Trust reportedly unite to counter Taft at the National Convention in Detroit. They favor Gov. Hughes as a rival to War Secretary Warren and question Taft’s tariff-revision stance amid sugar industry concerns.
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New York Times
Detroit
Copper Trust
Upper Peninsula
Sugar
Lower Peninsula
Michigan
Taft
Gov. Hughes
Charles B. Warren
Michigan Sugar Company
Sugar Trust
Wall Street
Philippines
Slap at Bryan Marks Democratic Dinner Series Plan
The National Democratic Club of the city releases a circular signed by President John Fox denouncing personal candidacies including William J Bryan. The plan outlines a winter series of dinners with New York Democrats as guests to discuss reform and historic Democratic teachings. The first dinner on January 8 features Justice Morgan J O'Brien speaking on Why Is the Democratic Party Divided.
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National Democratic Club
John Fox
Willam J. Bryan
United States
Bryan
Board of Governors
New York
Democratic Party
Morgan J. O’brien
Brooklyn Alderman Gunther Chosen Floor Leader
The Republican caucus elected Alderman John D. Gunther of Brooklyn’s Fifty-seventh District as floor leader. Gunther, a six year veteran, is seen as a Sullivan ally who will align with Tammany interests, reducing expected conflicts in the board. The Manhattan bloc’s preferred candidate, B W B Brown, failed to win.
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Board of Aldermen
Marty Reese
Brooklyn
John D. Gunther
Fifteenth Street
Manhattan
Tammany
Little Tim
B. W. B. Brown
Brown
Sullivan
New Sleeping Car Deluxe On Shore Line Express
The New York and Hartford Railroad introduces a deluxe sleeping car for the midnight express. Each compartment resembles a hotel room with toilet conveniences, ten rooms per compartment, two berths per room, and a corridor layout allowing suite arrangements. Rich rare woods including tigerwood and exotic Philippine wood highlight the interiors.
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New York & Hartford
Washington
Fifty six years of married life celebrated by Silas H Cowell
Silas H Cowell and his wife of Richmond Terrace Fort Richmond S I celebrated their 56th wedding anniversary with two daughters a son eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren present. Both born in 1829 he captained a Great Lakes freight boat in youth and later ran hotels in Albany and Manhattan before retiring. He showed a battered silk hat won from William Housman in 1860 on a bet Lincoln would be elected President.
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Silas H. Cowell
Richmond Terrace
Fort Richmond
S. I
Cowell
Albany
Cairo
Free Lectures to Resume Across City Schools and Halls
The Board of Education resumes lectures tomorrow evening at multiple sites. Anthony Fiala will discuss Fighting the Solar Ice with stereopticon and film at Public School 30. Other talks include Principles and Practice of Electrical Engineering at Public School 2 Bronx, Oklahoma the Land of Now at East Broadway, and The Federation of the World at Public School 157. The Tremont library hosts John Martin on History of American Railroads, Cooper Union features Oriental Civilization, and the Museum of Natural History begins a course on Electricity and Magnetism.
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Board of Education
Public School
East Eee Street
Anthony Fiala
Bronx
169Th Street
Third Avenue
W. Wallace ‘Ker
Hebrew Technical Institute
East Broadway
Elias W. Thompson
Oklahoma
St. Nicholas Avenue
127Th Street
Hamilton Holt
Tremont
New York Public Library
John Martin
Ship's Coal Gives Out Delayed Liner Statendam Arrives Hoboken
The Holland America liner Statendam from Rotterdam reached Hoboken too late for Lt. van der Heuvel to dine with friends on New Year’s Eve. Severe weather delayed the voyage after Boulogne with gales from the Channel to the Banks and Christmas Day spent in a westerly gale.
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Statendam
Rotterdam
Hoboken
van der Heuvel
Boulogne
Fitta di Messina
Mediterranean
Bermuda
Palermo
GOOD CITIZENS GOOD CATECHISM CALLS FOR NYC REFORM
The Bureau of Municipal Research issues a post card urging New York to adopt a charter fit to the city. It advocates reducing the Board of Education from forty six to five or seven members and urges full enforcement of tenancy laws and efficiency in fiscal offices. It calls intelligent citizens to demand government knowledge and for philanthropists to seek better municipal governance to curb misery and crime.
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Bureau of Musicipal Research
New York
Bureau
Board of Education
Charity's Doors Shut As Funds Run Thin
United Hebrew Charities failed to open its main building at S56 Second Avenue or the East Broadway branch amid a monthly halt due to funds. A meeting at Temple Emanu-El next Sunday will discuss relief for the Jewish poor, with no fund appeal planned. Adrina Social Club proposes a Consolidated Charities Club to unite efforts, led by Nathan Simon of the Adrina Club.
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The
United Hebrew Charities
S56
Second Avenue
East Broadway
East Side
Council of Jewish Communal Institutions
Temple Emanu-El
Fifth Avenue
Forty-third Street
Council
Adrena Social Club
Fast 14Th Street
Consolidated Charities Club
Nathan Simon
Adrena Club
East 111Th Street
New Year Travel Delays Tie Up City Transport
Beginning before dawn and lasting through the day surface elevated and subway routes faced blocks and delays. Lexington Avenue line idle after 2 A M while Third Avenue cars ran infrequently and crowds waited in cold wind. A derailed pay as you enter car caused a noon stoppage near 129th Street and Broadway lines lost power late morning.
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Lexington Avenue
Broadway
Third Avenue
Sixty-fifth Street
Ninety-eighth Street
129Th Street
Thirty-fourth Street
Man cuts three men after toast refusal in saloon
Charles Mahrwold, a 26 year old painter, leaped through a plate glass window to escape while three men at 9027 First Avenue refused a New Year’s toast. James Hammel, George Reece, and Henry Faller were wounded. Mahrwold was arrested and the victims planned to testify in Harlem Court today.
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First Avenue
Shimr
Charles Maijrwold
Seventh Avenue
James Hammel
East With Street
George Reece
East 16Th Street
Henry Faller
Mahrwold
Harlem Court
Barbados Dispatch Reports No Fever Island Health Excellent
The British Consul General notes a Washington embassy telegram from Barbados stating no fever or infectious disease exists on the island. Health is excellent, port authorities issue clean bills of health, and consuls urge notifying shipping and press.
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Genral
Washington
Barbados
Island
Mutiny Rumors Follow Chinese Crew on Queen Eleanor
Three Chinese sailors aboard the British freighter Queen Eleanor were placed in irons on arrival from Havana after mutiny tensions. The crew complained of denied shore leave and worked reluctantly under strict discipline until officers stripped to the brig. The case proceeds before the British Consul General.
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Havana
Staten Island
Legg
Chu Fong
Legs
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