Telegraphers Union prepares for possible Western Union strike
Wesley Russell and most of the national executive committee arrived for an Astor House meeting to plan a possible strike. The union aims for a 10 percent pay rise, an eight hour day, and free typewriters, with a defense fund to be raised. The railroad telegraphers would support but not strike in sympathy, and a decision on strike timing is expected by Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Russell
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union of America
National Executive Committee
Insi
Western Union
Russell
Chi‘eo
Fussell
West
Small
Canada
Western Union Company
H. V. Perham
St. Louis
Astor House
R. J. Fowler
Memphis
J. Reidy
Boston
F. J. Konenkamp
Pittsburg
C. E. Hill
Toronto
J. M. Sullivan
New York
Longshore Union Chief Seeks License Revocation Over Towboat Violations
President Patrick Connors of the Longshoremen's Protective Union submitted a letter to the executive committee in Hudson Hall alleging that towboats Robert Palmer Neptune and America carried more passengers than allowed, with Stimson confirming possible civil penalties and a prompt local board investigation. A committee will present affidavits. Connors warns of unauthorized fundraising for strikers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Connors
Longshoremen's Protective Union
Hudson Hall
Hudson and
Leroy Streets
United States
Stimson
Mr. Stimson
Robert Palmer
Neptune
America
Harris
Connors
No. 17
State Street
Farti Cs
Messrs. Holt and
Driscoll
Board of Steamboat
Excavators strike not general says union delegate Vecchio
Vincenzo Vecchio, delegate of the Rockmen and Excavators Union with 25 percent membership, says a general strike is not ordered though wage demands exceed 10 percent. Individual firm strikes are under way as firms hire new men and refuse the demands. Vecchio complains no sympathy action has been taken by other trades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincenzo Vecchio
Rockmen and Excavators’ Union
Vecchio
Union Leaders Urge Bonding of Financial Officers
A letter from President Samuel Gompers and Secretary Frank Morrison of the American Federation of Labor asks the Central Federated Union to back a convention resolution requiring bonds for all financial officers or at least one in each union. The ex e committee will report next Sunday. New unions reportedly already require bonding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Federated Union
Samuel Gompers
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Hotel Porters Still On Strike In New York
Letter from F A Reed proprietor of Park Avenue Hotel and secretary of the Hotel Association of New York to the Central Federated Union says individual hotel owners may act with the committee but the association itself cannot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A. Reed
Park Avenue
Hotel Association of New York
Central Federated Union
Bankers Play Baseball at Montclair Grounds
The banking houses of N. W. Helsey & Co and N. W. Harris & Co staged a baseball game Saturday afternoon at the Montclair Athletic Club grounds. Halsey team won 24 to 2 for their third victory this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. W. Helsey & Co
N. W. Harris & Co
Montclair Athletic Club
Halsey
Ellis Island Ferry Breaks Down Halts Immigrant Transit
The Ellis Island immigration ferry broke down yesterday at 11 am delaying trips until 5 pm. An engine disturbance required five hours to repair. Routine work continued and when the ferry resumed, large numbers of immigrants crossed the harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellis Island
Kaltenborn Orchestra Opens Summer Series at St Nicholas Garden
Franz Kaltenborn presented the first sacred concert of the summer series at St Nicholas Garden with soloist John A. Finnegan of Washington singing Cujus Animam from Rossini’s Stabat Mater. Kaltenborn’s solos drew loud applause. Tonight features ballet Tmousi a, Which Is Living a lerts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Nicholas Garden
Franz Kaltenborn
Garden
John A. Finnegan
Washington
Rossini
Mr. Kaltenborn
St. Nicholas
Doubtful Twin Confusion Stuns A Dining Guest
A dinner guest, a professor, misreads a nursery scene as he blurts out a remark about twins. In the hot room with wine and idle chat, he stumbles to the drawing room then inspects baby twins presented by a nurse, deciding if they are two or one. The moment ends with a husky compliment about a “bonny little child.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
People's Magazine
Fight on Ferryboat Ends With Injuries and Arrests
A Staten Island ferry trip to New York ended in a near panic as about fifty youths from the York Athletic Club clashed with the First Warders on board the Brooklyn. Baseball bats were used, dozens injured, and Arthur Emmit was knocked unconscious before patrols arrived at South and Whitehall. Emmit, who recovered, said the York group boarded after a ball game on Staten Island. Police arrested Michael Simmons and Arnold Burke of 109 Washington street for assault. many club members offered names as complainants.
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Staten Island
Brooklyn
New York
South
Whitehall
Arthur Emmitt
Emmit
St. Gregory's Hospital
Payne
Lynch
York
Michael Simmons
Arnold Burke
Washington Street
York Athletic Club
Leutenant
Mutual Reserve Plans Drastic Cuts in Industrial Department
The Mutual Reserve is quietly planning severe retrenchment across its provident and industrial business. The plan targets reducing new business costs and retaining existing policies, possibly abolishing the industrial branch. Management aims to transfer work, close branches, and cut the industrial workforce, possibly by two thirds, while noting the department's small policies contribute five-figure annual income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mutual Reserves
Provident
Mutual Reserve
George D. Eldridge
William FP. Eldridge
Isldridge
Ely
Tribune
Eldridge
Frederick K. Burneham
Gas at 3000 Feet On Model Farm Succeeds
Ex Senator William Flinn ordered deeper gas drilling near Sharpsburg after fifty fifteen hundred feet yielded nothing. Drillers reached three thousand feet yesterday afternoon and were blown out by an immense gasser. The district awaits the new fortune expected to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Pittsburg
William Flinn
Philadelphia
Sharpsburg
Flinn
Meyer Bail Bond Postponed In Divorce Case
Louis G Meyer a local asphalt contractor was bailed out of Ludlow Street Jail after an order by Justice Truax set bail at 19000 then reduced to 5000. His attorney Thomas O Callahan secured bond using Arthur Conway of West 41st Street as security. Meyer and his brother refused to discuss the civil suit and the divorce his wife filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis G. Meyer
Ludlow Street
Justice Truax
Meyer
Thomas O’callahan
Arthur Conway
West 41Th Street
Pearl button maker Felled himself with gas at Newark home
William Feldmeyer, a pearl button manufacturer, killed himself at his residence 558 Hawthorne Avenue Newark early yesterday by inhaling gas. Business had been slack lately and this caused him worry and brood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Feldmeyer
Hawthorne Avenue
Newark
Feldmeyer
Marine Intelligence Miniature Almanac
The notice lists solar and lunar times with sunrise at 4 28 and sunset at 7 29 and tidal high water readings for Sandy Hook Gov Island and Hell Gate around 7 30 to 9 52 A.M. with respective peaks and moon phases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy Hook
Gov. Island
Hell Gate
Vessel Schedules From Vesnel to South Brasil
Readable ship schedule notes list vessels and routes across ports including Bremen Hamburg Naples Savannah New Orleans and Panama with times June 11 to June 18. Entries include Vesnel Vessel Maderoses Citta di apoli Majestic Hosalind and Victoria among others with rail and harbor connections noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vesnel
Maderoses
Algonquin
Jacksonville
Clyde
K Wilhelm I
Bremen
Livy
Vmartarossa
Aim Hamburs
Naples
Citta di Apoli
la Veloce
Galveston
Mallory
Cicy
Columbus
Savannah
Majestic
Liverpool
White Star
Hosalind
Newfoundland
Red Cross
Maraval
Grenada
Trinidad
Allyny
Inagua
Hamb-Am
Alliance
Colon
Panama
Barlados
Quebec
Nootdam
Rotterdam
Holland-Am
Antilles
New Orleans
So Pacific
Wyuron
Victoria
Hamburg
Hamr-Am
Tietgen
Christiansand
Monterey
Havana
Ward
firusser _Kurfirst
Liega
Wmham Nord America
la Francesca
Naplea
Pabro
Hayvamo
Tamplee
Kansas City
Annah
Savanna
Theatrical news on Sothern Alexander and upcoming season changes
Theaters announce Sothern and George Alexander will alternate roles in England and America with supporting companies. Alexander likely appears early 1908 09 season using John Guides Honor at St James. Possible three week engagement for Sothern and Miss Marlowe. Cecilia Loftus and Lawrence D Orsay to appear next season under Henry Miller in German military comedy at Daly's after Miller Anglin in The Great Divide. Grace Merritt signs five year contract with Ernest Shipman after a Montreal season end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Sothern
George Alexander
London
England
St. James Theatre
Mr. Alexander
Alexander
John Guide
the St. James
Miss Marlowe
Cecilia Loftus
Lawrence D'Orsay
Henry Miller
Daly's
Mr. Miller
Miss Anglin
Grace Merritt
Montreal
Ernest Shipman
Magic Necklace Healers Inmate Colony Claim
A 101 year old widow, Mrs. Nichla Shilotzky, at the Home of the Daughters of Jacob, 802 East Broadway, wears an amber bead necklace said to cure illnesses. Inmates with colds or pains seek her touch for relief, believing the necklace has aided generations of wearers to long life. Her family vessel’s history spans over two centuries. She arrived from Russia twenty five years ago and has resided in the institution for five years. Her only relative is a widowed daughter with many visitors seeking cures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daughters of Jacob
No. 802 East Broadway
Nichla Shilotzky
Fire destroys several Bryant Street properties in San Francisco
A blaze on Bryant street in San Francisco last night wiped out property valued at 26008 dollars. The Franklin Grammar School Yosemite flour mills a lodging house and the wholesale premises of the Customs Seed Company and the San Francisco Paste Company all burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Bryant Street
Ith
Franklin Grammar School
Yosemite
Customs Seed Company
San Francisco Paste Company
Iowa Tornado Destroys Homes in Pleasant Valley
A tornado struck Pleasant Valley, Des Moines area, this afternoon, leaving about a dozen families homeless and several people injured. Local authorities report structural damage to homes and scattered debris across the neighborhood. Emergency crews closed affected streets as residents assess losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Pleasant Valley
Message to Mrs Eddy Read At Boston First Church Service
The First Church of Christ, Scientist of Boston sent a message of greeting to Rev. Mary Baker G. Eddy, pastor emeritus, at Pleasant View Concord New Hampshire. The message praised her wisdom courage and faith and renewed confidence in her leadership and guidance.
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Boston
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Mary Baker G. Eady
Pleasant View
Concord
N. H
Bryce to visit Oklahoma and Indian Territory
British ambassador James Bryce will tour Oklahoma and Indian Territory June 13 to 18 as the guest of A. J. Davidson, president of the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway. He is keenly interested in the proposed Oklahoma constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Guthrie
Okla
James Bryce
United States
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
A. J. Davidson
St. Louis & San Francisco Railway
Bryce
Truant Boy Outsmarts Kindness Lesson
A Morley Observer item tells how a Northern school teacher faced persistent truancy. A compassionate superintendent hosted the boy with a lavish feast and gentle talk, only to learn the pupil revealed a substitute student had been sent in his stead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morley
English Dishes by County Share Regional Delicacies
The Boston Transcript notes varie d regional foods across England and Ireland. Rural Essex favors stewed rabbit with raspberry jam while Lancashire serves parsnip pudding and an oatmeal fat bacon cake. Cambridgeshire fries apples with sausages and sweets accompany meat in several counties. Devon and Cornwall mix sugar with fried bacon and even in Ireland stewed pea shells appear in cottage fare.
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Essex
Lancashire
Cambridgeshire
Devonshire
Cornwall
Ireland
Boston Transcript
Big Benefit at Colonial for Poor of Assembly District
A benefit performance at the Colonial Theatre yesterday afternoon raised about 1800 for the needy in the ith Assembly District. James J. Hagan, Deputy Commissioner of Public Works and district Tammany leader, organized the event with Percy G. Williams donating the theatre. Over eighteen hundred attended, with room for five hundred more, and gallery tickets given to those unable to pay. Proceeds will be distributed regardless of creed or color. Boxholders paid 800 at auction. Hagan sat with his family in Box No. 1 alongside notable attendees including Deputy Controller N. Taylor Phillips, John F. Curry, Roswell D. Williams, and Justice Crain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lth
Colonial Theatre
James J. Hagan
Public Works
Tammany
Percy G. Williams
Hagan
Women Sleep in Tents at 45 Below in Fort William
Fort William Ontario June 8 Special 45 degrees below zero surrounds native women of Missionable as they live in tents in the woods to trap and hunt. Most are Indians and none have frozen to death despite years of winter exposure. The village founded 1886 by Hudson Bay Company may be wiped out by future mining. Elson Chapish and Iserbroff noted in exploration lore. The summer plays the natives and alcohol limits are described amid a harsh northern setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort William
Ontario
Missionable
Lake Superior
Hudson Bay Company
John
George Elson
Job Chapish
Joseph Iserbroff
Mrs. Hubbard
Labrador
Destination and steamer schedules and wireless report
The message lists multiple voyage itineraries with origins and routes through San Francisco Seattle Vancouver and Melbourne plus calls at Hawaii Japan Corea China Philippines Tahiti and Samoa. It notes a June timetable with dockings and a wireless report stating the Hyndiam reported to Satie Island at 7 20 AM yesterday and is expected to dock about 1 30 PM Tuesday.
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B. C
Japan
Corea
China
Fphilingine Islands
Ivia Seattin
Minnesota
Tahiti
Marquesis Islands
San Francisco
Hawaii
San
Hyndiam
Satie Island
Shipping News Arrivals and Vessels in Quarantine and Travel
Shipping news lists steamer arrivals to various ports including Arconia, Emilia, Dorothy, and California with cabin and steerage passengers. Several ships sail into quarantine or depart to ports such as Havana, New Orleans, Glasgow, Genoa, Barbados, and Kingston as crews and cargo are reported along with destinations and times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arconia
Molter
Luau
Rotterdam
Henham and Boyewen
Hararaom
Emilia
Rusty
Cesulieh
Paterno
Algiers
Whelps Brothers & Co
Moise
Har
Dorothy
Waite
Wilmington
Del
Lauvel
Ner Ho
Stavengers
Framer Carolina, Sargent
Mayaguez
Aguadilla
Arecibo
San Juan
New York and Porto Riay Steamship Company
Piasengers
Snaus and
Carnan
Santos
Rio de Janeiro
St Lucian
New Orleans
Bush & Jevons
Mar
Princess Anne
Tapley
Newport News
Norfolk
Old Dominion Si Co
Caledonia
Bre Baxter
Glasgow
Moville
Henderson Brothers
Nort America
Ital
de Barbieri
Genoa
Palermo
Naples
Foleguest
Hatfield & Oo
Haker iGer
Port Antonio
United Pratt Company
Hook
Ney Hook
Windworth
Breese
Mear
Steamers at Foreign Ports Arrived and Sailed
Liverpool and Glasgow arrivals report steamers from New York via Queenstown with ships like Lacilla and Moville. Columba to Glasgow and Southampton. La Plata and Klageton routes via Colon and Barbados. St Paul at Southampton. Sailed include Etruria from Liverpool to New York and Astoria from Glasgow to New York. Princess Alice, Dover bound, and Minnetonkahn from New York to London. Boulogne and Rotteml to New York.
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Liverpool
Celtic Ir
New York
Queenstown
Lacilla
Moville
Columbia
Glasgow
Southampton
la Plata
Klageton
Colon
Barbados
Plymouth
St Paul
Town
Etruria
Liv— al
Astoria
New Pourke
Squeer
Carpathia
Bri
Dover
Princess Alice
Ger
Hremen
Lizard
Minnetonkahn
London
Rotteml
Boulogne
Proposals for Public Works Across Manhattan and Beyond
Sealed bids and proposals are invited by the Office of the Park Department in Manhattan for installation work at the New Public Library and related buildings. Details cover elevators, pneumatic tubes, and book conveyors with security of 10000 dollars and a three year completion window. Also listed are dredging at Coney Island Channel, flushing hats, and breakwater work at Port Jefferson and Bay Harbor with July 10 1907 closing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arsenal Building
Pitth Avenue
Sixty-fourth Street
Borough of Manhattan
City of New York
Park Boant
Department of Parks
Velockh P. Im
Public Library
Ast Lenox
Tiden
Fifth Avenue
Arsenal
Central Park
Manhattan
Architects
Carrere & Hastings
East Party
First Street
City
U 8S
Army Js
New York
N. Y
Coney Island Channel
Flushing
Port Jefferson
Bay Harbor
John G. D. Knight
Engis
Public notice for Kensico Reservoir appraisal in Westchester
New York City Corporation Counsel seeks the appointment of three disinterested commissioners of appraisal under Chapter 724 of the Laws for the Kensico Reservoir project. The court hearing in White Plains is set for July 20, 1907, at 10 oclock in the forenoon to select commissioners, with at least one residing in New York County and one in the county where the property lies. The map and parcels described are in North Castle, Westchester, showing real estate to be acquired for the Kensico Reservoir and related highways, per map No. 1715 filed April 22, 1907, in the Westchester Register. Public notices include statutory hearings on firemen relief bills and charter amendments, with hearings June 12, 1907 at 10:30 A.M. and June 12, 1907 at 10:30 A.M. respectively, at City Hall New York.
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NEW York Supreme Court
Ninth Judicial District
Westchester Coe Reservoir
White Plains
Westchester County
New York
City of
North Castle
County of
Westchester
County of Westchester
State of New York
Southern Queduct Department
Board of Water Supply
City of New York
Kensico Reservoir
Kensco Car
Harlem
Valhalla Avenue
Office of the Register of
Broadway
Parcel No
Parcel No. 167
Chambers Avenue
Pareel No
Parcel No. Iss
See Avenue
Anald
Ba” ST Ease
Parcela
Valhalla Avenues
Nethermont Avenue
Parcel Neck
Said Avenue
Safa Parcel
Parcel No 150
Hillanda
Same
Hillandale Avenue
Kensica Avenue
Said
H RR
Bronx River
Mount Flee
Gaid River
Gaid Town
Parcel No. II
Baby Bronx
the Register
Fee
Salema
William B. Ellison
Hall of Records
Chambers and
Centre Streets
Borough of Manhattan
New York City
Greater New York
Bureau OF Investigation
Sald City
City Hall
City Hal
George B. McClellan
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W. U
Staten Island 57
South Street
Tis
L. G. Meyer
Manufacturer
Marine Intelligence
Takea
South Brasil
Eastern Prince
Pretveces Prince
Sibiria
Port Limon
Hamb Am
Gunther
Ahin
Sloman
Maracaibo
Aracas
Rio Grand
Andosia
Huelva
Manuel Calv
Cadiz
Finland
Antwerp
Red Star Minnehal London
Tie Trans
Rio Grande Brunswick
Mallory Colorado
Brunswick
Mallor Kasasiy
Savanna Nutre
Mallory el
Jalveston
Pacifle
Ciaetree
Ose
Ae Ties
Rodter Jam
Holand-Am
Cunard
Lia
Havre
Dune
Petersburg Libau
Val Cretic
Gibraltar
Lloyd Colorado
Hull
Tee Kilsyth
Theatrical News
Mrs. Eddy
MR. Bryce
Colonial
Transpacific
Shipping News
Port of
Falio
San Jacinto
Galvest Winifred
Port Arthur
Richmond
Georgetown
Jartown
Delaware
Altal
Kingston
Orinoce Bri
Southamton
Narragansett
Sond Korea
Libau
Algeria
Ma Bellies
Citta A Napoll
Korona
St Thomima
St Croix
Pring Joachim Ger
Matanzas
Sagua
Moses Herrman
Joseph Berry
Michael J. Kennedy
Commissioner Island
Rolert Watchorn
Senate
William Baumgarten
Woodside Hook and Ladder Company
125Th St
1St St
St .Ve
58Th St
125Th
Tremont Ave
Geo. M. Cohan
NS Eyceatre
Mooners
Bway
41St St. Eves
Anna
Ardin de Aris
Dazie
Mortons
Fred
Garric Theatri Atre
35Th St
Mats. Wed. & Sart
R . Tanti
WML Colliertein
Hudson
44Th St
Brewster’s Millions
Lyceum
Knickerbocker
38Th Street
Montgomery & Stone & 2
SAVOY
Casino
Eddie Foy
Bryant
Mats Wed
Nazimova
Coquette
Omtesse
Academy OF Music
Norman Sothern Marlowe
Royalitalian Grand Opera Co
Wallace
Hk St
Emedy Comer
Harry Kelly
Ney
Cecil Spooner
Madison SQ. Garden
West End
Seca
Alhambra
Margaret Wycheriy Co
Wm Courtleigh Co
Eddie & Ward Bros
Dunedin
Golden City
Belasco
Rancho
the City OF Surprises
Luna Park
Dreamland
Altenborn
Eden Musee
KLD
Brooklyn Jockey Club
Board OF Estimate
George R. Dubois
Municipal Court
Borough OF
Hugu
City OF New
Oral College
Sixty-eighth Street
Board OF Education
State Department OF Education
Paroch
Saat
A. Gillet
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