Waterbury Trolleymen End Strike With Triumphant Return
A Waterbury afternoon crowd welcomed the end of the trolley strike as the Central Labor Union ratified the trolleymen action. Two cars carried ex strikers and supporters from Grand street to Waterville and back, with cheers, hats tossed, and a riotous display across North Willow and North Main streets. Manager Sewell announced the settlement and offered rides to demonstrate a return to normal service.
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Central Labor Union
Terms of Settlement by Central Labor Union
The Central Labor Union issues a settlement listing 16 men to return to work today and 14 on regular payroll shortly, with earn rates of 20 cents per hour and 25 cents for snow plough work. Ten hours make a day, schedules will be user-influenced, grievances heard any time, and injunctions to be dropped.
Settlement Ends Seven Month Strike On North Main Line
Crowds filled the streets as transit traffic surged after a seven month strike ended yesterday. Police and officials welcomed the accord while executives and strikers prepared to reinstate workers across motormen conductors and shop crews with pay roll names to be announced. Ex president Barrett and others confirmed votes for the settlement, expecting smoother operations and improved relations for the company and its workers.
Tragic Shooting Suicide In Buffalo Family
Kent Stow, 24, son of F D Stow, shot his wife Pauline in Buffalo New York then killed himself. He is hospitalized with a likely fatal wound after returning from a drive while an infant child was left with his parents. Authorities note possible temporary insanity from malaria fever. The couple had been married about two years and had no known domestic troubles. Mrs Brown of West Dennis Mass is mentioned among relatives.
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Buffalo
Kent Stow
F. D. Stow
Merchans' Dispatch and Transportation Co
Young Stow
Stow
Mr Stow
Pauline
Stows
Mrs Brown
West Dennis
Mass
ManHidden in Hold Survives Five Days Aboard Cedric
William Langell stowed away in Liverpool July 30 and hid until Cedric's Liverpool to New York voyage. He pried open a midship hold hatch with a jackknife and survived nearly five days without food or drink, subsisting on four onions cut from an iron crate after rationing biscuits and a flask of rum. He was found unconscious, revived by the ship's surgeon, and revealed to have endured extreme starvation.
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New York
William Langell
Cedric
Liverpool
Langell
Haddock
Tahiti Princess Arrives in San Francisco Aboard Mariposa
Princess Arhimahinihini Pomare, daughter of the late King Pomare, lands in San Francisco with her aunt Mrs Dorence Atwater. At about 16, she recounts a life split between European and native Tahitian customs and education at Papeete's French convent.
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San Francisco
Arhimahinihini Pomare
Pomare
Tahiti
Dorence Atwater
Islands
America
King Pomare
Tahitian
Papeete
German Ambassador Leaves Sagamore Hill on Vacation
Baron Speck von Sternberg the German ambassador and guest of the presidents guests at Sagamore Hill since Friday departed this morning for his summer home near The Wiers New Hampshire. The president had no engagements with callers today and spent the rest of the day with his family mostly outdoors after handling executive business.
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Oyster
Bay
Baron ‘Speck von Sternberg
Sagamore Hill
Wiers
New Hampshire
Governor Terrill Endorses Roosevelt Letter On Lynchings
Atlanta August 10 Governor Terrill endorsed Roosevelt's letter to Governor Durbin of Indiana regarding recent lynchings in Indiana He told the Associated Press it is interesting that northern and northwestern lynchings have drawn such a response from the president and supported the Durbin action.
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Atlanta
Terrill
Roosevelt
Durbin
Indiana
Associated Press
Pope Sent Personal Greeting To Abbe Lorenzo Perosi
Rome on August 10 records the pope sending personal greetings to Abbe Lorenzo Perosi on the feast of St Lawrence’s day. An autograph note accompanied the message praising the Sistine choir’s music from yesterday’s coronation ceremony, largely composed by the abbe.
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Rome
St Lawrence's
Lorenzo Perosi
Sistine Choir
Pius X
Strikes at Paper Mills Show Calm Opening Day
At the Paper Mills in Holyoke Massachusetts crowds gathered but police were not needed. Only a few strikers returned to work while a court martial was ordered in Constantinople to try the alleged Russian consul assassination and assess official responsibility.
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Holyoke
Mass
Constantinople
Menastin
Strikes History Striker Toll of a City Wide Trolley War
A historical recount of the city trolley strike from January to August, detailing mass walkouts on January 11, escalating violence, National Guard deployment, arrests, and legal actions. It notes costs borne by the state, city, and company, and labels the conflict one of the era’s greatest labor showdowns with unions standing together.
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State National Guards
Cole
Waterville
Faber
George Merna
William Morrissett
Merna
H. R. Durant
West Main Street
Second Congregational Church
Paul Mendelsohn
Faher
Mendelssohn
Superior Court
Ralph Wheeler
State Board of Aritration
Arbitration Board Opens Hearings in Alabama Miners Dispute
The Alabama coal miners and operators wage eight hour day and semi monthly pay issues are to be arbitrated by a board chosen to settle the differences. Judge Gray of Delaware presides as the body begins its sittings this morning.
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Birmingham
Ala
Board of Arbitration
Alabama
Gray
Delaware
Weather forecast for Connecticut turns fair tonight
The forecast for Connecticut calls for fair skies tonight and Tuesday with light variable winds. No precipitation expected. Temperatures will remain mild with gentle humidity. Local agencies urge motorists to monitor updates for any changes.
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Connecticut
Manager Sewell Comments On Strike Settlement
Manager Sewell said he was very busy when a Democrat reporter reached him by phone. He was pleased the strike was declared off but could not say when reinstatement of six men would occur or who they would be. No men had applied for work yet. He reviewed the list with President Murnan and noted the settlement was satisfactory to him despite minor differences.
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Grand Street
Sewell
South Main
Waterbury
Gome
Jean Jacques
Lawrence Horgan
Jesse
Forest Park
Waterville
Cornelius Horgan
James Hollan
James Murnan
Patrick Flynn
North Willow Street
Murnan
Trafic
Everyody
Varandas
North Willow
East Main Street
Brooklyn
Tuck
North Main Street
Charles Ross
Democrat
Egan
Barrett
Soldiers Arrive for Connecticut Guard Camp at Niantic
Niantic August 10 Ideal weather greets Connecticut National Guard as Battery A Guilford Branford and the Second Regiment from New Haven reach camp by 8 30 AM. Other units follow after 10, with 2 268 total in camp and one minor injury reported in unloading a gun. Troop A departs Durham for East Hampton and Chesterfield en route to Niantic, nine miles march amid hilly roads. Also in San Francisco the Logan brings the 26th U S Infantry from Manila with two deaths on the voyage.
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Niantic
Connecticut National Guard
Cole
Russell Frost
New Haven
Guilford
Branford
Kileiikus
Battery A
Middletown
Jug
Durham
Connecticut River
Portland
East Hampton
Lake Pocotopaug
Chesterfield
Manila
San Francisco
Logan
United States Newfantry
C. F. Herbert
Engineer Corps
Julius Djholya
Oo I
26Th Infantry
City news items and local society notes
The Waterbury area lists a Wednesday special meeting for city groups, a major outing at Waterville, and staff movements at Benedict & Burnham Co. Several obituaries and funeral plans are noted for local residents, with Masses scheduled at St Patrick's and St Francis Xavier's. A caboose derailment near Porter Street spurs no injuries, while building line debates in Lake Street prompt calls for uniform city planning to aid stores with sidewalk space.
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Waterbury Club
Waterville
Benedict &Burnham Co
Anna Preston
Walcott Street
Maria
Francis Bouffard
Highland Avenue
St Thomas Cadets
Lyceum
St Patrick's Church
Peter Lawlor
St Francis Xavier's
Robert Sheehan
Stone Street
Waterbury Typographical Union
Court Champlain
F. of A
Foresters
Philippe Trepanier
Philip Trepanier
Highland
Sunnyside Avenues
St Ann’s Church
Amos Callahan
New Haven
Riverside Cemetery
Callahan
Waterbury
Annie M. Hine
Middletown
Pine Grove Cemetery
Sarah J. Hine
East Main Street
Porter Street
Board of Safety
Committee On Horses
Lakey and Taylor
Frank E. Benham
Scovill Street
Burton Street
Lake Street
Italian anarchists named in Marseille assault attempt
Rome reports authorities checked the Italians listed as anarchists after an attempted assault on French premier Combes in Marseilles. Messages of congratulation were sent to an unspecified figure amid the confusion.
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Rome
M. Combes
Marseilles
Lst
Meee
Wuaslae
Strikers Thank Public and Press After Settlement
The last statement from the strikers’ executive committee thanks Waterbury’s public for backing the strike, the press for courtesies, and contributors from many groups. It says the company will meet its obligations, notes General Manager Sewell's commitment, and hopes workers return to posts with public courtesy restored.
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Sewell
Gay
Waterbury
Central Labor Union Announces Settlement Of Waterbury Strike
After thirty weeks on strike the Connecticut Railway and Lighting Co employees reach a compromise. The Central Labor union executive committee endorses the plan, and the trolley men approve it unanimously. Thirty workers are recalled with seniority guiding recalls, two crews may shift to Bridgeport, and barn work pay is set at 20 cents per hour with snow ploughing at 25 cents. Injunctions to be stopped as wage details and totals are negotiated.
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Connecticut Railway & Lighting Co
Sewell
Waterbury
Trolley Man’s Union
Central Labor Union
Unitedlaber
Bridgeport
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MPN
W. Kelly
Fisher
Roan
McGlynn
Downs
Lodge
Archer
Joe Dugan
McClure
Pollard
Collins
Hull
McLean
Meyers
Creem
Martin Dowling
Patrick Creen
Kiersted
H. Johnson
William Kilbourne
Timothy Foley
Ngan
Finnan
Scott, Husker
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Central Labor Union Statement
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