Word: brawle
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...fair dealing on both sides. At the present time capital holds the upper hand. It should be the business of capital to meet labor and adjust their differences equally. Though there never was a time when production meant so much to the world, capital and labor bicker and brawl. This cannot go on. The new party shows that the crisis is at hand. It can be averted, but not by any half-way measures. Employer and workingman must come to an understanding; and it looks as if the employer would have to take the first step, lest a worse thing...
...Roachford, a waiter at Memorial Hall, shot and seriously injured H. Hughes, a fellow waiter, early yesterday afternoon. The trouble started in the servants' dressing room with a dispute over dishes; the men became excited and were soon engaged in a lively brawl. A. Terry, another waiter, attempted to separate the fighters, whereupon, Roachford pulled a revolver and fired several shots at Hughes, striking him in the arm and abdomen. Roachford immediately ran out of the Hall, pursued by Jones, a waiter, and Gale, who is employed in the office. Gale and Jones lost track of Roachford on Harvard street...