The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-07-31
B0@A game of ball Yesterday between

the iron ana WO0u makers. reSuite1 IN
favor of the latter, score 29 to Is.
RE@John Schroeder, alias Webber,
arrested upon warrant for vagrancy, plead
guilty and was sent to Jail for 10 days.
R9rA August Cederquist, on complaint Of
j. E. johnson, for disturbing the peace,
was arrested and taken before Magistrate
Swander, who fined him So and costs.
e9HThe Band of Hope Ia chlllren's
temperance organization, of the Baptist
church, will give an entertainment at that
church this evening. Admission Is cents.
BE@ Binding of every description done
at close figures at THE ARGUS bindery.
All kinds of printing cheaper than else
where in the three cities. First class work
guaranteed. If.
BG%This morning VIM. Hough, an en-
ploye of W, L. Huey & Co, fell from the
Moline Plow Co. S boiler room, where he
was working, breaking one arm, disioint-
ing'the other, and receiving a bad cut IN
the forehead. He was taken to the Office
OF DR.. Morey. who dressed the wounds,
aud then removed to the Western House.
Supervisor Reid intends sending him ia
the poor farm.
HgrMyrtle Lodge, No. 81, |. Q. G. T.,
held their quarterly election of officers last
Saturday night which resulted as follows:
w. G. T., S. NJ. Hill; w Y. t, Mrs. NJ,
A. Gordon; W. r. s., o. j. Beardslee;
W. +. s., II. s. DeSollar; ". F., Miss S.
Cornwall W. NJ. r. NJ BeneE; w. c..
b. ID, Rhineheart; w /. Sent, Miss
Nettie Shields; ", o. Sent, Jones Peter
son. Installation next Saturday night
s9@Y Y Yesterday stranger came into town
with fine looking horse, and in a short
time succeeded in making trade with
John Wixon, receiving $l5 to boot He
LETT the horse he had traded for with
Wixon, saying that he would come after
1t the following day. About o'clock, a
son of Mr.. Thomas Tinsman, of Joslyu
station, arrived in search of a horse which
had been stolen from his father last Sun,
day, and identified the horse Wixon had
traded for as his.father's. Wixon still has
his horse, but smocrns the loss of three
crisp new FIVE dollar bills.
Deere 81 Cos Shop Reopened aad Men
at Work.
/ Deere & Co.'S whistle was not blown last
night, as had been announced it would be, a;
steam was not gotten up yesterday, but
| this morning at the usual time its welcome
call was heard, and the strikers, with the
exception of the grinders and poiishers, and
perhaps a very few others, filed through
the gate and at once resumed work The
grinders, with whom the strike originated
and VINO have since been u constant source
of annoyance and anxiety to the moderate
reasonable men at the head of the orgaui
ton, and the only ones from whom any
violence or excesses have been anticipated
gathered in little knots opposite the shop
and seemed determined not to go to work
but finding themselves in such a small
minority made no attempt to prevent
those who wished from going to work a
they had threatened to do last night
They claimed yesterday that they had
been sold out by the Americans; said they
would not go to work, and if the other.
attempted to, there would be bloodshed
The nights reflection seems to have oper-
ated benefcially upon them, however, a.
they only looked on in sort of bewildereC
way when over 200 men walked in anC
went to work After they had stood il
that way IS or % minutes, Gilpin Moore
went over to them aud asked them why
they did not go to work. One of then
replied that they wanted to know at wha
/,
! Moore told them that it would require
some time to equitably adjust and equaiz
wages throughout the shop, but that i
should be done as fast as possible, by de
, ducting from the peace work which Wa
too high and adding to that which was toC
: low. He asserted, and they admitted
! that there was not one of them but coulC
! have had a small home OF their own, /
they had taken care of their earnings 10
! stead Of squandering them. He talked t
them a few minutes longer, advlsin
them to GO to work for few days and Sc
if they were not satisfied, and then return
ed to the shop. They hesitated moment
. but when the spokesman took the lead
! they all followed to the grinding room an
. went to work.
This ends the strike. for the present, a
least and if the company do as they hav
!, led the men to believe they will, no furthe
: trouble need be feared. The men under
= stand pretty plainly that in the adjust
: ment, those piece workmen who have beer
: making So 81. and as high as Sc per day
. will be badly cut, and that the amount
deducted from them Will be given to tbos
receiving the lowest wages. Many fee
confident that the common laborers' wage
will be raised to $3.50 per day.
This Is fortunate termination of tn
b affair, and sense of relief, pervade
the entire community, bat is more partit
uiarly noticeable among the better class {
q strikers. They began to believe that the
' had undertaken hopeless task, and tn
opportunity of a settlement, honorable t
i, both parties.w was readily accepted by then
The company also were glad Of an avenu
of escape from the humiliating ALTERNATIVE
of having terms dictated to them by the
! employees. as it has been pretty general
y understood that it was upon principle an
. the establishment of precedent that the
9 placed more importance than the amour
Of money involved in the question.