The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-12
MOLINE,

The laborers on the streets of this city
are paid seventeen cents per hour; teams
thirty cents per hour.
Ga Monday at p. IN. NJ. Y Cady 5
team struck for freedom. but was caught
near Wheeler's wood yard. having done
but little damage.
E B. Atkinson is at Mount Clemens.
Mich. His mother aud his sister Matte,
and Henry Nolta, his nurse, left yesier-
day to Join him there.
Mr.. Mueller. of the senate. is doing
the fair thing, and in a princely manner,
to welcome into his family fine twelve
pound girl.
Several fast Young specimens of our
rising generation were fined before Mag
istrate M4pes on MonIay afternoon fol
raising Ned on Saturday evening
The police officials refuse to give then
| names.
The lightning struck the republican
liberty pole at Coal Valley ou Sunday.
| and shivered it from top to bottom Ii
was so badly used up that Dr. Martin or
dered it to be taken down. being likely to
fall al any time aud hurt somebody The
few republicans there had the Job to do.
and did it. THIS seems to be bad
| omen.
About noon On Monday a team OF
horses hitched To d milk wagon became
unmanageable and ran down Fifteenth
street. starting from the Fair where
| the driver had been making purchases
They ran full force towards the old post
| office building and collded with team
belonging to Bob Blackwell. aud in
charge Of colored boy named Rogers
| The force of the collision drove the polt
| of the runaway wagon almost through
Blackwell's mule just behind The right
shoulder penetrating lung. Mr.. Elm
| feldt. the owner of the runaway, will re
munerate Mr. Blackwell for his loss
| Strange TO say, neither Of the Other
horses were much injured AT shout 9
O'Clock Monday evening. the wounded
mule, when Ia his death agonies, broke
through two partitions and a door III
Wixon & Peal's livery stable, and GU
| onto Second avenue He was net al
lowed TO break through into aRy house:
on the street, and 10 short lime he Eel
down and died.
1. The opera house was packed Monday
evening to hear Hon. B. W Goodhue, d
Rockford, discuss the labor problem
under the auspices of the Knights q
Labor. Mr. Goodhue is a very pleasing
and able speaker, and certainly believe,
in the cause he advocates He
, denied that The Knights of Labor hal
anything to do with the recent trouble:
in Chicago, said the Knights were Ameri-
can, while those who We're engaged in
unlawful means 10 accomplish their end.
were generally aliens. men brought to
this country by @ndicates, to fill thu
places of men who had asked for NOR,
pay and were refused Those who
brought them here had sowed the wine
and were resping the whirlwind He gave
facts from the history of strikes in severn
| places to show that where there was any
thing like anarchy exhibited, it was bI
the class of men brought here and KEEP
as actual slaves at least until they havt
earned the price of their passage money
This kind of emigration must cease, boti
east and west, and he said that in cas-,
something is not done to keep the Chi
nesc from the Pacific shores. threats hay,
been made that they would rccede ans
march to the Rocky mountains, the di
vldinT line. and form western govern.
ment Of their own. He did not disap
prove Of giving the Chinaman liberty Il
take passage heme. OF stay here perma
nentlr; something had to be done Til,
speech was as good as could be givel
on the subject. and was listened 1,
throughout very attentively and elicit ei
many bursts of applause