The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-03

The First Lady Member Of the I. o.
The Great West also Initiated.
THE WESTERN CITY AROUSED.

DIR. Fish ndQ an appOlHCHeHu W
address the citizens of Pipestone
County at the County seat, on invi-
tation of Pioneer Alliance, of the l.
u, the first Industrial Union Alliance
in the State. Four more have since
been organized in that county. under
the vigorous direction of A, D. Fer
ris, an organizer under the Washing
ton headquarters. These are the on
.ly lodges of the National Farmers
Alliance and Industrial Union IN the
state, although the order now en-
braces 4, 500, 900 voters.
AS soon as the State Central Com
mittee heard that DR.. Fish was to go
to Pipestone and Adrian they hustled
off Gen. Baker and w. w. Irwin to
occupy the territory the night before,
sending down big posters to that ef-
feet
The Alliance people there we're as
tonished to think that these promi-
nent men should have been sent
down into the strongest and best
worked Union Labor county i'll the
state on a three days notice! How
ever, they were greeted with a large
audience. Albert Warren was with
them, and introduced himself to the
alliance men in this shape.
"How does the GREAT WEST stand
here?'
''Solid, to a man, was the reply.
Eyes, used to think go too"
Mr.. Warren then undertook to
ego" for us but dropped the matter
without urging, after stating that
the G. w. was losing all it's subscrib-
,ers! Our friend Ferris took us in
tow Saturday morning, and intro
duced us to many of the stalwarts OF
that stalwart section.
Mr.. Sandford, the President; Mr..
Bigelow, the Secretary; Mr.. Goode-
now the editor of the "Leader'-and
others-made the visit pleasant
one; and such old ''commOners" as
John Whitehead and Mr.. Hatch add
ed thereto. In the afternoon the
Opera House was full, though the
song OF the threshing machine was
abroad in the land.
In the evening we were taken to
Poorbaugh's quarry, twelve miles
southwest, and there were gathered
some seventy-five toilers and farmers
to listen to the gospel of humanity.
John Hogan, or Jack, as he is
called, keeps the large boarding
house there, and he and his bright
wife are earnest in the reform cause.
Mrs. Carrie Hogan is worker in
every sense of the word, and when
the call came for signers to organize
tie fifth sub-alliance, or lodge, of the
l. us in Minnesota, her name went
on to the Call with her husband-and
DR.. Fish's name followed close after.
At midnight Lecturer A. D. Ferris
took us all into a large room used
for dining room, and there sixteen
charter members were initiated into
the solemn obligations OF the Indus
trial Union, with it's beautiful and
appropriate ritual. Among the
number was the young wife OF Jack
Hogan,
THE FIRST LADY 1. U. OF MINNESOTA.
After the ceremony ofsinitiation
and installation of officers there were
short and spicy talks by half dozen
members, most of them referring in
eloquent terms to the charming lit
tie lady who now occupies an official
position in the order.
1t was two O'Clock in the morning
before the gathering broke up
everybody regretting that the bl eak
had to come. Every one there viii
remember long the organization of
HOGAN ALLIANCE, NO. 5 N. +. A. & l. U
of Minnesota, named after the first
lady initiated in the state.
Pipestone is a centre OF radical re
form labor and thought. About {
ton OF reform newspaper mail comes
there every week, 300 copies OF on
journal being taken. Mr.. A. D. Fer
ris is Il giant worker in that section
1t was here that we obtained mucl
information regarding the 'Unio1
Labor Clubs" through Sec'y J. A
Bigelow. There is some feeling, O
mild resentment, that the men WIZ
compose the Campaign Committee