Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-13

| Such questions tnan the members OF the
congress. The aldermen were elected
to guard the interests. of the people.
and the people must go to them and
make their wants known. He de-
plored the idea of condemning men
for something they had not even been
consulted on; men, some of whom were
TENDERS of the congress. He said that
the committee had not done its work
properly.
l.. o. Jahns, j. B. Welzenbach and
1 F "a. Anerews defended the commit
tee. The motion to condemn the Mo-
line council carried % to 16.
| j. E. Larkin corrected an error
which he said had been made by Sec
retary Morgan, Mr.. Larkin at, the
special congress meeting of twoweeks
ago presented the motion, which car
ried, granting the 25-year franchise
to the street railway company, condi-
tionally, and which was so reported
by The ARGUS. He insisted that he
did mbodv in his motion the %
years, but which Mr.. Morgan re-
ported in published statement was
not specified - ..--.-..
= othcr Doings.s
The congress also disposed of n
large batch of routine business. F.
A. Andrews stated that 500 had
been raised in Rock Island for the
Virdefi mine sufferers. 1t was re-
ported that the state employees at the
lWatertown hospital were obliged to
| work II hours per day. but that con-
tractors there were observing the s.
hour law.
j. P. Dromgoole reported that
n resolution asking that the
union label be placed on all
printed matter for the Woodmen
order had been presented at the
Illinois camp and would be carried to
| the head camp. He said the pros
poets for favorable action were good.
Circulars giving the names of
non-union coal mines in the state of
Illinois were passed among the dele
gates. They will also be distributed
among the dealers of the three towns
and likewise the consumers.
A bill-a health precaution-asking
certain legislations providing safe
guards for grinders and polishers was
presented by G. A. Anderson. of Mo-
| line, by whom it was framed. Mr..
Anderson, F. A. Andrews l.. O
Jahns, Ed Grant, Gus Anderson,
Fred johnson and Carl Lofgren were
Appointed a committee to call the fac
| tory inspector to Moline and seek to
have the defects complained of rem
edied, and if necessary, to modify the
bill and endeavor to have it adopted
bv the Illinois legislature
The congress endorsed a petition of
Carpenters and Joiners' union No.
166, asking the Rock Island board of
| education to embody in the specifica-
tions for the building of Hawthorne
school that the work be done by
union labor. NJ. w. Battles, William
Robb, n. H. Nelson, Joseph Rosen-
field, d. E. Butler, Albert Schriver
and T. Evans were delegated to bring
the matter before the board of educa-
ton. -
Difference With. Employees.
j. B. Welzenbach, F. w. Better,
Hugo Struck, William p. Gordon and
John Stanton were appointed aeom-
mittee to call on the Lee Broom com
pdny, at Davenport, and endeavor to
adjust differences with its employees
in relation to the signing of scale.
S. j. Mack, j. Z. Larkin, j. w. Cava-
naugh, Thomas Mccain and Peter
'ci"ei "ciC hdheu aS n ouD-Soh
mittee to visit merchants about hand
ling the product of the Lee company.
The congress appropriated $50 to
assist in defraying the expenses of w.
II. Schillinger at Washington, where
he is working in behalf of the meas
ures affecting employees at Rock ISL
and arsenal and the S-hour bill.
1t was suggested that steps be taken
looking to the aboliCion of the piece
work system at government plants.
The secretary was instructed to con-
fer with the industrial commission at
Washington and report at the next
meeting of the congress.
The congress adjourned to meet
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