Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-10
REED NOW AT HEAD
Another Change in the Presiden-
cy of Tri-City Labor
Congress.
MAIN MOVES TO KANSAS CITY
Berry Given Management OF Union
list for Two Years
More.

For the third consecutive time at
regular monthly meetings the Tri-
City Labor Congress has been called
upon to elect a president. First,
George +. Morgan was chosen at the
time of the general election in Jan
nary. In February he resigned and
ID. {. Main. of the Retail Clerks union
of Davenport, was chosen in. his place.
Yesterday the resignation of MIR.
Main was read. that gentleman hav-
ing removed to- Kansas City, and the
vacancy was filled by the election of
the vice president. \. {. Reed. The
election of another vice president was
laid over till the next meeting.
Parcels Post Favored.
Leather Workers union No. IL pre-
scented a resolution favoring action
by congress to secure the addition of
a parcels post to the present post
office department and asking the help
Of the congress in its behalf. The
matter received the Endorsement ask
ed for. There was letter from the
labor congress at Clinton, Iowa, ask
ing assistance in bringing about the
passage by the Iowa state legislature
of bills for the compulsory education
of children and for the restriction of
the employment of child labor, which
was also indorsed.
Injustice Done McNeaIy.
In some manner the name of Mar
tin McNealy, the line foreman of the
Central Union Telephone company,
had been placed upon the board as
opposed to union labor. The atten-
ton of the congress was called to
the matter and an Investigation or
dered which showed that there had
been no such act authorized by the
body. The name was ordered erased
and the unknown party who placed ii
there censured. The board was then
placed in absolute charge of the sec
rotary and precautions ordered taken
to prevent access to the room by out
side parties.
Berry Keeps UnIonist.
The contract for the management
of the Tri-City Unionist was voted for
two years to f. c.. Berry. the
present editor. 1t was ordered that
the names of the secretaries and the
time of meeting of all the unions af
with the congress be printed
in the Tri-City Unionist and kept rs
n standing notice. Secretaries of the /
unions were requested to furnish Mr.. |
Berry with the required information !
and with cuts of the union labels to /
be used in the same connection.
To SuppIant Nom Union Products.
The Illinois Iron d Bolt company. |
of Dundee. was declared unfair. and |
were authorized To endeavor to Sc
cure the supplanting of the output of
that company now in use in the Deere !
shops in Moline with the goods turned |
out by the Racine Steel d Iron com !
pany. of Racine. Wis, which makes a /
practice of hiring men who are on |
strikes at other places. y letter |
from the CooPers' union at New Or
leans gave the name of the Henderson |
Sugar Refining company of that place |
as unfair and a committee was APP
pointed to wait on the wholesale gro |
GERS of the three cities to protest |
against the handling of the output Of
the concern.
New BARRIERS Unions.
Leo Nermere, who has been ut |
work organizing the BARRIERS of the |
outlying towns, reported that he had |
been successful at Cable and Sher- |
rard and that he hoped to have Gill !