Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-01

and kicker in general, is United States
immigration inspector at st. John n.
b. l was telling Powderly that about
i three years ago n letter written by
Ralph from Tennessee said, 1--WE quit
raising h and gone to raising hogs,
when Powderly remarked, well, when
the hogs failed he tried chickens, and,
as they didn't pan out, he was about
to return to the first mentioned en-
ployment when the government thought
he was just the man for the st. John
job"
One Of the big strikes in the early
eighties was that of the telegraphers in
1888. The Drainy little man who, as
district master workman, occupied the
position of leader in that redhot con-
tlict was John s. Mcclellan, who was
also secretary of the general executive
board. John Is now editor of the st.
GATHERINGS (Ont) Star, has Il lovely
family and is doing well.
In the years of It's greatest growth
and liveliest history Frederick Turner
was secretary-treasurer of the knights
to be removed under the Hayes re-
| gime. Turner is now working at his
trade of gold beating and resides in
Jersey City.
NJ. j. Butler, master workman of d.
a. 81, Chicago, who was an important
| figure in the great stockyards strike of
1856, Is an Illinois state senator, rep
|
"O'Reilly of 40" 1t can't be writ
ten as Tom used to say it when he an
nounced himself in asking for the gen.
eral assembly floor. Tom Is serving
Uncle Sam In the capacity of inspect
Or of immigration at Niagara, Canada.
James Campbell, who at several gen.
eral assembly sessions had corner
on the motion for the previous ques-
ton, has been for several years state
factory inspector of Pennsylvania
Robert Watchorn, for many years a
leader in the coal miners wing of the
knights of Labor is now chief inspect
or of the United States immigration
bureau in Canada.
The man who caused the old ring
| In ID. A. 40 a great deal of trouble
was John Morrison, master workman
of the carpet workers district, No.
126. Jack has been In the advertising
business for several years, with head
| quarters in New York, but he still
| finds time to occasionally have a finger
In labor union politics.
Who that was familiar with the
! labor movement in Chicago twenty
| years ago didn't know George \. Schil-
| ling? During John j. Altgeld's term
as governor of Illinois Schilling was
secretary of the state bureau of labor
| statistics. He is now the advertising
manager of the Arbeiter Zeitung, Chi
cago's German daily labor paper
Richard Gritliths of Chicago, Rich
ard Trevellick of Detroit, Martin Irons
of st. Louis and Charles II. Litchman
of Massachusetts have all answered
the summons of the Supreme Master
Workman and passed over to the other
side. Litchman, who was once called
! the "DemoSthenes of the order"
campaigned for Mckinley in 1896 and
| 1900 He was a member of the indus
| Iflal commission at 1De tllne or MS
death, which occurred in Washington
on June 81 of this year Martin Irons
died, broken in purse and health, in
! Texas, and the record of his last days
| furnishes IL painful example of mans
| ingratitude. Notwithstanding the abuse
heaped upon him by portion of the
press of the country, Martin Irons will
be recorded by future historians as Il
martyr to the cause of labor
A list of the prominent knights of the
eighties would be incomplete if it did
not contain the names of the following
quintet of SISTER knights" who did
loyal work in the cause of labor: Mary
Stirling is working at her trade in
Philadelphia as forewoman in one Of
the departments of large shoe fac
tory. Mary Hannafin died some years
ago mt her home In Philadelphia. Mrs.
Elizabeth Rodgers, for Il time master
workman of District No. "a of Chi
cago. is president of the Catholic
! Order of Forestcrs, with headquarters
In Chicago. Lconora Barry (NIrs o. r.
Lake. is lecturer for the Catholic
Total Abstinence society and resides