Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-08-29


immigration inspector ut st. John, n.
B. l was telling POwderly that about
three years ago letter written by
Ralph from Tennessee said, I've quit
raising Il 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 brainy little man who, as
district master workman occupied the
position of leader in that redhot con-
fict was John S. Mcclellan, who was
also secretary of the general executive
board. John is now editor of the st.
Gatherings (OntD Star, has lovely
family aiid is doing well.
In the years of its greatest growth
and liveliest history Frederick Turner
was secretary treasurer of the knights
of Labor, but he was one of the first
to be removed under the Hayes re-
gime. Turner is now working at his
trade of gold beating and resides in
Jersey City
NJ. ]. Butler. master workman of ID.
y. 81, Chicago, who was an important
figure in the great stockyards strike of
! 1856, is an Illinois state senator, rep
resentng Cook county district.
"O'Reilly of 10" 1t can't he writ
/ ten as Tom used to say it when he an
nounced himself III 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 a 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
or of the United States immigration
bureau in Canada
The man who caused the old ring
in d. \. 10 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 Y@Sk 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 Z. Altgeld's term
as governor of Illinois Schilling was
secretary of the state bureau of labor
statistics. lie is now the advertising
manager of the Arbeiter Zeitung, Chi
cagO's German daily labor paper.
Richard GrifIiths of Chicago Rich
ard Trevellick of Detroit Martin Irons
of st. Louis and Charles IL. Litchmar
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 anC
1900. He was a member of the indus
trial commission ut the time of his
death, which occurred in Washington
on June u of this year. Martin Irons
died, broken in purse and health, IL
Texas, and the record of his last day,
furnishes n painful example of mant
ingratitude. Notwithstanding the abuse
heaped upon him by Il portion of thu
press of the country, Martin Irons vii
be recorded by future historians as
martyr to the cause of labor.
A list of the prominent knights of thu
eighties would be incomplete if it die
not contain the names of the following
quintet of "sister knights" who di,
loyal work in the cause of labor: Mar,
Stirling is working at her trade il
Philadelphia as forewoman in one o
the departments of large shoe fac
tory. Mary Hannafin died some year
ago at her home in Philadelphia. Mrs
Elizabeth Rodgers, for a time maste
workman of District No. "a of Chi
cago, is president of the Catholi
Order of Foresters, with headquarter
in Chicago. Leonora Barry Mrs. o. II
Lake. is a lecturer for the Catholi
Total Abstinence society and reside