Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-25
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Douds, Nov. GA social dance was
held at the hall Saturday night.
vii A. Carson, who has been in Ok
lahoma and Kansas for two years,
and who has lately been working at
Herington, Kansas, returned home last
Thursday.
Fred Groesbeck of Lorimer is Wis
iting for a few days with his cousin,
e. Q. Hedrick, at this place.
G. q. BUGGY, who has ben with Sci S.
Forepaugh shows the past season. re-
turned home last Saturday. Mr. BUGGY
was a member of the band, and has
been with this show several seasons.
Art Cramblin came down from OF
tumwa last week for short visit with
his family
Miss Jennie Ferris, on account of
poor health, will have Miss Caro- Drake
finish the winter term of school at
Business Corners, and will go to Des
Moines in about week, where her
mother is living.
Unionviiie.
Unionville, Nov. 24.-Born, to Mr..
and Mrs. Amos Bailey, daughter; to
Mr.. and Mrs. Claus. Herteen. son.
Pearl Hunt was transacting BUSH
ness in Centerville last Friday.
The meeting at Albany under the di-
rection of Rev. Aired is progressing
| very favorably.
George Stevens and wife visited with
j. H. Simmons the last of the week.
Misses Jessie Moore, Ona Hicks and
Bessie Clancy and Messrs. Ed Creech,
| Oscar Moon and Meredith Bishop at
| tended church at Udell last Wednes-
day night, H.
Mr. Creech has his new house almost
I.completed andawill move into it soon.
The young people Of the vicinity
planned a surprice on Miss Maude
Lowell last Friday evening in honor of
| her sixteenth birthday anniversary.
| There were about forty present and
they enjoyed themselves very much.
Batavia.
Batavia, Nov. 24.--Mr. and Mrs. Ash
Mullenix of Fairfield spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Afford
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Noel and Miss Eva
Noel, who have been visiting rela-.
tives here, left on No. Monday morn.
ing for their home in Seymour. Mrs
Mary Moss accompanied them home
+ to visit relatives ct that place.
Miss Jessie Cole of Bladensburg Wis.
tied over Sunday with her grandmoth.
err Mrs. S. J. Cole.
] Miss Hessie Bachus of Troy is Wis
iting her aunt, Mrs. David Weisenber
/ ger, and other relatives in town.
Mr-c n lore
ner Sunday in the country with Mr.
4 and Mrs. Oscar Walker.
The teachers meeting held here
! Saturday was a success. A good at
tendance and interest manifested.
! Mrs. John Sylvester and son, Zachy
Of COMPETING visited in town last week
at the home of her sister, Mrs. Alex
/ Woodruff. ~,
;euoikeb.
Keb, Nov. ,24a-Ata regular meeting
of Local Union 1874, II. M. w. of A.
held on Thursday evening November
20, the following motion was
passed, to request the Ottumwa Court
er to publish the following agreement
4 which the national organizer, ] ohm Had.
dow was forced to sign or &C one year
to jail Mr.. .Haddow is visiting his
home and gave us an able address on
Thursday evening.
eve the undersigned, William Weber
and John Raddow, against whom pro
ceedings are now pending before the
circuit court of the United States fol
the western district of Virginia, fol
contempt Of certain injunction orders
/ n he ~ Cd
company VS. Virginia Iron, Coal & Coke
company, do hereby agree that we viii
at once leave the state of Virginia, and
that We will never come into said state
as labor organizers or agitators, or or
any business connected with labo,
unions or labor agitations, and tina,
We will never, for any purpose, AGAR
visit the vicinity Of the plants now Cd
Grated by the receivers appointed il
: said suit, or the vicinity of either O.
said plants; and We further agree thai
We will never in any manner, eithel
. directly or indirectly, say or do any
thing which might produce a strike OF
the part OF the miners or other EN-
ployes working in or about the Goa
mines or coal plants in the Wise coun
ty coal fields. or which might produce
a condition of antagonism between tn;
said employees on the one hand ant
their employers on the otherWe fur
; ther agree that we will do all in ou
power to prevent other persons, par
ticularly members of the United Min,
: Workers of America, from saying O
doing anything in violation of tn.
terms OF this agreement, and particu
larly from sending any organizers o
representative to take our places il
! the Wise county coal fields.
And we do further agree that if W,
or either OF us, shall violate the pro
visions Of this agreement or any o
, said provisions, then the plea of guilt.
+ which we have prepared and signet
and placed in the hands of Mr.. Geo. E
Penn of Abingdon, Va, may at once b
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