Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-10-08


ers union. addressed the miners in the
Main street school building on Friday
night. Mr.. Joyce is a veteran in the union
ranks. He was favored with large audi
encc.
n Williams returned home on Saturday
aitcr SIN days political tour in Monroe
and Lucas counties On his return he
spent Friday night in Ottumwa at the
nome OF Mr.. and Mrs. George Holt.
1ohn Magetz, of Colorado secured work
mere this week in the mines.
Mrs. Michael johnson, of Cleveland. spent
the week in town ut the home of her pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Cary, on Ma
pie street
David Truman returned home to his pa
rents. Mr.. and Mrs Joseph Truman, on
tuesday, after spending the summer at
ENeiand He will work in the mines here.
w. ii. Young, of Nebraska was n bust
ness caller in town on Saturday. He re-
ports Il large corn crop in that state.
Mrs. Jabez Bennett spent Saturday in
Ottumwa shopping
Mrs. John Reese and Mrs. David Sanders
spent Friday in Ottumwa
Thomas McIIugh. of Cleveland, secured
work on Saturday as timberman in the
mines
u H. Harper. of Kalo. was in town a
short time on SATURDAY. on business.
Mrs, John Sanders departed on Wedncs-
DAY for n visit with her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Bullock mt Hooking
MI and Mrs. Thomas ID. Williams spent
SATURDAY. on their farm on Bear Creek.
Mr. Williams says the Bear Creek coal
company has a drill at work there pros
pecting for more coal.
Joseph Brown, north of town, spent Sat
urday in Ottumwa.
Charles Edmunds. of TIiteman. spent Fri
day in town visiting his daughter, Iilda,
and friends. -
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Thomas attepded the
wedding of John McConville AND Miss Ma
~ G Whalen. in Mystic on Wednesday,
james Shevlin and song James, spent Sun
day in 0ttumwa with friends.
Mrs Henry WAilnpy and children. of Hill
ton. spent a week in town at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs John Richards on Maple
street,
Tlla miners run full time last week and
a plumber of new men secured work.
I w. {. Benton and S. Il. Mcdowell, of Ne
braska, spoke for the socialists on the
streets on Friday night. but on Saturday
other fields.
Mrs Thomas Davidson. of Lucas. visited
friends in town this week
Thomas Cany, of Cleveland, visited in
town This week at the home of Mr. and
Mrs Thomas Sutton, north of town.
Henry Hitterman. of Davenport. spent
Sunday in town with friends and relatives.
John Sanders, the Young man hurt in
the mines some time ago while driving a
mule was on the streets on Saturday with
the aid of crutches.
Roger Griffith Is confined to his bed ut
the home of Mrs David Jones with stom-
ach trouble
Mrs. Adam Long and Mrs. John Fred
rirkson, Jr., spent Wednesday in 0ttumwa.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Davis, of Gttumwa,
spent Sunday in town, the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jenkin Richards. at their home on
Main street
Il. Williams, in his travels in Lucas. Mon
roc and Alahaska counties. talked with Il
great number of farmers and miners. The
farmers report II large average corn crop.
ranging from thirty TO sixty bushels TO the
acre. \ large hay crop and Il splendid fall
pasture. Damage from frost was very lit
tie. The miners report the mines running
full time. but in many cases Il lighter num-
Der of small ears in the mines to take the
coal away. John Werner. the mine inspect
or. Says the miners of .Appanoose county
would not average over two tons to the
man per day for the entire county and in
some places a great scarcity of rooms in
the mines for men to work in. Some in
stances when out of a place to work the
miners We're competed to wait two and
three weeks before they could get another.
THIS has never occurred in KeD. During
the four years that the present company
has been in control of the mines. as n
whole everybody has been supremacy
happy.