Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-06-23
cummins Goes to Dubuque.

turbance.
Cummins Goes to Dubuque.
Des Moines, June Ex-Governor A.
B. Cummins left Des Moines Sunday
evening for Dubuque, where today he
hopes to be able to adjust the difficulty
in the street car strike SO that the
presence of the militia will no longer
be necessitated there. All day yes
terday he was in communication with
Sheriff Steiner regarding the situation,
but the news was most encouraging in
that there was no friction of any kind,
although the street car company was
operating the lines with non-union en-
ployes.
No Serious Trouble Expected
In speaking of the matter last night
Governor Cummins said: yes, am
going to Dubuque to endeavor to adj
just matters SO that the militia can be
returned home. l do not want to keep
the militia there any longer than abb
solutely necessary. 1t was with reluc-
tance that | called them out, but Sher-
III Steiner appeared very anxious to
have them. have telephoned there
several times today and the reports
have been such that do not antici-
pate any serious difficulty. The cars
We're in operation all day and no at
tempts We're made to discommode
them. l hope to be able to arrange
matters there SO that can send the
three companies of militia back to
Waterloo Independence and Maquoke-
ia Monday. Unless something unex-
pected occurs, / shall return to Des
Moines Monday evening""
Few People Ride.
Dubuque, June 22.-Although the
Union Electric company resumed the
operation OF street cars today they
were Stunned except by the dwellers
on the hill returning from the church
services yesterday. In the afternoon
the patronage was inconsiderable not
withstanding the ball game and the
presence of several thousand excur-
lsionists from Davenport, Rock Island,
| Moline, Rockford, Clinton and inter-
| mediate towns. No interference was
attempted by the strikers and the mi
litia at the company's Office, car barns
and power houses had nothing to do.
Archbishop keane Denounces Violence
In the morning Archbishop Keane
spoke at the cathedral in denunciation
of mob violence. He said he believed
in organized labor and was one of the
two bishops, who with Cardinal Glib
bons had made a plea to Rome in be-
half of labor organizations in the
United States Labor capably led he
said is like a solid train of cars max
1 ing safe progress, but the advocate of
mob law is the fiend who opens the
| switch and sends the train to destruc-
ton, and orgsaized labor is to and
4 tion, and il organized labor is. to be
/ saved it must turn out of its leader
/ ship and many who would encourage
or condone offenses against law and
I order
chides Police.
The archbishop denounced the local
| police for failing to check mob yio-
lence in it's incipiency and the young
4 women who focked into the street and
joined in cries that melted the mobs
to rioting.
Textile Strike Ends.
1 Lowell. Mass, June 22.-The textile
council yesterday afternoon declared
| the great strike in the Lowell Mills at
an end.
Every union AFFILIATED with the coun-
4 ell was represented and the vote was
!, unanimous.
Mulespinners and loom fiXers were
included in this vote, despite the state.
ments that they would oppose return
/ to work.
), The meeting lasted about an hour
There was no discussion. The situation
was discussed carefully and with nc
| 0f 10
showed every delegation favorable to
, a return to work.
Looks for Future Victory.
4 When asked for statement, Presi
). dent Conroy smilingly said:
!, 1--WE now worship at the altar of de
I feat, but later we shall rise again and
/, conquer"
, Agent William S. Southworth, sec
retary of the agents, said:
"It will be impossible to adjust the
balance OF the machinery SO as to en-
ploy at once all who have come back
Running with an incomplete force fol
three weeks has disturbed the balance
that usually exists between stock ant
i prices in the various departments. Il
is for the selling agents and the treas
urers to decide, in view of the marke
I whether we shall attempt to run il
4 full"
! Freight Handlers Strike.
!, Kansas City, June 22.-There is NJ
, change today in the strike situation 0
the four hundred freight handlers. 4
sympathetic strike on. the part of tn,
switchmen and truck drivers is un
likely. The freight handlers held
/. meeting today, which was attended b,
representatives OF the switchmen an,
truck drivers union, but no action wa
= taken. The freight handlers intend Il
}. wait a few days and watch develoI
!. ments before they ask the members 0
/ other organizations to go out.
To Use Care Hereafter.
Chicago, June 22Alarmed by th
way in which the recent strikes o
2 laundry workers and hotel and restaul
ant employees were broken, the mem
e bers Of the Chicago Federation of La
i hor decided yesterday afternoon to be
! gin an open campaign against the en-
n ployers' associations of the city an.
their "open shop" policy.