Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-17
NlCOL TO BE GOOD
Rockford Manager Agrees to
Charge Boarding Houses
While in Bloomington.
LABOR CONGRESS INFORMED
Letter of COngratulation to Judge A.
NJ. Thayer for Granting Ha-
beas Corpus Writ.

| City Labor congress held last even
! ing the question of Hugh Nicol, man
| ager of the Rockford baseball club.
| having his team stop at hotel in
| BLOOMINGTON to which there is con
nected & non-UniOn barber shop, was
| revived, for discussion, communities
| lions relative To labor matters were
read, the practicability of reducing the
dues per capita for the local unions
| affiliated with the congress was
preached, and other minor business
| discharged
| Ii was reported that Manager Hugh
Nicol had been in correspondence with
| NJ. IL. Sexton, president of the local
! association. in which the writer stat
ed that he would do all in his power
| 10 make a change in the boarding
house while in Bloomington in the fu-
ture. and that also he would try TO
prevent his men from patronizing the
street car company in that city so
| long as it and the former union en-
| plOyeS had not reached an agreement.
| Ii Will be remembered that while the
Rockford team was in Bloomington
some time ago that the men stopped
at Il hotel in that city that has n non
union barber shop and that when the
players went to the ball ground they |
rode on the street cars there while |
the street car companys former union |
employees were out on a strike.
False Report ON Manufactures.
The secretary read a communities |
ton from Henry Whitney, secretary of |
the congress in Detroit, Mich. in |
which the writer said that a false re-
x.=,. ,y.,t- IA Of
feet that the NJ. Carhartt company, Of |
Detroit, manufacturer of overalls and |
gloves. was unfair to organized labor !
The writer stated that the rumor was |
a gross outrage upon Mr.. Carhartt. as
the manufacturer is Il strong union
man. and had sacrificed lucrative po-
tons for loyalty to uniOniSm.
The trouble between the pToprie-
tors of the brick and tile factories of
Canton, ILL.,. and their locked-Out men.
was reported. and it was voted that all
union men do all they could to aid |
the cause of the WOrkmen. +. HeTgeS, |
of the grievance committee, made a
short talk to the men, stating that |
some of the members of different |
unions had been somewhat incOnSis !
tent. by not living up to their obliga-
tions by purchasing goods manufac- |
tured in nOn-UniOn shops. He said that |
many a union man has gone into Il
clothing store. and if he CHANGED to
find a suit of clothes, hat, or what |
ever he went after, that suited him.
he took it regardless of it's make. He |
advised all to be more loyal, and to
buy no goods but those bearing the |
union label.
Smoker mt Next Meeting.
Z. c. Berry suggested that at the |
next meeting a smoker be held, offer
ing to furnish all the cigars without !
cost to the congress. The motion was
put before the house that the smoker
be held. and it was quickly seconded
and carried. MIR. Berry also made the
motion that a letter of cOngratulatiun
be extended to United States Judge
\. NJ. Thayer sitting in chambers in
St. Louis, for granting a writ of ha-
bcas corpus ordering that Charles NJ.
Meyer. president of the Western Fed
Grafton of Miners. be brought before
him July 5. The writ is directed
against Gov. ]. II. Peabody. of Col
orado, Adjt. Gen. Sherman Bell. and
Buckley Wells They are cited to APP
he is being restrained in the bull
pen" at Telluride. Col. The granting
of this habeas corpus is a result of
the war that has heen going on be-
tween the miners union and the Col
orado officials for several months. The
motion was carried. II was also voted,
through Mr. Berry'S suggestion. that
the congress send SO to the Western
Federation of Miners, to show that the
local congress is interested in the
deplorable affair.
No Change in Per Capita.
One subject that was discussed at
great length last evening was the dues
paid per capita by the members of the
various unions of the tri-cities into the
con ress treasury. No action was TAX
en- on the matter. and the dues, 2
cents per capita monthly. remain the
same. The machinists' union pTopOs-
ed reduction of the dues, claiming that
owing to the strike of the Santa Fe .
machinists and other similar troubles,
the machinists here are burdened
heavily TO assist those on strike. The
objection to the present dues was
overcome. however. the majority TAX
ing the stand that they were very rea-
sonable as they are now, and that
while trouble may break out at any
time it is best to keep the fund in the
rrea sTIrv as large as possible.