Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-08
HEROES is AT HEAD
Elected President of the Tri-City
Labor Congress at Meeting
Last Evening.
HEAR FROM WESTERN MINERS
\ otc Donation to Ala Them in Their
S.ruEsIe-Membc-S Entertain
cd Ut Smoker.

The Tri-City Labor Congress met in
regular session last evening for the
annual election of officers and To en-
10y Il smoker rendered by L. c. Berry.
\ number of communications were
read. most of which related to the
troubles in the Cripple Creek district
IN Colorado among the mine owners
and the union miners. The officers
elected and installed were rs follows:
President-F w. Hergca.
Vice President-W. J.. French.
Corresponding Secretary - H. l.
Darby.
Financial Secretary - c. X. Camp
bell ....s
Trcasurer-E. c. Berry.
Statistician-P Paul Hcnnebcrg.
Sergeant-at-Arms-A Hart.
Trustees-James McWilliams, \. Nc
Cartney and Fred Garvin.
Bum steer From West.
\ communication was read from a
labor council in San Francisco, in
which it was stated that INSCRIPTIONS
employers had advertised largely in
newspapers for men, making mislead-
ing statements relative to the condi-
ton of affairs out there in labor cir
Giles. The circular read stated that
the employers had advertised that
labor was plentiful and well paid out
there. when. as a matter of fact. the
laboring men would do well to stay
away from California now, as indus
tries of all kinds were overrun, and
those who Stunned the employers
statements would act wisely.
In Colorado Mining Districts.
A communication from labor coun-
ell of Washington, ID. c., bearing upon
the disaster growing out of the trou-
BILE between the mine operators and
the union miners of Colorado was read
| in which it was stated that the opera
tors had Gov. Peabody under their
thumbs, and were debating to him;
| that they were not showing the least
semblance of respect for the law and
the legal rights of the miners. 1t was
asked that the Tri-City Labor Congress
| lend financial and moral aid. The con-
gress voted to send SO to assist in
| the cause and see that it is brought
before the federal courts. The San
| Francisco Labor council sent a com
municatiOn relative to the closing of
the Portland mines and the suppress
sion of the Daily Record by mine OPP
orators. 1t was in the form of a rcso,
luton asking that the congress concur
in the protest. The request was grant
ed and the resolution adopted. The
Trades and Labor council of La Sale
I'M in l,,1 d,
committee from here be appointed tC
see masOns, bricklayers, cement work
ers, etc, and, as far as possible, in
fiuence them not to patronize tho
cement works of La Sale where the
workers are out on strike. The griev
ance committee was appointed to lool
after this matter.
| NIcoI Acting Square.
Hugh Nicol and his Rockford bal
team were again brought before the
congress. NicOl, according to one OF
the communications from Blooming
ton, had appeared before the labor
council in the latter city, and stated
that he was not aware of the condition
existing between the striking street
car employees and the company in
Bloomington, nor the fact that the
hotel the team stopped at was run in
connection with a non-uniOn barber
shop. He said that he would not pat
ronize them again while the condi,
tons remained as they did then
An appeal from the Cigarmakers
Independent union, of Tampa, Fla
asking aid of the congress, as the
members had been on a strike for five
weeks. The request was not granted
the members of the congress stating
that the union had not been on strike
| long ennnph 10 wa rranf in q sl,in,r hnIr,