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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-04-28
TO MEET
Biennial Convention of FraternaI
al KeWanee 10th of
June.
LOCAL LODGE ARRANGEMENTS
Officers for TWO Years to Be Elected
and Delegates Chosen to Meet
ing of Supreme Tribunal.

The biennial meeting of the grand
tribunal of Illinois, the state body of
the Fraternal Tribunes. will this year
convene at Kewanee Tuesday. June
%.
Delegates from the various local tri
bunals of the order in this state will
assemble at Kewanee and elect grand
officers for the ensuing two years,
name representatives to the meeting
of the supreme tribunal to be held in
Rock Island in July, and participate
in the social functions usual TO such
occasions.
To BE Royalty Entertained.
Details of the program of entertain
ment to be arranged by the
members of Kewanee Tribunal
No. 5, which will act as hosts,
have not yet been received
at the supreme Office. but letters from
there indicate that nothing will be
left undone by the large local member
ship in Kewanee to make the biennial
meeting an event of much pleasure to
the visitors.
Another Excursion from Rockford.
Word is received from Rockford
that the Tribunes of that city Will run
another excursion from Rockford TO
Rock Island on Memorial day Last
year 900 people came here on the ex-
cursion and this year it is expected
that a much larger number viii avail
themselves of the opportunity 10 visit
the beautiful surroundings of Rock
Island. Moline and Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-04-28

and wife. Springfield; James Dryfuss,
Chicago: l. o .Panchod. Peoria; +. J.
Wheeler. Moakee; L. S Meyers. New
York; Sam Katz, Chicago; +. p.
Field. Monmouth. ILL.,; o. A. Barry and
wife. Woodruff; w. d. Ellsworth. Des
Moines; A. b. Bird, Abingdon: w. G.
Kingsbury. John McCune, Chicago; J
R. Milliken. Alpena. S. D.; NJ Morri
son. Chicago; James Kilgour, New
York City; l.. Graboucky. Chicago;
w. c. Oberhan. Kansas City; c. f. JAG
obs. st. Louis; w ~ Davis, Chicago
Harrison c. Scott. Peoria; G.. b. Halo,
way, w. F. Murphy, Chicago; c. \.
Stackman, New Boston; May Turney.
Chicago: Miss Robinson. Chicago; II.
Mury and wife. Galva; r. l.. Manning,
New York; A. II. Wilmer, Stronghurst;
a. c. Catchy, Stronghurst; /. H. Blatt,
New York; Z. l.. Tiffany. Chicago;
Charles II. Storm, New York; Thomas
E. Johnston, Chicago.
At the Rock Island CEuropean) W.
J. Hampton. Norton. H.; II. J. Har-
ringtOn, Chicago: II. NJ. Horn, New
York: d. X. Larry. Denver. Col; F. b.
Root, Chicago; George c. Kleinschmidt,
Peoria; b. II. Stins. c. A. Nye. Cam
bridge; NJ. A. Blackstein, Olof Matt
son, d. L. Cruden. J. A. Bloomberg,
Cambridge; A. l.. Burdick. Kewanee:
L. Patterson. Chicago; T. w. Powell,
St. Louis; T. ID. Patterson, Chicago;
Langford. Winchester; George Brook
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-04-28

At the Harms (European) S.
Brown. Chicago; c. Jones. MinneapO-
lis; c. A. Brown. Kansas City; Ben
l. SchlOss. Chicago; Peter a. Discum.
Clinton, Ia; G. W. Hartman, New
York; A. P. McPleart and wife. De
troit; F. B. Ostoff. Cincinnati: ". r.
Trick. Toledo. o.; A F. Meir. MiIwau-
kee: Paul Delures. Dubuque; George
". Bull. Norwich. y. Y; r. F. Peter
sen. Cambridge: ". c. Fitzgerald. Des
Moines; W. Johnson. Kansas City; II
B. Stephenson. Galesburg: W. G.
Granger. c. ". Mason. s. Z. Greene
baum. Chicago. p. a Jensen. Miiwau-
kee: Herman F. Petersen. Burlington:
Harold Arlob. Helen Maye. Salt Lake
CITY. Dorothy SOuthwick, Warren
Sampseu. New York; O. Z Sheriff.,
ST. Louis. Perry Mullin. Chicago:
Fred Paget. Rockford; George H.
Morse and wife. Chicago; n C. Barker
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-10-28
TRAFFIC DEAD;
TOWNS CUT OFF
CRISIS ACUTE

ST PETERSBURG, Oct. 2e- a. m.
Confronted by situation more cru
cial than any since the beginning Of the
political and social upheaval Of Russia
and which at the time this dispatch
is filed shows no signs of amelioration,
the emperor's ministers under the lead
ership Of Count Witte, spent almost
all Of yesterday in conferences in the
hope Of finding some way out of the
crisis into which the revolutionists and
the Socialists have cast the country.
The general strike on the railroads is
complete except in a few border prov
inces, and St. Petersburg, Moscow and
other large cities, are almost as closely
beleaguered as if they were invested by
besieging armies.
At the same time the Industrial strike
has assumed large dimensions and the
turbulent elements In several localities
are Offering open resistance to the
troops. =" s-''' -,
The ministers who had been In ses-
sion during the day resumed their meet
ing after a short interval for dinner
and continued their deliberations until
long after midnight. The result of
these deliberations is not known.
The Finland railroad to Helsingfors
and the steamers constitute St. Peters,
burg's only means of communication
with the outer world this morning. The
postal authorities are now refusing to
accept ordinary mail and commercial
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-10-28
BOYS CLOTHING.
MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION
SUPPORTS BOSS PRINTERS

MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION
SUPPORTS BOSS PRINTERS
The Chicago Employers AssOcia-
ton which has supported every con-
Germ that made an effort to destroy
trade unions, and which threw thou
sands of dollars into the fight against
the machinists, metal polishers and
brass workers, butcher workmen and
recently the garment workers and
teamsters, has now lined up behind
the printing office proprietors in
their attack upon the typographical
union. John V. Farwell, the we'll
known politician, attended a meet
ing of the boss printers and assured
them that they would be supported
''by the solid business interests OF
the CITY," Farwell, having used the
working people politically until he
tired of the game, is now depressing
them industrially. He is one Of the
bosses of the Employers Association.
Charles H. Thorne, the talking dele
gate for Montgomery Ward & Co.,
was also present and likewise prom
Used assistance from his bunch of
plutocrats. Organized labor ia
watching this latest contest with in
tense interest as the printers have a
strong union and allied craftsmen
whose places are hard to fill, and
they are also known to make long,
hard fight when they are driven to
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-10-28

future Of the wOrkingmen seemed
hopeless. The wage of every laboring
man was brought down to the level
of that accepted by the most needy
of his fellows. The wages Tor the
best labor, under such inhuman con-
aitions, sank rapidly to the level OF
the worst. Years of hunger and cease
less toll palsied the arm OF the Skill
led artisan and dulled the brain OF the
mechanical genius. To the workman
the continuance of such social order
meant the extinction of his higher
self, uniformity of depression, the
darkness Of despair.
I'm those days it was that the hid
den germ of a new institution began
to grow. There was the birth Of the
trade union Out of the ghastliness
Of an anarchy that was destroying the
workingman soul, mind and body, the
labor union brought order, intelligence,
prosperity and Christian brotherhood.
It has lifted the workman for the first
time in history to a place as one Of
the leading constructive and reforma-
tive factors in the upbuilding of civil
ization. -Bitterly prosecuted by It's
foes, and marking each new victory
by the blood Of it's martyrs. it has
pressed steadily onward.
CONSCIOUS Of it's divinely appointed
mission, it has borne t1dings of Joy
and hope to the lowliest workman Of
earths furthest bounds. The down.
trodden Neapoilitan and the poor serf
of Russia shout for Joy. Marvellous
and triumphant power! BY it the chains
of slavery to cedseless, sleepless toll
have been stricken away. BY it the
eyes of little children have been opened
to the light Of the. -schoolroom. By it
the bruised and broken spirit of labor
is revived in glad freedom. BY it is
upward to that day when every law
hall be the golden rule.
1.-The trade union has few apologists,
and needs none. Its enemies are the
common enemies Of progress, justice
sentiments recorded in the speech and
action Of it's foes. We love the labor
movement for it's attitude to protest
when it's assailants cry, the function
Of the state is not to act as an ex-
emplar in ethics or philanthropy when
they cry, away with law and order:'
when they skulk in the guise Of off,
GERS to violate the constitution of their
state and every vestige of the rights
of American citizens; when they soil
with foul fingers the ballots Of free
people.
I'VE esteem it for the works it has
done, for the achievements it shall yet
encompass. We love it as the promoter
Of peace. as the guardian Of the pub
lie health, az the maintainer of the
sanctity Of human life, as the elimina-
tor Of civic corruption. as the protector
Of the home, as the upbuilder Of the
human race"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-10-28

natal hour of. the labor union: But
little more than lifetime ago we
were entering upon new and untrted
adjustment of society. We were revo-
lutionizing the relations Of labor. The
workingman's environment, his equip
ment, his very service to society, all
these were being altered. Instead Of
the household loom came textile mills.
Instead Of the shop Of the village
blacksmith there doomed the huge iron
foundry. Instead Of the forestmen's
ak there appeared great pits leading
down to beds of coal. And instead Of
the rude wagon and country road great
arteries Of steel bore to the utmost
end Of the earth the output from cent
ers of production. Marvellous results
followed. The productive efficiency
of a thousand men In the factory ex-
ceeded that Of 10000 outside. Every
where the individual laborer was
forced to seek employment under the
composite system. TO complete by in
dividual production was impossible. j.:
But woe to the laborer! In former
times. when the output Of his labor
had been less, 1t had secured for him
a livelihood and he: had been the own
er Of his tools. Distributed through
the community, he and his fellows had
piled their trade with glimpse OF
sunshine and perchance the luxury Of
garden. Moreover, the workman
had been able to look forward to the
time when by care and industry there
would be laid by a competency for
the declining strength of older years.
Now all was changed. Her could not
own the ponderous machines Of the
new system. He was not able to be
a possessor of the vast bulk Of their
products. Huddled with thousands Of
their fellows in wretched tenements,
he begged for the leave to labor. The
stern menace of dire necessity blanch-
ed him with an awful horror. The
wall Of starving babes drove father to
bid against father for pittance all
too scant. The mother left her home
to find employment and ward Oft the
impending death from hunger. Frail
bodies Of stunted children were pres
sad into service to augment the
dwindling wage. If humane souls
asked why the awful competition p
they were rebuffed by the vile and
brutal theory Of over production of
labor. Still the horrors grew and thick
ened, In the dust Of the great roaring
factory the pitiful cry and pale faces
| of children marked the blighting of
life before it's bloom. Day after day
the helpless laborers passed from their
sleepless toll to an early but kindlier
fate. t~
Have you ever thrilled with horror
| at the torrents of blood let loose in
the French revolution? There is more
| Of human misery and death crowded
within six months of unregulated
factory life than in twenty revolutions.
The sufferings of labor battle human
description. The helpless soon sue
cumbed: homes were left desolate; the
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-10-28
MITCHELL IS BUSY.

The work of organizing the Penn
sylvania miners is being pushed hard.
President Mitchell has pitched his
headquarters at Shamokin, in the
ninth district, having left the seventh
district in pretty good condition. A
large number of general and local or
ganizers are assisting Mitchell and
the old-time enthusiasm is being
awakened. The miners themselves
are beginning to appreciate the fact
that they are in for either worse
conditions, or a fight, and it is now
no longer secret that the coal bar
ons are making every preparation to
force the men back into the poverty
and wretchedness that was their lot
before they joined the union.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-10-28
correspondence is at a standstill.

correspondence is at a standstill.
The strike is complete in the great
factory region on both banks Of the
Neva above the city and in several
other Industrial quarters. Forty thous-
and men are out, but they are conduct
ing themselves in a most orderly man.
ner. The store clerks union tonight
proclaimed a two weeks sympathetic
strike for political reasons, but it is
probable that 1t will be only partially
obeyed. Prudent Inhabitants are lay
ing In stocks Of provisions so as to pre-
pare for emergencies. AS consequence
prices Of provisions have risen sharp
~.
Large meetings, mainly Of workmen,
were held last night in the university
and high schools at which the sentiment
wac unanimous for continuing the
strike on the railways to the bitter end.
The proceedings at several Of the meet
1ngs were of strongly revolutionary
character, the orators calling on their
auditors to rise and slay all "chinov-
noks'' and the police and to meet the
troops with armed force. The speeches
were received with enthusiastic cheers.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-10-28
COLLEGE STUDENT ms
:. GO9D IDEA Of unions
Missouri Collegian: Wins Prize
Grafton on Value Of Trade
Makes Able Earnest and Logi.
cal Address in Favor of
Organization.

Marshall, NO., Oct. 26-Au Mis-
souri, is talking of the oratorical con-
test which occurred this week at the
Missouri Valley College. The win
ner was Daniel S. McCorkle, and his
defense Of trade unionism was rendered
as follows:
I bring no claim to eloquence. Let me
plead in the simple language Of the
heart for principles Of equity and
mercy. Let me lead you to feel with
the great, generous soul Of .laboring
humanity. Let me appeal to you with
the universal sentiment Of love that
has broken the letters Of national pre-
JUDGE and is binding men together
in great international movement.
Let me enthuse you with an idea as
vast as humanity itself, an ideal that
means an object to be labored for, an
altruism to be taught, cause to be
supported by the best of life's energy
philanthropy Of all earth's noblest
her dicine eacher.
Il approach you in behalf Of the
hand that has stricken off the shackles
OF ignorance and misery from: the
weary limbs of labor. OF the hand
that has reached down and drawn the
little child from the cruel jaws and
polluting touch Of that inhuman
monster, the child labor factory. OF
the hand that is overthrowing wicked
ness in the high places of municipal
and national government today. OF
the hand that reveals to us in every
sphere Of life the accompanying touch
of divine purpose. the benevolent
workings of the unseen God.
1.-The labor unions is peculiar to the
present age. There has been evolved
in our time an institution to supply
the Industrial needs peculiar to our
civilization. Turn back the pages of
history If you will, to the record Of the
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-10-28
BLACKLISTS ARE ILLEGAL,

the supreme court OF Austr1a de:
clared the blacklists of the employ
ers illegal, and the workingmen con-
cerned, who sued for damages, won
the case. In this country the crimi-
nal practice of employers to blacklist
Is growing worse and worse. In fact
the courts have declared blacklist
ing lawful on one hand, and on the
other the boycotting of trade unions
has been declared unlawful. The
courts have become thoroughly
Parryized, and yet their very exist
ence depends upon labor votes.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-10-28
DEFUNCT BROKER .. .. ..
PLACED ON TRIAL,

HoUGHToN, Mich. Oct. 26.-Gilbert
A. Ritchie, late manager OF tho de-
funct brokerage firm Of j. A. Fuller
and Co., Hancock, was today placed on
trial In the circuit court, charged With
embezzllng $645. The charge AGAINST
him is that the firm failed to purchase
ten shares Of mining stock tor which
the complaining witness paid, but that
tn - moneZ Kaa 1aad .1ars athsS n1xposex.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-10-28
UNDERWE EAR,

From the makers Of the best un-
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women-pants and vests or union
suits-wool, cotton or mixed under
wear-the greatest variety OF fall
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suit every need.
Winter underwear for boys and
girls-the best for fit, comfort and
service-all sizes, all grades-wool,
cotton and mixed.
Mems underwear in all its varie-
ty-the best weights for all and the
heaviest for winter. We can fur.
ntsh the goods at prices that please.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-10-28
LADIES ONLY,

np ia nnaJa From Paris Throe
~. Lag 4uV packaEes are posi.
Genuine Freach lively warranted to
Female Regulator sSrS 5ns mes most
Of Monthly q stoppagss. Irrsgularitiss.
Oh from \ whatever PATHoLO0ICAI
or for 1t.sent anywhere prepaid 81,
receipt Of price. NJ q rY 553s7S b.
: insist 81 'fettinF this rsm Gay. other
viii disappoint you. pru9gists tn Is
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! !; M ~ 9y w.!
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and coal
ahhh and al f
Of i " IL
the basement
- = STORE W. PARAMOUNT: --=-
KEEPING warm TN COLD WEATHER

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clothed. The Glass Block makes it
easy to get the best at a. smaller
price than others charge for the
same values. Isn't that reason
enough why you should be one OF
our every day crowds? Let us show
you that we can serve you better
In style, quality and price. -
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-10-28
CHINESE BOYCOTT.

The Department of Commerce and
Labor has received from a United
States consul in China copy Of pla-
cards that have been distributed in
various provinces to stimulate the
boycott against American goods. The
placards are about by IL feet and
are covered with crude drawings
showing American policemen club
bling Chinese and hanging them by
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-10-28
Smoke Puradora Cigar, Clear Havana
Union Label and Home Made.
WILL PROBE BANK AFFAIR,

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-The
comptroller of the currency has been
called upon by the department of
Justice to send a special examiner to
Ptttsburg to make an investigation
Of the affairs OF the Enterprise Nat
ional bank, Of Allegheny, Pa, recently
closed by order of the comptroller.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-10-28
MILWAUKEE, CONCERN
GETS GIANT CONTRACT

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25-A ICON
tract has been awarded by the canal
commission for nineteen IS ton steam
shovels to be used in excavation work
on the canal, to the Bucyrus company,
Of South Milwaukee. The lowest bid
was $4,000 each.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-10-28
NO ORIENTALS WANTED.

NO ORIENTALS WANTED.
Chairman Shonts, of the Panama
canal commission, has abandoned the
proposed experiment with Chinese
and Japanese laborers, and will en-
ploy West Indian negroes, chiefly
because Of the objection of labor
unions, it is claimed.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-10-28
WARM BEDDING.

Restful, quiet sleep is an essential
to good health and happiness.
Warm. sanitary bedding renders
that sort OF sleep possible and we
have the bedding-and prices that
make our comforter and blanket
the most popular. :
Warm cotton blankets, acc up.
Buffalo, all-wool blankets in
sizes at $4.75, $5.75 and $6.75.
Comforters that contain only pure
white cotton or finest down at all
prices between 98c and $500.
BOYS CLOTHING.
New fall and winter outfittings for
the boys-suits, overcoats, hosiery,
caps-single and double breasted
suits that are incense values at
$2.98-at line of overcoats that can't
be beaten for $2.98-caps that. the
boys want and may need at 48c to
75c.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-10-28
DRESS WELL.
MORRISONS'
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The largest and best assortment in
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Top Coats .,.................$ 1b.OO up
Rain proof long coats. $500 up
DRESS WE'LL.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-10-28

the ques. Underneath the picture
is the statement: This is the way
the Chinese are treated in the United
States.''
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-10-28
GLOVES.

: Warm gloves that will keep your
hands warm in all kinds Of weather
gloves for men. women and child
ZEN. ~ 4 n: >. - =. ~
Mems Astrachan gloves. In black
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+. Women's all wool Cashmere
gloves, two-clasp and silk or mocha
lined, all colors,s also all wool golf
gloves, plain and fancy, pair 500.
Boys gray Astrachan gloves with
jersey palm. fleece lined or Melton
gloves that others ask soc for are
sold here at Csc.
GIRLS DRESSES.
Hundreds of novel ideas in beau
tiful dresses for girls-al the latest
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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-10-28

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Union Label and Home Made.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-10-28

Smoke Puradora Cigar, Clear Havana,
Union Label and Home Made.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1905-07-28
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iom enpuu lfirrer al eler "bnIer" i'm Mais paa @ar,en
90 labcr be u~aroiiuloe StiIt "a Blade qua %iiIipiloe.
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