The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-03-22
THE COUNTY NEWS
BOLTON.

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business caller in town Tuesday.
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business caller in town Thursday.
"a The mines were idle Monday anc
Tuesday on account of having no cars
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Kaskaden spent
Monday in Evans at the Eli WoodcocE
home.
Mrs. George Wilson and daughter
Charlotte spent Monday in Oskaloosa
shopping.
A. B. McGara, Of Flagler, spent
Sunday at the home OF his parents
north of town.
J.. o. Boles returned Tuesday from
visit with his family in Abba ana
with friends in Oskaloosa.
Miss Anna Dixon, of Bussey, is Wis
iting in town this week, at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. John Hanstram.
Albert Kaskaden was elected school
director Monday in place OF J. W.Can-
ty, who went to Colorado to superin-
tend mines there.
Harvey Fortune, one of the leading
tonsorial artists of Oskaloosa, shared
the hospitality of Mr. Mr., and Mrs. :.
Long Thursday for supper.
James Young, one Of our most in
dustrious miners is laid up this week
with painful mashed finger, which
was injured while at work in the
mines.
From the tone OF some Of the space
filters in the press, we would think a
strike would mark period N history
unknown to the world There have
been strikes since the days of building
Solomon's temple, and will be until
the end of time unless we arrive at a
period in history where all men are
angels.
We are in receipt of a marked copy
of the Des Moines Register and Lead
er of a recent date, Gaming our atten-
ton to a delegation in Des Moines
looking up man to fill Major Lacey's
seat in congress. Major Lacey will
be. nominated by reclamation and be
elected by the largest majority ever
given him.
The working man should always
remember the struggle of labor is for
a fair share of what it produces, ana
for manly independence, making the
working man independent Of every
thing save his duty to give a fair
days work for fair day S pay. Such
are the demands of labor. and the
man who does not endure these de-
Imands is menace both to employee
and employer.
w. p. Jones, of Perry, was a uusi-
ness caller i'm town Saturday. Mr..
Jones in a conversation with the Her
aid correspondent saiu the good must
no longer thwart one another; the
weak must be protected; the wicked
must be surrounded with influences
which make for righteousness, and
the forces of nature itself must more
and more be brought under man S
control. He predicts the present con-
fiict between labor and capital will be
Of only short duration.
In personal letter from ]. w. Can
ty, Of Williamsburg, Colorado, he in
forms us he is well pleased with lis
new home. He has salary of one
hundred and fifty dollars month as
superintendent Of the mines. He says
he finds many Iowa people there and
he always hunts them up, as he likes
to talk to a man from the state OF
the corn and the hog. He expects to
move his family there ABOUT May LIST,
and will locate in Florence, city of
5000 people. Iowa talent is recogniz7
ed all over the world. u. j. Laya, OF
Ottumwa, holds the position of mine
superintendent at Gebo, Montana, and
John Dunn at Butte, Montana. All OF
them are Iowa miners and have an
Iowa certificate of competency.
The Iowa miners should justly feel
proud of the compliment paid them in
the editorial columns of the Ottumwa
Courier on Friday. 1t is high trib-
ute to their conservative intelligence.
The writer of this letter has received
several letters from leading Iowa min
ers on the strike question and has
counseled with a number of others
personally on the matter, and up to
date has not found one in favor Of a
strike, but of course will abide by the
order of our convention to letter, as
the Iowa miner has taken back seat
in nothing. In discussing the matter
they all know it is not policy to kill
the goose that layeo the golden egg,
and fully understand it would be the
height of folly to make an agreement
with their employers until one is Is
made in Illinois and Missouri, as they
are our nearest competitors, and By
so doing can put the Iowa operator in
position to know just what and who
he has to compete with in the coal
market.
March 20. R. w.