Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-16
MOLINE MENTION.

Talk of Strike.-Two coremakers in
the employ of Deere & Co. are authori-
ty for the statement that the coremak-
ers of that plant have demanded an in
crease in wages and if the demands
were not complied with before tomor-
row the entire force would go out on
a strike Thursday morning. Two of
the coremakers, Joe Sheppard and Vim
cent Goossen, have quit, refusing to
work 10 hours for S1.S0. 1t is said that
the coremakerS have been working foc
$3.50 a day and that they believe that
they should have 81 for 10 hours work.
committee was appointed to confer
with Superintendent G. w. Mixter and
lay the demands of the men before him.
Bids in Bonds.-Hoehler & Cum
mings, of Toledo, Ohio, have bid in the
$35 900 bond issue on the village of
East Moline. Seven bids were opened
at IL o'clock yesterday at the Office in
, this city of ]. B. Oakleaf, village at
torney and the special committee APP
pointed to advertise for bids made the
award. On this committee were Presi-
dent Walter H zimmerman, Frank ID.
Sible, Perry b. Fisk and Ferdinand
Schleuter The bonds will bear inter
est at per cent and will extend over
a period of eight years and eight
months. The Toledo firm offered pre-
MUM of 81 ,227.50 and was third high
est bidder of the seven. One firm of
fered a premium of s1.613, but speci-
fled that the bonds be the direct obi
cation of the village" not strictly wa
terworks bonds, and for this reason
the bid could not be considered
Greek Consul Coming.-Nick Salop-
ulos, Greek consul at Chicago. will
probably be in the city the coming Sun
day with Greek priest from Chicago
to attend the service and meeting
which the Greeks will hold in the old
Gustaf Adolf church The meeting
will be an important one. The Greek
Society of Moline" which includes in
its membership the Greeks of Moline,
East Moline, Rock Island and Daven-
port, is increasing its strength and at
the coming meeting will consider the
problem of purchasing ground on the
corner of Tenth street and Sixth ave-
nue., on which to build a church of
their own
Wedding Announced George H.
Huntoon and Miss Dora Smith, of Port
land, Ore. will be married in Chicago
at noon Thursday, Jan. %, at the home
of the brides aunt. They will come to
Moline and will make their home for
the winter at the Huntoon home OH
Sixth avenue. keeping house there
while Mrs. Huntoon and daughters are
in Japan.
Obituary Record.-Lilly Levine, the
5-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. |
Peter Levine. died at their home on |
Rock river bottom Sunday morning. |
after brief illness with stomach trou-
BILE.
Charles Cook. father of Frank L..
Madison, Wis, and Fred w. Cook, OF |
this city. died at Tamaroa, Perry coun.
ty, ILL.,, last Friday evening Though |
Mr.. Cook was in his S4th year, his fac
ulties were unimpaired. He died of
bronchitis. Deceased was a former
resident of Moline, having resided here
for 90 years.
Mrs. Anna Johnson, mother of John
A. Johnson, died yesterday of old age
at the home of her son, 427 Seventeenth
avenue. Mrs. Johnson was born Aug.
8. 1918. She was the mother of eigh:
children, three of whom are living:
John A. Mrs. A. r. Anderson. of Ia
coma, Wash. and one daughter in
Sweden. She also leaves two sisters,
Mrs. A. p. Erickson and Miss Betsy
Pearson, both of this city, and nine