Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-13
DAVENPORT DOTS.
Factories Pile Up Coal. = The rail-

Factories Pile Up Coal. = The rail-
roads and big factories are not quite
so optimistic as Eugene V. Debs ON
the prospects of coal strike. When
Mr.. Debs was in Davenport last week
he gave it as his opinion that the min
|ers and operators would settle their,
differences without strike being de-
clared. But the railroads and big fac
tories are evidently of the belief that
in time of peinty they should prepare
for famine. so far as the coal supply
is concerned, and consequently more
coal is coming into the tri-cities than
at any other time during the winter.
The Glucose Sugar Refining company
is receiving eight or 10 carloads per
day and already has two piles large
enough to serve as breastworks for an
army In one pile between the COM
pany's plant and the old city cemetery
are about 200 carloads, and another
enormous pile has been stacked up just
west of the can plant 1t is expected
the piles will be kept growing the
greater part of this month. The glu-
cose company uses about three car
seriously crippled in case of strike.
The American Can company is another
big coal user that is storing large
quantity of coal. Its heavy season
comes in the summer time when the
canning plants are running and the de-
mand for cans is constant and heavy.
None of the canning factories have IA
cilities for storing anything like the
number of cans they use during the
season and for that reason a crippled
can plant would cause widespread
trouble. The can company's coal pile
now contains about rs carloads of lump
coal and it is still coming.
Becker a Candidate. - Hon. Waldo
Becker has announced that he would
accept the democratic nomination for
mayor, if nominated at tomorrow even
ing's convention, to be held at Turner
hall. Mr.. Becker said: For a month
past l have been besieged at my Office
and stopped upon the street by persons
inQuiring whether or not | was going
TO enter the race for mayor. To all
of them replied that l was not a can
didate and moreover was not seeking
the nomination. During the past few
days l have been prevailed upon by
numerous leading democrats and prom
inent citizens to become a candidate
After due consideration have decided
to accept the nomination if rendered
Moreover, if nominated, | am not
afraid of the outcome and feel conf
dent that | can be elected"
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Attorney Ely Married. - A wedding
that will interest the many friends of
the couple was that of Attorney n. d.
Ely, and Mrs. Mabel Won Schaezier.
which took place Sunday afternoon at
the latter's home in the Mccartney
flats. The ceremony was performed
exactly at 3: so O'Clock by Judge James
Bollinger and was witnessed by only
a few relatives and very intimate
friends. Mr.. and Mrs. Ely will make
their home in the Mccartney flats They
will not take a honeymoon trip until
later. as Mr.. Ely is very busy at pres
ent with several law matters that pre-
clude his absence from the city.
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Chased Out of Missouri. E. Nj.
Pritehard, a white man and Lizzie
Pritchard, his colored wife, were both
arrested Sunday by Night Capt. Tim
Mullane and Officer Sanford, charged
with disturbing the peace. The couple
have lived in Davenport for but three
weeks, being tenants of Max Reuben's
house on Harrison street between Sixth
and Seventh. Saturday night both be-
came intoxicated and kept up such a
noise that toward the early hours of
morning the neighbors lodged COM
plant at the police station and the
couple were taken in tow by the off
GERS and brought to the station. At
the station the woman told Night Capt
Tim Mullane that they had but recent
ly come here from Missouri, having
been chased out of that state by the
officials who informed her husband
that they would not tolerate a white
man married to a colored woman to
live in their midst In police court the
husband and wife appeared with their
baby girl, mere tot of 2 or years of
age Both parties were fined 81 and
costs and allowed to return to their