Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-11
Friends and Appropriateness in Iowa
Confident Head of Miners Federation
il Sincere in HIS Work - Early
Career of Meyer in Iowa. Where
Childhood Was Spent.
Special to Times-Republican.

cago Journal was in error. Her broth
er was in the Dakotas at the time
mentioned rs having been spent in the
penitentiary His Boone friends are
watching the scene Of the battle with
much interest for all liked Meyer ana
his relatives here enjoy the confidence
and respect Of the community. All
want to see him havefa fair trial and II
innocent, acquitted of the awful
charge hanging over him.
Charles Henry Meyer, known to
Boone friends as Charlie" Meyer, was
born in Boons county thirty seven
years ago The parents were living IN
q small Boone county town called
Quincy. The family remained at Quin-
CIV for two years and then removed to
farm of one hundred and eighty
acres on the Boone Story line, one hum
bred acres being located in Story coun-
/. ty and the eighty acres being located
In, Boone county. Here the father, q
sturdy Dutch pioneer. built himself
home and here the family lived, for
many years.
At the, age of two years Charles
Meyer was left motherless. He was the
youngest Of seven children and the
others tenderly cared for him during
his early life.
Shortly after the mothers death the
family moved to the farm mentioned
above, located one and q half miles
southwest OF Ontario. The mother was
subject to lung trouble and the inroads
caused by numerous attacks OF this
sickness resulted fatally for her when
the youngest child was but two years
Of age. She was buried In the old GEM
setery at Ontario and here many years
later was buried her husband.
The parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Mover. were pioneers in the strictest
sense Of the word, they coming to this
county l. ON Linn county, Iowa. Pre-
yious to their residence in Linn coun-
sty. they lived in Schuylkill county,
Pennsylvania, and were among the
strong Dutch residents of this vicinity.
TO Mr.. and Mrs. Meyer We're born sew
en- children, four OF whom are now
living.
OF Sthe family Of children, Charles
FL has attained the highest station In
life. the head OF that powerful organi-
cation. the Western Federation OF
Miners.
AS later in life, Mr.. Meyer during his
boyhood, did not enjoy good health.
His lungs were never strong and early
In life asthma took hold on him ana
SO thoroughly did it root itself IN MS
system. that relatives always feared
that it would ultimately result In his
DEATH His father seeing that the lad
was sickly. never insisted that he do
much Of the farm work.
Upon leaving Boone, Mr.. Mover went
first to wyoming, then into the Dako-
tas. and for some time rQaned over
the northwest, COW punching and
studying the country and people. He
was merely lad at this time, between
16 and Is years OF age, but evinced IN
terest in things which generally occupy
the time and minds Of older persons.
firing for the time being of this life, ne
went to Chicago to see something OF
the city and to see what opportunities
were offered there for q young man.,
Before going to Chicago he met a
man. by the name Of Sam Williams,
who accompanied him to that city.
Williams was the son Of a titled Eng
lish woman, who had made runaway
match, and the family took up the
name Of Williams Together the boys.
journeyed to Chicago, and there Meyer
secured employment as night clerk in
the Palmer house.
Meyer evidently did not like the city,
and within short time returned to
the western country. Here he en-
tered the mining vocation and coHtin-
ued in it for many years. His first
mining employment was in the famous
Homestead mine in Leeds, S. D. Here
he remained for some time when he
was made president OF the miners
union which was organized there. This
is the first step to the career which has
made Mr.. Meyer famous the world
over
He was afterwards made delegate to
the Western Federation OF Miners in
Denver, and then organizer, and ulti-
mately president Of the federation. He
has been elected to this office time af-
ter time and is the idol Of the western
miners.
Two weeks before he was arrested
and kidnapped out of Colorado for the
murder of Governor Stuenenberg he
visited his BROTHER s. F. Moyer OF
Boone, and his sister, Mrs. Willard
Foster. While here he renewed old ac-
-quaintances and spent several days IN
Boone. He was suffering a great deal
from the asthma, and was then in a
critical condition from the stage of the
disease. A local newspaper man, in in
terviewing him at. that time was inn
pressed with the wonderful sincerity of
the man. I'VE are right and we will
win our fight with the aid of that jus
tice which the constitution guarantees
to every American citizen. We will
show the people of this country that
the Western Federation Of Miners is
not the barbarous organization that it
has been led to believe"
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