Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-31
MOLINE
Make Work Day Lonser.-A 9-hour


work day Will be inaugurated tomor
row at the Silvis shops of the Rock
Island road. The plant has been opat-
ated on an S-hour day since the strike
of boilermakers causing such an i'll.
terruption in the repair work that Il
was necessary to curtail the work day
so as to keep the remainder of thu
force busy. The 9-hour basis is re-
sumed with a view to expediting thu
great bulk of work which has accum-
ulated. The graveyard" is full of en-
gines and the number is steadily IL
creasing, largely as result OF the in
ability to build up the force of boiler.
makers. Only about IS men have been |
added i'll all departments in recent |
weeks.
Reduce Hours in Shops.-Morc Or |
less excitement was created among |
the employees of the Moline Plow com. |
pany when it was announced that the |
plant would be operated on an S-hou. |
schedule hereafter. In place of start |
llOIHlH1 |
and quitting at D. m, the men Will
go to work at 8 o'clock and quit 1T
in the afternoon. The men thought
that this shortage of hours was due
to the financial situation of the couh-
try, but the management states that
such is not the case. AS is well known,
this company has for some time been
hampered by too little storage in
which to put the finished product. and
so much of the finished product has
been turned out that the company can
not take care of it. hence the neccs-
sity of cutting down the output for the
time being.
Olson-Anderson.-Louis Olson ana
Miss Selma Anderson were united III
marriage at 1880 Tuesday evening by
Rev. l.. A. Johnston at the Swedish
Lutheran parsonage. The bridal coI-
pie was attended by Theodore John
son and Miss Theresa Johnson. The
groom is coachman for G. H. Huntoon.
He and his bride have taken posses
sion of a cottage at 703 Eighteenth
street.
Wilson-RisIey.-Miss Jessie Ila Ris-
| ley. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Parker Risley of Davenport. was mar
ried Tuesday afternoon at o'clock al
the brides home on East Thirteenth
| street to George X. Wilson of Moline
| The wedding was a pretty home cere-
mony, performed by Dr. c. A. Moore.
pastor of Edwards congregational
| church. After short wedding trip
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson will be at home
Dec. at 416 Sixteenth street this cit;.
| O.
Alderman Ed to Resign.-AldermaI
Albert Ed of the First ward has de-
cided to remove from Moline and
hence will resign his position in the
city council The alderman from the
First ward announced yesterday afte"-
moon that he would present his resiS-
nation to tbs, city council at the first
meeting in November to take effect
Immediately. Alderman Ed has pur-
chased. fine piece of property in
|
tends to move the first part of next
month into his new home. Some
months ago Alderman Nelson resigned
from the Second ward on account OF
moving into the Third ward and with
the resignation of Albert Ed the city
of IA.
Bound Over on Grave Charge
George Boyle. Jr., was held to the
ISrand jury yesterday by Justice Mapes
on the charge of mistreating little :.
year-old Zelma Bradley. His bond wa.
fixed at $1,000 which was furnished
The case came up before Police Mas
istrate Gustafson, and a change o!
venue was granted Attorney P. r
lngleSon represented the state and A.
torney A. H. Kohler defended. The
little girl was the chief witness, am
} she told how the Boyle boy had mis-
treated her while at the Boyle homo
near Hampton. After hearing the evi
| dence the justice decided to bind thy
boy over. The case of the Peterson
boy who is accused of being infpl,
!, Gated in Gae assault was continued TN
til next Tuesday
: Obituary Record.-John Swanson
well known machinist of Williams
White & Co.'S. passed away yesterday
{ morning at the home, 105 Sixth ave
: nue., after short illness with paraly
sis. Mr.. Swanson was stricken las
Thursday while at work. His righ
: side became suddenly paralyZed ans
| he was taken home He was born II
Sweden Feb. 4, 1S47. and came to thi;
country in 1881 and bias made Molinr
his home since He was married il
: Sweden sc years ago and leaves his
wife and seven children to mourn hi
{ death. They are Beda Fred. Swan
t Richard, Vernon and Carroll, all u
home. Funeral services will be held
{ Saturday afternoon at O'Clock.