Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-26
MOLINE

MOAlNL
Molders' Officers Cannot Come
Word has been received that Joseph
Valentine of Cincinnati. president of
the International Iron holders union,
cannot visit the city to address the
molders at their annual picnic and 50th
anniversary to be observed July !.
Mr. Valentine has gone to California,
where he expects to spend two months
in much needed rest. With the de-
parture of Mr.. Valentine, Nj. J. Keough
first vice president, will assume the
duties of president, and it is impoS-
sible for him to come here and speak.
The local molders had hoped to get
either one or the other of these men
here for the celebration. Though
some disappointment is felt by those
promoting the picnic because neither
officer can come they will not let It
serve as damper to the affair 1t IS
planned now to go ahead and have an
old fashioned basket picnic that all
can enjoy 1t will be held at Centred
park. Joe Trimble has received AS
suIance that molders and their fam
lilies from Cedar Rapids, Kewanea,
Freeport, Galva, Rock Island and Dav
EXPORT will attend the picnic.
/ Repairs at Notwithstanding
of new rattle boxes and a dummy rail
/ way system will be completed during
| the annual shutdown of the plant II
the Union Malleable Iron company,
| which was closed Thursday. Accord.
ing to Superintendent Charles Head,
the plant will not be sdle this year as
long as in former years. The volume
of business is particularly heavy and
ii is planned to resume work at all
three furnaces Monday, July Il. Re
pairs are being made and inventory
is being taken. Two thousand feet
OF rail will be laid and SO small cars
will hereafter be used in moving cas:-
ings, pig iron. coal and sand. Hereto
fore this material has all been moved
through the plant in wheel barrows
The railway system will not mean a
decrease in the working force, though
more work may hereafter be accom-
Iplshed without adding to the force.
| Boys Deny Guilt-Five more of the
Is boys arrested this week in the
White Fairgrounds have plead guilty
TO disorderly conduct charges in po-
lice court and have paid fines of 81
and costs each. Two of the boys, on
account of their age. will be dismissed
and there is one yet to enter his plea.
The boys all assert that they commit
ted no act of vandalism in the play
grounds, that they are not responsible
for the vile writings that appeared
on the Fairgrounds property. They
charge that a gang of boys residing OF
Sixth avenue did this work and other
arrests may be made.
Little Enthusiasm Shown.-The
meeting of the board of directors Of
the Moline Civic Playground associa-
ton. called Thursday night for the an
continent of officers, was not well at
tended, though the men of the board
we're we'll represented. The women
!, were very much missing, probably ow-
ing to the threatened storm, which
broke before adjournment. Another
meeting will be called for next Tues
day night, when it is hored that the
, association will be fully officered and
, ready for the work before it.
, Convince AIdermen.-City officials
> travelled over Fourth avenue from
, Thirty-fourth to Fifty-fifth street yes.
, tedday in automobiles, machines hav,
ing been furnished for their use by
men who believe that the thorou "A
fare should be paved and who are now
] bringing pressure to bear on the boa ID
of local improvements to have the i'm
lprovement ordered. No better day
could have been chosen from the
standpoint of those who favor paving
The weather man seemed bent on DIS
sisting in the demonstration that tn.
avenue is of little more use than 1t
road at all after a hard storm. The
rain that fell Thursday night left l,
almost impossible and three machines
were stuck in the mud soon after the
Cady stone quarry was passed. They
had to pull each other out The party
went as far as Silyis and return and
the officials nearly all expressed
themselves as favoring the improve
ment.
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Annual Picnic of Club-This after
noon members of the Moline club ant
their families are holding the annual
cutting at Campbelrs island a bal
game is to be feature of the day
opposing teams being chosen by
Eugene Banner and Gilpin Stromberg
Seventy Years Old.
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