The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-29
Gathering Of Socialists on North
Side Sunday causesao Excite
ment Among Strikers
LEADERS SPEAK FOR PEACE
William Kaufman and z. w. Nohling
Declare That They Are Glad
That the Men Have Returned
to Work in Harmony

The Social Democratic meeting which
was held at Schlitz Hall on Sunday
afternoon and which had been tip
ped off beforehand as a red hot siz-
cling meeting, proved disappointment
to agitators who sought to make trou-
BILE among the laboring men Of the
city. There was nothing red hot or
sizzling about it except the fact that
the sun beat down on the hall and
made the hundred men who gathered
very uncomfortable. The addresses
of the afternoon were in, no way cal
culated to stir up any trouble. 1t
was the regular fortnightly meeting of
the Socialists of the city and nothing
had been planned of an unusual nature
but the fact that bills had been thrown
out advertising the meeting made some
people believe that there would be
something doing in regard to the
strike. In some of the churches on
Sunday morning the members were
urged not to attend the meeting and
this probably resulted in So small an
attendance. The meeting was presd-
ed over by f. w. Nothing, president
of the Kenoska MERCANTILE Company,
and he declared in his opening address
that the meeting was simply for the
discussion of social problems and that
the men promoting it had no desire
to stir up any class feeling or to start
any new labor troubles He declared
that any other idea of the meeting was
entirely erroneous.
William Kaufman, formerly alder
Der of the executive committee of the
Wisconsin State Federatio nof Labor,
was the first speaker and in his ad
dress he counseled the men present
against any violence in seeking a re
adjustment of wage scales. "We are
glad to say today" said Mr.. Kauff
mann "that the trouble has passed
We are glad to know that you will be
back at work tomorrow. Before you
can gain any advancement for yourself
it is necessary for you to get rid of
your petty jealousies and organize not
only trade unions, but also political
organizations. It is with these organ
izations that you can present united
front and secure the enactment of
laws which will make it possible for
you to get a greater share of the pro
duct which you produce. He declar
ed that the Social Democrats were with
the members of their party regardless
tof their nationality and that the Fed
Grafton was ready to aid in The forma-
ton of a union. He declared that
Of Kenosha that the Socialists had
been forced to hold a meeting with
peace officers standing about the doors
and that there had been no thought of
trouble. In closing he said: $50 to
work tomorrow in a peaceable manner,
get books and educate yourselves, or
GAME a union for only in this manner
Will you ever win your battles.
The principal speaker of the after
noon was Henry Anieleswski, advertis-
ing manager of the Polish Peoples
Publishing Company of Chicago which
prints number of Polish papers. His
address was along the same lines as
that Of the other two men and at no
time did he make any appeal to pas
sion or to class hatred.
General Falk, who has been in charge
of the tannery strike for tie state,
returned to his home in Milwaukee
Sunday, but John Humphrey, the
president of the State Board of Arbi-
tration remained until today. He will
90 to Lacrosse tonight to take part
in an important conference in regard
to the settlement of the strike among
the street railway employees there.
Monday morning there was absolutely
no excitement at the big plant. The
men came to work just as if nothing had
happened and all of them were in their
places when the whistle sounded. In
addition to this many Of them worked
on Sunday in order to take care of the
hides which had been delayed in the
process of tanning on account of the
strike. This morning the police of
fee and deputies who had been watch
ing about the plant were withdrawn.
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