Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-07
oTTuMWA UNION MEN GO TO
NEIGHRoRlNG CITY FOR JOINT
MEETING - THE RAIN KEEPS
DOWN THE ATTENDANCE.
DAY GENERALLY
OBSERVED IN u. S.
OWING o SCARCITY OF LABOR
DISPUTES CELEBRATION is
QuiETER THAN USUAL; NO
TROUBLE AT PlTTsBURG.

Notwithstanding the downpour
of rain this morning, $50 people
from the city braved the weather,
and accompanied by the Fifty
fourth regiment band, left for os-
kaIoosa to attend thea Labor Day
celebration. The band is to play
an important part In the days
proceedings. II will lead the pa
rade, and give a concert In the
park in the evening. An elaborate
program has been arranged. Un-
fortunately the weather will put
damper on some of the attrac-
tions, but as ottumwa, Abba and
Oskaloosa are working together,
there is no doubt that the affair
will pass off satisfactorily under
the circumstances.
Chicago, Sept 6--Whi1e today's La
fof day parade was small compared
with some similar demonstrations Of
former years, the turnout encouraged
the leaders Many women took part.
Several hundred Of these, composing
The Woman's Trade Union league, oc-
cupied carriages. The simple charac-
ter of the celegration was emphasized
by the fact that none of the unions
appeared in uniform.
Reports to the Associated Press
from various parts of the country
show the celebration was general. The
feature at Louisville, KY, was the adj
dress by Frank Morrison, secretary of
the American Federation of Labor. At
ST. Paul Governor Johnson rode in the
parade.
Quiet in Strike District.
Pittsburg. Pa, Sept. 6.-Conditions
at the Pressed Steel Car company's
strike at ldcKees Rocks we're quiet to-
day, notwithstanding the fear that the
recent dissensions among the strikers,
responsible at present for the faction
al disputes would result in trouble dur
ing the celebration of Labor day.
Grim Labor Day.
Pittsburg, Pa, Sept. 6.-Labor day
in western Pennsylvania presents a
unique and grim anomaly Nearly
10000 men are idle as result OF
strikes, lock-outs and walk-outs. The
5000 glass workers of the American
Glass company who paralyzed the
glass industry throughout the country,
the $500 unskilled and non-union
strikers of the Pressed Steel Car com
pany at Schoenville, the $4,000 organ
lied anG dissatisfied coal miners in
this vicinity and the 5000 union tin
plate workers-all these and moro
will aid in making the day set apart
for the working man one to be re-
Membered in labor circles for years
to come.
The striking workmen of the var
ious plants and mills declare that in
spite Of the fact that the manufac-
turing concerns are running full time
and are crowded with orders, the old
panic wage rates instituted in 1907
apply in practically every. operating
plant, and that no promise of return
to prosperity rates" is held out.
Parade in ST. Joe.
st. Joseph, Mo-, Sept. 6.--Labor day
was observed here by general sus-
pension of business. Fifteen hundred
union men paraded the streets in the
rain.
Celebration in Peoria.
Peoria, Sept. 6.-Central park today
was the scene of one of the largest
labor demonstrators in the history
of Peoria. Business was suspended.
Thousands of union men paraded the
streets.
Four Injured in Auto Race
Lowell, Mass, Sept. 6.-The auto
mobile races started this morning