Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-09
from oskaloos, ottumwa, Abba and
ottunawa Well Represented.

Beacon IN line.
Ottun1wa Well Represented.
Ottumwa was we'll represented at
the celebration and although the OF
tumwa unionists were unable to &C.
cure a special train over four hun
bred and fifty of them came up on the
regular passengers and assisted the
Oskaloosa Trades assembly in max
ing the day a success. The Fifty
fourth Regimental band Of Ottumwa
under the leadership of Professor
Worrell, which recently returned from
a trilmphal trip to the coast, scored
| another triumph at Oskaloosa. Every
body wanted to hear this famous Iowa
band and whenever it gave concert
| 1t was surrounded by big crowd of
admirers. 1t was accorded the honor
of heading the Labor day parade and
their excellent playing, along with
their excellent military bearing made
hit The musicians were recognized
again in the afternoon when they We're
selected to give concert program in
| the Grand Opera house, to which
place the program was transferred ca
account of the bad weather. Their
| concert work there also attracted at
| tention, and after each number they
were heartily applauded by the large
crowd which packed the house. 9th
| er bands which participated in the
Labor day celebration were the Iowa
| Brigade, which recently returned from
| the state fair at Des Moines, where
| they made a decided hit, with the
newly organized band of Abba, which
attracted considerable attention.
Dan Hamilton Talks
The program at the Grand Opera
hosue opened with selection by the
Ottumwa band, followed by few in
| troductory remarks by John D. ReE-
no1ds. chairman of the day and the
address of welcome by Mayor Lewis
M. Bacon. Following a number by
the F1fty-fourth band, Hon. Daniel w.
Hamilton Of Sigourney, ex-congress-
man from the Sixth district, delivered
an address In opening Mr.. Hamil
ton described the progress of union
labor in the last twenty-five years.
TWENTY-FIVE years ago it was disor-
ganized," said he, "and the laborer
was receiving small pay, but upon or-
ganization he rose to higher plane
and received more salary and Shot
er hours" He stated that the laborar
was the most important fnhabitant on
earth, as he manufactured from the
raw material to the manufactured ar
ticle. He pleaded with them to be
American citizens in every sense of
the word. He asked them to take
more interest in their organization
and become better informed and more
fully understand their responsibility
to every one. He scored the woman
worker who takes up mans work,
stating that she robbed one family OF
a man for their support. He stated
that he believed that woman was Gre
ated by God for certain sphere and
he believed that this was in the home
and not in the factory or workshop.
He closed by saying that the man
who earned his living by the sweat
of his brow should be the proudest in
dividual on earth.
Ottumwa Man Gives Address.
The next speaker of the day and
one who was eagerly awaited for by
the unionists was William H. Rogers
of Ottumwa, a members of the Ma
tional Board Of the United Mine
Workers of America, the strongest
labor union on earth. Although his
address was radical in some ways 1t
was masterful one and at the close
he was given much applause. In the
way of Introduction, Mr.. Rogers stat
ed that he believed that he was ac-
corded an honor to speak at the La
Dor day celebration, as he was a
proud Mahaskan,N being born in the