Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-01
MOLINE

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in wages Of so cents a, day-by rails
ing the minimum wage from $3.50 to
| Sis asked by Moline plumbers and
steamf1tters, effective May l. At a
meeting OF members of the. United As
| ISOLATION of Plumbers, Steamhtters
and Steamfltters' Helpers, Local No.
I'll, held yesterday forenoon. a new
working agreement was drawn to be
submitted to the master plumbers.
The present working agreement ex-
ptres May 1, and the drafting of a
new wage scale at this time allows
the master plumbers two months time
in which to consider whether they
Will sign. The working day, under
the new agreement, remains eight
hours, the same as is now in force.
There are between 40 and so plumbers
and steamdtters in Moline who would
be affected by the increase, If granted.
The demand Is made on seven heating
and construction companies.
Dies on Operating Tabfe.-John Gil
lespie, tramp, who had visited prac-
tically every city of Importance in the
United States. died yesterday at the
city hospital while lying on an op-
Grating table. Gillespie froze his feet
about seven weeks ago during a bitter
cold night while sleeping in box car
IN Rock Island. The doctors were
preparing to remove his toes when
Gillespie passed away. The stranger
applied at the police station for lodg-
ing on Saturday night, two nights
after he had frozen his feet He had
worked on the ice fields here and at
Milan. Gillespie complained that his
feet panied him. and on investigating
1t was found that they had been froz-
en-. A physician was called to the
police station, and he found Gillespie
in such bad shape that he ordered him
taken to the city hospital. The doctor
advised Gillespie to have his feet am
putated, but the man protested vigor-
ously and an effort was made to save
them. Gangrene set in and the poison
spread through his system. The man
had been a "rounder" and the veins
in his body had hardened. His heart
action was affected and this trouble
caused his death. Gillespie was from
As to so years OF age.
Hurt with Railroad Spike.-Assault
with a railroad spike In a boarding
house at GIG Railroad avenue last Sat
urday night, which grew out of a
squabble over a shave and broken
dish, 1t is alleged, has resulted in the
probable fatal injury of William Shor-
okosky. Lithuanian, about % years,
and the arrest of George Soblisky,
about 40 years, charged with the at
tack. The case will be heard in the
local police court March Z. AxeI Koh- |
Ter has been retained as attorney for |
the defendant and W. r. Moore as at |
torney for the plaintiff. The attack |
with the spike was made at the sup
per table and Shorokosky was severely /
injured, being stabbed twice in the |
head.
Do Not Enthuse Over Tour.-De- |
spite the fact that present arrange
ments are for the great Glidden tour /
to pass through Moline on it's way to
Chicago from the south, reports today
indicate that only one OF the three au-
tomobile companies in the Pillow city
will have entries in the tour. The Mo-
line Automobile company announces
that it will enter three of its 1910
models in the tour, the Midland COM
pany says that 1t is considering the
but still seems rather net
tied over the reception given the com
plant of President Van Dervoort last
year, and the velie Motor Vehicle
company Is emphatic in its statement
that it will not enter car in the tour.
Local automobile manufacturers say
that special arrangements for the re-
ception of the tourists may be made
here The present plan is to shorten
the tour, however, and only make one
night stops at important points. This
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