Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-30
MOLINE

Eighteen Days for Inventory.-Next
Friday. July 1, the Velie Motor Vehicle
plant will be closed for an 18-day per-
iod, during which a complete inven-
tory of all stock on hand will be taken.
Practically no work will be in progress
during the closed period, which will
come to an end Monday, July IS. The
Velie people plan to place their new
models on the market about Aug 1, as
manufacture of 1911 cars is to be taken
up Immediately after the inventory
work is completed. The Velie Car
rage company will not close for inven-
tory till Aug. 1, and the inactive per-
iod will be for only one week. Velie
officers report: while this is sup
posed to be the dull season for automo-
biles, orders have been coming in rap
idly and we have experienced little
stacking up Of business"
Cottage Destroyed by Fire. %. A.
-Carrington's cottage on Nineteenth
street and Twenty-eighth avenue was
completely destroyed by fire yesterday
afternoon. The dry wood burned like
finder and Mrs. Darlington and her
daughter did not have time to save a
piece of furniture. Some insurance
was carried on the building, but the
insurance papers were burned. The
cottage was burned to the ground be-
fore the fire department reached the
scene. There is no telephone in the
neighborhood, and when the blaze
broke out it was necessary to turn in
an alarm at the fire box on Fifteenth
street and Thirtieth avenue 1t was
less than two years ago that the Car
rington boy lost his life in coal mine
on the Coaltown road, when overcome
with mine damp while exploring an
abandoned shaft
Will Call Union Men Out. j. w.
Walker, secretary of the Journeymen
BARRIERS union, has mailed to all mem
bers of the union in Moline. official an
nouncement of a special meeting of
the union to be held Sunday morning
at o'clock in the Zook barber shop.
1t will be impossible for any Journey
man TO continue to work Sunday morn
ing and at the same time attend the
special meeting. Officers of the local
union declare that if it is found that
any of the boss BARRIERS have their
shops open Sunday in direct violation
of the recent order of the union, the
violators will have a fine imposed on
them, have the union card removed
from their shop and have their assist
ants ordered out. Secretary Walker
says: During the time that journey
men are out on strike they will receive
benefits, So weekly to single men and
81 weekly to married men" Gus Pea
cock, who has been leader of the anti
closing advocates, said that the matter
of whether his shop is open Sunday
hinges on the actions of the
journeymen employed there. TT would
be foolish of me to attempt to operate
the shop alone if the journeymen en-
ployed here refuse to work." said Mr.. |
Peacock.
McKeeVer Loses New Suit. Bert
formerly of this city and
now comfortably launched in the news |
paper game in Aberdeen, S. D., trav-
eled down to Peoria a few days ago to |
visit his sister. Mrs. William Bartlett, |
before marriage Miss Emily McKeever. !
Part of the trip was made in a smok- |
ing car-why, none can fathom, be- |
cause everyone in Moline who knows |
is aware of the fact that he |
never smokes. Yet thereby hangs a !
tale. In preparation for his visit to |
Peoria Bert purchased a new suit that |
brought out the fastest in Aberdeen |
fashions. Incidentally he annexed a |
couple of new shirts and mems other |
All were carefully packed |