Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-09-12
.COMPERS' INTEREST
Said to Contemplate Coming to
Investigate Injunction
SAYS IT'S "BAck TO SLAVERY"
Labor Leader 10 Expected In City
When Hearing On injunction
Which Stopped the Car
Strike 10 Held

Des Moines.-President Samuel p.
Gompers, of the American Federation
of Labor, is likely to be in Dea
Moines with his attorneys to fight the
street car injunction which stopped
the recent strike.
General Manager Harrigan. of the
City Railway, says that the case
would be fought out in the courts fol-
lowing fair week.
He is of the opinion that the in.
junction will not "hold water" But
he admitted that 1t was fine way
to stop strike.
There is no one In the country
that knows more about injunctions
involving labor than does Samuel P.
Gompers." said Superintendent w. e.
Rolston Of the City Railway, "'Back
to Slavery" he said as soon as he
read of the courts order. He grasp
ed the deeper meaning Of the pro-
ceedings Immediately.
III there is any possible chance
for the injunction to stand 1t is prob.
able that Gompers and all of the best
lawyers in the employ of organized
labor will be here to fight such =
contingency. In case that happens
Des Moines will be the scene of .
hearing which will be Of vast i'm.
portance.
III this injunction holds, it will At.
feet labor and capital all over the ma
ton. Railroads will be interested,
and their millions Of employees. II it
does not stand the local situation
will be just where it was before The
trouble started.
Newspapers all over the country
are taking great interest in this
case. The Chicago InterOcean has
just printed an editorial on the case.
1t states that 1t will be . shame II
the case is never tried out 50 that
something may be learned Of what
authority was exercised by Judge Do
Graf In issuing such an Injunction"
Eseher Heads Iowa Beef Men.
Hon. Charles Fischer, Jr, Of Botna,
counted one Of the worlds most ex-
tensive breeders Of Aberdeen-Angus
cattle. was chosen as the first presi-
dent Of Iowa Beef Producers as
sociation. The association was form.
ed by the beef cattle men Ut tho
Slavery hotel last night. An attempt
will be made to enroll 1900 by the
first Of the year, The association
has state appropriation Of $500
to spend in the development Of the
beef cattle industry of Iowa. The fol.
lowing o--cers were chosen:
President, Charles fischer, Jr, Of
Botna; vice-president. James Shade
of Kingsley; membership secretary.
A. r. Lefl.. of Bonaparte; recording
secretary, George Burge of Mount
Vernon; treasurer, c. H. Hetchner
Of Sheridan.
The board of directors was cnose.
by congressional districts, and is As
follows: w. B. Seeley of. Mount
Pleasant. First district; Fred McCul-
iiIgh Of Hartwick, Second district;
H. J. Hess Of Waterloo, Third dis
trict; B. Macarthur OF Mason Cit,
Fourth district; Howard Vaughn Of
Marion, Fifth district; Ralph sher-
man of Grhnell, Sixth district; A. G..
Sykes of Des Moines, president Of
the Corn Belt Meat Producers AS
sociation, Seventh district; C.. s.
Huntley of Sheridan. Eighth district;
B. w. Crossley of Council Bluffs,
Ninth district: Charles Russell Of
Carroll, Tenth district; r. w. Cas-
sadly of Whiting. Eleventh district.
| The department Of animal hus.
bandry at the State Agricultural col.
iege at Ames will cooperate with
the new organization in making Iowa
the beef cattle center OF the world.
New System Of scholarships.
The state board Of education has
adopted system of free scholarships
good for four years tuition at the
state Teachers college, the state
Agricultural college or the State uni
versity. The new system will be put
Into practice for the first time this
year.
/ Two hundred and sixty-nine. &C.
credited high schools in the state will
be entitled to elect q scholarship for
four years course at any one of
the three institutions. The person
selected for the scholarship must
stand at least among the one-fourth
highest in the graduating class. For
instance. II there is class of twen-
ty, then the candidate must be taken
from among the five having the high.
est standings.
One hundred and thirty accredited
schools have taken advantage of the
new system and have distributed the
scholarships.
Van puyn Out For Office.
e. w. Van Duyn, state labor com.
missioner, has given out the formal
announcement of his candidacy for
the republican nomination for sec,
rotary of state, to succeed W. C.
Hayward. Mr.. Van Duyn was ap.
pointed labor commissioner by Gov.
ernor B. F. Carroll.
Wants into Iowa.
The Ward-Deutsche Insurance com.
parry Of Hamburg, has asked State
Auditor Bleakly for permission to
sell insurance in Iowa.