Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-03

will be of real benefit to the laboring |
classes. The first law they will Sc
cure will be one that will provide a |
home OF his own to every laboring !
man in this country. The next will
be to turn over the ownership Of pub
lie utilities from the capitalists to I'm
Gle Sam, and the result will be that
the average laborer will get even
ore a year than the $4,000 that
statistics show he now produces an
nuRlly and the working day will not
be more than five hours at the most.
SPEAKS AT OHIO
Among the AZ amendments to the
Ohio state constitution that will be
voted on tomorrow in Ohio are four Of
vital interest to the laboring man, and
what Is more they have a good chance
Of carrying" said Hays. The four
are municipal ownership of public
7 franchises in the cities, workingmen's
/ compensation and employers liability
/ clause, minimum wage scale and the
| initiative and referendum. The work
Of organized labor is beginning TO
bear fruit. In Ohio 1t has come TO the
point where the powers that be are
beginning to realize that robbery and
imposition upon the working classes
must cease forever"
SIGNS CAUSE TROUBLE.
Rumors galore are floating about to
day as to the cause OF the ruction In
the Labor day parade yesterday Just
IL
the members Of organized labor drop
ped out OF the parade as they discov.
cred that one OF the floats had not
been built by organized labor and that
some Of the signs, thought painted IN
union shops, did not bear the label II
was & most unfortunate climax to one
OF the things which has ever been q
! feature of the Labor day celebration.
STICKS WITHOUT LABELS.
; Members Of the painters union,
= themselves carrying yard sticks
which did not bear labels, objected tc
signs which were hung on the auto
mobiles which carried the Rock Is
land commissioners and heads Of de
partments. They asked the reason
why the signs bore no labels and wert
Informed by the officials that they
r were at q loss to know. At the sam,
time, they assured the DIRECTORS tina
. the signs were painted in a strict!
= union shop. This did not entirely
mollify the men and many of then
dropped from the line. One of tn
D prettily decorated floats was tori
= Is nrRI fn- - 4.
: though the Moline pageant would en-
e in riot But calmer men stepped il
U TO the breach and the danger wa
/ averted. A portion Of the parade cor
l. tniued over the line of march, Will
T others dropped out of it entirely.
e BY UNION MEN.
II Mayor H. NJ. Schriver and Commits
r sioner Archie Hart were those Ques
u toned concerning the signs Com
II missioner Hart had ordered them a
y the J. G. Stevens shops and becaus
J or the rush OF the season and the late
p ness OF the order, the painters had I
q work overtime TO put them out. Col
sequently, they were hurried as the
finished their work. The signs wei
T. Ldheu OOWu ana rOlleQ ana the WOr
n delivered.
Is Mr.. Stevens said this morning tha
lie he put out many other signs for th
N parade and all bore the label and ths
4. it was an oversight and should hay
G. been overlooked when the man lear
lie ed where they had been painted. NJ
r. Stevens was formerly business ageI
Of of the painters, and after he embar
II ed in business, conducted a unic
ct shop. He has since been a staunC
s. advocate OF organized labor.
ALL FOR LABOR,
Commissioner Hart stated tn
ne morning when interviewed concerniI
en- the difficulty. that 1t was with no /
IL tentiOn of sighting organized lab
ed that the labels were omitted. He ~
be Their declared that had the men in Il
fe machines been against organized
he Dor they would not have been in u
RS parade.