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United labor bulletin., 1912-11-21
ST. LOUIS GARMENT WORKERS.

st. Louis.-One of the largest tailor
ing companies of this city had contro-
versy recently which resulted in locking
out a large number of members of the
local Garment Workers Union, following
which injunctions were issued. etc. Fin
ally, the international union sent one OF
it's executive boarwd members here for
the purpose of making an effort to Sc
cure a settlement That settlement has
been secured, and as a result all the
shops in the city in the special order
line have come to an agreement with the
union the result being that the Garment
Workers have largely increased theiI
membership through the difficulty which
has just been settled.
United labor bulletin., 1912-11-21
THE McMuRTRY MFG. co.

The McMurtry Mfg. Co., whose offices
and salesroom are located at 1920 Arap-
ahoe street, have recently completed
new fireproof paint and varnish facto-
ries at Twenty-sixth and Blake streets.
that are said to be as well equipped and
as modern as any in the country.
This progressive firm makes spe-
cialty OF manufacturing paint and var
nish for dry climate use. They also
carry a large assortment of brushes and
are jobbers of plate. window and orna-
mental glass.
The rapidly increasing business Of
this company is due not alone to the
high quality of their. products. but their
fair and courteous treatment to the la
Dor people and to all with whom they
have dealings has been instrumental in
fostering the growth of their enterprise.
United labor bulletin., 1912-11-21
CONVENTION NEWS.

The Press Associations of the United
States, together with many of the daily
papers scattered throughout the coun-
try, have special reporters at the con-
vention of the American Federation of
Labor now being held in Rochester. N.
|Y. few years ago the deliberations Of
the conventions of the American FEEDER
alton of Labor were not deemed of sufi-
cient Importance by the news gathering
Iagencies to make any special efforts to
secure and publish the action OF the con-
ventions upon various matters. The con-
tinued growth of the Federation, how
ever, and the extension of its scope of
influence has had the effect OF bringing
the newspapers and press associations
to realization of the fact that the news
of the activities of the Federation are Of
such vital Importance as to demand the
publication of the doings of Americas
organized labor congress.
United labor bulletin., 1912-11-21
i. ADVERTISEMENTS
REVIEW OF SUBSTANTIAL
BUSINESS FIRMS
THE 0. C. PACKARD AGENCY co.

The D. G. Packard Agency Co., which
is located at 1882 Welton, is we'll and
favorably known to the working people,
and their attitude toward labor and the
cause of labor has always been most
fair and honorable, which entities them
to our support and patronage the COM
ing year. This company represents some
of the best and most reliable insurance
companies in the country, and they see
to 1t that all claims are promptly paid.
Their success is not only due to the
friendly attitude they have shown to-
ward labor, but also to the fair and hon.
orable business methods pursued by
them at all times.
James B. Brown, Jr., is president of
the company and is a broad-minded and
public-spirited business man, and Is held
in the highest esteem and confidence by
the working people.
United labor bulletin., 1912-11-21
NEW UNION SHIRT FACTORY.

Cincinnati, President Thomas
Rickert of the United Garment Workers,
in conjunction with local committee.
recently secured an agreement with the
Victor Shirt Company. of this city.
city, which grants the use of the union
label of that organization to the COM
pany. The employees in the factory re-
Gently formed local union with sub
stantial membership, and with the agree
ment Just noted there will be material
addition to the product Of union label
goods in this city.
United labor bulletin., 1912-11-21

New York.-The heroic musicians who
played, Nearer. My God. to Thee" as
the Titanic sank in the Atlantic last
April, have been honpred in memory by
the members of the e~Musicians' Mutual
Protective Union, bronze tablet to the
seven bandsmen having been unveiled
at the clubhouse of the organization re-
Gently
United labor bulletin., 1912-11-21
STRUGGLE OF IRON MoLDERs.

Lansing, Mich.-The struggle of the
Iron Molders in this city for shorter
hours and an increased scale Of wages
is still going on and has been since May
18. After five months the ranks of the
strikers remain unbroken and although
ten of the strikers have been sent to
prison for contempt of court for the al
legged violation of an Injunction, yet this
has failed to break the spirit of the
strikers. The Iron Molders' Union will
continue this contest until justice can be
secured.
United labor bulletin., 1912-11-21

Attend the meetings of the League and
take an active part in label agitation.
United labor bulletin., 1912-11-21
LABEL NOTES.

Attend the meetings of the League and
take an active part in label agitation.
Don't send your laundry to non-union
laundries or the Home of the Good Shep-
herd, where convict labor comes in COM
petition with free labor. Patronize the
union laundry.
Don't purchase n-union-made bread
when better and cheaper bread can be
had with the union label on.
Don't purchase "scab" brooms or con-
vict-made brooms when you can secure
better broom with the label on. The
Broommakers need your support.
If you make union goods and buy non
union goods you are boycotting yourself.
You cannot expect union men to buy
your product unless you buy the product
of union men.
When you buy non-union goods you
create a demand for non-union labor
which in turn buys non-union goods in
your line and tends to throw you out of
work
The Union Label is the means by
which union workers of all trades iden-
tify each others products, and render
each other cooperative support. Through
it organized labor can starve every non
union establishment out of existence, if
they will.
When the union man or woman fails
to demand the union label in making
their purchases, they are violating one
of the fundamental principles of union
ism.
The union label is the means of res
cuing the child from the workshop, fac
tory and mill, the women from the sweat
shop and tenement house, and the mil
lions of labor from the clutches of greed
degradation and poverty.
Any merchant who tells you that he
can not secure union-made underwear of
any size, weight or texture tells you that
which is not true. The Union Trading
company, II West Twenty-third street,
| New York City, corporation organized
for the purpose of dealing in articles
bearing the union label, can supply them
Don't be deceived by stories about in
ability to obtain them.
The good union member does not want
non-union workers employed on the
same job, and insists that his fellow
worker shall be able to show a paid-up
union card. This Is necessary to pre-
serve a union job. BY insisting on Union
Label goods the same influence is ex-
tended to other trades. The Union Label
means a paid-up union card for the work
ers of other trades. BY unionizing other
trades you strengthen the union in your
own trade. United we stand, divided
we fall" extends beyond the confines of
the particular job we happen to be work
ing on, and embraces our duty to the
men and women of other trades.
The wages of Labor make the retail
business of the country, and when the
wage earners awake to realize that by
organizing their purchasing power they
can compel the sale Of fair products and
stop the sale of unfair products. then we
shall see less merchants giving prefer
United labor bulletin., 1912-11-21
LabelLeague Department
EDW. J. HINES, Sec'y-Treas., p. O. Box z5o
League Building

ence to non-unfon or prison-made goods,
we shall see less merchants engaged in
Citizens Alliance movements, we shall
hear less lawyers expounding the beau
ties of the open shop, and there will be
few to follow Kirby, Parry and Post, who
themselves would be driven into COM
mercial seclusion unless they duly re-
pented OF their industrial sins.
One of the best illustrations of the
value of constantly advertising the union
label is to be found in the policy of the
Boot and Shoe Workers union. This or
ganization has built up demand for the
label which keeps thousands of members
steadily employed. The large number of
Eastern shoes sold in Denver can be at
tributed to this demand, and the sooner
local manufacturers come to the conclu-
sion that they can not sell their shoes
to the trade unionists of this city with
out the label on them, and decide to put
lit on, the better OFF they will be. The
number of men employed in this indus
try in Denver would be greatly aug
mented If all local manufacturers used
the label. rr
The businessmen of this city, many of
them who would have us believe they
desire to please us, discourage the de-
mand for the union label. We have been
lso often told by. merchants that they
would like to handle union label goods,
but that they cannot get them, and have
SO often, upon investigation, discovered
that there was no truth in such state
ments that we have become convinced
that there is some understanding among
them as to union label goods. There is
one way to compel merchants to handle
them, and that is by ignoring the false
statements SO frequently made that they
can not get them and insist upon the
label, and If the store can't give it to
you walk out. Such action will bring
them to time, and nothing else will. Get
busy along this line and don't believe
their fairy stories.
United labor bulletin., 1912-11-21

Don't send your laundry to non-union
laundries or the Home of the Good Shep-
herd, where convict labor comes in COM
petition with free labor Patronize the
union laundry.
United labor bulletin., 1912-11-21

Don't purchase non-union-made bread
when better and cheaper bread can be
had with the union label on.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-04-18
Big Negro Boarding House at Gains
Vile Burned.

Last Monday night about 1890
the big whistle at the mine aroused
our people from their beds with the
dread alarm Of fire and it was sooI
aScertained that the Enterprise
building, a large building owned by
! the Coal Company, was on fire.
The fire started in one of the up
stairs rooms on the north side of the
building occnpied by Fred Mays, a
colOred man. He was asleep, it is
said, and was awakened by the
smoke. 1t seems to have started
from the stove pipe or fiue.
The building was a large brick
cut up into rooms for the accom-
mediation of the colored people and
when the partitions caught there
was no such thing as stopping the
fire and the building was soon a mass
of ruins. 1t is said that had there
been water on the upper floor at the
time Mays was awakened the fire
could have Leen put out withou.
much difficulty.
The building has had a fateful
history. 1t was built by the old En-
terrrise Furniture Company and was
scarcely completed when the top
part of the walls of the upper story
were blown off in a wind storm.
After the failure of the Enterprise
Company it lay idle some years until
the Excelsior Manufacturing Com
pany organized and used it until the
company moved to Harvey, Iowa.
1t then remained idle until the
Grand River Coal and Coke Company
bought it and converted it into a
Eoarding house for their employees.
The loss on the building is prob
ably $4,000 and was insured for
$4,000. 1t is not yet known whether
the Coal Company will rebuild or
not, as they have not had time to
determine the matter. Mr.. c. H.
Alderfer came in yesterday but was
not prepared to say what the COM
pany would do about rebuilding
Mr.. Grant is taking temporary
means Of housing the colored folks
| by converting a building on the
! mine grounds into rooms, and
number of tents will be secured.
Later a number of small houses will
be built for the accommodation of
the colored people.
This is quite a severe loss to the
Company, not only in financial way
but also in the matter of finding i'm
mediate shelter for their employees.
|-CeinSVille News
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-04-18
CATARRH GONE.
No More Hawking and Shutting When
You Breathe Hyomei.

HYOMEI pronounce it High-o-
mel is guaranteed to end the misery
Of catarrh.
Breathe it, destroy the catarrh
germs, and soon hawking and snuff
ing will cease
Breathe it, and crust will no long
er form in the nose; mucus will not
lodge in the throat; all inflamma-
ton will leave the membrane of the
nose and thoat and your head will
feel clear and fine.
Breathe it for coughs, colds and
sore throat; it's soothing, healing,
antiseptic action is better than all
the stomach dosing remedies in crea-
ton and there isn't a particle of
opium, cocaine, or other habit form
ing drug in 1t. 1s# : = 3
Complete outfit, which includes in
haler, $1.00. Extra bottles OF NY
OMEI SO cents at Van Werden &
kopp's and druggists everywhere.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-04-18
Weather Crop Bulletin.
For the week ending April IA, 1912
DoS Mines Iowa

For the week ending April IA, 1912.
Des Moines, Iowa.
The winter was severely cold and
of long duration, and the amount of
snowfall was the greatest on record.
The larger part of the state was COW
cred with snow nearly all of the time
from December goth to about March
25th. The snow went off rapidly
after March goth, but as there was
but little frost in the ground, the
larger part of the water was absorb
ed by the soil, and all streams were
at high stage at the close of the
month, and much bottom ground,
especially in the southern
counties was flooded The heavy
mantle of snow afforded good pro-
lection to fall-sown grains and
grasses and they are now in good
condition, except in the counties
Scott county southwark, where the
snow covering was light during the
cold weather in January and most
of February. The past week has
been favorable for field work, and
much seeding, blowing and disking
has been done with the soil in excel
lent. filth. The acreage of winter
wheat is much greater than it was
last year, but the extent of spring
seeding depends largely on the con-
ditions during the next few days, as
only about one-half to two-thirds of
the acreage intended for small grain
| has yet been seeded. Many pota-
toes have been planted and gardens
| made. Fruits have remained nearly
dormant as yet, and except peaches
and pears, are reported to have been
uninjured by the low winter temper
| atures. Live stock came through the
winter in fairly good condition, but
in most sections the supply of hay
and rough feed has been entirely or
nearly exhausted. While the sea-
son opens a little later than usual,
he conditions at present are favor
able for a good crop.
George M. Chapel,
Section Director.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-04-18
CLARA BARTON DEAD.
Founder of American Red Cross So
ciety Passed Away Last Friday.
Was a Noble Woman.

Miss Clara Barton, founder of the
American Red. Cross society, died at
her home in Glen Echo, Md, at
o'clock last Friday morning. The
cause of her death was chronic pneu-
monia with which she was stricken
about year ago.
Her brother, Stephen Barton, of
Boston, was with her when she died.
Miss Barton was born at Oxford,
Mass, in 1921.
Miss Barton had been dying since
before Christmas day, when she cele-
brated her ninetieth birthday. Nurses
have been with her constantly.
News of her death caused pro-
found sorrow in Washington, where
she was loved for her work in the
civil war. Perhaps no other Incl
dent of modern history, save perhaps
the pitiful death of William McKin-
ley, has caused so deep feeling
among all classes in Washington.
Miss Barton's career forms bril-
liant page in American history. Her
public life began when she was only
13 years old. She taught school at
that time and few years later came
W w do d Cl0Ik Ill Ouc VI
the departments-the first woman
clerk ever employed by the United
States
At the opening Of the civil war she
dropped her work in Washington and
boldly entered the nursing service.
She went all through that great
struggle and became famous, almost
as much as Abraham Lincoln.
After the war she searched for
nearly four years for the missing
men Of the army who had been killed
and Of whom no trace could be
found.
Her reputation had spread to
Europe, and at the opening of the
Franco-Prussian war she was hur-
ried to the front, where for the first
time she worked under the banner
of the Red Cross, her own organiza-
ton.
She returned to America in 1878
and devoted most of the rest of her
active life to the Red Cross. She be-
came the president of the National
Red Cross society and retained that
post until several years ago, when
she retired to her home in Glen Echo.
Miss Barton was one of the worlds
heroines. She was decorated by
every Christian monarch on earth,
and has diplomas and letters even
from Turkey and Armenia.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-04-18
Application to Erect Poles and Wires
for Conducting Electricity.
lOm it May Concern:

To Whom it May Concern:
Notice is hereby given of an app]i-
cation made by the Herald Publish
ing House, corporation duly organ
lied under the state of Iowa, and
having it's principal place of bust
ness at Lamont, in the county Of
Decatur, and state of Iowa, for
grant for right to erect and maintain
poles and wire for the purpose of
conducting electricity for lighting,
heat and power purposes on the fol-
lowing public highways in the coun-
ty of Decatur, for a period of twen-
ty years from and after the first day
of May, 1912, to-wit:
Along the west side of sections ,
and 33 in township 81 west, and
range 81 north; on the south side of
section 27; thence three-quarters
of mile along the west side of Sec
ton 27; thence one-quarter of a
mile along the south side of the
northeast quarter of section %;
thence One-quarter of mile along
the west side of the northeast quar-
ter Of section IS; thence along the
south side of sections 20 and 10,
thence along the west side Of Sec
tions 10 and IS * St s. +" all in
township 6S west and range p
north.
Such grant of right and franchise
to be subject to the conditions set
forth in chapter "a of the Acts OF
the 33rd General Assembly of the
State of Iowa.
The hearing upon the said appli-
cation will be held in the office of
the Board of County Supervisors in
the town of Leon, county of Decatur,
and state of Iowa, on the first Mon
day of May A. D. 1912, at the hour
of two o'clock, at which time any
persons interested may appear and
be heard
By order of the Board Of
Supervisors of decatur coun-
ty, Iowa, this 9th day of
April, 1912.
S. P. WILEY,
Chairman
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-04-18
GENERAL FREDERICK DENT
GRANT Is DEAD.
Commander of the Department of the
East Dies suddenly in New
York HOTEL

New York, April 12.-General
| Frederick Dent Grant, commander
Of the department of the east and a
son Of the famous president, died sud-
denly at midnight at the Hotel Buck
ingham where he was taken secretly
on Wednesday by physicians Hispres-
ence here was not known until the
news of his sudden demise was
flashed to the newspapers, although
there had been rumors of Grants i'll
ness and that he would never again
take up his duties. The news of his
death was shock to the public. Ac-
cording to the physicians death was
due to heart failure. He had been
suffering from diabetes and attend
ant digestive disturbances Mrs
Grant was with her husband when he
died. The first intimation to the
hotel clerk came about 11:43 when
Mrs. Grant telephoned Historically
1.-The General is dying" Physicians
were called but General Grant died
before they arrived.
Washington, April 12.--Captain
u. S. Grant, the third and only son
of General Fred Grant, did not learn
of his fathers death until an early
hour this morning. He was over
come by the news and took the first
train for New York
Funeral arrangements have not
been announced, but probably will
be military if desired by the family
Major General William H. Carter,
now chief of the staff, is mentioned
as Grants successor in command Of
the department Of the east.
MaJor-General Frederick Dent
Grant, eldest son of Ulysses S. Grant,
eighteenth president of the United
States, was born at St. Louis, May
80, 1850. He was with his father
during part of the civil war.
After the war he entered West
Point and was graduated in 1871.
Grant served in the Yellowstone ex-
| petition, after which he accompan-
led his father around the world.
He resigned his commission as COL
cnel in the army in 1881, and engag-
ed in various enterprises. He was
| appointed minister TO Austria by
President Harrison in 1888, but re-
signed on the election of Mr. Cleve-
land. Under Major Strong he was
Oue VI NEW 10TH > ponce commas
sioners, but at the outbreak of the
war with Spain in 1898 he became
colonel of the Fourteenth New York
infantry and was appointed Briga-
dier-General, U. S. A., and reached
the grade of major-general five years
ago. He served in Porto Rico and
was in command of various brigades
in the Philippine islands for several
years, returning to the United States
in 1902. He commanded the de-
partment of Texas in 10000; De-
partment of the Lakes in 1904, De-
partment of the East, 1904-1908,
and the Department of the Lakes
again in 1908, and finally in the De-
partment OF the East, to which he
was appointed in the summer of
1910
In 1874 he married Ida NJ. Hon.
ore, daughter CT Henry Hamilton
Honore, Of Chicago.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-04-18
GREAT NATIONAL HEALTH
MEETING.
Fifteenth international Congess on
Hygiene and Demograplry tor
Come to this Country.

Press Bureau, Board of Control
of State Institutions, Department of
Tuberculosis.
Des Moines, Iowa, April 15.-The
18th International Congress on
Hygiene and Demography will be
held in Washington, d. c., in Sep
TENDER of this year. This will be the
first time this great health conven
ton has been held in this country.
President Taft will be the honorary
president Of the congress and it is
expected that every state in the un-
ion will be represented. The pro-
gram includes an elaborate discus
sion of matters vitality affecting the
general health conditions of the
country. Vital statistics, nutrition,
housing, communicable diseases and
sociology are some of the topics to
be discussed. Governor Carroll has
appointed a commission for Iowa
consisting of DR.. Henry Albert, state
Bacteriologist, Chairman; DR.. V. l..
Treynor, Secretary of the State Med
ical Society, DR.. w. w. Pearson,
Dean of Drake University College of
Medicine; Mr.. w. B. Barney, State
FOOD and Dairy Commissioner; and
Mr.. A. E. Kepford, State Lecturer
on tuberculosis. The commission
held it's first meeting April 4th to
devise ways and means for Iowa's
representation at this important
meeting.
1t is hoped that every city and
town Of any considerable size in the
state will send delegates to this con-
gress as matters pertaining to state
and municipal hygiene will be dis
cussed with especial reference to To-
cal problems. Matters pertaining
to the control of tuberculosis will be
especially emphasized and it is not
too early for city and town officials
to begin to plan for representatives
to attend this meeting. Iowa should
avail herself of the opportunities
presented here and take an advanced
position in the administration Of
public health and preventative meas
ureS.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-04-18
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