Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07

OF their committee in signing the
cCmpany's terms, wished a general
strike ordered. Better counsels pre-
vailed. however, the men who had
gone on strike against the advice of
the union officials, on this occasion
listening to them. There is unrest
among the men on most of the rail
ways of the country. They complain
that they are prosecuted, that any
man found to be active in trade union
ism is unfairly treated by the COM
panies, and on the least excuse is ell
Their gotten rid of or reduced.
The companies deny this. but the
men believe it, and many of the sec
tional strikes, such as that on the
Northeastern, are caused more by the
general dissatisfaction than by the
special occurrence that takes the meh
out The men on the Northeastern
were not greatly concerned about the
reduction of Driver Knox, but they
had a general grievance against the
company and took the first opportuni-
ty of venting it. 1t is the same with
the coal miners. The men in Wales,
who made the bitterest fight in the
last big strike, are now complaining
that the award made on the conclu-
sion of the strike is not being fairly
administered and threaten that unless
their grievances are remedied they.
will declare another general strike. 1t
is likely that they would were it not
for the fact that their fuAds were de-
pleted by the last struggle.
Paris, Jan. THE pleasure places
of Paris are less gay this winter Ow-
ing to the absence of many familiar
figures who have been called away to
the war in the Balkans.
In normal times the boulevard cafes
number among their regular patrons
Servians, the majority of whom have
resided here for years. Representa-
tives of the armies of all four nations
are TO be found as q rule among the
students at the great military college
at Saint Cyr, and there are several in
stances recorded of fellow students
there finding themselves face TO face
in opposing armies on the battlefield.
The Egyptian prince AZiz was one of
the best known habitues of the opera
quarter Prince Arsene Karageorge-
witch, younger brother of King Peter
of Servia, who was severely wounded
while leading the Seryians at Monastir,
lived here for some years, until the
death of King Alexander opened the
way for the return of the sons OF
BLACK George" to their country
Many quaint stories are told OF his
adventures in the city in the days Of
his poverty. To his many intimates
he was known as Kara" and these
delight to talk of the bravery he ha:
displayed in the war.
The garrison of Vincennes possesses
a sergeant who is probably the mos
! fashionable non-commissioned Office
/ IL the service.
/ When he arrived to join the regi
ment OF cuirassiers, to which he wa
4 appointed, he found that the stab et
were not altogether to his liking. and
( had alterations made at his own ex
pense. He has spread a carpet in hi
[ bedroom and hung the refectory WALL
with pictures. When the regiment +
! on the march the young mans auto
mobile follows in the rear. and at eacl
halt footman brings gamepie an
champagne to the sergeant and hi
friends who, needless to say, ar
numerous.
His case presents one OF the cur
GUS anomalies of national service. H
is immensely rich, and his father
stable was placed" in the Crane
Prix this year.
Degas. who has suddenly becom
famous to the larger public at tn
age Of 60, through the sale of one Q