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Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1914-01-06
,nces FEDERATED AGREE.

| anad In some instance. FrpEpArrn .,,.y
nsN's Those things would not have been nos.
s,p" " We mad not kept up such a p.r.ist.nt
.ish' AGAINST the Illinois Central and uarriman
Lines mere Is no question but THAI m. ,,b.,
,' s't'hs me great broadway thes. roads were
"'"Nhk against ~" shopmen they concl ud.d tina,
they could profit ~ their .sp.ri.ne. 80 m, -.
mem me better conditions referred to W. VIII
enter upon a new year tomorrow and ,lfs 4. ~,
Time that We all make som. Kind OF me-. ,,sot,-
lions 80 let us. strikers r-soy. ,b,t In IA.
coming will H., NOR. ar,ty. 4, ~, - 49,.
s'h" Ia prosecuting this fight ~ a successful Tor
n'natloh u the railroads feel a. though ,h.v
nave not had enough II this fight Why let them
KEEP On W" hhN" stood II for twenty stx nou,b.
an" ',aN' not starved Vt and W. SIN k..p II
"r. am waiting anNIoush 10 -. What tn. -.
t"ft 81 tn" earnings FOR tho : T. for til. month
81 November VIII h" n few DAYS ago II was re-.
ported that the earnings uf thc T. l. and = T.
Would Il" surprisingly Goptt We'll her. ~ ib,
I T. report Of November Net rafntngs BIZ
'.f-NSf' ''"3slNh aud fuT he IN. months 81 -
3s1 spm. showing
~"nid indeed he s"ry uhgraioful II a., this
tim" did hot say few words for ~, brothers
Win have =" n"hl> stood hy ~ the last year It
II I" th"s' brothers who bat. - Iil-r.ll. sent
as from month To month tIeir financial assist
'h'' W. kh"" that that l. IL harri'r th. rail
loads n" " h"i" their mrn 90 on IN strik. They
vii siir'" ~ ha'k aud cannot give these
brothers IL" muoh .fedt for what they ha,. don.
u ha- h.'n the AMMt milton with whteh W.
has" hen able. tn cnntlnu. tbs fight Who wonld
ilink 1T going INTO bath" without AMMt' milton
:" "" hop" that In IN. War that II b.fuf. ~. ,nu
VIII support - IN Tie frtats hasc IN tn.
r"-t and "" VIII nghf tbs BATH With ~ much
'lk'i a. II u i"t~~lil' Ia do For the vel
f"f" II TIN working lass. especially the railroad
'mli"t"r VII h" greatly determined i.y IT,. uut-
~ thls fight
II" S"nth.rn faeifit Is gong Ia TAX 1T twu
az fhs1f siN trains III IN" reiEbhnthnod u san
is slaming lat thu business did not warrant
ia. '"mpan, To k-.r them Ia .er,ire \ double.
healer Just phsr"d going "at With seven ,ars
:" hfnthsr- all along The line. IL" brothers wiz
~" saprl' th- ammunition. IN all th,it com
muntr ations I" wish al success N our fight
and let ur show them bA t,Uorts II 10. ,und-
ti"ns on the Hartman I'M thar W. arr On thr
oh 81 Nj. TIMES
In dosing wish !" rresert e toast 10 to hoy :
on tie lin. from odd horsc au ths firIng
tn. u Il from Milford. ttah
\ happy new and a.
And NAV \. -
And during all tie years To come.
Oh happy may he
NAV We never have mourn
t. sigh shed IA tear
To and all. both great and small
\ hearty. good
Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1914-01-06

Everything In this little junction In the sticks
10 looking good for the strikers The Old Hog
h having . hard time of ~ trying TO get by In
this neck OF the woods. A wreck took place one
mile north OF here when . tire broke . freight
engine Two cars of stock and six of fruit
were put In the ditch The wrecked
so bad that they had TO he burned up the right.
of-wsy Traffic tied up for three hours
There was another wreck south OF here when
freight engine split a switch. Train No. was be-
hind the wreck for three hours. and when they
did start out they split the same switch. causing
another wreck that tied up traffic both ends
Of the division for four hours
ON Dec u train No -. that IL due out OF Cairo
at r. m. five hours late when she left the
depot account Of not having any engine that
fit to send out with the train. We still
the Job at this place and going to stay
until the Old Hog saws that she Ia ready 10 give
up the ship
Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1914-01-06

hours No wonder they have head on collisions
as their engines are envsiop.d In a cloud Of steam
and they are unable to keep them alive. We
haven't had very much snow yet but the weather
has been quit. cold aud their broken down rolling
stock can't stand IL The train schedule Is only
joke. as the trains arrive and depart whenever
they can drag them In or out. IN. may be
Yesterday Was pay day for the scab-. and
celebrated by them In their usual artistic manner
tan drunk
tSay with the ship boy and We will anchor
her In the harhor of victory
\ merry Christmas and brighter year to
all the brothers the firiug lin.
Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1914-01-06

The following engines are In for new nrc boxes
no. I'ol 80 and 1859 They were put In the
,at's near the gates. hut orders ~er. given tn
put them h'hind the sand house so that III.
strikers coad not them
1hsih' l.3' dropped her ponsy trucks at tn.
80, '"aaulh hftdge and they ~.r" not missed
n uhui she entered the yards AT Tracy. There Is a
~, OF engines that have died the San joaquin
amaon at Fresno. and one engn. died TWENTY :.
u" tunes during the month Of NOVEMBER.
'"e only TIM this "ngn. lid not die was when
."e was tled up In the round house. and then she
ber - " ''" W '
=, The following was on the blackboard at Fresno
engine No auIt
am Informed that the shops In San Francisco
-, closed down til February The Oakland
sofes attended the auction sal. of tn. s,-ARHy
s,, AZ, IN body II was sold for the sum Of
III and now III" auction firm that bought II took
n'sssson Of the scabby place have got a sign
g.. IN. window offering II for sale. while
NY 10y bought the place cheap by that I mean that
...'e was good safe and cash register beside.
h~ ~ mirrors Vet II will be some time before any
10y sih care 10 open a restaurant with cha noes
TONY '' gong the same route a. S'Ahef
-. met a friend Of mine the other day and was
,-.s MN That We had been out strike for
,enV.sS months. and he said that Il was a long
a, ~. agreed with him. but I told him Of some
~. mat he had had = little experience along
o.n,n me and this was his experience He lief,
m. ~, pound Tor San Jose. and after being on
''ad about twenty minutes the engine broke
- 80 he got off and went up to the engine Ia
,s,. "a' was the matter and he saw that the
I've se stem bracket was broken IL had been
All. :, before and then had been riv.ted and he
h,a. ."a. " was bum looking job. She had
v.,s aosn out In the wilderness. where there
49,. nou's and n half. waiting for another lie
Rorrr,s WIN that the lower of the company was
,ha s 70 the last day of 1914 In looking over
pro,s Just gone we have q great deal 10 he
hny. so TAR as our strike 10 concerned We
49,. been the means Of other railroad ,mploye.
NOR wages, better working conditions
Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1914-01-06
Chicago.

Everything the Grave Yard I'm. IN and out
Of chicago IL about the same last report
The situation Is steadily growing worS. Tor Tn.
oi Hog and better for
W. ha~N most certainly got her In tia. federated
pen and III. concrete foundation Of federation l.
So deep that sh" cannot root under and she can
spend more OF her cash hiring thugs aud
gunm.n to heat up the editors Of the strlk- Hui
.tin. hut 1t Will NOT lei her out IL the PIG psh
that IA. Federation has built around her our
government has allowed q greater disgrace and
stain To rest upon her shoulders than MeSic" OF
Russia ever knew through the happenings IN Galu-
mt Mich. christmas ese and clinton. Ill, Tues
daN afternoon. Dee 80 when thugs and gunner
hiT.lines ~ private corporations beat up r"pu-
table cttx.ns, and in tn. Michigan 'as" starting
a falls. alarm In which ssN.nt+two persons We're
KILLED and in the CLINTON citizen Lad 10
Kill the thug u his own NJ.
II Is high time that our government WOKE up
and put "a stop 10 tn. shame and disgrace that Is
private corporations and the many outrag.s
brought upon the lahoring people IN the last few
Years should certainly be warning enough for us
In get together solidly than and try
L. stop the iawlsssness praeiieed by the money
power
50 brothers let IA get closer together and boost
for greater federation and solidarity of the work
ing class
We are now Just starting into a new year. and
let us in with renewed determination 10
obtain the things that rightfully belong to rs
Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1914-01-06
Helena, Ark.

Since our last report the Old Hog has made an
other swap OF engines. Engine ia has been sent
TO the Memphis bull pen to have her staybolts re-
moved and rods worked on. II this engine had
been run a few days longer she would have stripped
herself Engine S. mentioned In a previous re-
mort as having been sent 10 the shop. had cylinder
head blown out and the air pump was completely
on the bum Engine IS 10 stiii here and 10 In
worse condition than ever. II 10 really shame
TO compel men work with such an engine The
engine cannot be seen for steam when the throttle
i. open and IL IL impossible for engineers TO see
any signals without shutting off and waiting for
the steam to evaporats With the exception OF
acme new coal cars. every OF the cars In the
yard. her. ha. some safety appliance defect. and
very few are In condition to load because OF leaky
roofs and broken-in sides Summing M the situa-
ion from thi. point from all Indications II 10 only
a matter OF time until the Old Hog "hollers'
enough.
Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1914-01-06
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP
MEANS NO STRIKES
Wtiisaa Jsh sstsa. Iakss Leader, Declares Three.
fssrsAs 81 People want Gsvsssoess Csstrsl
WssIA Better Lives 81 ALL
Omaha Daily News. Dec 10. 1912


Three -fourths OF the iaboring people In the
United States believe I'm municipal and government
ownership OF all public utilities believe public
ownership would end strikes, and believe II would
,etter the living conditions OF ali working people"
said William H. Johnston. of Washington. inter-
national president Of the maehinsts union. In
Omaha today.
Mr.. Johnston Is student OF economic conditions
and has been the machinists representative In
Washington nearly three years. IL WAS he whose
efforts under the Taft administration forced the
secretary of the navy to build q battleship In the
government navy yard instead OF In private yards.
1T never intended by the Master mind"
he said, that coal OIL gas. water light and the
other sources of nature should be monopolized and
exploited by a few for the benefit OF a few that
transportation should be denied to OF the
people. We build navy yards. build
canals. we can operate postoffices through the
government why can not build a railroad
and operate 1t. or manage coal mine or a tse-
phone systemf
STRIKES would end: there would be no difficulty
In securing good labor condltions-sanitary and
humane with short hours where necessary. because
there wouic be man who could say. this 10
my business. will run II to suit myself Omaha
Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1914-01-06

The strike conditions at this place are progress.
Ing nicely In the strikers favor Rolling stock
IL getting no better. fast passenger trains run
ming late and the dear. good company has laid off
Of their scabs.
Engine No iT3 IL On the dead track waiting for
scah dope. Engines Nos. 1854 and 500 and
motor In the huh pen for repairs The
boilers all engines coming in here look :
though they had been whitewarhed You hear
them pound for a mile. We still on the Job
at this place after twenty-seven months but II Is
Federation nothing for the boys here.
Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1914-01-06
Saginaw.

Dec. 2s-Th.re were twelve passenger trains
la,e today. some Of them a much $ two hours
Seven freights were as much four and a half
hours late Engine $40 was In a rear end collision
and came In with pilot and headlight gon. and
front end caved In. The wreck took place at Clare
Engine sl3 had to have help TO get train of IS
cars out Of town Engine SIS on the west end
broke valve rod Passenger train No. I. from
Detroit. came In with six coaches and only 80
passengers The Grand Rapids Flyer. No g. came
IN with three coaches and only eight passengers
Passenger train No ~. from Bad Axe. had the last
coach dark. No 30. to Grand Rapids. also had the
last coach dark
Dec Is sundsy-Sot much doing on the ieaky
line Engtn" SO3 was brought In with part Of the
side rods off only three switch engines were
working In the yard today One of them sent
out to bring In crippled engine. No. 81
DELAYED In the yard for more than three hours
on account Of no power
The Grand Rapids Flyer No. So Into sag
NAV with one coach and one baggage Some
train; but people do not ride ship over the Pere
Marquette except when absolutely necessary.
Business, both freight and passenger. Is going
down hin very fast clerks and other employees
are being laid off. and. Supt Gain SAYS. There
II something wrong" This does not speak
well for the leaky line other roads such the
20 T X. ana Michigan Central. hardly able
to handle the business offered them During the
holidays other roads were running extra sections
Of the regular trains and special parcel post trains
but N" poor Per" Marquette ran many coaches
empty aud without lights. Each dav sees dead
and crippled engines brought into Saginaw and
the Grand Rapids district l. even
Dec 2s-Engine 35t train II leaking
badly In the train were 10 foreign and 10 y NJ
cars Engine bil ON No AZ wa leaking badly
and had 10 foreign cars and II = NJ cars. Engine
SCI on No. 81 had leaking steam and valve heads
and wa- two hours late. Passenger train ~,
gine 81. was rs minutes late arriving Engine s.
On No. from the West had piston AMI valve stem
packing blowing Engine ia passenger train
2. from Detroit. had piston and valve stem blowing
and arrived IS minutes late Engine - pas
senger train &03 was 80 minutes late Engine IS
on train , west. was - minutes late All packing
blowing Engine eos. In the yard. had bad leak
| around the mud rims Engine ass. train 30.
had - foreign and nv. T. NJ Train GO.
gine 3t2. had Il foreign and one 7. NJ car and
. was one hour late Engine 2ss train 80 had
IS foreign and nine + NJ cars Engine col had
IS foreign and seven +. NJ Engine 400. on
passenger train from Detroit 40 minutes
late. Coach No $40 had a hot box
Rumors very strong that other crafts on
the NJ. ready to go strike.
The rumor l. becoming stronger relative to the
| road being sold the first Of the
Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1914-01-06
st. ,ouis wonksas WIN.

ST Lolls, No. Jan 3-striking ladies'
ment workers have broken the ranks Of the Emu
pIe,ets' Association and signed contract with
tie Fr.leh Suit and skirt Company All former
employees ar. reinsfatei and the union won prac-
tiFalls al It's demands-A. + Of |. News Letter
Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1914-01-06
stNrLE ~ PERE MARQUETTE ECONOM
lNnkN THE rNEsENT MANAGEMENT

Many men have been added 1t Is interesting to
note the changes that have been made in the
method of the operating heads In the Pere Mar
qu-tte eastern district within a year
Two winters ago a. X. Merrick was in Saginaw
and had In his territory the division from Toledo
through Ludington. the thumb territory and
the Grand Rapids division. He had two trainmas-
tiers under him. these trainmasters caring for the
entire territory. Gradually men have been added
to look after the territory and II has been split
up until at this time there IL a general superin-
tendent. three division superintendents and four
trainmasters
These eight are doing the work formerly done by
three The News IL Informed that the yearly
salaries OF the eight men will reach we'll up to
$4,000 when Mr. Merrick and his two train
masters handled the territory the combined sal
aries was about es.eee-saginaw Press.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-09
ZIKA DOES NOT
LIKE PAVING LAW

Cedar Rapids, May 7.-Commission-
err Zika, although he has in no way
changed his opinion on the paving
question, has modified his attitude. He
still maintains that he will, at Fridays
council meeting, introduce resolution
of necessity ordering the paving Of the
business district between the river
and the railroad tracks and between
First avenue and Fifth avenue, inclus-
i've.
But he declares he Is 10th to order
the work in the residence district and
in portions of the business district
because of the burdens which it will
place upon the property holders not
Immediately situated upon the streets
to be paved.
81 am unalterably of the opinion
that the business district of Cedar
Rapids is in immediate need of paw.
ing, and that in the residence districts
there is much paving that ought to
be DONE" he said, "but am unwilling
to order this work begun, not because
it is not necessary, but because Of the
injustice of the methods of assessing
property for the work under the new
law. I think the new law Is the most
unfair of all the assessment laws Iowa
has ever had. On the face it seems
elninentfy fair, but when it is analysed
an entirely different light is thrown
on the subject"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-09
ELDON-

Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Flint returned
home Saturday from their trip to Tex
as to visit their son, Harry.
Sunday afternoon at four p. M, the
most terrific rain and hail storm
passed over this section, doing con-
siderable damage to fruit trees and
gardens. Monday evening at p. M,
another rain and hail storm equal to
the Sunday storm passed over.
Mrs Madaline Lambers arrived
Tuesday for visit with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Stauffer The Lam
berts have been living in Salt Lake
City, Utah, and will make their future
home in Newton, this state.
The P. f. 0. society met with Mrs.
N. U. Luellen Monday afternoon, the
occasion being Mothers day. Each
member was asked to. bring mother.
Thirty-eight were present Mrs Chas.
Shelter and Mrs. Ed Moore read poems
pertaining to Mother Mrs. Clarence
Appleby rendered several beautiful
piano solos and Mrs. Elmer Weber
and Miss Josephine Shelter gave a
a very beautiful vocal selection Each
one present was then asked to quilt
a block for quilt Mrs. Chick re-
ceived the prize for the best block
quilted. Later three course luncheon
was served by the committee consist
ing of Mesdames N. U. Leulen, E. H.
Finney, J. f. Varnum, A. c.. Wey-
gandt and G. w. Finney.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-09
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BLOOM FIELD.

Mrs Roy Swinney and daughter,
Milla May, of Troy are visiting at the
parental, w. o. Shaw, home this week.
The Misses Nora Wray and Hazel
>Wishard, who are students in the Iowa
Wesleyan college at Mt. Pleasant, Wis
tied over Sunday with home folks, re-
turning to their work Wednesday
Mrs. w. L., Carpenter went to Ottum-
wa Wednesday to attend the funeral
of cousin. She was accompanied by
Mrs. Paramount.
Miss Lizzie Wise departed Wednes-
day for a short visit with friends in
Davenport.
The ladies of the Christian Women
Board of Missions held memorial ser.
vices at the church Wednesday after.
noon in memory of the late Mrs. Rev.
G. r.. Purdy.
The district court took up the case
known as the Coal Hill Coal Co. VS..
Kline Bros, as its first case Wednes-
day afternoon and impaneled jury.
This case has been on the docket for
some time A car load of coal is in
dispute. Kline Bros. claim that 1t was
of such inferior quality that it in
jured their business to greater ex.
tent than the amount the coal was
worth and had declined to settle for
it.
J. M. Lewis of Des Moines spent a
part of this week here on business.
Mrs. j. III. Harryman and daughter
Mabel, of Enid, Okla, spent two days
here this week.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-09
COMMUNITY WORK
FOR BOYS" GETS START

Centerville, May THE campaign
for subscriptions for Community work
for Boys" closed with s6,725 subscrib-
ed for two years budget. The es-
innate was $4,000 a year. and the
amount was over subscribed several
hundred dollars. The campaign devel-
oped great deal of interest. Five
teams of canvassers with ten men each
made the solicitation and secured the
subscriptions of 1862 people, averaging
almost $40 each per year The largest
subscription was $500. The flag was
won by Capt G. G. Stephenson's team,
which took 100 names to canvass, got
104 subscriptions, totaling 1902 for the
two years. This is the thirty-third
city in the United States and Canada
to, inaugurate this work, the other in
Iowa being Washington and Mason
City.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-09

week from an extended visit in Gin
cinnati, Ohio.
Mrs. Louisa Smith has been enjoying
visit with her grandsons at~Milton.
Harold Johnson of Aledo, ILL.,, came
Friday to visit his parents.
Mrs. John Brown and child of Fort
Madison have been visiting at the VIM.
Stemple home.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Tedford of Mt
Ayr are visiting the Vale and Roberts
families.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. V. Lowe are the par
ents of son born Saturday, April 25.
Mrs. j. G. Whiteley visited friends
in Burlington last week.
Everett Watson OF Birmingham WIS.,
tied here last week at the DR.. Boyle
home. ay
Miss Nora Mcdaniel of Pennington
visited here recently with Mrs. Emma
Heiswanger.
Miss May Burmworth of Kansas City
has been visiting here with her sister.
Mrs. A. FL Cummings.
Mrs. Olive Baber has returned to
her home in Moline. Ill. Mrs. j. B. Mat
lock accompanied her.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. NJ Dawson of Kan
sas City are enjoying visit at the W..
B. Dawson home.
Miss Talbot of Burlington is visit
i-g at the Alexander home north of
town.
Mrs. Lizzie Cocherell visited rela-
tives in Keosauqua last week
Mr.. Isaacson of Ottumwa visited
here last week at the Harry Derr
home
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Christman of
Streator, ILL.,, are the parents Of a
daughter, born April 10. Mrs. Christ
man was formerly Miss Edna Corns Of
Bonaparte.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-09
|DEVORICK'S MOTHER
\ is IN MARSHALLTOWN

Abba, May THE body of Frank
sDevorick who had made his home with
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. G. Bailey, and who
was killed at Vera Cruz will be brought
Ito Blakesburg and interment will be
|made In the Bailey family lot in a
cemetery In this county. Since the
death of the young man, some Of his
known. Of the young man was when he
was nine years Of age and under an
order from judge Of the district court
lin Iowa City, he was taken from the
family, and in company with one
brother and three sisters they were
5turned over to the Orphans Home at
sOttumwa. At the time the parents were
inmates Of the poor farm at Iowa City.
Three years ago the father deserted
and went to join the army. He has not
l,een seen since. The mother has mar
gtied again and it was but yesterday
hat she was located at Marshalltown
and had been remarked and gives her
name as Mrs. Mollic Bridgeman. She
has been notified that the body will
he brought to the home Of the foster
parents and has been asked to come
TO the funeral An uncle is a pro-
fessor in a department at Iowa City.
None Of the relatives have paid the
least attention to the young man and
nave not enQeaVOreQ 10 ASSIST MIN IN
any way until his death at Vera Cruz.
"a telegram was received by Mrs.
Baily that the body had been shipped
to New York and would be forwarded
from there to her place of residence, or
would be inferred in the national ceme-
terry A reply to the telegram was
sent asking that the body be shipped
to Blakesburg and it is expected to
arrive in few days, and the foster
parents will see that everything pos
lsible will be carried out as they think
the young man would have cared to
have it.