The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-06-04

From Erlda,,. Daily.

From Fridays Daily.
Owing TO bad weather, the meet
Ing OF delegates from various parts
of Blue Earth county, representing
different local unions of the Ameri
can Society of Equity, in Yeoman
han. was not what Il was expected
TO be. when the time came to call
to order this morning. The meeting
was delayed about an hour. and when
at eleven o'clock, II. A. Fuller, the
local organizer, finally called TO or
der, there were about fifty delegates
present II had been expected that
there would be about three hundred.
There were representatives from
Mapleton. Madison Lake, Eagle Lake.
Good Thunder, Mankato township,
Vernon Center, Kennedy's Bridge and
elsewhere. II was decided to defer
until this afternoon the question OF
organizing county union today or
waiting until there could be a more
representative gathering.
Among those present were Thmoas
Raleigh of Lake Elmo. state organi-
ger. and G.. c.. Johnson. local organi-
ger. II was expected that Colonel II.
A. Wilkinson, the state president. of
Lake Elmo. would be here to address
the gathering this afternoon.
Address BY Mr.. Raleigh.
Mr.. Raleigh spoke on the need OF
farmers organization. He reviewed
the work of the American Society of
Equity during the past forty years.
He stated that the society meant to
place the farmer on the same level In
business methods as the large manu-
facturer. the skilled workman and the
retailer. He stated that the manu-.
facturers were organized to prevent
the producer OF raw material from
extracting more compensation than
was just.
l.aboring men were banded togeth-
er TO fight against long hours. poor
pay and child labor He said u was
high time for the farmer tn realize
what HIS relation to the market place
was.
The orsanizotian
I'm the afternoon there were sixty
eight present. and OF these twenty
one were actual delegates. so that II
was decided to form a county union.
The apportionment Of representation
was on the basis OF one delegate for
zach ten local union members. Thus
2lO local members were represented
at this meeting. Officers were elect
ed as follows: President, David
Johnson, Madison Lake union: vice
president. VI. ]. Mullen. Mapleton
union: secretary and treasurer, Fred
True Indian Lake union; board of di-
rectors. Henry Foelster. Mankato
Township union; A. L. Veigel, Indi-
nm Lake union: Ed s. CoggshalI.
kenndy's Bridge union: Fred Peter
son, Eagle Lake union: Fred Hem
mingway, Vernon Center union:
CMharles Gilmore. East Mapleton
union: John Kruger. Morroy union;
Ed. Dawson, West Tyre union:
George O'Grosky, Dryer union: H.A.
Ludke. Pleasant Mound Munion:
Adolph Hahn. Madison Lake union.
A number OF farmers delivered re-
marks which were of cutical nature
,n mercantile and business methods.
From Fridays oar,v.
Mrs. Marie Award, Vernon Cen
er. widow. aged serenity nine years. |
passed away yesterday afternoon M
he home OF her son and daughter in |
aw, Mr.. and Mrs. Y. p. Award on
fulton street, where she was visiting.
She came TO visit here last Monday. |
expecting to remain few weeks. |
She was quite III Wednesday night. |
)ut Thursday morning she was so |
much better that she helped 10 cook |
.he) dinner. Early I'm the afternoon.
'he lay down on couch to rest and |
'ead paper. The paper she let drop
over her face and went TO sleep. Not |
ong afterwards, the attention OF her
son way attracted by her peculiar |
breathing He hurried to her and |
ound her In the throes OF death. Mrs.
Award had been sick more or less
Ill winter. Her death was caused by
heart trouble.
Mrs. Awards husband n. p. AL |
ward, died at the family home I'm |
vernon Center, some years ago. She
s survived by one son and five
daughters, namely. ". p. Award.
w Fulton street: Mrs. ]. Fl. Thomp-
son. Marshall street: Mrs. Constance
iolmes, GAINESVILLE: Mrs. s. A. Corn
sh, GAINESVILLE: Miss Elizabeth Al.
ward. Red Wing. and Miss Louise Al
ward. living at the family home In
Vernon Center.
The body was shipped this morning
% Garden City for interment. The
Did home of the family was at that
place.
The people OF Vernon Center were
shocked and grieved when a phone
MESSAGE was received there yester-
lay afternoon telling OF the sudden
ieath OF Mrs. Award. as she was an
DID and highly respected resident of |
nat place. Accompanied by her
laughter, Miss Louise, she had gone
o Mankato Monday. and although
he was not in good health. n was
honght that the trip might do her
food. She had expressed a wish In |
ittend the Mankato high school grad |
iation exercises, which takes Mace
II Mankato Theatre tonight. as her
Miss Marie Award |
$ member OF the graduating class
fhe little journey did not seem In |
lnrt her. but Thursday morning she |
lad heart attack. which caused her
leath.
E-or' Friaav's naIiv.
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