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voted with the gray wolves. The al
derman refused thus to buy his re
nomination. Will the men and wo
men of this independent ward allow
the boiler inspector to make good his
threat?"
Aids. Merriam and Buck have made
speeches in Ray's ward, telling voters,
Kay Is one or tne "rebel nine alder
men picked for punishment by Mayor
Thompson.
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PARK EMPLOYES APPEAL TO
GOVERNOR FOR HELP
Gov. Dunne and the judge of the
circuit court have been appealed to
by the Building Trades in an effort to
obtain justice from the South Park
Board. The low wage scales are the
subject of the complaint It also
leaked out yesterday that many of
the park employes had secretly or
ganized and would go on strike if
their demands were not acceded to.
P. 0. BRANCH ORGANIZED
18th ward branch of the Public
Ownership league has organized with
the following officers: Chairman,"1
Wm. Erickson, carpenter; ec'y, F. B.
Mesiter, cooper; vice chairman, Jas.
H. Lyons, painter; serg't-at-arms, A.
J. Sullivan, carpenter. 18th ward peo
ple desiring to affiliate are invited to
send names to P. B. Mesiter, 1312
W. Madison.
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MAN RUN DOWN BY TRUCK
A fenderless auto truck hit E. S.
Fullan, 22, of 4700 Indiana av., at 5th
av. and Adams St. His left foot was
run over and crushed.
According to police records, the car
was owned by the Fred Clark Team
ing Co., 58 S. Franklin st It struck
Fullan as he attempted to cross the
street The victim was removed to
the Iroquois hospitaL
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Canon City, Colo. Oscar Cook ex
ecuted by hanging in state prison for
murder of 2 men In robbery of saloon
near Denver 4 years ago.
PACKING HOUSE STRIKERS HOLD
UP STOCK TRAIN
Sioux City, la., Feb. 26. During
the night strikers at Cudahy and Ar
mour plants seized train of live stock,
made up for shipment to Omaha
plant and it Is still in the yards here,
unable to proceed. Packers wanted
to take the animals to Omaha for
slaughter, local plants being unable
to run because 2,000 men are on
strike.
MINERS AND OPERATORS MEET
New York, Feb. 26. Bituminous
coal miners of 4 states through rep
resentatives of their union wrestled
with operators here today in long
technical conference on question of
installing mine-run system of com
puting miners output
Wage scale will be take up next
Miners ask 20 per cent increase.
STANDARDIZE COMPENSATION
The Employers and Workingman's
Compensation Bureau held a confer
ence at Hotel La Salle yesterday to
urge standardization of Working
man's Compensation laws in 'all
states. Those present represented
more than $500,000,000 worth of in
vested capital. The name sounds a
little ambiguous with the former
statement
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BITS OF NEWS
Fire destroyed H. Dubinsky's junk
shop, 1114 S. Canal, $15,000 loss.
Buildings 1112 and 1118 S. Canal bad
ly damaged.
Philadelphia. 8 membep of cen
tral branch of Y. M. C. A.,caught in
"raid" on poker game in one of the
dormitory rooms Monday night; ex
pelled. Jersey City, N. Jr. 5 of crew in
jured, 2 perhaps fatally. Runaway lo
comotive crashed into freight
Mobile, Ala. American schooner
Lucinda Sutton, at present bound for
Buenos Aires, Argentina, sold for
$50,000. Offered on market year ago
for $4,000. Scarcity of shus.
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