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Strike of the Saw-Mill Workers in Rock Island and Moline
Labor strife erupts as Rock Island and Moline saw mills face an eleven hour dispute over wages. Workers demand ten hours with existing pay. engines are shut and mills idle. Public meetings condemn the eleven hour system and the mill store practice. authorities cite Illinois law on unlawful interference.
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Rock Island
Dimock, Gould & Co
Moline
Rock Island Mills
Weyerhauser & Denkmann
Keator & Co's
Keator
Dimock, Gould & Co.’s
Phil Keene
Phil
Court House Square
Kéator’s
Weverbiwuser & Denkmann
McDermott
Illinois
Augustana College
Beck
Synod
Swedish Lutheran Church
Indian Territory
The
United States
Supreme Court
Minnesota
Dakota
Dr. Mitchell
D. M. Martin
Canoe Creek
Upper End Agricultural Association
E. P. Feaster
Feaster
Martin
Squire Swander
Bob Mills
Bob
Swander
Fergus & Buford
Wheelock
California
Reading
Mr. Mills