Colored Miners Arrive in Moline After Rapids City Dispute
A convoy of eighteen men two women and five children from the Taylor Williams mines at Rapids City sought shelter in Moline. William A Meese provided quarters and a month of rent plus provisions amid claims of a Knights of Labor led plot to oust white miners and press breach of contract suits against Williams. Meese denies誘 bringing the party and urges aid to the workers who say they were deceived and left without support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor Williams
Rapids City
Moline
Wm. A. Meese
D. J. Morris
Williams
Esq. Shurtleff
Hampton
Esq. Rowe
Esq. Hunt
Port Byron
Mr. Williams
Mr. Meese
Hampton Township
Union of
Rapide City
Ape City
Nep
Dunnmark
Carl Biermann
Frank A Fletcher
Maine
Miret
Frank M. Donald
Charles McGuire
R D Wilcox
David Louis Felcher
Wi Jones
Greenock Pesten
Leslie Thompson
Peter Ferris
John Jones
Joe Blakemore
Wesley Rogan
Andrew Jones
James Woods
Hudson Barden
John Bunyan
Rollin Allen
Fx. W. Howell
Arthur Smoat
Bradley
H H Grover
P. M
J. P
Council Proceedings Open With March One Session
City council met Monday evening March 1 with Mayor and Aldermen Barnard Hemenway Morris Knox Hanson present. Schillinger Peterson Jenkins absent. Minutes approved. February officers’ reports read and approved. Library Board member P L McKinnie resigned. Mayor named J W Warr to fill vacancy, unanimously confirmed. Bills approved unanimously by finance committee. Railroad company seeks permission to move passenger fare and depot site to Washington Isles area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ny Council
Barnard
Hemenway
Morris
Knox
Hanson
Schillinger
Peterson
Jenkins
P. L. McKinnie
Library Board
J. W. Warr
Board of Supervisors Holds Special Session Actions Noted
The Board met in special session on Monday March 1 with most members present except Zimmerman Coffeen and Cleveland. The county clerk bond was approved and a South Moline petition to create two voting precincts was adopted. Various committees addressed school fees, county expenses, and a new county seal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Moline
Board of Supervisors
Fairview
G. A. Loomis
M. M. Sturgeon
Sturgeon
Wm. Young
Moline
Minnie Willard
Silvis
Gordon
Reid
Ignes
Edgington
Andalusia
Rawson
Hollister
Special Bargains at Stewart's Davenport IA
Black silks and cashmeres offered at 50 to 80 cents, table linens, linen napkins, and linen towels priced from 0 to 30s. Ladies and gents accessories include hem-stitched chemise? knit items, kid gloves, and shawls. Fine dress goods and white quilts complete the cash sale with clear promises of cash buying and low prices at 221 Brady Street Davenport Iowa.
Simon Hirsch's promotes neckwear variety in city
The advertisement highlights Gentlemens Furnishing Goods offering the largest stock of neckwear in the city at Simon Hirsch's. The American Miller notes a new work by R. James Abernathy of this city, titled Practical hints on Mill Building, published in Chicago by The Review office. The praise commends the author for care and noble intellect, noting its relevance to mill builders and owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon Hirsch
Chicago
R. James Abernathy
Review Office
Abarnathey
Post Office Letters Remaining in Moline Week Ending March 4 1880
List of letters remaining in the Moline Illinois post office for the week ending Thursday March 4 1880. Persons calling for the above letters should say advertised BE Hemenway postmaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moline
Illinois
Myers Mise Mary Persons
Hemenway
P. M
Hats and industry updates from Simon Hirsch’s and local yards
The item announces spring hat novelties at Simon Hirsch's and notes manufacturing moves by Williams White & Co with a new shop east of their present establishment. Deere & Co. demonstrates a new Corliss engine in motion. Moline Malleable Iron Works expands with a 50 by 70 foot building for a japanning room and a seventy horsepower engine by Schillinger & Trumble, including a 70 foot stack. Also reports the death of Wm. Van Pelt at 16 from lung inflammation after ten days of illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams, White & Co
Deere & Co
Corliss
Moline
Also Mentioned on This Page
Moline Review
Ruth Child
Moline Armory Association
Riverside Cemetery
Hemenna
S. T. Walker
Henry County
Wm. Clendenin
Carpeta
Mitchell & Parsons
Rock Island
Olof Olander
Gust Birch
Davenport Gazette
Davenport
Conemara
Ireland
W A Meese
Justice Hunt
Rapida City
J. H. Atkinson
Atkinson
Chas. Atkinson
Moline Water Power Company
Congress
Dart & Gregg’s
Second Avenue
Uncle Tom
Timm’s
Rial Company
Burlington and Missouri River
R. R
Nebraska
Sterling
Cyrus Kehr
Wistrand & Thulin
Dart & Gregg‘s
2D Avenue
Dart & Gregg
Ninnie Willard
Nellie Harris
Timm's Hall
Stewart's
W. Channon
Rock Island Bridge
Ellsworth Mapes
Squire
Florence Herbert
Harper’s Theatre
Timm’s Hall
Gould & Co
Great Western Telegraph Co
New American Telegraph Co
OSB
Weshington Isles
Reuter , Samuelson
Christina M. Smith
Emilye Washburn C Weber
Ae Williams
Capt
Wm. van Pelt
Moline National Bank
U. S
Rational Bank
Rock
Charles F Hemenway
C.F Hememwar
Hugary E. Lewis
W. Wheelock
J. M. Ohristy
Poster Skinner
George Lee
A. J. Smith
First National Ao
Maline
Wecer Redemption Fund
Duce
J S Gillmore
S Gr.tworg
J T Brownine
Morris Rossmire_pD
J M Govnip
Jonathan Huntoon
Church & CO
Baleratus
Ona
Simmons
J. H. Zeilin & CO
Philadelphia
Insurance Company of North
America
North British & Mercantile
London Assurance
Pennsylvania
Lancashire
Springfield Fire & Marine
Connecticut
Glems Falls, N. Y
Fice
Nat'l Bank
Rock Island, Ell
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