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CHE DAILY TB1BUNTHE HEADLEYS ACCEPTEXPECT NO DIFFICULTY IN GETTING MEN TO MOVE HEREWILL NEED MANY HOUSESCommittee of Business Men is Named To Raise the Bonus Which Commercial Club Offered.The contract and finai acceptance of the oiler of the Terre Haute Commercial club to the Headley Class Works was received by Secretary \V. H. Duncan this morning. In return for an $8,000 bonus J. E. Headley, representing the company, agrees to build a $100,000 plate glass factory giving employment to 200 skilled men besides a large number of boys and unskilled laborers.The letter to secretary Duncan is as follows:Fairmount. Ind., Feb. 26, 190?,. Mr. W. H. Duncan, Secretary, Commercial Club, Terre Haute, Ind.:Dear Sir—Our stockholders unanimously voted to accept your proposition and authorized their officials to sign contract, which herewith we enclose duly signed.All our men seem to be very favorably impressed with Terre Haute and we contemplate no trouble whatever in getting them to move there. The next question will be to get houses for them and no doubt you can, when the proper time comes, help us materially in that.Respectfullv yours,THE HEADLEY GDASS CO.,By J. E. HEADLEY.The $8,000 bonus must be entirely raised by subscriptions and in order that this may be done at once John T. Beasley, president of the Commercial club appointed a soliciting committee of representative business men. The committee is to meet at the club rooms Monday evening to formally organize for the work, but. subscriptions are already being solicited.The committee appointed is as follows: B. V. Marshall, chairman: Spencer F. Ball, W. T. Barnett, S. C. Budd. George C. Buntin, G. A. Conznian, George M. Crane. J. A. Dailey, M. N. Diall. George H. Dickerson, A. H. Donliam, Walter Duenweg, C. R. Dnffin, C. H. Ehrmann, Joseph G. Elder. S. I.. Fenner, X. Filbeek. Charles Fox, August Frommc, George C. Foulkes, George H. Hebb. Fred G. Hein!, John G. Heinl. M. T. Hidden. John M. Lightfoot. B. V. Marshall. R. 0. Miiler, A1 Myers.(X. Murphy, Charles E. McKeen. Frank McKeon. Dean McLaughlin. Charles 1'. Xehf. D. A. Orman. 11. C. Prox, M. C. Rankin. E. F. Rodonbaok. 1. H. C. Rovse. W. T. Sanford. Harry T. Schloss, An. X. Smith, .1. 11. Scofc. H. C. Steeg. Frank Teel, W. B. Steele. 11. P. Tcwnloy. H. E. Tune. A. J. Weinhardt. W. J. Woallen. E. R. Wriaht and A. D. Weeks.
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Terre Haute Daily Tribune
Terre Haute, Indiana, US
Fri, Feb 27, 1903
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