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Newspaper

Rock Island Argus

Location

Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Aug 31, 1901

Page

2

Labor's Clash With Trusts Over Organizing Rights

A historical essay argues organized labor must build power to counter trusts. It compares socialist views, warns of a new feudal order if unchecked, and urges unions to consolidate funds, legalize structure, and unite under a defense fund to wage a long political and economic battle.

Chicago Civic Federation Co-Operative Commonwealth Neros J. P. Morgan United States Canada Morgans Rockefellers Schwabs Rockefeller Carnegie American Federation of Labor Forces of Labor Trust Amalgamated Steel Trust

Night Watchman Survives Sugar Refinery Inferno

A fire at a sugar refinery endangers two watchmen as a heat wave, falling roof, and exploding sugar trap them in a locked beer cellar. The narrator and Blackwood perish in the flames while their son’s cry leads to a desperate bid for escape, amid scorching, waterlogged quarters, and a heroic rescue years later.

Blackwood Fie Ike England New York News

Chicago Dental Company Office in Rock Island

A fragment notes the Chicago Dental Company at 1607 Second Avenue Rock Island and mentions Speidel's Drug Store and Ove as part of the readable text, indicating a street corner business listing or classified notice.

Second Avenue Rock Island Speidel's Drug Store

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