Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1912 — MARTIN B. MADDEN IS DEAD [ARTICLE]

MARTIN B. MADDEN IS DEAD

Once Powerful Labor Leader of Chicago Passes Away a Victim of Tuberculosis. Chicago, July 23.—Martin (Skinny) B. Madden, for many years a leading figure in Chicago labor circles, is dead at Lake Villa, 111., a victim of tuberculosis. Madden succumbed while a. dozen of his old friends and associates of the labor world were at his side The once powerful factor in labor affairs became prominent nearly twenty years ago and gradually rose until he practically controlled not only the Chicago Federation of Labor, but also the Illinois Federation of Labor. He was dethroned in the Chicago Federation of Labor and, later organized the Associated Building Trades and remained its head until a little more than a year ago when, after many labor troubles and unsavory charges against unions, he voluntarily resigned. giving ill health as a reason.