Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-08-10

whelmed by the great number Of peo-
pie who insisted on shaking hands with
him. Mr.. Debs will remain in this
vicinity several days and expects to
speak at McKeesport on Monday.
Gov. Tanner Addresses Miners.
Springfield, ILL.,, Aug. 7.-At the OPEN
ing session of the second days session of
the state miners convention a resolu-
ton to invite Gov. Tanner to address
the convention brought forth much
talk, unfayorable to the governor. State
Secretary Ryan, of Braidwood, and
Vice President B. II. Hunter, of 'Strea.-
or, emphatically refused to act on the
committee Of three to wait on Gov.
Tanner md invite him to address the
convention. The governor was invited,
however, and delivered an address. He
said he was in sympathy with the min
crs and believed they would win the
strike If they carried 1t on in law
abiding way as they have been doing.
The governor put himself on record as
willing to do all in his power with SEN
ators and citizens to assist the miners
in satisfactory settlement. A resolu
ton was passed that body of miners
be sent to Decatur, Coffeene, Murphys
boro and four other small mines to en-
deavor to get the miners to suspend on
Thursday. Resolutions were passed to
cndeavor to organize all miners now
working and try to get them out. Pres
ident Carson reports 1000 men working
in the Seventh district of Murphysboro,
Cartersville and Muddy Valley and asks
what action be taken to get them out.
The coal miners state convention
passed the following scale of wages:
Wilmington Field-Braidwood, 5S1s cents
per ton. brushing is cents extra: La Sale,
8Saa cents; Streator and Clay City, 81 cents;
Lincoln. As cents; Bloomington, second
veins, bSh and eS1s cents; Pontiac, 6s1s
cents; Peoria and Canton subdistrict, Az
cents: machine mining for shooting load
ing and timbering, 30 cents: machine rum
ners. $3.50: machine helpers, s2.15; Spring
field district, 40 cents; c. & A. road south
of Springfield, IS cents; Pana, furnishing
supplies, 30 cents; Danville and Grape
Creek, 40 cents; Belleville district, 40 cents:
Duquoin, 3s cents; Coal Valley, SIS cents
Gilchrist and Waulock. IS cents Belleville,
machine mines. shooting, loading and tim
bering. Is cents: machine runners. cents:
Taylorville, machine mines, leaders and
shooters, ~ cents, machine runners, 41a
cents: Athens, machine miners, runners,
l Ito cents per square foot; shooting. load
ing and timbering. Is cents: Assumption,
45 cents: Girard machine miners. shoot
Ing and timbering, 4 2-3 cents: machine run
ners. ~ cents: Moweaqua. machine miners,
leaders. shooters and tlmberers furnishing
their own supplies. 90 cents per ton, the
different workers to adjust their part Of
the total Litchfleld, No. 2, IS cents, No.
to be proportional according to respective
conditions of No. and No. 2; machine work
in Danville district, for shooting, loading
and timbering, Is cents, all other machine
work to be advanced in proportion.
Scale of day work for entire state: Track
layers. $2.25: timbermen, $2e5: drivers, 81;
cagers, 81; trappers. 81; laborers, inside, 81:
laborers on top Sl.6O; bumpers. 81: car trim
mers. 81; box car shovelers. s1.s5; all yard
age work to be advanced from prices exist
Ing previous to this suspension In proper
ton to the advance In mining rates. De-
mand the right to employ a check weigh
man. Semimonthly pay is demanded. All
other miners not here enumerated to ad-
Just prices according to the scale in their
own competitive field. These are yearly
prices, and no distinction will be made be-
tween summer and winter.