Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-13
LABOR WlTHHOLDS ITS RAND
Miners and Plumbers Strike May Extend to
Carpenters Also.
DATE MADE FOR PoPULIST CONVENTION
August 16, the Day of Democratic
Meeting. is Determined Upon,
Which Is Taken ms n Sy mp
tom OC Fusion.

DBs MONIES, April 12.-(special Tele-
gram.)-Colored miners are being brought
to Des Moines by the big operators to take
the place Of strikers. Fourteen came in one
bunch and the strikers claim to have in
formation that many others are on the
way. The operators deny that they know
anything of it. Trades Assembly hall is
crowded most of the time with members of
the miners and plumbers unions, who are
out on the strikes.
The miners in executive session will try
and secure some action by the mayor or
the governor to prevent the bringing in
of negroes from Pana and elsewhere, which
they claim Is being done by agents in the
city to replace the men now out in the
various mines.
Notice was served on the striking union
plumbers by Secretary Cochrane of the
Master Plumbers association to the effect
that they would be given until next Mon
day to return back to work at the old
scale of wages. 1t Is understood that II
they fail to do so men will be brought in
from out of the city, as the master plumbers
claim that they cannot afford to raise the
scale under existing circumstances. The
strikers, in session this morning, consid-
cred the notice but took no definite action.
The carpenters are now threatening to
join the plumbers. Two four, two five and
one seven-story business blocks are now
being built here, besides over 100 residences,
and the strikes are costing the contractors
thousands of dollars. One five-story bust
ness block must be completed in every de-
tail by July 10. or contractors will forfeit
$3.50 per day, and delays caused by the
strikes are serious.
Directors of the st. Louis, Iowa e. Dakota
met here today and decided to float SIP, O0O,-
900 in bonds for building the line. Captain
Gere of Sioux City is president of the road.
1t is a fact that the road is entirely com
posed of business men Of that city. The pro-
posed road is from st. Louis to Sioux City
and then to the north.
POpulists Fix n Date.
The populist state convention will be held
in this city on August IS, the same date as
the democratic state convention. This was
decided at a meeting Of the populist CEN
trail committee held this afternoon. General
James B. Weaver acted as chairman. He
was retained for temporary chairman of the
state convention. No delegates will be ad-
mitted to the convention except those who
are in sympathy with the st. Louis plat
form and the principles enunciated. The
election of delegates to the convention will
be one for each county and one for each
wv '"NSp S'S ~ liz civ dl tleCllOH
for the populist candidate for governor. The
fact of the populist state convention meet
ing in this city on the same date as the
democratic convention is taken as signif-
cant and possibly means fusion.
The Commercial exchange today asked the
city council to donate Waveland park, a
beautiful 400-acre tract, for the proposed
army post here.
Two Northwestern freight trains came to-
gether in the yards here this noon the en-
gines and one car of sugar being wrecked.
There were no casualties. Damage to roll
ing stock, $4,000.
The Retail Grocers' association of Iowa
met in convention here today, with 100
delegates present. Department stores and
the trading stamp fads were the main topics
of discussion.