Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-16
FINAL VICTORY FOR MINERS
0hristy Mine Gives In for Eighty-0en Rate
and Eight-Hour Day.
OPERATORS WANT TO SEND UP PRICES
Hold n Session in Des Moincs with
that object in View, but DO
Not Reach n Conclusion
IN the Question.

DIES MONIES, May 15.-(Special Tele-
gram.)-The final victory of the striking
miners was secured this morning when it
was announced by the Christy mine that in
the future the men employed there would
receive eighty cents per ton scale and the
eight hour day. The Christy mine was the
only one still holding out against the de-
mands of the miners or in which some
compromise had not been effected.
The State Association of Mine Operators
is in session in this city. The prime object
of its meeting is to unite for the purpose
of sending up the prices. 1t is not likely
that the operators will be successful in
e~ffecting a combination that will stand at
the present meeting and the meeting will
be adjourned to some future date in order
to give time for working with some of the
miners who are standing out and refuse
to join the combine. There has been an
effort made constantly in the past to Sc
cure an uniform rate throughout the state,
but 1t has been found to be Intellectual.
There has always been more or less slash
ing of prices and this the operators propose
to do away now If possible. 1t is under
stood that in one or two districts, the Cen
terville particularly, the operators are
against the formation of any kline of a COM
bine and that they are prepared to fight
dhy ina 10 lOIlleu. HIS may We Nv case
but the operators throughout the balance
of the state are determined to carry out
their plans If possible and hope to succeed
in getting all the operators to unite. The
association only numbers among it's mem
bers shipping operators, as these are the
only ones who have to suffer to any great
extent for the competition in prices. Among
the operators present are l.. r. Roseland,
Oskaloosa; S.. S. F%orebush, Ottumwa; w. w.
Oliver, Centerville; II. A. Foster, Leighton;
]. NJ, Trimbrell, Lost Greek; T. w. Carpen-
ter and H. H. Garfield, Boone; George A.
Goodrich, Colfax.
Supreme Court Decisions.
The supreme court handed down a half
dozen opinions this morning as follows:
Bartholomew Marley, jr., appellant,
against Peter and Mary Marley, Plymouth
district, affirmed; W.. B. Branstrator, appel
liant, against Keokuk & Western Railroad
company, Appanoose district, affirmed; Ida
NJ. Nanerth, appellant, against Emily Duke
ct al, Tama district, affirmed; German Saw
ings Bank of Des Moines, appellant, against
Capital City Dat Meal Company, Polk dis
trict, affirmed; d. b. Fisk & Co., appellants,
against Henry Kicker, Cedar Rapids, SUI
perior court, reversed; Sarah A. Smith, ap-
pellant, against Continental Insurance Com
pany, Calhoun district, reversed.
The court holds that an ill~egitimate child
AANy " a. ANPSAN VI ~ eSAN
unless its paternity is proven beyond a ques-
tionable doubt. This holding is made in view
of the code, which provides that such a child
can inherit only when its paternity is proven
during the life of the father, or from the
fact that the father has recognized the child
during his lifetime, either in a general way
or in writing. The supreme court is in
clined to place a close construction upon the
latter provision, holding that the recognition
must be more than the fact that the father
| rnau ha,ra Furnished thn child with Gnnn1inp
money or clothes or COLLECTED his wages when
a minor. The holding is made in the case of
Bartholomew Marley, jr, of Plymouth
county, who brought suit to secure a share
in the estate of his late father.
The warrant for war funds from the gov
eminent expected during the last few days
reached the governors office this morning.
1t came in the form of an innocent looking
piece Of paper, a warrant for $91, 4s3. IS,
drawn on the United States Treasury de-
partment, payable to the Governor of Iowa.
1t bore the signatures of Ellis M. Roberts,
treasurer; F.. A. Vanderbilt, assistant secre-
tary of the treasury; r. j. Tracewell, comp
%troller, and c. NJ. Force, chief clerk. The
certificate number is $685. and up in the
corner is the label War settlement war
rant" The warrant was turned over to the
Treasury department and swells the eur
plus in the treasury to $40 900.
A case of the sensational order has been
begun before the district court. Philip Ball
seeks to recover $40, 900 damages from R. w.
Marquis of AL East Locust street, a prom
inent real estate and loan man. Ball claims
that Marquis has alienated the affections of
his wife. In his petition he alleges that he
is a tenant of one of the defendants farms.
He states that Marquis called at his place
and by %fiattery, deception, offers Of money
and further offers of a good home, induced
his wife to turn against plaintiff and that
she abandoned her home to live in adultery
with Marquis. He alleges several different
instances, but does not specify or give
dates. Most of the day was used in securing
a jury.