Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-15
SALOONS LAST DAY OF GRACE
Date at Hand When Anti Saloon League
Promises to Close Doors.
TWELVE HUNDRED MINERS STILL ON STRIKE
Trades Unions Prepare Petition TO
Governor Praying TINT No Nom
union Operatives from Pan"
Bc Allowed Entrance.

DIES MONIES. April 1i.-CSpecial Telo-
gram.D-Tomorrow is the announced Gay
upon which the State Anti-Saloon league
saws the Dcs Moines saloons must close their
doors for the last time. II the Of
the saloon men can be relied on thoy arc
not afraid of any action the Antl-SaIooh
league may take and declare they are pre-
pared for any emergency. Attorney Dun
shee. who has had the cases Of the league
in hand, stated tonight that Superintendent
Abrams was sick at Iowa City and would
not be here tomorrow to carry out his
threat.
"As a matter OF fact" declared the attor-
ney. I'VE have received no instructions from
the league or Mr.. Abrams and will COM
mence no action. | am of the opinion moth
ing will be done in the matter at all. This
is the way 1t presents itself to me and | am
firm in this belief
1t is believed the announcement Of the
Women's Christian Temperance union Of It's
opposition to the movement inaugurated by
the league will have a desired effect and
that in the future the latter will more
closely conhne its efforts to the work Of
obtaining the repeal of the mulct law than
to trying to enforce the laws OF the state
in the liquor traffic.
Influx of Miners.
There are many rumors in the city as to
the importation of miners from Pana, ILL.,,
and other points. The trades unions have
been getting signers to a petition to the
governor asking that any effort toward that
end be restrained and asking that action be
taken to prevent the bringing in of any Of
the turbulent class of men who were en-
ployed at Pana. While the action taken by
the men in thus trying to prevent the i'm
pOrfatiOD pf now mon into tho CITY ig FaIt
by many to be justified, a prominent atror-
ney assured a reporter this morning that 1t
is utterly impossible for the governor or
any one else to interfere to prevent 1t being
done.
The miners claim to have positive evil
dence that an effort is being made to bring
in other labor and will do all in their power
to prevent it. The operators, on the other
hand, say that no men have been brought in
by them, but that they have employed all
the men who have applied for work regard
less of where they have come from, and they
add that if the strike is long continued they
will be forced to bring in men from the out
side, in order not to permit the mines to
stand idle for any length of time. The
miners still remain very confident and claim
to have plenty Of money to carry them
through. There are still ZOO men out on
the strike.
Wesley Carver asked for a divorce today
from his wife. He alleges in his petition
hat she has attempted to poison him and
that not long ago she told him that some
night when he was asleep she intended to
pour boiling lead into his ear. He says he
is in fear of his life.
Governor Shaw is considering the matter
Of calling the State Board of Mining Exam
liners together to examine candidates from
which to select a successor to Morgan G..
Thomas, the state mining inspector, who
died this week.