Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-02-05
From Fridays Daily.
The Miners Convention.

NeAoAJ LuiiS
The Miners Convention.
The Joint committee is hard at work
making arrangements for the enter
tainment of the delegates to the COM
ing miners convention. The National
convention has completed it's work,
and in few days the delegates sent
there from this state will return. In
asmuch as the Iowa operators were
not admitted to the joint conference
which is being held in Columbus, the
scale made there will in no way de-
termine the one to be settled in this
city at the joint meeting of the min
ers and operators.
Everything points to large and en-
thusiastic convention, and the joint
committee in charge of the entertain
ing, is very DESTROYS of having all
those who wish to contribute to re-
spond as promptly as is convenient.
The committee requests that all re-
mittances be sent to C. A. Gustave-
son, care Swanson's tailor shop, 213
East Main street.
1t is we'll to call the attention of
the citizens of Ottumwa to the i'm
portance of contributing money for
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this convention. When it is realized
the amount of money expended by the
miners residing in this vicinity with
the merchants of Ottumwa, there
should be no hesitency on the part of
all in assisting the joint committee to
look after the delegates in the most
hospitable manner possible.
The Eight Hour Day.
The agitation for the shorter work
day and better pay for the city labor
ers goes merrily on. 1t has grown to
such a proportion that it is the sole
topic in union circles turnout the city
Many schemes have been proposed to
have an ordinance passed that will
stand the test of all criticism. 1t is
anticipated that the majority of the
incoming council will be composed of
men who will support this measure
to the end that it shall become law.
Trades and Labor Assembly.
At the meeting of the Trades and
Labor assembly last night, the labor
temple committee reported, that the
articles of incorporation had been
drawn up by an attorney, and that
at the next regular meeting they
would be submitted to the assembly.
The assembly also took up the mat
ter of adopting it's new constitution
and bylaws, and made it a special or
der of business at the next meeting.
The label committee reported several
bogus union labels in the field. and
the officers were instructed to notify
the international secretary of the gar
ment workers, in regard to the mat
ter. The assembly also instructed it's
labor committee to draw up a plat
form setting forth the principles of or
ganized labor in this city for use in
the coming city campaign. This
committee will also report at the next
meeting of the assembly.
Miners Union.
Local Union 613, u. M. w. A., has
selected J. T. Faulds as it's delegate
to the convention which will be held
in Ottumwa February 81, and local
union No. 1872 has selected Job, Deer
and Chas. Wright.
Both of these unions have also
passed resolutions on the wage scale,
which will be presented to the scale
committee when the miners convene.
The Clerks Union.
At the last meeting Of the Retail
Clerks Protective association, c. A.
Hagberg, F. P. Baer, Albert Gustave.
son and S. G. Lane, were selected as
delegates to the Trades and Labor as
sembly. The clerks report that Sc
ries of dances given by their organiza-
tion have been very successful
The BottIers' Union.
In all probability the American
Federation will grant an internation-
al charter to the bottlers turnout the
United States before the end Of Feb.
ruary. The local bottlers' union is
strongly in favor of this move and il
has sent resolutions to the State Fed,
Grafton of Labor which were endorsed
and forwarded to the headquarters OF
| the American Federation of Labor
This is the dull season in the bottling
business, but with the coming OF
spring the business goes with a rush
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