Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-29
Miners Convention.

Miners Convention.
There is still a disposition on the
part of some of the newspapers of the
state to settle the scale for mining
coal in this district for the miners
and the operators before either of
their conventions meet separately or
jointly. AS predicted before no man
can state authoritively what the de-
mand of the-miners will be, in the
making of a new scale, previous to
their meeting jointly in convention.
Any newspaper article setting out the
policy to be pursued by the miners
operators is but mere guess work, and
Motley to be pursued by the miners or
operators is but mere guess work,
and not authentic in any sense of the
word. 1t is not likely that the miners
of Iowa after building up such an or
ganization, as they have, thru hard
work in the past three years, have Sc
lected any missionaries to teach them
"how- to make a scale, when to call a
strike" and otherwise agitate pol
icy of division between themselves
and the operators. On the other hand
Cancellation is the policy of the wisest
and best members of the state miners
organization, whom, it is a pleasure
to state, are in the majority. 1t is true
that the miners will always stand for
a fair days pay for fair days work,
and other improved conditions brought
about thru unionism. Again, when
newspapers speak about miners strik-
ing, the miners themselves know more
about what strike means than the
pencil pushers who are in the habit
of penning these lines careiessly and
without mature thought The miners
and the operators will settle their diff.
ficulties in their own way, and they
have not asked for, nor sought advice
from any other source.
The miners are great craft of in.
dustrious wage earners and they are
| a living example of the benefits
brought about by labor unions. All
| Ottumwa bids welcome to it's delegates
to its state convention, Thursday
February q.
The joint committee of the two miners
| local unions and the Trades and Lab
or assembly are making strenuous eff
forts to raise money to entertain them
royalty.
The Bottlers' Union.
Last Saturday evening the Bottlers
Union met and after the meeting had
adjourned, the members INDUCED il
4 a smoker Refreshments We're serv
| ed, and short addresses were made
| by prominent members of the union
| Among those who spoke were D. w
Jones, P. +. Swift, Chas. Chase ant
William Parker local organizer FOL
the American Federation of Labor
The occasion was very enjoyable, ant
will long be remembered by those ,&ht
participated in it.
i The Brick Layers.
! The brick layers of this city arr
| awaiting the action Of their nationa
/ convention, which is in session in Mil
waukee this week, for many import
ant matters, governing the. craft, thru
out the country. H. Kephart is reI
resenting the local union of this city
and it goes without saying that tn
union is thoroly represented. MI
4 Kephart is fine specimen of union
ism, and man thoroly informed O.
all laws governing the Bricklayers
| Union.
1t is hoped that the convention il
its wisdom, will select Mr.. Kephart
for some important Office, where h
can exercise his executive abilit.
| would i1,a for fho, oop orol x1yo