Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-13

their special territory unless they are
admitted to the meetings. The last
clause in the rule, however, leaves some
leaway for the admittance OF any who
may be agreed upon by the commit
tee.
The Organization.
The joint conference is presided ov-
err by c. H. Morris,o of Des Moines, state
president Of the operators association.
John White, of Oskaloosa, secretary
OF the district miners union, is >acre.
tary, and l.. l.. Lodwick. of Willard,
secretary of the operators associa.
ton, is assistant secretary. For as.
sistants Mr.. White has John Barrow
of Hynes, and Mr.. Lodwick has A. B..
Dudley, of Mystic.
At the beginning of the session yes.
terday afternoon Mr.. Morris made a
formal report to the joint conference
to the effect that the scale committee
had failed to agree on the scale for
the coming year. This was a fact
that was well known to all present
and created no comment. l.. r. Rose
brook, vice president of the operators
association. started the ball rolling by
moving that a committee be appointed
to consist of five from each side of
the house, to draft rules for the con
ference. This committee was com.
posed of the following men:
Operators-Alex Dargavel. Center.
vile; l.. R. Rosebrook. Oskaloosa: w.
T. Phillips, Lehigh; E. C. Smith, Des
Moines; Frank Carey, FIT. Dodge.
Miners-F. t. Romesburg. Mystic;
William Heslop. Lehigh; Robert Cow
an. Des Moines; Samuel B~allantyne,
Boone; John Cochran, Cleveland.
Change in Committee.
President John P. Reese, of the
miners union, made the
ment yesterday that the miners or
ganization has added two men to it's
scale committee. making it the n
size as the operators committee. It
will be remembered that there was
considerable discussion in the former
scale committee meetings two weeks
ago about the UNEQUAL representation,
as the operators had thirteen members
on their committee while the miners
had blu eleven. The addition OF two
new members to the miners side of
the house however. settles this uues-
ton satisfactorily to all concerned.
The scale committee now consists of
the following men:
Operators-H. l.. Waterman, Ottum-
wa; T. J. Phillips, Ottumwa: C. H.
Morris, Des Moines; l.. l.. Lodwick.
Willard; Alex Dargavel. Centerville;
Ed. Gray, Des Moines; ID. B. Fleming,
Des Moines: B. Fl. Johnson. MENDOZA.
Mo-: David Lodwick, Willard: George
Ramsey, Oskaloosa; ]. Timbrel, Lost
Greek: Andrew Craig, Ft. Dodge; T.
w. Carpenter, Boone.
Miners-John P. Reese. Abba: John
P. White, Oskaloosa: Edwin Perry.
Oskaloosa; F. T. Romesburg, Mystic;
Joseph Sharp. Brazil; John Cochran,
Cleveland: Samuel ~Ballantyne, Boone;
William Heslop. Lehigh; John Ream,
Beacon; l.. P. Joyce, Des Moines:
Robert Cowan, Des Moines: Albert
Stein, Cincinnati; Harvey Coon, Men
dota, Mo.
The Operators Meet.
Last evening a secret session of the
operators association was held at the
kirkwood hotel. and the matter of the
scale was talked over in order that the
members of the organization might
know each others positions with re-
gard to certain measures. H. L. Wa
terman Of Ottumwa, G.. w. Traer, of
Chicago, Alex Dargavel, of C%enterville,
and Ed. Gray of Des Moines, were ap-
pointed a floor committee to represent
he operators in the joint conference.
Mr.. Traer is president of the White.
breast Fuel Co., for which 7. J. Phil
lips of Ottumwa, is general manager
in Iowa.
The matters which received atten-
ton last evening at the meeting of the
operators were principally the ques-
ton of the miners standing the loss
when the mines are closed in on ac-
count of the men staying away from
work in violation of the agreement,
and the matters in the first district
which affect the scale.
The first question has been referred
to so much that the readers of the
Courier are familiar with the facts.
H. l.. Waterman of Ottumwa, at the
sessions of the scale committee which
were held in this city two weeks ago.
urged the passage of a resolution pro-
'iuiiiS tioI WHICH, III InllSio Sldy away
from work in violation Of the agree
ment the local unions to which such
miners belong reimburse the comapny
for the loss occasioned by such alb
nee. To this the miners are decid-
eddy opposed, and insist that the just
manner of solving the question is for
the operators to discharge any and all
men who fail to comply with the agree
ment to go to work when they should.
1t was decided last evening to bring
this up in the joint convention today.
The First District.
The condition in the first sub-dis-
trict, which includes the southern tier
of counties in Iowa and Putnam
county, Missouri. remains unchanged.
There seems to be, however, some
hope for a settlement more than yes
terday. The mines in Missouri are
run on the mine run system, accord
ing to the laws of that state. The
price of mining mine run coal there
is 49, cents nor ton Tho Onaratorc