Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-27
SETTLE ON MINERS SCALE
-Four Weeks Labor Required to Complete
Details Of Agreement.
COUNTY oFFIcl,Ls IGNORE THE LAW
Refuse to Publish Financial state
ment According 90 New Code
Preparing TO Receive Pres
ident Roosevelt.
CFrom a stan Correspondent


DIES MONIES, March 26.-(Special.)-The
conference of coal miners and mine oper-
ators, which has been in session here for
four weeks, was practically concluded to-
day, every point in the matter of wages
having been agreed to in the conference
of the scale committees. The agreement
will be printed and afterward signed by
those who are responsible for 1t and this
will take a day or two. At the session today
the final details were all cleared up and
the wage scale is regarded as complete.
There have been from seventy-hve to 100
miners and operators in conference for
four weeks, and they have conducted their
conferences in perfect good feeling at all
times. The chief differences have related
to the question OF management and to the
wages of the helpers. THE operators con-
ceded an advance at the outset substantially
the same as that Of the Indianapolis con-
ference of from 6 to 10 cents a ton for
mining, according to the way It is meas
ured. This has formed the basis for the
negotiations. The prices run from So cents
to S1.lO a ton for mining, and the wages
for the next year will give the miners of
Iowa and northern Missouri an addition
that will be decidedly welcome. It is I'M
derstood the operators will demand a little
more per ton for their coal the next year.
Preparations to Go to St. Louis.
Secretary Conway of the Iowa commits
sion on st. Louis exposition returned this
morning from St. Louis, where he COM
pleted arrangements for the headquarters
for the governor and his military staff and
for the Iowa commissioners on the occasion
of the dedication ceremonies April 80. He
also secured information as to the plans
that are to be adopted for caring for the
Iowa regiment that is to go to st. Louis
on that occasion. 1t is expected that the
Iowa regiment will camp on the exposi-
tion grounds and that 1t will be a part OF
the regular camp for the year. General
Byers and Major Hume will go to st.
Louis next week to perfect the details for
the encampment Of the guard.
Opened Did mt Ames.
The trustees of the Iowa State college
held a meeting at Ames today and opened
bids on the new permanent improvements
to be constructed there. A large number
of bidders were represented. No contracts
were let. but the trustees appointed a
committee to secure definite information
as to the contractors and their proposals
and report later.
The matter of the presidency Of the coll
lege was informally discussed, but no vote
taken in an effort to elect a president. It
was thought best not to preoipitate the
matter now and no president may be elected
at this meeting. s94
Omcials Are RebeIIious.
A good deal Of comment has been aroused
by the discovery that the county officials
in a few Of the counties OF the state have
set out to refuse TO follow the new laws
OF the last legislature in some important
matters. One new law provided that the
county auditors shall prepare for publica-
ton the first OF every year a complete
financial statement and the board OF SUPER
visors shall have the same published in
pamphlet form for the benefit of the tax
payers. In a large number OF the counties
OF the state this has been done before and
this year most of the counties have COM
piled. A number have not done so. State
officials have made inquiry, and from
Pottawattamie county received the inform
alton that the Board OF Supervisors at Its
annual meeting decided informally It would
refuse to obey the law and make an attempt
at the next session of the legislature to
secure its repeal. An effort was made to
have the supervisors association endorse
the movement to boycott the law, but this
failed and only an informal understanding
was reached among the members.
New Savings Bank.
The articles of Incorporation Of the
Farmers Savings bank Of Boyden, Sioux
county, have been filed with the secretary
Of state. The bank is to have a capital Of
$4,000; NJ. Brink, president; w. H. Eddy,
cashier. The Bettendorf Brick company of
Davenport has been incorporated, with
10000 capital. by j. H. Coleman and
Thomas Skipper.
The Board OF Railroad Commissioner
will tomorrow view the proposed additional
depot and yard grounds for the Great West
ern at Gainesville, for which authority is
desired for condemnation.
Preparing for Roosevelt.
Mayor Brenton and the city council met
with the directors of the Commercial ex-
change today and on the representations of
Congressman Hull declared that the
features of the reception to President
Roosevelt should be a drive over the city
and a short speech, probably from the south
entrance of the capitol. Congressman Hull
stated that, as he understood, the president
did not wish an elaborate reception, but
was DESTROYS OF seeing the city. 1t was de-
cided to meet the president and his party
at the depot with carriages and drive them
TO Greenwood park, from there to Drake
university, then back to the city and out
Locust street to the capitol, where twenty
minutes will be given to a speech from the
/ president. The following general commit
tees were named: Mayor Brenton named
Aldermen Brereton, Fraley and Smith. and
} President Lyons named H. H. Polk. NJ. A.
Lumbard and w. l.. White, CAPTAIN Hull is