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The Holly chieftain., 1903-03-20

A smile of satisfaction goes with one Of
Baxters "Bullhead'' scent cigars.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-03-20

She-Doctor is SQueedunk good place
to go for rheumausm Doctor-Sure.
that's where ! got mine.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-03-20

ary disorders. diabetes. dropsy. rheu-
matism. Bright's disease.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure all kidney
and bladder ills. Read the following
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-31
During the Month Of July Six Of
Them Pa d $7l3, 900,
FROM UTAH CON-, Si5O,OOO.
Win Profits Of Close Corporations
Added, Amount Would Reach Close
so a MILLION.

During the present month six Of
Utah's mines distributed among share
holders the sum Of S7l3OOO. The prop
critics participating were DAILY West,
Of Park City, SlOsOOO, silver King, Of
Park city 100000; Annie Laurie, Of
Kimberly SIS 900; Sacramento, OF Mer-
cur, 5000, Utah Consolidated, OF Bing-
ham, $4,000, and the Grand Central,
Of Tintic, $4,000
II viii be seen from the foregoing that
Bingham heads the list this month with
the big bunch Of velvet from the Utah
Consolidated, which, however, does not
make distributions Of this kind MONTH
ly The Park city mines came 10 the
front with the usual sums, as did Sac
ramento and Annie Laurie.
II It were possible to get reports from
the various close corporations operat-
ing In the state 1t Is pretty sure guess
that the velvet column would come
close TO containing seven figures.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-31
THE LOST pAcKER


The directors Of the Lost Packer mine
IN the Loon Creek lda) district have
not been OF one mind in the matter Of
the mstalauol Uf a plant for the treat
ment OF th0 ores OF that mine. Man
ager Czizek was In favor OF putting IN
a concentrating mill and SEEMS 20 have
won majority OF the board over to
his side 'fhe minority took the view
that as depth Wab attained, The ores
become of character which would re-
quire smelling hence they were OF the
opinion tina the wiaesl plan WAS TO not
be IN a hurry about COINS to the eX-
pensc OF plant Of any sort
Clarence h. EDDY, The discoyerer OF
the property and who SIN maintains a
large interest. has been IN the ci,y for
several days on business and departed
last night for Boise and Portland, ex-
pectlng 10 return to the camp In about
two weeks.
The development Of the Lost Packer,
Mr.. Eddy states, Is going along stead
ily. The south tuinel, from which
much is expected IN the future, is
about to the point of ntercepling the
ledge under The old working al depih
Of 25O feet. In the upper workings, at
depth OF about 80 feet, a great deal OF
rich ore was extracted, some OF il run
Mug an the way lromSSOO TO $500 10
the ton.
Mr. Eddy says that the Loon Creek
district X attracting much outside at
teuiloa 90 the present time, The Gold
en- Sunbeam mop,rty, owned by a syn
dlcaie of Philadelphia capitalists, Is
Installing q i0-stamp mill
The Little Loon and Thomas Creek
districts are lOoklus up as well as the
whole Of central Idaho.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-31
MARKET WAS
STRONGER TODAY
Mammoth Stock in Demand and
Advanced In Price.
SILVER SHIELD SOLD HIGHER
on strength Of Late Reports from
Mine Sacramento ia Retter Tone
Forenoon Quotations

On the stock exchange this forenoon,
1880 shares are sold, the same bringing
The sum Of sll,955,75
one Of the features Of the call was the
rise in Mammoth stock, which reached
the highest point quoted for many
weeks. There seemed 20 be little stock
for sale. although there was consider
able active bidding for it. The first
block was placed at Sl.l3 and the next
at A.2S Daly-West opened weak and
closed In that condition. Sacramento
Commanded better price and Silver
Shield, ON the strength Of improved con-
dltions in the mine, advanced to II
cents. closing with that price bid. I'm
Gle Sam Consolidated also appeared in
better form; while Century remained
practically unchanged. Wabash ended
The call lower.
The closing quotations and sales were
reported as follows.
,.Ar.t~x~A,..v .,,r.,, ,.,t.,~.r
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-31
Opening Was at Decline Followed
By Recovery
UP TO YESTERDAYS LEVEL.
General List Hardened became Dull
on Publication ON. 4. Circular Ask
Ing Authority 10 Issue Mortgage

~
New YORK, jury opening peViihFs
Of y IN Atchison, ~ In Realty prefer
rcd ana a polnt In Virginia Carolina
,,,a..,..i -. ~, ,,,,,...,ston ~ a re.
O"'''iV'' sew '''' ''''r '''SN
sumption OF Yesterday pressure upon
the market. Prices yielded a fraction
All around with "A few executions. The
.,'. 49,. 49,, ,t.t.la eta,os s,oa,
carry SELLING lolVeo O'l"u saws 'sNe'
preferred and Kansas q Texas prefer
red down a point and Virginia Caro-
lima chemlcai 2& considerable sup
.,,.,,. .,d h,,,,,,o
pW'hs iVl '"e N"NN"N'' a'N '"e
orders In Atcnls0n, mon racine ana
Amalgamaled then turned me marhet
upwards Atchson made tull reooV-
cry on short recovery despite a he
crease IN the June mel earnings OF Sb3l'-
396. Metropolitan aecurftles advanced
3, Metropolitan street Railway ~
General Electric, ~ and Manhattan,
Brooklyn Transit, Smelling preferred
and North American lNl%. Realty
preferred and Virgnia-C Carolina Chemi-
cal preferred rallied over a point each.
Leading stocks recovered pretty gem
orally to above Yesterdays close, but
the demand fell of at that level. The
general list continued to harden, hut
became very dull upon the publication
OF "a circular By Rock Island directors,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-31

Some of the ore Assays 600 Ounces
silver to the ION

In speaking Of the recent find made
In the Lost Ilerse mine, near Pocatel-
lowhch has caused more or less excite
ment there the Advance OF that place,
says.
II. g. Lear was In town last night
from the Lost Horse mine nni confirms
the rumor Of an exceedingly rich strike
IN that property The one is q quartz
aud Is described as huge deposit ana
not true vein The ore body has been
cross-cut distance OF over 70 feet
without revealing the fun width and
they have sunk into Il over so feet with
no change except the ore Is Increasing
m values
"The first tests made gave such high
values thar they were unwilling TO be-
lieye the good news It contained and a
half dozen Other tests have been made,
the lowest uf which from the poorest
specimen thal could he selected gave
Go ounces in silver alone and some OF
II ran as high as 900 ounces Much Of
the ore shows Wire silver plainly.
"fhc ore presents q new appearance
20 mining men so that there has been
considerable discussion about IT, Some
claim that the mineral bearing rock is
a slate. II having the general form and
appearance, though gray IN color
Others claim that It is quartz The
tests 30 Far made have all been made
by James Hugo Swortz Of this city
ana he claims that the ore will run
well up toward $500 In value per ton"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-31
OPEN BOARD SALES.
GuGGENHElM is HERE.
Smelling Magnate Is Inspecting the
Plants at Murray To-day.

As was expected they would, simon
Guggenheim, one OF the heavyw6lghts
in the American Smelling & Refining
company, accompanied by h. l.. New
house arrived In the city during last
night The visitors were up bright and
early this morning and in company
with Manager c. W Whitley and Cen
eral Traffic Manager Silas w. Ecoes
departed for the big plants al Murray
where they spent the day on tour OF
inspection. Mr.. Guggenheim is on a
trip over the country during which Il
S. the intention To visit all the plants
owned by the great smelling concern.
lie has just completed an Inspection
Of those In Colorado. From here u Is
a part OF the itinerary TO 80 70 Mont
ana. stopping AT Butte and Anaconda
10 see the works OF the Amalgnmated
Couper company. thence on 10 Helena.
The visitors did not return 10 the city
until a late hour this afternoon.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-31
SILVER SHIELD our.
Visitors 10 Bingham Say a Good
strike Has Been Made.

Arrivals from the camp OF Bingham
gny that some very fine ore has been
opened in the Silver Shield mine IN
much better that the manage
ment Of the property has so far been
willing TO admit. a well known mining
man who visited Bingham yesterday
said that he saw some Of the ore and
pronounced II as being first class. ~
% the extent Of the vein tapped by the
tunnel. he was unable 10 say. bur from
WIS; NE could pick up on the side he
believed that II Is a large one There
las been considerable sklrmlshing for
the stock for. the past couple OF days
and today II sold al a price more than
dCnble the quotations OF week ago
Al the close Of the forenoon call u
cents was bid for IT,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-31
NORTH OF BINGHAM.
Immense Quartz Groupings on Math.
ews Discovery.

Considerable interest is being taken
in bingham over the recent discovery
made by the Mathews brothers about
four miles north OF the camp. Parties
who have visited the region declare that
the indications are favorable ana Won
der how u happened 90 escape the eye
OF the prOspeclor so long.
Civil Engineer Herman W. Horne.
returned few days ago from q pro-
fesslonal trip 10 the property taken mp
by the Mathews brothers and cays the
owners are very enthusiastic and exc
press the confidence that they viii de-
velop big mine there
Mr. hou r. was also fayorably i'm
pressed am he. too, says that he would
not be surprised TO see another High
land Boy opened in the Mathews
ground An immense quartz ledge crops
out on the surface. showing In places a
width anywhere from 200 to 900 feet
The Mathews group is to undergo
vigorous development at once.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-31
DENVER
PRODUCE.
CHICAGO

Chicago, July Si.--Wheat-July. nv,
Old. ~ September, 7Siad7S&: old.
S%Wi9, December 'Sa old, 70; May,
SOS.
cou-July MA: September 52H: De.
cember, 5l&n5ih; May, 51NG5lA
Oats July, S3R, August 33b,. Sep
TENDER 3Sh. December, als. May,
36ik
Pofk-JuIy 1880; August, lS45; May,
1895.
L@d-July 1921 September, 7S2B;
October i65.
Ribs-July. L77k; September. 7g7h;
October 1S7h
kve-luly 5lia: September. BIZ
flaX-Cash, northwest. o.,
Timothy-July 24Oi September. S.2j.
rloyer-July. 1870.
Barley-Cash. 32a50.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-31
MINING, BUSINESS And STOCKS
PEARL GRoup BONDED.
IA Idaho Property location Is In
Gilmore County,

s. ]. Baldwin win leave for Salt Lake
today or tomorrow lie has recently
secured a bond on the Pearl group In
the Dixie district. Emore county,
for himself y. s. Leayer and Dr.
staufer of Salt Lake, says the Boise
Statesman. This group OF propers rs
embraces seven claims and fraction
They he side by side with the Gold
Eing rl0up on q ledge running paral-
lei 10 the lead found In that property.
Tile Pearl group nas belongei to John
Hampton and u. j Buyer Ii % the in
tenUon Of AIr. Baldwin and his associ-
atcs 10 go to work on the property I
once and develop Il during the lie Of
the bend They are wen pleased with
the rh1Wlng and believe the develop
menls hat can be made whila the bond
runs VIII materially Improve the value
OF the property.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-31
NEW YORK PRODUCE

New York July 3i.-Wheat-Re Receipts
1875 bushels Market at first yielded
g. foreign selling aud easier cables but
later rallied on renewed bull support,
September. So l3-i60Sis.
Butter Receipts. 1906. Firm. state
dairy l4g2'h; creamery. 1913.
SUBURBAN., strong fair refining
? S-l'ai centrifugal 80 test, S1-l6; mo.
iassrs sugar 2k; refined strong:
crushed, $780, powdered. 5.l0i granu-
lated, 800.
Coifee- Quiet No. Rio So Molasses
nrm. New Orleans. 3lni2.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-31
New rInlIc ComranY Formed.

Articles Of incorporation Of the Sal
vator Mining company were filed with
the county recorder IN Utah county
yesterday. The capital stock Is divided
into 20O,0O0 shares, Of the par value OF
% cents each, based on the valuation
Of the Salvator and the Nevada lode
mining claims IN the Tlntlc mining dis
trict. which properties are owned by the
company
The incorporators, who are also the
directors and officers are. Jesse
knight. president. Jacob Evans, vice
president H. T.. Allen secretary and
treasurer Amanda M knight and W..
u. Rydalch
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-31
THE EURFKA.opulR.
Low Grade Ores OF Mine BEING Con.
centrated at Mono Mill.

Manager Cairns. Of the Ophlr
mine 81 Dry canyon g. in The city to-
day un brief business trio. ne re-
ports everything running along smooth
ly "a tIai property and Is loading a
shipment 0f ores which win De sold In
the iota. market carly next We X.
AR Cairns has taken q lcls, ON the
mill at the Mono mine. where he Is
tyuning through come 90 the lower pro-
duii flom the rlreka -Orhr Excel
lent results aFe being obtained. The
concentration IS on ihe basis OF eiglt
tO.s inlo one.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-31
MERCHANTS PRINTING

Turned out on short notice al the
Deseret News. A big shipment OF new
types and supplies just In Our facilities
ior letter heads. ban heads. tags. en-
felolea, pads. etc. etc. are uneycelled
BY any establishment On the West.
THE DESERET NEWS,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-31
END Your MAGAZINES

Old Books, Music and Magazines. Put
them IN strong new covers for preser-
walton. Many records Of value can ho
saved by having them bound. The
News bindeiy can DO the work In any
form al any price.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-31
LIVE sToCK.

Chicago, July 3i.-Cattle-Rlcrpts.
1850. including 900 Texans Steady.
Good 10 prime steers. 50OG5 80; poor
to medium. 3sO@i 90, stockers and
feeders. 2 5003 20; COWS, l. 2bG2.5j; heif-
ere. 2.0Odi. 10 Gamers, 25Gl2.G0, bulls,
2 .OO04. 90: calves. 2,5OQ6 90; Texas fed
steers, 3.5OG5.0G.
Glogs-Rsceipts, today, $4,000; tomor-
row. 10000 left over S,3!i Marked 10
dl5c lower Mixed and butchers $40
@5,g5; good TO choice heavy, 5.25H5. t0;
rough heavy, 4.75@5l IS; light, s. 35Q5.65;
bulk of sales. 5.25G5,S5.
sheep Receipts, $500 sheep and
lambs steady. Good to choice wethers,
3 60d3 90; fair TO choice mixed. ESQ
3 50 western sheep, S.00639j; native
lambs, 3.25Q6.OO; western lambs 4.5O4
6 90
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-31
Ar sKYLARK MINE.
The Tunnel is Getting Into an Inter.
esting Formation.

Manager A. j. McMullen. OF the sky.
lark Copper Mining company OF Bea-
yer county. has returned from trip
Of inspection 10 that property He
states that he has q small force Of men
"a work there driving a tunnel which
has reached the leneth Of about 100
itot lt Is now penetrating a forma-
tion heavily imprcglated with iron and
is apparently getting close 10 the point
'Nhere a good grade vi ore Is expected.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-31
CHICAGO WHEAT.

Chirago. July 3l.--Sepicmher wheat
opened a shade 10 h@E higher 81 7sss
70 ,se. and after selling OF 20 igLa
~, the market rallied or a fair com.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-31

Ajax, 300 AT 22.
Daly-West, 1876 at $3.50; 50 at 1856; 20
nia 3S45. Shares sold, 200.
Mammoth, 100 ut l.13; 200 ut LIS.
Shares sold. 300
Sacramento 1000 at %.
Silver Shield, ZOO at 1871 800 at II;
100 AT II go. Shares sold, 1900.
Uncle Sam Con-, 800 at %; 800 al
2SA; 1000 at ESQ; 1000 at 23A shares
sold, $500.
Century. 100 at ss&; 100 at 80, Shares
sald, 200.
OPEN BOARD SALES.
Daly-Judge, 100 at 92O.
Lower Mammoth, 100 at 81; 100 at
s0is 100 at SO: 400 at 1914; 100 at 70.
Shares sold. 500.
Silver Shield, 80 0at II.
New York Bonanza, 1000 at 3Ois.
Wabash. 1000 at 1872
Yankee Con-, 100 at 80.
REHABILITATION.
Shares. Value.
Heguiar call ......,. ......s,fOO Ss.6O2.Z5
open board ........ .....,,3,5OO 2,l6S.J0
Forenoon totals -. ...11,9Oo 81, 965,l5
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-31
WOOL.
sT LOuIs

81 Louis July 81 Wool-Jnchange1;
territory and western mediums, l6hW
lSA, fine, l4h@l6i coarse, l3'Aal6.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-31
0STEOPATHY.
Members Of the Utah State Association.

A. p Hibhs, 22S Deseret News Bldg
Mcdowell & Carpenter. 20l.5-e D' II
Walker Blk.
Beaver & hurry. 900 Auerhacb Rlag
;. kamer over Walkers store.
Building. '' WE'VE
J. Goodrich, Logan. Utah
III! h,eos d Mccoy. Eccles Bldg. Ogden.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-31
KANSAS CITY.

Kansas city July 31,-Cattle-Re-
ceipts, 5000, including 200 Texans. Stea-
dY Native steers, 3.15u5 Is; Texas and
mdlan steers, 2.4Dd460, Texas cows
! 5O03 90; native cows and hefcrs, t.75
0j.O0; stockers and feeders,s 2.S5N4, 49,;
bulls, 2.0Od3.75: calves, 20005, 25;
western steers, s .6OQl.9 western cows,
2.15d3.3O
Hogs-Receipts 6,OOO. Market 56flOc
lower Bulk Of sales, 5.lOa5.2O, heavy,
8 02lad5. 49, packers 5.l015,2O; me-
dum 5.1O05,25; light, 5.2Jq5.SO; york.
ers, 5.25a53O: pigs. 5.25MnS5.
sheep Receipts. 1000 Market stea-
dy, Muttons. 3.OO1i.S5, lambs. 3.15Q
$50 rang wethers, S.OO05 90; ewes. 800
G4.1J.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-31
OMAHA

South Omaha, July Sl.-Cattle-Re-
ceipts, l.jo0 Market steady Native
steers. 3 9005 40, cows ana helfers. 800
Qi40; western steers, 3.tOa450; can
ners, 50q2.5O stockers and feeders,
2.50Gf.00; calves, 2.5OG5.OO. bulls,
stays, etc, S.0064.2J
Hogs-Recipts 1000 Market Toe low
err Heavy. 4.90G5 90; mixed, 4.5Od4. 49,:
light. i,9bq5.l5; pigs. 4.9j05.O j; bulk OF
sales, 4. 95G5.05.
Sheep Receipts, 5.Op0 Market stea-
dy Fed muttons, 3.5Gd4e5j wethers.
3.0oa5.75: ewes 5Od3.25. common and
stockers, 2.O0Q2OO' lambs, i.50Q5.75.
DENVER.
Denver. July observation-disclosures.
500, Market firm Beef steers. $500
800: COWS 3O0a425; stockers ana feed.
ers, 3.OOGlOo. bulls, l50a150.
Hogs-ecepts 300 Market lower.
Light packers, 5.QOQ5l0, mixed and
heavy 5.Q0G5.O5
sheep-Receipts, none. Market I'M
changed,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-19
Citizens Oppose Laying of
Track on Principal Street.
WORKMEN DRIVEN OUT
Baltimore & Ohio Attempts to Occupy
Street at Parkersburs, w. Va
Mayor and City Council Clash over
Affair and Former Is Suspended.

Parkersburg, W. Va, March II. =
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad
claiming the right under an oil ordi-
nance, brought force of men into
the town before daylight this morning
and began to lay track for five blocks
over one of the principal streets of the
city. The police We're called our and
also the fire department The latter
poured such stream of water on the
men that they had to abandon tile
street, A clash occurred between tie
mayer. who is attorney for the Balti-
more and Ohio, and the city council,
over the matter, and at a special meet
ing Of the council this morning I'M.
parchment proceedings We're begun
against Mayor. Nandervoort. He. was
suspended from office and injunction
proceedings We're begun. Calls have
been issued for men to protect the
street from further interference and
hundreds of men are responding.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-19
Was Taken Sick Shortly After
Meal Monday Evening.
SON OF DIR. SELMA At BLOOMFIELD
Physicians from DrakeviIle and
Bloomfield Are in Attendance--Little
Hope Is Entertained for His Recov.
ery-Leaves Wife and Children.

Drakevillc, March 7.-(SpeciaD-
Suffering intense agony from the eff
fects OF poison supposed to have been
taken into his system by eating canned
oysters last evening. Dr.. Thomas Sci
ma, is lying at his home in Ashgrove
about eight miles northwest of this
place. Physicians have been called
from Drakevile and Bloomfield, but,
according to information received here
he is this afternoon, lying in very
precarious condition.
Ate Canned Oysters.
Few of the details of the poisoning
have been received in Drakeville, but
it is stated that last evening Dr. Sell
ma, as a part of his supper, ate some
canned oysters. Shortly after finish
ing the meal it is stated he was taken
quite sick, the symptoms being that
the illness was ptomaine poisoning.
During the night the patients suffer
| ing wac, intense, ami VINO it7he physi-
cans arrived an examination disclosed
that the illness was caused by poison.
Little Hope of Recovery.
Drs. Jennings of Drakeville and
Beauchamp of Bloomfield are in at
tendance today, and at late hour this
afternoon the latest word received
from the home of the sufferer gave lit
tie hope of recovery.
Son of Bloomfield Doctor.
Dr. Thomas Selma. is the son of DR..
Selma of Bloomfield. and is well
known throughout Davis county. He
is a man OF about As years of age and
since beginning to practice in Ash
grove has gained large circle OF
| friends. Aside from his wife, there
are several children in the family.
Nothing has been heard from here as
1 to whether any other members of the
/ family We're affected by the oysters.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-19
Miners and Operators Dis
pose of Some Questions.
REFER DAY WAGE SCALE
Subcommittee of Five Operators and
Five Miners to Settle This Matter.
Adopt Paragraph Concerning Fur.
nishins of Timbers and Props.

Des Moines, March 17-(Special)-
Though there was large amount of
discussion with regard to questions be-
fore the scale committee at the ses-
sion this morning, yet some advance
was made in disposing of many of the
questions with regard to the scale. A
large number of points We're referred
to subcommittee for consideration
and report Probably the most impor-
tant step taken this morning was the
appointment of a subcommittee con-
sisting Of five operators and FIVE
miners to fix the scale for inside day
work in the state. This was done on
the converting of the convention this
morning on the motion of HI. l.. Water
man of Ottumwa. The members of the
committee are: Operators-B. HI. John
ston, Mendoza; Ben Buxton, Buxton:
S. w. White, Oskaloosa; Ed Gray, Des
Moines; H. H. Garfield. Boone;
miners. B. Herren, CINCINNATI
John Ream, Beacon; w. F. Moran,
Marquisville; William Heslop, Lehigh
f. L. Rice, Avery.
Machine Mining.
The subcommittee appointed by the
joint scale committee Saturday to fix
a scale for machine mining in the first
sub-district failed to agree, so reported
to the joint committee this morning
The committee however, referred the
question back to the subcommittee
and instructed the members to report
a scale.
Wanted Arbitration.
AL the session this morning, dur
ing the discussion of the blacksmith
ing question. H. l.. Waterman at
tempted to have this matter arbitrateG
but the miners refused to agree to the
proposition and it was laid over for the
time being.
On Skip Entries.
The subcommittee appointed last
week to fix the price for twenty-sever
foot room and skip entries made its
report but informed the joint commit
tee that it had failed to agree in re
gard to the price for skip entries. i
reported the price for turning twenty
seven foot storeways. at $3.50, thu
companies to build the cribs. The op
orators affected in this matter refused
to accept this price and after mucl
discussion this item was omitted from
the scale.
Timbers and Props.
The paragraph in the agreement re
ferring to the timbers and props OF
rooms in the first sub-district was
adopted by the committee with sin
gle amendment. This amendment
consisted in striking out the provision
that the company shall furnish timbcrs
! at the mouth of the room and left the
paragraph so that it provides thai
timbers shall be furnished by the
companies according to the state law
Working Double.
The question now being considered
| by the joint committee is with refer
ence to working men double in thu
first sub.district. The miners desire
/ to have the option in the matter bu
| the operators were to except Rathbul
and Forbush, where all work is plan
ned double. This question has no
yet been agreed upon.
w. H. Powell.