The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-05
A Large Delegation Here to At
tend the District Convention.
This Morning Welcome Addresses
Were Made and Committees
Appointed.
SESSION TO LAST sEvERALDAYs

Tho district miners convention be-
gan q weeks session in the city this
morning.
At 10 O'Clock President Barnaby
called the convention to order, and
President ". ]. White. on behalf Of
Central labor union, of Paducsh,
heartily welcomed them to Paducah
10 few well chosen words. He then
introduced Mayor ID. A. Yeiser, who
extended the miners and their friends
a cordial welcome to the city, and ex-
pressed the hope that they would have
q pleasant and profitable stay.
Committee were appointed rs fol-
lows: Credentials, ]. II. Tate, Stur-
gis; W. L. Hicks. Central City and
Harry Short. Bevier.
Rules of Order: John Maine, Rem
der; Charles Hines, Sturgis, and
Charles Blsckmon, jacksonville.
The committees retired and the
morning session came to an end.
The officers who are in attendance
are President @. Bsrnsby. Of Sturgis /;
id. Wood, member Of the national ex-
acutive board. Of Central City; o. W.
Wells. vice president, of Ilsley sta
ton; WI. Campbell, Of Central City,
secretary and treasurer.
There are seven members of the ex-
ecutive committee, which Is oempos-
ed OF eight members, in attendance
They are Ell. Render Of Ohio county ;
s. @. Day, Henderson county; W. O.
Dyer, Union county; Ernest Young,
Muhlenberg county; John Peters,
Muhlenberg county; Charles II. Black.
mon, Hopkins county; Jesse Bethel,
Muhlenberg county: w.R. Hodges, Of
Ohio county, is absent and will proba-
bly, not be in attendance.
President Barnaby stated today:
There are about 81 delegates in at
tendance and we will have one Of the
biggest conventions ever held in the
state.
81 think that we will be able to do
no more than seat the convention today,
and IL this be true will not elect Off
GERS before tomorrow. The committee
on credentials will be appointed, the
first thing and will probably consume
all day in making out its reports, but
tomorrow we expect TO get down to
business proper There are from one
TO three delegates from each local I'M
ion in attendance. The small unions
send only one delegate while the lsrg-
or ones send from one TO three. We
will take up the matter OF a scale Of
wages after the convention has settled
down to business, and after we come
TO some agreement, will meet tho mine
operators on the 18th. We hold our
convention one week previoust to the
joint conference held by the operators
and ourselves. We como to the agree.
ment as to what we desire in the way
of a scale and then aribtrste with the
operators. We anticipate no trouble
with the operators and think we will
come to settlement without any hes.
itancy. There will be nearly as many
operators here as miner delegates and
the conference will be one Of the big
gest ever held in the city"
Among those here to attend are:
st. Nicholas-Frank Lightfoot, of
Joplin, No. u. W. Schneider, of Lii
ma, New York; Il. O. Thurwell. of
Louisville; James Tate aud s. L.
Cooksey, of Sturgis; W. Il. Hicks, of
Central city; J. NJ. McCassin and II.
T. Jacobs, of Craneyville; Herbert
Penrod, of Mud River; f. Hershey,
of Central City; Joseph Mills, of
Deaneville; J. l.. Rice, Of Reynolds;
LATE House and Charles Anderson, of
Fordsville.
New Richmond-W. o. Dyer, o.
NJ. Carter and J. K. Paris, Of Deko-
ven, KY. L. B. Walker and L. r.
Maddox, Drakesboro, Ky. ]. II. Ken
nedy, st. Charles, Ky. T; l.. ID. Smith,
Mortons, KY; Tom Majors, L. J.
Bethel, J. II. Underwood, and W. NJ.
Bowling, Mercer station, KY; NJ. b.
Davis, Island, KY; u. X. Shacklett,