Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-06
TALK COOPERATIVE STORES
Miners Convention at Des Moines Looks
with Favor on the Plan.
DECIDE ON RAISING A DEFENSE FUND
Corn Growers Association Urges that
Corn Judging Contest BE Held
at st. Louis ExpOsi-
ton.
(From a Stan correspondents

(trOm q stan correspondent
DIES MONIES, March 5.--(Specal.)-The
district miners convention, held here to-
day, considered a number Of matters and
the most important was a proposal to es-
tablish cooperative stores for the miners
under the control OF officers Of the miners
union. This was discussed at length and
while no definite action was taken at the
meeting today the sentiment was strong
in favor Of such stores and 1t was made
plain that miners would engage in this in
Iowa at no distant day. There was some
difference of opinion as to whether they
should be confined to members Of the union
or be open Tor all trades unionists. The
convention decided upon the raising Of a
defense fund for the miners, to be used in
an emergency. This was net to prepare
for a strike, but to be ready for one should
1t be necessary.
The convention, prior to the questions
considered at length, transacted the follow
ing business:
Adopted a resolution requiring locals to
assess a fine of 90 cents the first month,
81 for the next and $3.50 for the third for
on-attendance. Also suspending local
unions that fail to collect these fines.
Demand union made powder of the oper-
ators.
Received and endorsed the thanks OF New
Market local for assistance rendered during
the strike.
Voted to change the constitution so that
member may take transfer cards before
going to work.
This afternoon the resolutions
of the Miners association reported as to
| salaries. They recommended that the presi-
dent be raised from SIS to 500 per month:
that the vice president, who has been
working on per diem, be given a regular
salary Of $75 per month; that the secre-
tary-treasurer be paid 500, an increase
from SIS; that tins sub-district board and
auditors shall be paid $3.50 per day instead
of SO, as formerly, for active duty; that the
stenographer shall be paid $50 a month, a
raise from $40. All expenses of these Of
fcers are to be paid along with the salaries.
Corn Growers Organise.
, The Iowa Corn Growers association,
which was started last winter at Ames, Ia,
Is reported to be gaining rapidly. George
s. Forrest Of Miles, president, and A. l..
Plummer of Altoona, secretary, appeared
before the iowa commission on the Louisi-
ana Purchase exposition and urged that a
corn judging contest be held at the st.
Louis fair and that the Iowa commission
do what 1t can to encourage this. They
report that the association now has $50
members and will have 1000 by the time of
the next state corn judging school and
contest at the state college next winter,
when 1900 in prizes will be given on seed
corn. .N.f
Planning for Library.
Representatives Of the library board or
! association in Perry are negotiating with
Des Moines architects for the plans for
the new Carnegie library at Perry. All the
preliminaries have been arranged and &c.,
| 600 is ready with which to proceed with
the work. The library is to occupy a CEN
trail triangle which has long been owned
by the city and reserved for some public
building, and 1t had been expected a city
hall would be constructed there. The
Commercial club of that city has also
started a movement which will result in
the building of a SIS, 900 opera house In
Perry this year and preparations are being
made for that at the present time.
Inspections of Companies.
The inspection Of Company A, Fifty-hfth
regiment, was given here this evening by
Major Prime, who also inspected the COM
pany at Boone last night. Colonel Prime,
inspector general, is i'll and unable to make
Inspections and this will delay the work
for the year.
Major George w. Bourne died at the
home Of his son, f. F. Bourne, after an
extended illness. He leaves a wife and
one son. Major Bourne served as quarter
master under General N. B. Baker for If
teen years. He was born June 10, 1924;
was married July 10, 1851. With his wife
he settled in Clinton in 1857, and they
moved to Des Moines in 1866. Major
Bourne had for several years been retired,
and but for serving on %juries had not taken
active part in the life of the city. He was
considered one OF the best educated men
Of his time. an honored husband and father.