Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-05
JOHN WHITE NAMED AS PREs-
DENT AND EDWIN PERRY cHos-
EN- Observation-Disclosures.
A BIG VOTE is PoILED
Miners Go Into Executive session to
Prepare Scale for Meeti,s of Joint
! ! committee.-WiII DemaId Continual
tion of Present Scale.


tion of Present Scale.
Des Moines. March 4 4E(SpeciaD Il
The interest of the dAegates 10 the
miners convention tbs morning cen
tered in the announcement OF the re-
suit the election pt offlcers, Wnlcn
was made shortly afer the opening OF
the morning session Since the begn-
ming OF the conve9ion OF Tuesday,the
tellers have been busy canvassing the
ballots and onlyaast night was their
task Completed The report made
this morning slowed that the oftcers
for district No IS, u. M. w. A., elect
ed had receiyid the following vote:
President JOIN P. White, os-
kaloosa :. ;. ). 49,. ..ll,64O
Vice Presidnt l.. P. Joyce Des
Moines ...... $50. 1851
Secretary treasurer. Edwin
Perry Oskaloosa :. :. ;. .. 5,2O8
Nationa board member, J. F.
Rean Beacon -. ;. -. 9,030
Distict board members were elect
ed asfollows:
sub:dstrict No, 1. J. B. White 49,
Ffebush ;. !. >. 1855. .2,O29
subdistrict No. 2, VIM. Bax-
tr, Beacon ....l,O94
srb.district No. 8, Philip Jones
COlfaX ..... 80 olo
.sib.district No.4,William Hes
tlop. Lehigh 1900. 1SS
Iuditor. VIM. G. Sharpe, Os-
I ka1nnCl
The three delegates to the Iowa
state Federation of Labor chosen at
this election were:
Edwin Perry ..s....... :i..t. ,oso
u. f. Ream :. = tl!L 81
u. P. joyce - = d'tet =
Total Vote for OFFICERS.
IN the election offoficers, John p
white of Oskaloosa was the only can
didate for the. Office of president, while
for the other positions there was more
than one candidate. The total vote
cast for each of the offices follows:
Vote cast.
President .... 81 .. ..H.. ..II'o4o
Vice president >. ..l..... I'll ,o91
Secretary treasurer -. =. ..ll,26S
National board member =. .. ..lO,47S
District board members:
No. L $3.50. -. $3.50. :. .3,0S1
No. 2. $500. ..'' ~. -. 70 Ss
Mo. 3 ....... -. ....'A -. .I'oo : I
No. ..... zee 80. ......... l'o9o
Z Auditor ....., ..... .11,1oo
Three delegates >. ......o1,oSi
According to the returns of the tell.
ers 80 per cent of the vote of the dis
trict was polled, only four of the local
unions falling to cast their ballots
The unions which did not participate
in the election are: Bear Creek, Union
Mine. Dean and Coalland.
In Executive Session.
At 10:3O o'clock this morning the
convention went into executive session
for the purpose of hearing the scale
committees report and to outline theil
views regarding the scale for the guild
ance of the members of the joint com
mittee which will convene in this city
next week.
Against Decrease in Wages.
Though the executive session il
secret and the matters discussed there
in are for the present only to be known
by the delegates to the convention, /
is learned from good authority tha
the miners will stand firm against an.
proposition to reduce the present wag'
scale. 1t is expected that the operator
at the meeting next week will deman,
that the miners agree to a lower scale
However, the miners are prepared t
make a strong case at the meeting o
the Joint scale committee and vii
stoutly defend their position for th
maintenance of the present scale.
Realize Importance.
The delegates to the convention
realize the Importance of this matte
and will do everything in their powe
to avert trouble. The work of the II
dianapolis convention is being watcl
ed very closely. There is apparent
very strong sentiment among the low
miners to stand Loyalty by the miner
of the east and central districts an
should the indianapolis conventio
fail to reach an agreement the pos
ton in Iowa would, to say the leas
be grave.
Urges Conservatism.
John F. Ream made a strong addres
In which he urged the Iowa miners
conserve their energies and finance
that they may be ready to face tt
crisis which may follow failure I
the eastern miners tosreach an agre
mant.s He expressed the hope that tt
strike in the east would be ayerte
but urged that every thing should |
done by way of preparation that tt
Iowa miners shall be ready to star
by their fellow workmen shou
trouble come.
Want Postal Savings Bank.
A resolution was introduced in tt
convention by John F. Ream askiI
that every delegate be requested
write to their representative and OF
of the senators advocating the passai
of laws authorizing the establishme
of postal savings banks. It was urg