The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-23
FIGHT IS BREWING.
Lively Contest Over Position OF
Mine Inspector.
There Are Three Candidates for
the Position.
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LEFT TO THE MINERS
Each Organization Sends Dele-
gates to State Convention.
Inspector Is Chosen at This
Meeting.

Indications are that a big fight is
brewing for the Office of state mine in
spector, a position which viii be filed
by the State Miners association, which
will meet in Topeka February 8, 6 and z
The job pays 81, 800 a year, and there
is an appropriation Of 81 600 for the
secretary's expenses. So the position is
one worth having. The mine inspector
has two equities, who divide up $4,000
in mileage and per diem.
There are three candidates for the
position; all are at present connected
with the work of mine inspection. lanes
A. Orr, of Wier City, will be candl-
date for reelection. He has served sat
isfactorily, and there is q strong feeling
in favor Of his retention. But he Will
be fought by both of his deputies. one
is Frank Gilday of Scranton; the otnef
is George Murphy of sPittsburg.
The election Of state mine inspector
is left wholly in the hands of the min
ers themselves. Each organization OF
miners is allowed to send delegates 70
the state convention. At that CONVEX
ton the various matters OF interest ~
the miners unions are taken UP ana
discussed Wage questions are often
an important matter Tor cohsluSId-
ton, This year, however, the elec-
ton promises to be of unusual interest.
fTiIdAWtS chances OIL SuCCIao7 e1A~ -
ened bv the fact that he is from the
Scranton mining district. The Scrah-
ton district does not have nearly ds
many delegates in the conVenloh a.
the southern Kansas field, and nence
the southern Kansas miners nave
I,arefofore been able to dictate the
election of the state inspector. Gliday,
however. expects to get some or TINS
vote. and counts on a division OF the
remaining vote between Murphy anu
Orr to enable him to land
The Scranton Gazette says OF MI
Gilday's candidacy:
nounced his candidacy for state mine
inspector. Mr.. Gilday has been lndoIs-
cd nv the local unions of the Y. NJ. w
of A of this county. The miners OF TINS
county unite with each other IN peleV-
ing that Mr. CSiIday'S record as deputy
state mine inspector entities MN 70 lAS
place of state mine inspector. he mas
been deputy state mine lilspsc.ol 10
two years and has been giving very
good satisfaction to the miners OF TINS
district. He has taken a, complete coai
mining course in the Correspondence
schools Of Scranton. Pa, and Is guam
ed for the place. This is one ofTlce that
there Is no politics in but lies entirely
with the miners of the state There has
never been a state mine inspector from
this county and the miners in Usage
county feel that it is time that they
have a representative from here. ana
viii lgive Mr.. Gilday all the support
that is possible when the election comes
up"
At the same time the@State Miners, as
/ sOciation is meeting in Topeka, the stat
| Society of Labor will be in session. and
usually the delegates to the miners I'M
| ion are also delegates to the society OF
| labor.
There is no election this year in the So
ciety of labor All Of the officers are hold
/ overs, being chosen for two-year terms:
/ The society of labor viii have a lot OF
/ other business to transact, however, and
/ papers and addresses by prominent labor
| authorities viii make up the programme