The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-03-08
WHITE
AND S[C'Y PERRY
EFFICIENT OFFICERS or MINERS
UNION REELECTED.
IOWA DIsTRlcr PROSPEROUS.
FUNDS Now on Hand Amount to over
$500, ooo-M Membership Largest
in History = Fatalities
Are Decreasing.

Des Moines, March 2.--President g.
P. White and Secretary Edwin Perry,
of oskaloosa, were reelected BIZ the
United Mine Workers of America. Dis
trict No. 10. While the vote was cast
on February %, the result was not an
nounced until after the committee had
completed the official canvass this
forenoon Mr. White being the only
candidate for president, his vote was
very large. Mr.. Perry had three op-
ponents, but he polled more votes
than all the others combined The
vote on Secretary was: Perry, 1891;
Baker, 1927; May, 1881; Hendricks,
77S.
The full slate of officers elected, to-
gether with the vote for each is as
follows:
President, John P. White. 80. 1854
Vice President. w. w. White,
jerome .,......... e,9lS
Ealoosa 80. .............. 1881
National Board Member, Jos.
Sharp, Brazil ,.............. 52l4
Auditor, VIM. C. Sharpe, oska-
loosa ............ ........... z,fzo
Board Member Sub5District No.
/, Jacob Ritter, Brazil. ....... 1,22O
Board Member Sub-District No.
2, VIM. Baxter, Beacon 1885. 1929
Board Member Sub-District No.
8, Robt. McBirnie, Des Moines 65S
Board Member Sub-District Nc.
4, Samuel Ballantyne, Boone. .JoO
Delegates to |. F. of L.
John F. Ream, Beacon. 1925
frank Cameron, Hitehan. 49,. 1922
.Robt. Cowan, Des Moines 49,. 2,47e
Perry shows that District No. IL
is in a very prosperous condition. The
fundS-un hand received during the
year amounted to 1927, 341.43. OF this
amount S16,965.07 were spent for ex
penses, leaving, net balance now in
the treasury of $210,376.3S. OF the ex-
pense disbursements, w. B. Wilson
was paid for, ten per cent assessment
S4,446.11, expended for aid, sundry
persons. $2,526.70, leaving the net dis
for salaries and expenses.
$9,99226.
There was some disposition to critN
icize a continuation of the levy on the
ground the fund is now large enoughA
having increased almost 100 per cent?
in the last year. This criticism
brought out strong argument in ia
vor OF its continuation from President
White and others who were in favor of
continuing the assessment, even
though this fund should reach $1,000
200.
Fatalities Decrease.
The secretary's report shows that IA
talities have decreased during the
year and that a total of 2S3,5S4 tons OF
screened coal were mined for each life
lost in the mines.
The auditors report shows there are
now 1882 members in the state. The
auditor criticized some of the unions
for Withholding a per cent for cost OF
collecting the defense fund assess
ment
There was severe criticism on the
floor of the convention against the
rolicy of making special local assess
ments for the relief of members, and
sentiment developed favored the pro-
viding of benefit assessment to be
disbursed to worthy members through
the dictrict organization and for the
providing of a home for worthy and
INDECENT members of the order.
President White in his report, fav-
ored the serious consideration of the
machine in mining operations in de-
termining the scales in the future.
1t is more than likely that an appro-
rriation will be made to prevent and
relieve tuberculosis among the miners
of Iowa.