The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-30
AMENDMENTS MADE
 TO INSURANCE BILL
NEW YORK ASSEMBLY PASSES MEASURE PoSTPoNING ELEc- TONS OF PURELY MUTUAL COMPANIES TO NOVEMBER.

Albany. N V Marfh % rTae scene II the activities of the joint special insur- ance Investigating committee was trans ferred to Albany thls afternoon when Chairman Armstrong and Charles E. Hughes and other employees of the com mittee arrived from New York and went into executive session with the other members of the special committee, and the two standing committees on insur- ance.
 Senator Armstrong brought with him the bills as amended by the sub-commit- tee and 1t was believed that the bills would be ready In final form for report to both houses of the legislature tomor- row. Nothing authentic could be learned In advance as to what amendments the committee Is likely to make in the bills. The assembly today passed the bill. postponing the annual elections of the four purely mutual companies of this state. the New York Life, the Mutual of New York, the Mutual Reserve of New York and the Security Mutual of Bing- hampton. There was brief discussion as to whether the bill would by any pos sibility exclude present directors or off cers of these companies from election, the concensus of opinion being that 1t would not The bill should reach Gov ernor Higgins tomorrow, and 1t is be- lieved he will sign 1t without delay.
 ~-~-~~-~-~.~-~-~-~ the meeting, and C. L. Scroggs of Hi nois was secretary. A standing commit tee of two operators from each of the four states, of which J. H. Minder is chairman, was appointed.
 The resolution in full was telegraphed to President Roosevelt tonight.
 Mitchell Announces Object of Meeting. When the national convention of the United Mine Workers of America was called to order today President Mitch ell at once announced the object for which the convention had been called Said he:
 AS l stated in my motion last night this convention is called that you may determine what action you maye desire to take on the wage question in view of the present situation. In the central competitive district the operators have offered the present scale which was de- feated by the miners and motion Is pending in the joint conference offered NN -~N' -D~ two years.
 Tn the southwest district the dele gates have proposed settlement on the basis of restoration of the day wage and dead work scale of 1903 with an ad- vance of three cents a ton in the mining scale at the passing points. What is the pleasure of the convention?"
 It was moved and seconded that the action of the scale committee be en- nd a few otIQaft0Og had been asked the motion was adopted.
 The delegates asked how the scale of 1903, if adopted. would affect Illinois, so far as the shot-firers' law was concerned President Mitchell replied that it was his understanding that the miners would not waive their rights under that law by agreeing to the 1903 scale with same conditions.
 A delegate from the southwestern dis trict asked:
 ''Inasmuch as the scale as presented to the southwest covers tonnage, dead work and day wage scale, do I understand that in the event of any new conditions since the scale of 1903. does that prohibit us from bringing them before our scale committee of operators and miners"
 Has Not Been Determined.
 President Mitchell replied that the mat ter had not been determined. Said he
 That is one of the questions in con- troversy, but take 1t for granted that the adoption of our motion would not mean that the miners would waive their rights"
 Delegate McNally said; T have been led to believe by some of the officials of the southwest that in the event we made a scale with the operators it would
 
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