The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-03-21
WHITE ADVOCATES
HOME FOR MINERS
WOULD ALSO HAVE A CENTRAL
HOSPITAL SOMEWHERE.
DISTRICT VERY PROSPEROUS.
More Men Are At Work Than Ever
Before and More Money in
the Treasury Death
Benefits Paid.

Des Moines, Ia, March I6-- The
tenth annual convention of the Iowa
Mine Workers in this city is attend.
ed by over one hundred delegates
The greatest interest has been mani
tested ia the annual reports of the
officers of the association. President
John P. White has touched popular
chord when ne has advocated the
eestablishing of a home for aged and
disabled miners who have devoted
their life to the mining business and
are worthy of consideration in their
declining days. Mr.. White visited
such homes when he was in Hnglaad.
and states that the home should be
tried in Iowa. There is need for
such an institution even now. He
recommends the matter be given into
the hands of a special committee for
examination and report.
The presidents recommendation
that the miners have a central hos,
pital somewhere in the state where
injured and sick members could re
ceive the treatment necessary to bet.
terment and recovery, was well re
ceiyed.
The Death Record.
Deaths have occurred from April i.
1906, to March l, 1907, to the number
of ninety, and 100000, or 10000 il,
each case, was paid to the relief OF
relatives from the endowment fund.
Forty-three of these deaths were from
disease, fourteen in accident outside
the mines. eight from tuberculosis,
and twenty-three died in the mines
by accident.
The membership is increasing
steadily and the past year saw more
men employed in mining within the
district than ever before in the hts
tory of the industry. In 1900 there
were seven thousand miners engaged
in the industry, in 1906 this number
had been more than doubled, and we
had 1907 workers. To the date of |
the report there are engaged 14,33s
men in and about the mines of the |
district
Organization is Prosperous.
Secretary Edwin Perry reported |
that the receipts of the term with |
the amount on naad amounted dur
ing the year to ssOs,54GAs. The dis
bHre sments amounted to s57.619.93
for the same period and the balance
now in the treasury and drawing n
terest from the banking institutions
OF the state is s25O,92704.
Four camps were abandoned dur
ing the year, namely, jamestown,
Colon and Appanoose.
Five new locals nave been organized,
Blyth, Yeager, Coin, olivet and Say
Tor No. 2.
Concerning the progress OF the or
ganization in financial sense M.
Perry has said in his report:
@The past year mas been tie most |
prosperous in our history. To give
you an Illustration of our progress,
offer the following comparison: For
the fiscal year ending February I,
above disbursements we're s68,2S447.
For the year ending 1906, same date,
S52,22L23, and for the year ending
February /, 1907, s66,9O779. 1t must
also be taken into consideration That
during this timee, we have paid a
National assessment of $30,00000 AMI
death claims aggregating 100000"
Officers Elected.
Officers were elected this after
noon as follows:
President--Joha P. White.
Vice President-w. w. White.
Secretary Treasurer-Edwin Perry.
Member National Board - David
Sharp.
Auditor David Jones.
Members Of Executive Board-1st
District, Jacob Ritter; I'd District. VIM.
Baxter; Sd District, Andrew Swanson;
4th District, Sam Valentine