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demand win probably be made on the
mine owners, requiring that sufneient
avenues Of escape be supplied in the
event Of the main entrance Of mines
being closed by. an explosion. The
election OF a successor to john Mitch
ell, who, as president of the miners
union. has attained international fame
as a conservative but determined and
honest labor leader. will also be an
event of general Importance.
Another important event in labor
circles will be the meeting on Mon
day Of the executive council of the
American Federation of Labor. Chang.
es are to be made in administration.
one of which will be the permanent
organization of the new building
trades body. Many disputes among
rival unions are. to be settled. One Of
these decisions will form precedent.
and will affect 100000 members of the
Amalgamatel woman's Garment Cut.
tiers, posslBf$ resulting in the forma.i
ton or an4independent national union
OF garment cutters.
The fourth annual convention. OF the
National Association of Cement Us.
ers will open in Buffalo, N. Y, Mon
day. and will be accompanied by the
largest and most elaborate exhibition
OF cement products ever held. The
development of cement and concrete
construction, especially as 1t applies
to the building Of houses. will be thor
oughly illustrated.
One of the most important conven.
tions of the coming week will be that
of the American National Live Stock
Association, which will meet in elev.
enth annual session in Denver, Col.
/ Tuesday and Wednesday. The atti-
, tude of the Roosevelt administration
toward the forest reserves and pub
| lie grazing lands of the West will
| again occupy much of the time of the
session. other subjects to be CON
sidered include the shortage of stock
cars. minimum speed limit for stock
trains. transportation of live stock
attendants. foreign markets for meat
products. meat inspectors, and the
financial stringency and its effect upon
the stockmen.
The second general convention OF
the Trans-Missouri Dry Farming Con
gress. composed OF persons interested
in the reclamation OF the semi.arid
regions of America by systems Of
scientific soil culture Will meet IN
Salt Lake City, Utah. on Thursday.
Friday and Saturday. Best methods
of rendering semi.arid lands produc.
tive where ditch irrigation is imprac.
ticable. the establishment of expert.
mental farms under States and gen.
eral direction and encouragement of
all practical methods of dry farming
will come under discussion.
The Model License League, compos-
ell OF leading distiIlers. brewers and
liquor dealers in all parts of the coun-
try. will hold national convention OF
the beer, whiskey and wine trades in
Louisville. KY, on Tuesday and We'd.
nesday. The purpose of the meeting
is to counteract the prohibition SEN
timcnt by placing the liquor trade
Alright before the American press and
public, and to suggest model license
law ms the best means OF regulating
the liquor traffic. Several prominent
men not connected with the liquor
trade will deliver addresses.
Warfare Of more vigorous kind
than has yet been waged will proba-
bly, be declared on the telephone mo,
nopoly" by the International Independ-
ent Telephone Association when It
meets in Chicago next week. Over
lures for community of interests"
between the Bell concern and the in
dependents. considered at the conven-
ton last year, have been rejected anil
this action will be ratified at the com
held in connection with the National
Electrical Show, now being held in
Chicago. and will be attended by rep
resentatives of all the leading indie
pendent companies in the United
States and Canada.
AS one of the final measures for
the rehabilitation of Chlcago's transit
facilities, the properties of the Chi.
cago Union Traction Co., the North
Chicago Street Railroad Co. and the
West Chicago Street Railway Co. will
be sold at public auction next Satur-
day. The Chicago Railways company;
which is TO take over the property by
the reorganization plan, will be the
only bidder, and will give its securi-
ties in exchange for the old securities.
1t will be required to spend $4,000,