The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-01-16
ELECTION
OF Officers for District No. II, Uni
ted Mine Workers of America,
Next Month.
Official Circular to the Local Unions
is Issued From District Head
quarters Containing Names of
Candidates.


Tho following official circular
has been issued by District Secrc.
tary Morris:-
Charleston, w. Va,
Jan. 10, 1908.
To the Officers and Members of Io-
cal Unions in the Territory Un-
der the jurisdiction of District
No. Il, United Mine Workers of
America, Greeting:
l herewith enclose you n list of
candidates for the various offices
for the term beginning April 1st,
1905, TO be voted for in accordance
with Article 8, Section 4, of the
District Constitution, which reads
asfollows: each Local Union
shall receive two election return
sheets upon which shall be recorded
thevotc, one to be original and to
DeSealed and returned to Secretary
treasurer immediately after the
election the other to be duplicate
and shall be held by the Local Sec
retary and be given by him to the
delegate or delegates elected to rep
resent them in annual convention.
Each election return sheet must
bear Il true record of the votes cast
Tor each candidate and must be
hlled out with pen and ink. All
ballots must be cast on the 2nd
meeting night of February"
Local Secretaries are requested
to read this section carefully to the
local unions before u ballot is taken.
after the ballot has been taken fiji
out the return sheet, giving each
candidate credit for the actual
number of votes he received. en-.
close the returning sheet in the en-
closed envelope marked election
returns and forward to the District
Oilice at once. Each member of
the organization may vote for one
candidate for President, one candi-
date for Vice President, one candi.
date for Secretary Treasurer. three
candidates for Auditing and Gre
DENTAL Committee, three candi-
dates for Tellers aud one candidate
for National Executive Board
Member, but cannot under any cir
cumstances plump his vote or give
more than one vote to any one
candidate for the same Office. You
VIII notice that the names of per-
sons do not appear on the ballot
who failed to receive as many as
three nominations. Local Secreta-
res are requested to notify the
members by posting notices of the
election of District officers request.
ing them to be present, giving the
date of the meeting.
In accord with resolution
passed at our last Annual Conven.
ton, L am mailing ballots under
separate cover.
The election returns must be in
the hands of the District Secretary
not later than February 25th, 1908.
The nominees are as follows:
For President-Jas. M. Craigo,
Charleston, w, Va; Ben Davis:
Montgomery, w. Va.
For Vice President-L. F. Ian
ham, Charleston, w. Va; w. w.
Hall, Eagle, w, Va.
For Secretary Treasurer-Benj.
f. Morris, Charleston, w. Va; E.
5. Norton, Montgomery, w. Va.
; For Auditing and Credential
/ CONF. b. Vickers, Mucklow,
w. Va; James Clatworthy. Coal
burg, W. Va; VIM. Patchell.
Harewood, w. Va; L. II. Duck.
wyler, Raymond City, w. Va; d.
f. Lovett, Hugheston, w. Va.
For Tellers-J. f. Craigo, Black
Betsy, w. Va; Dow Platt, Toms
burg, W Va, j. G. Shuck, Crown
Hill, w. Va.
For National Elk. Board Member
Thomas Cairns, Charleston, w.
Va; f. G. Stanley, Ward, w. Va.
Respectfully submitted,
BENZ. f. MORRIS, Sec Treas.
Dist. IL, U. NJ. w. of A.