The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-01-23
Mine WORKERS
Nominations for all State Offices
Have Been Made.

| The nominations Of candidates for
office in the organization of the Unit
ed Mine Workers, District No. 10.
which comprises the territory in the
State of Iowa and Putnam county,
Missouri, have been closed and the
sample ballots are now being distrib-
uted among the various locals for ex-
hibition and information. The names
OF three good men have been placed
before the district for the Office of
president, any one Of whom would
make a good and efficient executive.
They are Joseph Sharp of Brazil, W..
w. White OF Jerome, and John f.
Ream Of Beacon.
Eleven candidates have been certi-
fed for the office of vice president, as
follows:
Jacob Ritter Of Centerville, Anthem
B. McGary of Carbonate, John Gay
OF Hooking, Jno, L. Anderson OF Des
Moines, Sol Meek Of Beacon. Jno. A.
Evans of Hiteman, Frank l.. Rice of
Hynes, E. NJ. Hendricks of Buxton,
William Heslop of Lehigh, Jno. Price
of Foster, Elisha Holland of What
Cheer, Chas. Gilbridge of Des Molnes,
and Thomas McCully of Abba.
Secretary Edwin Perry, who has
served the organization faithfully and
well during a continued term of ser
vice, is a candidate to succeed himself
In this important anG responsible po-
sition. Six other candidates for the
office have been named. They are:
II. G. Street of Mystic, II. S. Jaquiss
of Cincinnati, David Savage of Enter.
prise, John Arblin Of Marquesville,
Martin Wood Of Ottumwa, and w. A.
Pearson of Avery.
A list of fourteen candidates appear
for the position of member of the aud.
iting committee, as follows: Harry
Bowe of Hooking, A. w. Cooper OF
Mystic, A. J. Gilbert of Boone, David
Hicks of Everist, Chas. l.. Ellis of
Cincinnati, H. NJ Lord of Seymour,
Henry H. Davis of Rutledge, w. j.
Rice of Bussey, Geo. E. Gray of Abba,
P. ]. Brown of Evans, S, A. Packwood
of Foster, Jno. r. Boland of Blyth,
Samuel Ball Of Plano, and Fred Bill.
terman of Avery.
No less than eleven Mine Workers
desire election to the office OF ma
are as follows: w. H. Rodgers OF
Ottumwa, Richard Truman of Des
Moines, George Young Of Hynes, J. A.
Tedrow of Enterprise, ]. G. Dellinger
of Saylor, No. 2, Fritz Wright of Nor
woodville, ]. H. Hill of Carbonate,
Hugh Murray of Bussey. Johnson
Grove of Blyth, Ed Williams of Val
ley junction, and Scott Judd of Foster.
The candidates for the position OF
board member of the four sub-districts
are as follows: Sub-district No. /, w.
z. Dodds of Centeryille, d. A. Shelton
of Mendoza, E. Z. Palmer of Brazil,
and Harry Mcveigh of Rathbun.
Sub-district No, 2-Wm. Baxter of
Beacon, J. F. Reed of Ottumwa, G. ID.
Yancey of Buxton, Henry Bilterman
of Avery, Patrick Linnane Of White
City, Lewis Edwards of Evans, John
Price of Foster, Peter Miller Of Bea-
con, H. A. Turner Of Blyth, Jno. A.
Hanstrum of Pekay, Dan c. James OF
Flagler, Robert Cunion of White City,
and NJ. NJ. Long Of Everist.
Sub-district No. 3-Andrew Swan
son of Des Moines, Henry Barbour of
Sewers, Harry Darrock of Colfax,
r. C. French of Enterprise, David
Owens OF Marquisville. Clovis Allen
of Des Moines, VIM McMuray of Des
Moines, Ben Keeney of Carbondale,
and Rosser Davis Of Des Moines.
Sub-district No. has but one can
didate-A. ]. Gilbert of Boone.