Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-06-19

-. MAHA'S welcome arch, spanning
FarnGm street between the city
hall and the Douglas county
-, court house, bears the symbols,
NNkAAl4N n. II. c. d. A.
NRA4kD IAe coal man will be around
tomorrow for a three days convention
Hence the Gate City. with it's warm west
ern hospitality, swings wide its portals to
the black diamond merchant and his col
leagues in the Northwestern Retail Coal
Dealers association.
once there was a man, so the Joke book
says, who professed to be a diamond mer-
chant because he sold peanuts and pop
corn at the ball Park. But the coal dealer
has come forth with the self-appropriated,
and perhaps plagiarized title of the black
diamond merchant because he claims to
have the best ground to substantiate his
claim. The coal man points to the fact
that the veins and seams of the old earth
from which he mines his crystalline lignites
produce more valuable more useful and
more necessary minerals than all the other
Jewel and treasure stores of the earth's
interior.
Now come the black diamond merchants
OF seven states to talk over the business
eituation, to listen to authorities on labor
conditions, to plan legislation that will
OF the public and to further promote that
spirit of cooperation and mutual benefit
among themselves that works to all that
Is good in the relations of man to man.
The coal men will come to Omaha from
all sections of Nebraska; they will come
from the coal fields of Iowa, Kansas and
MISSOURI and from the nelghboring states
OF Minnesota, North Dakota and South Da-
kota.
The convention will be in session three
days-Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday.
During those days the coal dealers will
keep in touch with Omaha with the con-
Vention itself and with the members
through the medium of a daily paper. pub
hshed by the coal dealers themselves.
The Convention Special" will be extra
editions of the Coal Dealer, the official
monthly organ of the Northwestern Retail
Coal Dealers association and will be is
sued each morning that the convention is
IN session. under the personal direction OF
Its editor, l. C. Cuveller of Minneapolis
Thus the diamond merchants have intro
duced an innovation into the convention
history OF Omaha. The special edition will
come out each morning Just as the morn.
Ang papers are issued. The work will be
night work-linotype operators proof
readers, pressmen the editor himself will
work nights just the same as the staff,
OF the great morning papers in the bi,
cities. Each morning the hundreds of dele
gates to the convention will receive copie,
OF the convention special giving comnlet,
proceedings of the day and the night ha
fore, speeches, discussions reports of off
GERS and committees. business proceedings
minutes, with society notes in full givin,
little personal notes about those present
Then the special will devote columns o
space TO Omaha telling of its attractions
us amusement features. and the plans 0
entertainment for the visitors.
Mr.. Cuvellier and his staff are already 4
Omaha and have made complete plans 10
printing the special daily newspaper. Tn
ioea is an original one with the editor an
marks the coal dealers convention as
star event in Omaha,
During the three days convention tn
following program win be carried out:
MONDAY.
First session, $3.50 D. m. sharp
Address OF Weloone-MayCr James {
DAhlman OF Omaha.
hespopse-H. A. FOLSOM Lincoln, Neb
Aodress-George Gregory, pre- ident NOrtf
western Retail Coal bearers ASSOCIATION.
Report-H. l.. Laird, secreta u treasure
Appointment of committees.
apoiis.
ADDRESS, Trade Building"
DorF.
r New business.
During the evening the coal dealers wi
be guests OF Omaha dealers and Knign
OF Ak-SarrB Ben, the big Nebraska Boos1sr
organization. The initiation witnessed !
five presidents, foreign ministers and Il
big men OF the world will be held al /.
Ak-Sar- Ben den. II will be followed by
dutch" a.ai ...,,,.
Second session, 1879 a. m. sharp.
Music--Masonic quartet.
Consideration OF these subjects;
(a) Code of Ethics Dy Committee
Wholesalers and Retailers
OBJ Shrinkage.
go Refusals.