The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-08-29
NO COAL STRIKE IN KANSAS
Miners and Operators Reach Agree
ment on New Contract at Kansas
City Conference.

City Conference.
a joint committee representing the
United Mine Workers of America,
District II, comprising the state Of
Kansas and Vernon and Bates cOun-
| ties, Missouri, and the Southwestern
Interstate Coal Operators Associa-
| ton reached an agreement on a new
biennial working contract at Kansas
City.
Conferences have been held daily
by the committee for several months
| and the agreement was precipitated,
it is said, by the attitude of the Kan
| sas coal miners, who threatened to
strike unless a contract to replace the
old one. which expired July 81. was
| agreed upon at once.
The new contract covers working
! conditions largely, the tonnage weight
| scales and day wage scales having
! been renewed by agreement several
weeks ago. Among other things for
which definite rules are laid down are
yardage, dead work and deficient
work
Other joint committees represent
| ing the operators and miners in Mis-
| souri,, Arkansas and Oklahoma, in con-
| ference, announced that agreements
had not yet been reached. but that
negotiations were expected TO close
early in the week
Building Many siIos.-More siIos
| have been built in Leayenworth coun-
| " during the last two weeks than
! ever before, and others now are in
| course Of construction With their
sllOs filed, the farmers will be assured
| Of fodder for their live stock during
the winter
Three Hurt by ExpIosion.-Three
| persons were injured at Cherryvale
when a gas explosion wrecked the
large plate glass front Of twO-story
building The structure was badly
| damaged. a fire which followed the
explosion was quickly extinguished-
Callahan Rearrested.-John Gala
han, who eluded the sheriff Of Sumner
county about two months ago, while
proceeding in habeas corpus was pend
ing in the probate court of Sedgwick
county, has been rearrested at Ponca
City. Ok.
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Don c. Porter DIes-Don C. Porter
for 35 years a drug salesman in Kan
sas, died at his home in Wichita He
was a charter member of the Wichita
Shrine and a member of the consfs-
tory He was also charter member
OF the Wichita E1ks lodge. Seven
years ago ne went to the City of Mex
l
and helped make former President Diaz
member of the order.
Laid Cornerstone-The cornerstone
Of the new court house for Wallace
| county was laid recently at Sharon
Springs Charles C Chandler, grand
master Of the Kansas Masons- presid-
ed over the ceremonies and Judge J.
c. RupenthaI Of the Twenty-third Dis
rtict made the address The court
house will cost $4,000
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Fist Blow KiiIs.-Church c. Harmon.
| 30 years old, a clerk. met Samuel
Tate, 80 years old, in Wichita, follow
| ing a quarrel over an eviction suit
which involved a horse trade Han
non struck Tate on the chin, knock
| ing him down Tate died immediate
| " and Harmon is held without bond
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To Try 100 Liquor cases.-The two
divisions OF the district court in Sedg-
wick county viii hearsOver a hundred
| liquor cases next month. Raids on
| joints in Wichita have been general,
and as a result, in two months seven
ty-five convictions have been made in
police court
Dies From Accident.-WilIiam B
Ward. a stoekman Of CoIdwater.
whose feet were cut OF when a Santa
Fe train struck his motor car, Is dead
in a hospital at Wichita Ward was
43 years old
Would Bar LiaUor.-Assistant At
tOTney General Harold Codding has
! applied for an injunction TO restrain
the Loyal Order Of Moose from hand
ling liquor in its club rooms in Leav-
enworth. It is understood If this in
junction is granted that similar pro-
ceedings against other fraternities
viii be taken
Motor Robbers in Kansas.-RobberS
who slipped quietly into town IN a no
tor car robbed the postofice at St
Francis and took $500 in cash. The
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