Convention Meetings Draw National Attention This Week
Two major events attract public interest with meetings of the American National Livestock Association in Denver and the United Mine Workers of America in Indianapolis.
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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1908
Page
1
Two major events attract public interest with meetings of the American National Livestock Association in Denver and the United Mine Workers of America in Indianapolis.
Indianapolis hosts the nineteenth annual United Mine Workers of America convention as John Mitchell prepares to relinquish the presidency with vice president Pha Lewis widely expected to succeed. Delegates aim to renew the wage scale terms ahead of April 1 while signaling a likely amicable agreement with operators.
Washington dates set for an extra session in West Virginia and North Carolina to tackle tax and rate issues. Governors-elect Fort and Noel prepare to assume office, while liquor interests plan a model license conference in Louisville. King Edward's anniversary and a Chicago rail foreclosure loom as tensions and reorganizations shape the week.
Weather bulletin from Washington DC notes disturbances crossing the continent from the 17th to 21st with warm and cool waves. Forecasts place the next disturbance reaching the Pacific coast around the 22nd and affecting the Great Central Valleys and Eastern states by the 24th to 29th. January thaw expected for about a week, followed by freezing weather affecting winter grain, with February likely warm and dry in the central valleys and drier conditions in cereal states.
Charrette NC January 18. More than 2 060 000 spindles were represented at a conference of the Southern Hard Yarn Spinners Association the Southern Soft Yarn Spinners Association and the North Carolina Manufacturers Association. The present unsatisfactory condition of the cotton goods trade was thoroughly discussed and ways and means considered to be better protection of the cotton goods manufacturers.
Des Moines Iowa January 18 delegates from across the state attended the twenty seventh annual meeting of the Iowa State Traveling Men's Association. Officers reported the association in satisfactory condition with a gratifying rise in membership over the past year.
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