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Show t" s-tln. C tcU ar.l Frr '. '. -nt : ! T: o ( . 1 1 e v ;:i ..:eu.-s U.e ti.:..iar'te t .:v,.iin. r;i.:.:;. : cli ', i. i., ; .r. 'i : . '.1 f (. , , i.ti. i ff the Ur.lt-l a . . s v,r.s c.v'.:- J to c:J r to-t'iy, to-t'iy, Tr- !.T,nt I.:iU! :i at orce s n-r. n-r. iunc i the ohject for whl. '.i the convention con-vention had been calieJ. Sail he: "Tl :'t convention la callol that you may (i-termlne what action you may tit-hire to take on the wage question. In the central competitive district the operators have offered the present scale, which was defeated by the miners, mi-ners, and a motion la pending In the joint conference, offered by myself, to restore the 8cale of 1903 for'two years. "In the southwest district the delegates dele-gates have proposed a settlement on the basis of a restoration of the scale of 1303, with an advance of three cents a ton In the mining scale at the basing points." A motion that the action of the scale committee be Indorsed was adopted. . A delegate asked how the scale of 1903, If adopted, -would affect Illinois so far as the shot-firers law was concerned. con-cerned. President Mitchell replied that It was his understanding; that the miners would not waive their rights under that law. by agreeing; to the 1903 scale, with the same conditions. - After being- in convention-a short time and Indorsing the - action of the scale committees, the miners adjourned to meet in the Joint conference with the operators at 2 p. m, today. FRESHETS ARE UNPRECEDENTED Snovfdls" followed by 7cra Weather Prove Disastrous. : CHEYENNE, Wyo., March 2.-Con-tlnued warm weather following a heavy snowfall has 'caused unprecedented freshets in all parts of Wyoming. Numberless Num-berless bridges have been destroyed and Irrigation will . be -. affected In many quarters by the washing out of Irrigation Irriga-tion dams, including the temporary diversion di-version dam. of the pathfinder project of the reclamation service at Alcova. The pipe-line supplying the city of Rock Springs, a big coal camp on the Union Pacific railroad, has been partly washed, out and the town Is depending upon water trains which the railroad has established. '', |