Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 December 1908 — MINERS ELECT LEADER TODAY [ARTICLE]

MINERS ELECT LEADER TODAY

Lewis and Walker Are the Two Candidates. RACE A VERY CLOSE ONE Vote Will Be Canvassed In Indianapolie and Announced at the International Convention Which Will Be Called to Order In the Bame City on the Nineteenth of January—States and Canada Represented. Indianapolis, Dec. 8. —The union coal miners of the United Stateß and Canaila vote for their International officers today. Indications are that the race for John Mitchell's place, which has been filled during the last year by T. L. Lewis, is going to be close. The two candidates are T. L. Lewis of Ohio, who seeks re-election, and John M. Walker, president of the Illinois miners. The vote will be canvassed in Indianapolis and announced at the International convention, which will meet here Jan. 19.