The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-06-07
SYNOPSIS or TIE PROCEEDINGS
The National GrAAd Lodge
IRON AND STEEL HEATERS
or the nlted states.
Al the held Allegheny City Ps MAY 9Th Eth
sth and yth, ISIS


Lbdbc " bhe Associated brotherhood vi Iron
and steal Heaters Of the United States ~
America The session was opened in due
form, Worthy Grand Sire Thomas p Jones,
of Chicago IN the char tirand Officers pres
ent
W. ;. Thomas p Jones, Of Chicago
" NJ G.. Evan =. Evans, Of Bay View,
Wisconsin.
W T. g. ;. John Rees, of Chicago.
W ~ b Morgan u. Davies, of Allegheny
| city. Pennsyl
W q. K sc. James ID Kelly. Of Joliet. II.
| hnos
The hrst business OF the session after the
formal opening was the appointing by { e W
q. ; OF James Clancy and samuel Rowley as
Committee on Credentials, after which re
cess was ordered, awaiting the report OF the
I Committee
Alter a short interval the Committee ~
| Credentials reported follows
We tnd that the Brethren named below ar,
duly accredited by their Lodges To represent
them A. delegates t. TINS Convention
FnedshIp Lodge No L. Of Chicago liz, 10
seph McPharson, representing - members
Union Lodg- NJ. 1. ot Lp,ngtou, ky
Samuel Ro~Iey and George fettlr, represent
. ing 80 members
cream City Lodge No /, 81 Bay View,
\ WIS, James Clancy ami r. II. Evans repre-
4 sentIng - members
Equity Lodge NO. ). oi Bethlehem, Pa
Adam VIM Schsda, representing 10 mem
Ders
Grant Lodge No 3, Of south Chicago, IN
John Recs and + l. Fns ,rty, representing %
members
Detroit River Lodge NJ L. Of Wyandotte.
Mich. Horace Bessie, representing 70 me H.
I Ocrs
/ Friendship Lodge, No. 4. OF Allentown, Pa
V Richard Wall, representing Fl menbers
Law cnCe Lodge No I, Of lrontun, ONO,
George Miller, representing II members.
7 Stone tlty Lodge No. ,, III Joliet. Ill ],
James l.. Nelly, representing Is members
Vulcan Lodge NJ. /, Of C.urOndolet, No
I Richard sullivan, representing ~ members
superior Lodge ND |. u Allegheny Cry 4,
I Pa, john ''ritt,ns and Timothy IdA@=y, rep
reseuuug 2 members.
7 Devstur Lodge No. 4, 81 Decst H. m. Thos
>Mntpn, representing 10 members
stark Lodge NO. 2, u Alliance. o., John (
. Lewis tepry,,uI : IA members
Y Lincoln y id-, MP. ,. % Springfield. Ill
Benjamin >lau-trr. iePr--entin. IA mem
ucl~
rho-mn Lodge NJ. J. " rn,ruiA,lIle. Pa.
Samuel NleA, rrpresg utiug 3 members.
oungst1~u Lodge No. ), ut Youngstown,
uuo, BruIamH Evans, representing p mem
beers
New Albany Lodge NJ 1. q New AL
5any l.a.. +" nm Jone-. representing Il mem
bvfs
"a r.a,i.a -.., irn..- a. aessaf-.j. and the
Cu--n4tty- u.-. .-tl-.
Tine w. O.. =. ,A.a 81, .ed ~ T. 81, ess oy
appointing the following Lul...-lrr Je- IL In
quire into the state % the Order, Adam VIM.
Schada, John h. Lewis. sam lel Rowley 4,
Legislative Committee, Richard sullivan Geo
ALller, Samuel Smell Finance COMMITTEES.
John Bees Joseph MePharson. Morgan d.
Dawes; On Regah2, James Clancy, +. L Fo-
.arty, Horace fessle.
After which the , invention adjourned to
meet a 80 clocA r. ~.
AFTERNOON sL~>ION
At the appointed hour e Convention re
assembled and was opened ID ,-e form
The delegates ot SUI lodges were directed
g report the condition Of their Lodges to the
Committee Oh state o. order
Inc ca penses VI the Grand Lodge were re-
terred to the Legislative Committee
The question u admitting breakdown heat
ers INTO the Brotherhood a. lett tu the ludg
ment and discretion VI sub Lodges, with the
provision, u they are adwItteu, when they
take a WI hdrawai card from the Lodge the
words n Breakdown Heaters shall lie rem
serted ia IT,
After recess Of ten minutes, the W C..
5 : report ot the proceedings Of the Grand
Lodge Tor the past year was read and received
with hearty applause The sddr,ss a.
follows
GENTLEME~ AID bktrrFf- y Is a lutte
more than eight months sacy th- hIs, ou-
ventIOu # the A = VI | 4 ) II met IN
Chicago, County N Cook, and state Of Hi
mons For the PURPOSE OF consolidating all
heaters into one grand mon or Brotherhood
at the same time 1t was considered advisable
to form a G.. L., whose directions aud teach
Ings should be final and binding On all, and
whose object should be the protey ton Of our
rights and privileges working men, and the
ele, alton OF our fellow craftsmen from that
morDid state Of Indifference into which they
had fallen, more or less M every mill through
out these United States how lar We have
succeeded IN accomplishing our object will be
our report progresses Ii will be re-
membered by all the Brothers VINO were pres
ent at our hrst Convention that great deal
was accomplished during the time We were
together, yet when the labor II that ony en.
tIoh closed, and myself with Brothers Me
Pharson, Rees ana Kelly were appointed a
committee on printing and unfinished works.
| found that We were lett M very unenviable
position, having the Constitution revised
To re-write together with the Ritual and ali
other things necessary to make our organiza-
tIon success, and, although | felt thankful
to the Brothers for their marx ~ respect and
esteem IN cOnferrng upon NE the highest git
in their power, Yet when l Thought OF the
magnitude OF the work before me, aud how
much would be expected VI me and knowing
the utter lmpossIDlllty Of pleasing all, felt
that 1t would have been well Tor lie # the lot
mad fallen some else, feeling a. | did
THAT fhara NJ harf,.r attlt.sl ~,
the position than was, nevertheless | re-
solved to do my duty and set about the work
In earnest, being very ably assisted BY Broth
ers McPharsOn, Kelly, Evans and Rees Fav-
ing as 1 SAID before resolved to do what |
cOuld, nrst set about getting the ConstItu-
ton and Ritual ready Tor the press, and | can
assure You that ~ was very tlresune work IN
deed Letters began to come IN from one to
ten day, and all requesting to be answered
by return OF mail, which necessarily dJ layed
my progress In getting other things ready tor
the press, and / found it necessary to write
from two To three hours per day, and often
eight to ten on sundays. Still 1t is long road
that mas no turning, and | was finally enabled
70 turn into tine press the Constitution and
Ritual, with cards, etc.
Ana now, Brothers, the next question that
presented ITSELF to my mind was where are
the funds coming from TO bear or defray the
printing expenses. But As | had heard sew
eral OF the Brothers speaking Of the solvency
OF their several Lodges, and not only thai,
but suggesting that each sub Lodge should
advance "a loan to the Grand Louge a por-
ton OF their surplus capital. | therefore
thought that l had nothing to do but make
the request for the amount necessary, hoping
that by 20 doing | should not be necessltated
to impose a Tax, accordingly between the 10Th
and 26th OF November, 1872, | wrote to the
various Lodges requesting assistance in the
shape Of loan, but am sorry TO say that none
responded except WheAtlsnd and Cream City,
the Brothers Of Wheatland sent twenty-ti
dollars, and Cream City paid for the printing
of the reports of the Convention, winch was
twenty dollars.
Friendship Lodge No. /, of Chicago. paid
their ten dollars for Rituals and Charter,