Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-09-21
THE CONDUCTORS.
End of the First Annual
Convention.
NEXT COMES THE EXCURSIONS.
|. Satisfactory Amount of Work
DOne-Several Trips Planned.
Next Years Officers.

The Convention of the Brotherhood of
Railway Conductors, which has been in
session during the past five days,
finished its work yesterday afternoon
and adjourned for one year. The session
was prolonged day hey ond what had
been expected by the officers, owing to
the amount of work which had &C.
cumulated and the numerous receptions
which. were rendered to the gathering.
The convention came together yester-
day morning at 9 o'clock and continued
in secret session until noon. A great
deal of work was accomplished. The
reports of the various committees which
were appointed at the beginning of the
convention to make changes in the con-
stitution and bylaws, and to revise and
elaborate the secret workings of the
order, were listened to and acted upon.
The changes effected in the laws were
such as to make the organization more
successful in carrying out the purposes
for which it was designed. The grand
officers of the Brotherhood are
made instructors and organizers of
the new divisions, and as this
work will require the application
of their time to the work of the order
they are placed on salaries-good sala-
ries, morever, it may be parenthetically
remarked.
The convention adjourned at noon for a
short recess of thirty minutes, and then
came back to work again. AT 2 O'Clock
representatives of the Brotherhoods of
Firemen and Brakemen put in an ap-
pearance, and speeches of welcome on
the one side and of sympathy and affilia.
tion on the other took place. The strike
on the Atlantic and Pacific, in which the
three organizations stood together for the
common advantage to successful issue,
was referred to and greeted with cheers.
The convention then proceeded to the
election of officers, and it was found that
such unanimity of opinion prevailed
that ballot was not necessary. Each
man was chosen without a contrary vote.
They were as follows: Grand Chief
Conductor, George W. Howard, OF Evans.
vile, Indiana, reelected; Assistant
Grand Chief Conductor, Charles T.
Moore, of Los,Angeles, reelected; Grand
Secretary and Treasurer, d. j. Carr, of
Los Angeles, reelected; Grand Senior
Conductor, Harry Hart, Of Pueblo, Colo. !;
Grand Junior Conductor, j. j. Nelson,
OF st. Louis, Mo-; Grand Inside Senti-
mel. W. s. Ford, of La Grande, Oregon;
Gran1 Outside Sentinel, F. W. Travis, of
Syracuse, N. Y; Grand Chaplain. G. L.
Houghwout, of Ashland, Wis.,; Execu.
tive Committee, J. G.. Ward, w. M.
Usher and w. H. Sheasby, all Of Los
Angeles.
Toledo, Ohio, was decided upon as the
place for the convention one year from
now. An insurance scheme has been
planned, and will be put into execution
as soon as possible. The headquarters
of the order will be continued in this
city, and the Office Of Secretary Carr will
be in the Elks Hall building at No. $50
South Main street.
A vote of thanks was passed to the
press, the City Council, the various rail-
road companies and all other individuals
and companies who have contributed to
make the stay of the Conductors in this
city an enjoyable one. At the end of the
session a special vote of thanks was
passed to the officers of the convention
for their untiring efforts to expedite work
and make things pleasant for the MEM
bers of the Brotherhood.
This morning at 8 40 large party OF
the Conductors and their families will
leave on the California Southern for San
Diego. Saturday evening there will be a
grand ball at the Coronado hotel. A
steamer will take the party for ride
around the bay, and the courtesies of the
town will be extended to them. The
California Southern road has offered two
elegant coaches for the use of the party
on this trip. They will return to this
city on Sunday, and on Monday will take
trip to Santa Monica, over the Los An
geles and Pacific road.
On Tuesday the Conductors will 60 up
to Santa Barbara, with special accommo-
dations provided for them by the South
ern Pacific. There will be a ball Tues
day night at the San Marcos, the parlors
of that hotel having kindly been offered
by it's manager, William Wyles. The
party will then return to Los Angeles
and scatter toward their homes.
In epite of the unusual heat which has
prevailed during the week of the con-
vention, the boys express themselves as
we'll pleased with Los Angeles and its
climate, and perfectly satisfied with the
reception with which they met. The
work of the convention all went off
smoothly and the results attained we're
in every way gratifying. As the organiza-
ton had its origin in Los Angeles, it was
very appropriate that it's first annull
convention should be held here. The
order is now rapidly extending all over
the Union, and in another year will
chow strength quite incommensurate
with the shortnes5 of the period of its ex-
istence. 1t was the Office of this first an
nual convention to prepare for the ex-
tension which is rapidly coming about,
and in this work it has succeeded admir-
ably.
In the evening q grand banquet was ten
dered to the Brotherhood by the citizens
Of Los Angeles at the Nadesu hotel. All
the members of the Brotherhood who
have been in attendance upon the con-
vention were present together with their
wives and families. About hundred
Of the prominent citizens of Los Angeles
were present.
The banquet was held in the main
dining room of the hotel. The tables
were arranged in the form of a horse shoe
and were tastefully decorated. An ele-
CANT menu card was printed for the &C.
casion and the viands we're of the finest
description. After their protracted labors
the Conductors had keen appetites and
tbo bo pCnok moo kIcrouOb1v oniouod