The morning call., 1890-12-31
MINUS. THEIR GRIPS.
] Commercial Travellers Will Per.
IS manently Organize.
. Drummers of the Road" Assembled at the
Palace Decide to Join the National
5 q =. Protective Association.

:: A large number Of commercial travellers
assembled in Parlor. Al of the Palace Hotel
3: last.eyening. for the purpose Of forming a
new association. They represented almost.
every wholesale; business and their districts
comprised the whole Pacific. Coast and it
being the holidays they are: loft the road
and without grips -: :, &. - :.
= The number of: arrivals became so great
! that the parler was Soon filled. and packed,
! TO the::very3 doors, oyer: $50. being present.
An endeaIot was: made to-: secure larger
quarters. but without success. During the
entire meeting THE majority WAS: compelled
to stand, packing: tile :ffe0r.; up TO the very
CHARIOT the President t. while those who had
seats were GO ceated from view; =: s.: g
After a number ofproposst fens to- diQnrn
on account of the lijnffed:. space, S.: NJ.
Moods lied the. meeting ito. order. and I.
T J.Neach was: selnet led: tenn pD rarE President
and S.. NJ Woods Secretary. = Mf::V each
stated .tffaf theseb jeet:of thu gathering was
IosoIganize u com mere iai travellers associa-
>tio1i in order tei. obtain special privileges
while tray q ing, as: esIueed rates of
:. trans pottatisui JIM reused cconmoda tions
athotels ana MGR Q. bagg &c iaciHtie -
J*.: Gems derable disenssioa eaSued as to per-
Inanent org izatipf, some of the members
:ueS4l94ES=O Mlll.
California +: Travellers: Association, and
.teetiye Association of America, "a national
organization: =. =. .. .o'-.
i: - - ORG ANIZATIoN FAVORED.
: Finally committee, consisting of Messrs..
: Jacobs, Thornton, Pond, Kellogg and Laid
law. was appointed to consider the question
of organization and owing TO the little ia
miIiarity eflhe Chairman with .parliaine n It.
without having transacted any business:
The. Committee on Organization reported
= in favor of Joining the Travellers Protective
Association, and l.. II. Kellogg of that or
ganizatl0n appeared before the meeting and
stated that the national society had been
organized in Ohio, and soon grew SO rapidly
!, that il had now 1000 members. 1t paid
death and accident benefits, aud its dues are
$40 g. year. lit would assist State. branches
insecuring fair and equitable transportation
rates, and had associate members among
merchants. there being 200 alone in St.
.. Louis:
3 The society had sobtained, mileage tickets
for as much as 5000 miles at cents mile
:; national association will protect and
: sustain: all Suits divisions. 1T. had saved
!. hotelsbIIls: f0r.drGmners with their grip in
( some scases. as:l1iuch as $50 ON single trip
: ts:Df GqEfIsei .said the; SPEAKER, t'that money
>doesn' t:go into tEtiE own poeketS-they save
( that tof. heir enpldyer -The .fainark was
ltL
=, tlir bed tile: Speaker: !: \: :: -: +:
= !: Z. HOME r RoTEcTIoN :URGEn.:
I'll: xandeT Rhsse llef the: Cali f9rhia stated
!: that he represented that body but many of
esef selit "a that they. had never
heard Of r." Al ft; Russell. boWegef. made "a
j b ose RreSe iff liala with
ssdciety, saying ii i5in tile interest
;.6ff lr6tf 0tee would then be "a Ilu-
j tlfal hgnefit...4 he local association ia iIaade
: sllis and lost: me HlbeTs, but that was
+ aint sort; .Stillft: had $1,000
I'm j lie local society is. " filing
to sflTenlte :haf 6f:-fts1eXecuttye affices to
= tile eM mem beEs, and Mfr 4 ASSET sand that
( as den he: Motf i'd step doWii:a ndsout :
tller urged: that ItieaEasteTn body
E e0Qld no Secure any3frduced. riftes and he
had: bfnsel been BY. kigl official Of
ST itllerIfa Psejfic: liberals another
rfltro3Q lat ME- give you:better ace6nlIlo-
IS 90 to. IAN u rrte reduced
are for the ber eft Oft he 10y er, not
Tire Iliet. " hat the. atter:N a1ted are
: Head and ~ ITtaaE benefits: which
COZ e Best Up stailtea han ,iHdepende nt
&. secreiar5 Nils Of the Galifernis Society
waSG ask What good that body had ever
he: stated :tlfat ii had de fe9ied lie
= lllceilss g VI in tie acife Coast .States:
Ite. Stated that lie had *a.l eiteE:ff0h
: afriend. In asEichi 81 ri which Informed him
, thatztAe eonrmerclal ztra yelers in that State
drfn of p4i while a4fiiiated with :the ma
Z ti9Iiill deI &c hep then orEanizea indie
Il pendsni are n0 " pEos she rim esgreatly.
s: *.s=.: he er TEN pIsINrER RED.
Con sci Of tile discussion which fol-
owed. pafl F8nieii tslry:f knots :af ose which
: Sere:tQp insQ lived for the Chairman 10 unite,
and. the proceedings: we're soon: a maze Of
oEflsi o1i;s he efigrn al quesfio ni:was in
all V dlSi nserT4a ont of the mass :of motions
Into Whth.it had been buried, and the com
iiittee7sS Tep0rti was laid: upon the table, to
the relief OF the: tire MEETING; " 80:
secret bFitlot. was chem ordered to be
3 taken 10 deeidesW bet her the members would
jul q Hen ationaf society or ibecoRe merged
into tlit: Local 0iie.cs-: =. -.
Is One aSt ute. traye Ter moved THAT each ;mem-
beT Is. nam e On hts ballot in order to
=: prevent brittle; soon wished himself
"a ifs gex press sy1len told that tile ballot
; would n0tzbe Seeret.In that: event. He said
he ing to treat. ~ ~ The result OF the
citing s. ~ 5inf axo1 of the Il aiiohaf Asso-
:cfatigl and 20 for the local body -. ;;
: tfnltiel ton was them called to the
: elIair. and business: was transacted with
: some sign Of eSRedition. Thomas Bruton
Z was se4ect ted as SECRETARY. :. S.: =:
! I! all those present signed the
! Toils fElle: following cofitiuittee was APP
Z 3Ol1lted To draw up "a permanent plah of
afi0ls 10! port on Friday next at a
zldacestp< be adyertfsed- I'D: A. Wilson, Ne.
lacobs,, II; L. X ellegg;y r. p. Eaidlaw, d.
: sSsaYage 4; =, :Edniop' and Daniel Brdson
7...l re; was CHI enthusiasm at the result
of tile. evening" IS. 1aboEsr and great things
are expected of.the new. 0rsanfzation.