Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-18
FINAL ARRANGEMENT MADE.
the C. M. B. A. TO HOLD A BIG coNvEN.
TON NEXT MONTH.

Programme Of the Meeting - Prominent
Catholics From All Over the State to be
Present-Monsrer Reunion AT Rock Point
on the 25ih.
The Advisory Council of the Catholic
Mutual Beneficial Association met last
night in Imperial hall and made the final
arrangements for the annual State conven-
tion and reunion. The former is to be held
in this city Tuesday, September 9. The re-
union is to be held at Rock Point, Monday,
the 25th inst, and s, 900 or 10, 600 people are
expected to be present.
The convention is to be attended by about
160 delegates, coming from all parts of the
State. They will represent $3.50 members,
and will be in the city all week. The dele
gates will arrive Monday evening, and will
be quartered at the Seventh Avenue Hotel.
On Tuesday morning they will assemble in
Union Veteran Legion Hall and march TO
st. Paul's Cathedral, where solemn high
mass will be sung by Rev. Father Keenoy,
Spiritual Adviser of the State. After the
mass they will return to the hall, where the
convention will be opened BY President j.
b. Fox, of Bradford. After dinner the re-
port of the Grand officers will be read, sug-
gestions will be made for amendments to
the constitution and the work referred to
committees. In the evening the latter
will work, and reports will be made to the
convention the following day. On Wednes-
day evening a mass meeting will he held in
Carnegie Hall, Allegheny, which will be
addressed by number of prominent speak
ers. Among them will be Hon. Judge J.
f. Connolly, of Scranton. The election of
officers will be held ON Thursday, and in
the evening a banquet will be rendered the
delegates at the Seventh Avenue. Friday
will be devoted to sightseeing around the
city, and the exposition will be
visited in the evening. On Saturday
the delegates will be given a peep
into the big mills and workshops.
The following named compose tine Com
mittee of Arrangements:
NJ. H. Hager, Chairman: NJ. J. Clark. ]. NJ.
MOls%phy P E. Nash BE- E. J. hii,n FEaueRheim aH F.
Seidenstricker, ST., F. J. Manly.
The gentlemen on the Reception Commit
tee are as follows:
]. W. Sullivan, Chairman: ]. 8, Meg uire, P.
w. Gallagher, G. W. Gardner, Jr,, L. d.
Buckley J. A. Burns M, b. Hager. j. Murphy,
D. McWilliams, l. Schrott, ]. A. Letzkus, NJ.
j. McMahon, ]. NJ. Molamphy. Philip Brady, ].
s. Garrahan. J. Keller. G. seidenstricker, ST.,
Freinstein, F. ]. Brady, w. F. EichenIaub, T.
S. Grace, e. P. Keefer, z. ]. Zaegle, William
McAlister, J. ]. Kennedy, F. W. 1mmekus, c.
V. LaC06r, LII. de " n1Sa1 d. nCSalley,
A. Schillo.
The other committees are: Hall, M. j.
Clark, F. J. Albrecht. T. NJ. Brophy;
Printing, j. A. Burns, Philip Brady, NJ.
J. Mcmahon; Hotels, F. j. Albrecht, f. J.
Mentz, Adam Meyers; Finance, P. G. Nash,
c. Seidenstricker, Sr., M. j. Maxwell;
Music and Mass, J. M. Molamphy, j. A.
Burns, J. II. Savage, A. Frauenheim, A.
j. Schiller.
One hundred passenger coaches have been
ordered to convey the people to the reunion
on the 25th. A gold-mounted gavel, offered
by McMahop Bros. & Adams, will be pre-
sented to the branch President winning the
presidents foot race. A handsome paper
weight will be given to the Secretary win
ming the secretaries race. The other prizes
are an emblem of the order for the fat mems
race, gold-headed umbrella for the sack race,
an emblem for the free-for-all race and gold
designs for the boys races. Two games of
baseball will be played between representa-
tives of branches 50 and AZ and branches 60
and 3S. The music for the dancing will be
furnished by Engle's Orchestra. The first
train will leave at $50 A. M, city time. The
organization numbers among its members
the best Catholics in the two cities. and
nothing will be left undone to make the
event enjoyable to everybody.