Evening star., 1895-11-09

bers. The convention Was in session for
one week and organized the National Bro
constitution, ritual and all other parapher-
MALTA necessary for national organization.
Henry Miller of st, Louis was elected
grand president; F. c.. Hartung of Indian
apolis, first grand vice president; F. J.
Heizelman Of Toledo second grand vice
president; T. J. Finnell of Chicago. third
grand vice president and grand organizer,
and ]. T. Kelly of St. Louis. grand secre-
tary-treasurer.
Immediately after the convention Grand
President Miller went to Birmingham, Ala,
to attend the convention of the American
Federation of Labor, and while there made
arrangements for afiliatton with that body.
While in Birmingham he organized a
union tfere and proceeded to New Orleans
and initiated the existing union in that
city into the brotherhood.
FROM New Orleans he proceeded 10
Memphis, then to Nashville, Louisville and
Cincinnati. organizing a union in each city
In the latter city he initiated the existing
union as No. 13. and organized the linemen
into separate union, No II. He next or
ganized Columbus and Cleveland, Ohio, and
Detroit, Mich, where he met with the same
success, and then proceeded east and organ
lied unions in Pittsburg. Wheeling, Wash
ington, Baltimore, Philadelphia. Jersey City,
Paterson. Newark, Brooklyn, Boston, New
York city, Albany. Utica, Syracuse. Roches-
ter and Buffalo. In the meantime Grand Or
ganizer Finnell organized unions in Kansas
Sity, oiudHd, ol raul ana MilHedpoHS, ala
initiated Milwaukee and Duluth in the
brotherhood. st. Joseph and Terre Haute
We're organized. This made forty-three
unions organized under the constitution and
laws of the National Brotherhood of Elecrr:-
cal Workers. twenty-seven of which were
represented at the second convention which
met in Chicago November H. 1892.
The Chicago Convention.
THE Chicago convention was very sue
cessful. and before it closed the Electrical
Union In New York city, known as 546S A.
+. OF L., made application to the convention
Tor charter, which was granted, and the
union took it's place as No. 3 in the brother
hood. At this convention the death benefits
for both members ard members wives We're
doubled and the executive board was IN
creased from five to nine members. 1t was
also decided to start an Official journal at the
beginning of 1893. On the last day of the
convention Henry Miller was reelected
grand president and J. T. Kelly grand sec
retary-treasurer. with the following new
members on the boards: p F. Healy of Jer-
sey City, F. j. Roth of Kansas City, J. J.
Wires of New Orleans John Dunn of Cleve-
land, P. ]. Fleming of Minneapolis, john
Allen OF Wheeling, c. j. Edstrands Of Chi
caso. During the second year of the exist
ence OF The national brotherhood Grand
President Miller was on the road all the
time, and organized unions at Springfield,
Mass; Bridgeport. New Haven and Hart
ford. Conn; Reading. Scranton, Wilkes
barre, Harrisburg, York. Lancaster, Will
Transport and Altoona, Pa, and Bingham
ton, N. Y, while during the same time from
the general office and by the other eXecu-
tive officers unions were organized at At
lanta, Ga; Providence, r. l.; Boston, Mass;
Sedala, Mo-; Bloomington, ILL.,; Brming-
ham, Ala; Peoria Ill; Des Mo;nes, Ia;
Salt Lake City. Utah; San Antonio, Texas;
Los Angeles Cal. st. Louis, NO., and Gin
cinnati, Ohio. making total of s:xty-nve
unions owing allegiance to the National
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers of Amer
lea when the third annual convention met in
Cleveland, Ohio"