The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-12
TEMPERANCE MEN convene
Annual Session of the State c. T. A.
Union 10 PittStOn.
WHAT THE UNION COMPRISES
List Of Delegates and Societies Repre-
senied- Officers Give Encouraging Re.
ports Of the Organizations Growth
and Excursion to City.

Pittston was honored yesterday with
the state convention of the Catholic
Total Abstinence union, an organiza-
tion comprising the Father Mathew So
cietieS not members OF the Diocesan
unions.
The sessions were held in st. Alloy
sius hall. the convention being under
the auspices of the st. Aloysius society.
In the early morning the delegates at
tended mass in a body at st. Johns
church. Rev. John Finnen. the cele-
hrant, delivered an appropriate SER
mon and invoked u blessing ON the dele
gates and the convention. At 10 o'clock
fhe morning session was opened by ID.
I. Mccarthy, of Williamsport, presi-
dent of tine state union. l.. s. McC;raw,
of Williamsport: J. j. Delaney. of
Shamokin. and John Graur. of Shenan-
doah. the committee on credentials,
reported the following delegates in at
tendance:
st. Andrew's-J W. Kelley
{. I. A. union, T:oga-John Lyons.
81. lgnatius. Centralia-John l.. Laugh
lin.
ST. Joseph's. Danville-John +. Murphy.
81. Johns, Frusality--L. r. Whiteman.
ST. Mary Magdelen. Lost Creek-John J.
McGrath and Thomas }. Mcclure.
81. Aloysus, Mt. carmel-Thomas j.
O'Donnell.
ST. Aloysus. Plttston-Alphonsus cav
ley, John O'Rorke and Joseph Coyne.
Father Mathew, PittstonEJohn 4, Col
ler and NJ. W. Morris.
81. Johns 7. a. b., Port Griffith
James Devers, Martin Carney and Mi
chael GILLESPIE.
ST. Patricks T. A. B.. shamokin-J. J.
Delaney, Joseph Cotter.
St. John the Baptist. Shamokin-C. w.
Dersarch.
Annunciation Shenandoah-Jas.- Grant.
a.
Father Mathew, WilliamSport-Edward
s. McGraw. and James Mcnamara.
Cadets, Will.amsport-J. Z. Murphy.
Father Mathew, Sharon-Jas. a. Tigue
Sacred Heart, Ridgeway-James ou'n-
nan.
ST. Johns. Shamokin-J. ]. McHale.
The Honorary Representatives.
Honorary representatives. NJ. ]. Gill
lespie Martin Gaffney and James
Devers. representing st. Johns society,
Port Griffith: John A. Collier and NJ. w.
Morris. the Father Mathew society, of
Pittston.
After the appointment of the various
committees President Mccarthy deliV-
cred his annual address. in which he
congratulated the union on its growth
during the year. and gave them some
wholesome advise and timely sugges-
tions for extending the work of the or
SaniZation.
The report of Horace $. Whiteman.
of Williamsport, secretary of the union
showed that the Catholic Total Abstin-
ence union. of Pennsylvania, is COM
posed of forty-tive societies. The total
membership of the union is 2,55i, gain
of 4S3 during the past year. This Is
the largest membership in eight years.
Seven new societies We're organized
during the year and one disbanded.
Benefits paid during the year were
to the amount of $5,700S3.
Treasurer j. j. Ely, of Jeanette, re-
ported that there was a balance in the
treasury of 1856 10: s432.2S was re-
ceived during the year and s125.S4 ex-
pended.
The president appointed the follow
ing committees: Resolutions, John A.
Collier NJ. ]. Berry. Pittston: Kelley.
Blossburg; O'Haron. Shenandoah;
Murphy. Danville: Mcnamara. Will
Transport; Mclaughlin. Centralia and
Thomas j. O'Donnell, Mt. Carmel.
Constitution, John Lyons, John G.
Murphy and Thomas J. Mciuire. Aud
iting. l.. T.. Whiteman. Alphonsus Nc
Cauley and John ORorke.
President McCnrthy's Reports.
The report of President Mccarthy of
the proceedings of the national conven-
tion in st. Paul, in 1894, and to New
York in 1895, to which he was delegate.
was given and a vote of thanks was
rendered him by the convention.
Last evening the delegates We're ten
dered an excursion to Scranton to wit
ness the Fall of Pompeil."