Evening star., 1895-10-09
THE ELECTRICAL CONVENTION.
1t is to Be Held Here Next Month!
Novel Parade.

Novel Parade.
Local Union No. 20, Electrical Workers,
has received official notice from Grand
Secretary-Trea surer Kelly of the National
Brotherhood at St. Louis that Washing
ton has secured the convention by a hand
some majority, and that he has sent Gre
dentials to all the unions announcing the
fact that the next convention will be held
here from November IL to II, instead of
the 18th to the 18th, as heretofore appoint
ed. 1t is understood that the arrangements
being made by the convention committee
of Local Union No. 26, Electrical Workers.
for the convention are progressing finely
The large hall of Typographical Temple
has been secured for the meetings, and the
smaller rooms will be utilized for COM
mittee purposes. From the information al
ready received, it is inferred that there will
be about 125 or 15O delegates in attendance,
representing unions in all parts of the
country.
The headquarters for the delegates will
be at No. ST 7th street northwest where
i'll short time a banner announcing the
forthco ming event will be displayed and
arrangements completed for Illuminating
the front of the building during the ses-
sicns of the convention with electricity.
The Electrician, paper published in Chi
cago, recently printed an article, intimat ting
that the members of the craft in Washing
ton do not know how to give a convention
great send-of, and this fact having come
to the knowledge of some Of the members
of the union here. they have been spurred
to greater activity than ever in the matter
and are determined that the delegates shall
have no cause to regret that Washington
has been selected as the place for the BIZ
ennial meeting.
The subcommittee which has been COL
iecting funds for the entertainment of the
delegates have met with much encourag ge-
| ment from the business men they have
called upon.
The following is part of the program so
far adopted for the entertainment of the
delegates: Monday. reception by the District
Commissioners, with an address of welcome
by one of the members, probably President
Ross, Immediately after which the conven-
ton will be called to order by Grand Presi-
dent Sherman of Rochester, N. Y. Tuesday
after the transaction of the business for
the day, the delegates will visit the White
House, and. 1t is expected will be received
by President Cleveland the same evening
the delegates and members of No. 26 will
visit the National Theater; Wednesday, af-
| ter adjournment of convention for the day,
the delegates will visit the Capitol and the
new Congressional Library building, and in
the evening the members Of the union and
the delegates will be entertained at the
Academy of Music. Thursday night an
electric street parade. on which occasion,
for the first time, there will be seen on the
streets a complete plant-engine, dynamo
and switch board-the engine and dynamo
running and furnishing light to the car
TiaSeS containing lne ueleSaleS TO the con-
vention and members of No. 26. 1t is ex-
pected that there will be many other So
cieties of organized labor in line, but the
dynamo will not be heavy enough for other
than the delegates and the others in the
| carriages to avail themselves of the cleo
tricity generated by it.
Friday will be occupied with business and
at night a banquent will be given the dele
gates by the members of Local 20, to which
| there will be invited a large number of
prominent men, including many of the hest
known electricians in the United States and
Canada; Saturday will be the closing day of
the convention.
Mr. Geo E. Dunton has extended. through
President John NJ. Berger of Local, No. 26,
the of his halls to the convention COM
mittee for the delegates during the con-
vention.