The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-07
Senior ORDER MECHANICS
Meeting of State Council Will Begin
This Morning.
PRELIMINARY SESSIONS HELD
One Was Held Yesterday Afternoon
and the Other in the Evening.
Programme That Has Been
Mapped Out for Today.

Delegates from every part of the
state arrived in the city yesterday to
attend the forty-ninth annual session
of the state council of the order of
Senior United American Mechanics,
which will open this morning \at .
o'clock. in the Ancient Order United
Workmen's hall, on Lackawanna ave-
nue..
preliminary meeting of the Fu-
neral Aid association, of Pennsylvania,
an auxiliary of the order. was held yes
terday at y. M, when the following
secretary's report was presented
I'm pursuance of the law enacted at
the last annual session of the state
association, requiring the annual re-
port to be made up to April l. of each
fiscal year. i have the honor to present
the following as summary of the work
done during the past year. The past
year has been one of unusual depres-
sion in finances all over the country.
This will account for the number of
suspensions, and the slow accessions to
our ranks. In almost every instance
have found that members allowed
themselves to fall in arrears not be-
cause they had no faith in the aid,
but because of lack of employment, l
have made every effort under the au-
thority given me at our last session to
keep the aid before the members of the
order: 10000 circulars were sent out, eX-
planning its features and hundreds of
personal letters We're written in re-
sponse to Inquiries. There are several
facts that | desire to particularly i'm
press upon our members.
1st. The small number of assess
ments. There was during the year, II
deaths. and assessments were levied.
making the total cost per member for
assessments and the years dues, $1O5;
of these seven beneficaries were paid
800. The fund in September warrant
ing the commencement of the payment
of $780,
During the year eight assessments
were issued, costing the members
eighty cents and twenty-five cents an
maui dues, hence the total cost per
member was but fraction over two
cents per week. The report was signed
by A. B. Saybolt. of Philadelphia.
After the report had been discussed
and action taken on the same, the fol-
lowing members of the association
were elected: President, Robert NJ.
Johnston, Pittsburg; vice president.
Isaac II. Rain. Leesport; secretary. A.
b. Laybolt, Philadelphia; treasurer,
Charles II. Kurtz, Philadelphia; direc-
tors. for three years, Walter Graham,
Philadelphia; Samuel NJ. Wagner, Me-
chanicsburg; Howard o. Holstein, Har-
risburg; William H. Wind, Philadel-
phia.
Number of Members Reported.
The numerical report showed the
number of associations in the aid on
April l, 1895 to be rs as compared with
"a for the previous year, and the number
of members 1895. there having been 449
received during the year and 1856 sus-
pended The total revenue was S4l995
and the expenditure $22l39. The state
ment of the assessment fund showed the
total revenue for the year to be 81, ,O63. so
and the amount paid to beneficiaries
$4,000, leaving balance of $1638O and a
total amount of $362.36 in the treasury.
During the meeting the secretary re-
ported that $500 members would soon
be added to the society, thus increasing
the funeral claim per member to the
sum of $3.50.
An evening session as also held for
the reception of delegates and ex-state
councillors, when about $50 members
were received in addition to the seven
ty-five members who were present at
the opening of the meeting. The Of
GERS in charge are State Councillor.
Robert NJ. Johnson, Pttsburg: State
vice-councellor, Howard o. Holstein,
Harrisburg; state council secretary
Walter Graham, Philadelphia: state
council treasurer, Charles II. KurtZ,
Philadelphia; state council inductor j.
A. Wachob. Big Run; state council ex-
aminer, w. G. Hilligas, Quakerstown;
state council protector, p. A. Barnum
Today's Programme.
Mayor Connell will deliver an address
of welcome TO the delegates this morn
ing at 10 o'clock at the hall, 421 Lacka-
wanna avenue. and reply will be