Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-05-28
The Brotherhood Has q Business Meeting
Of Several Hours Lsnsth.
MANY LODGES REPRESENTED.
Members initiated and Resolutions
Adopted Memoriaiizing Congress
Ia Pass Certain BiIis-Atern"oh
Spent Sjghtsccing.


ter John j. Hannahan presiding. Inc
officers chairs were filed as folio"s'
Past Master, Il. S. Foster, Of Chiffon
Forge. Va; Vice Master. S. Il. Darien'
of Hinton, W. Va; Secretary w. ID
Pethel. Of Covlngton. Ky; Warden A. NJ.
Haisht. Of Huntington. w. Va; Con-
ductor. w. l.. Davis. of Ashtabuia, o.
Inner Guard. w. j. Hugo. OF Indiana
polls. Ind: Outer Guard, f.. l.. Bell OF
Roanoke. Va.
A report from +. w. Arnold. Grand
Secretary and Treasurer. showed the or
eanization TO be in better condition.
numerically and financially, than at any
time since II was organized. The re-
mort was received with cheers.
The following gentlemen were then
initiated and became members Of the
order: b. l.. Phaup. Charles Harde w.
+. Ganzert, James r. Stutz. Robert
HaIl-all OF Richmond, Va.
THOSE WHO WERE PRESENT.
- The representation was as follows;
Lodge No. 94-Grand-Master +. +. Sar-
gent Go.
No. s-F. w. Arnold. Grand Secretary
No. 5O-John J. Hannahan, First VICE
Grand Master.
No 77-W. +. Hynes. chairman of the
Board of Grand Trustees.
No. NV. j. Hugo, Of Indianapolis
Ind.
No. iS2-F. L. Bell and J. w. Linkons,
of Roanoke. Va.
No 2s6-Messrs. w. T. Lipscomo X. -
womsck. j. w. Eubank, ID. j.. Eubank,
tyrn0X A.
Miller w. T.. Bowen. J. ID. Burger J.
p. Dwyer r. w. Butler, f. A. Cundiff.
w. A. Compton, r. +. Payne. G. Il.
rlark. s. r. Darien. H. G. Chambers.
j. D. Morrison. X. l.. Leake, sam. Boggs'
n. III. War. H. A. Rick. Henry Boyd,
w. J. Kenady, w. G. Grohe, w. II. Peace.
IL. A. Brown John Miller. and X. -.
Clark-all OF Hinton. w. Va.
No. 24S-W. l.. Davis Of Ashtabula, o.
No. 25s-L. Harvey, Of Charlottesvilie'
Va.
No. 2s9-Joe ThoellSing, j. o. Page, j. II.
Steininger, Of Cincinnati. O.
No. 274-W. J. Monroe, j. s. Chittum
T.. S. Foster j. l.. Rube. j. n. Sheets
J. II. Martin. d. p. Tyler. and c. L.
LINDSAY. of Clifton Forge, Va.
No. 2Si-D. J. Davis w. McAlhattan
r. overly. IL. r. Haskell. A. NJ.
Haight. Miles Quinan. Martin Quinlan,
Tctsin.er. W. r. Henley, j. S. Wilcox,
William Woodson. Il. A. Sutton, c. c..
OvcndoT. c. n. Keenan,, j. ID. Morrison
J. ID. Dwyer. G. $. Londen-all of Hunt
ington. W. Va.
No. s98-Jaroes b. Cavins and Elby
Davis. of Lexington, KY
No 408-Eugene Eley. j. Il. Morris, and
w ]. Crake. of West Norfolk, Va.
No 424-W. ID. Pethel, \. G. Word, T.
Delaney. Il. b. Gray. II. Myers, T. j.
Coleman. William Mcclure. A. Alexander,
NJ. f.. Crawford Il. a. Fleming 7. j.
Johnston. W. Goodhew. George Heath,
j. A. Leonard. W. j. Deidrich, IA. r..
Richmond and j. X. McQuinston, of Gov
ington. Ky.
No. 4n-W. j. Bremen. william Boutet.
Joseph Leen. Thomas Mitchell. Nj. Car
rol. Charles l.. Saunders. and J. Bryant,
of Cincinnati, o.
No. 81. NJ. Sorrell. Jesse Daniels.
ana n. f. Bishop. Of Parkersburg, w.
Va.
No. All. A. simonton s. l.. Kelly, e.
u. Lane. c. T.. Newland H. n. Mil
Ter. G.. S.. Osborn. Il. G. Charnley, 5.
j.. Cryer and w. j.. Williams of kenova,
w. Va.
]. A. Ladd. c. Il. Alley, NJ. Kelly. Al
bert Dodge, J. Butler. II. y. Baker
J, Hampton. W. G.. Miller, r. l.. Parker
W. II. Hining William Mccarthy, r.
w. Ford. A. l.. Blunt, w. III. Carrier
w Rollison. y. l.. Phaup, Charles
Hardie, w. f. Ganzert, James r. Stutz
Robert Hall. of Richmond. Va.
No. 5l2-Amos Bass. of iIagerstown
Md.
MEMORIAL TO CONGRESS.
Grand-Treasurer Arnold offered reso
luton memorializing Congress TO enact
into laws the arbitration. Phillips com
mission, and contempt bills. now pending
before Congress. Grand Master Sargent
and Vice-Grand Master Hannahan spoke
in advocacy OF the resolution, and 1t was
unanimously adopted.
WENT FOR A DRIVE.
In the afternoon the delegates and thu
ladies were taken for a drive over tn
city. They will all leave on specia
train for Old Point this morning at S:5
o'clock. A half hour will be spent il
Norfolk. and the remainder Of the da!
at Old Point The party will return Il
Richmond tonight. and win leave to
morrow morning for the West. over th
.James-Riyer Division OF the Chesapeake
and Ohio.
THE LADIES' SOCIETY.
Among the ladies who accompanied thu
firemen is Mrs. w. l.. Davis. Of Ashtabu
La, o.. a member of Mizpah Lodge, No IS
Ladies' Society OF the Brotherhood Of 10
connective Engineers. and yesterday, ii
the parlors of the Lexington Hotel, sh'
spoke to large assemblage of ladies oil
the objects of the Ladies' Society. AS
result enough charter members were sc
cured for a lodge in Richmond. and als'
one In Hinton. w. Va, while the ladie
present from Huntington and Russell W
Va, Covington. KY, and Clifton ForS
promised TO take steps In their respective
cities and towns for the organization o
lodges.
Mrs. Davis showed her hearers what he
lodge had done. With membership o
thirty-six. II had increased interest In tn
dying Brotherhood Lodge Of that plac
and made of II a substantial body. Sh
held that the ladies' Auxiliary was abb
20 exert a great power for good wher
brotherhood lodges existed. as IT benefits
the members socially, Intellectually. AM
morally. Its motto is friendship an
charity In cases where a fireman is In
jured In a strange place the ladies OF tn
auxiliary take care of him and nurse hin
back to health, besides sending many ray
Of sunshine into the siek-room. The socie
~ admits to membership only mothers
wives, sisters. and daughters of Brother
hood members. 1t Is pledged to aid It
brother organization In every way poss
BILE.
The Richmond lodge viii be institute
shortly. IL Will begin life with a good
sized membership. There are now fifty
eight ladies' lodges in existence.
Vice-Grand Master John j. Hannaha
o. one OF the most popular members Of IN
brotherhood. lie is a staunch Democrat
and In 1894 was a candidate for Congress
from the Second District OF Illinois. II
expects 10 receive the nomination agai
this fall