The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-01-22
UNITED WORKMEN.
Second Annual Meeting of the
Grand Lodge in Session Here.
LITTLE BUSINESS YESTERDAY
Excepting the Reception and Reference OF
Reports of the Grand Lodge Officers.
krtton on Them viii ho Taken To-day.
List or the Visiting eIegates--IGleetion
ofomoers To-day-IIanqust tobe Held
This Evening.

The second annual meeting Of the
grand lodge of West Virginia, Ancient
order Of United workmen, opened in
this city yesterday with large attends
ance OF delegates from all parts of the
state, representing all of the twenty-six
lodges of the order. Not very much
business was transacted at yesterdays
sessions, which were held in the morn
ing and afternoon in the a. o. U. w.
hail, corner of Twelfth and Market
streets.
The annual reports Of the grand mas
ter workman, grand recorder grand re-
ceIver. grand medical examiner, and
finance and laws committees, were read
and referred to special committees, as
follows:
Grand Master Workman W. o. Nc
Cluskey'B report Crelative to apportlon-
ment)-Aiessrs. Hare, Carley and Baab.
Grand Master Workman McCluskey's
report, TO the regular committee on
'iaws-Messrs. McCleary, Norris and
Bryson.
Grand Medical Examiner Aschman's
report-Dr. Warden, DR.. Haught ana
DR.. Garrison.
Grand Reeeiyer Brandfass's report
To the finance committee.
Grand Recorder Hathawny's report
To the finance committee.
These committees were in session last
evening and at today's session they
will bring in their, reports, together
with recommendations as to what p0r-
lions OF the reports shall be acted upon
with favor by the grand lodge. AT to-
days session. also, will come up the
proposition to Issue another benefit
certificate, one for 81. 900, in addition to
the one now exclusively issued, which
is for 5000. There Is lively opposi-
ton TO this proposition, but It's sup
porters believe they have SUFFICIENT
strength TO carry II through.
Among the prominent persons In at
tendance is Supreme Recorder NJ. w.
SaSkett, OF MeRdvIlle, Pa, who repre-
sents the supreme lodge in the absence,
on account of sickness, OF the supreme
master workman. Every lodge In the
state is represented by one or more
delegates. The following Is a list of
the delegates. including the past mas
ter workmen Of a number OF lodges,
who are eX-ottlcio members of the
grand lodge:
RepresentatIves-F. NJ. Flood, La
Belle, Wheeling: Robt. w Coates. Ben
wood; Conrad Weileman, Herman,
Wheeling: T. ]. Blair. Weston; William
Shields, Welcome, Wheeling; ]. NJ. Lin
thIeum, KeyseF; c. ]. Rosworth. Graf
ton; ]. o. Mcdonald, Fairmont; J. F.
VoItle, Moundsvllle; K. ShacklefOrd,
Monongah; Richard Robertson, Reli-
ance. Wheeling; J. C. Deyine, Excelsior,
Wheeling; ]. H. Wells, upchurch,
Wheeling; r. L. Morris, Huntington;
W. X. Shaw. McMechen; II. f. Weis-
gerber, Wheeling, wheeling; j. T.
Fowler. wellsburg; f. o. Hiehle. Par
kersburg; John Cunningham, Sisters
VILE; ]. NJ. Collins, Charleston: G. d.
Haynes. Hinton: Alfred Walker, SUIT
ton; s. S. Felksr, Martlnsburg; ]. T.
Miller. Kenton.
Past master workmen-Fred Shater,
Wheeling; William Frank. Wheeling;
Fredolln 0sier. BenwoOd; p. Altmyer,
BenwOOd; W. +. Leech, Benwood; j. F..
Thomas. Josiah Sinclair. Nose Hoyt,
| q. F. Fink, Wheeling; ], S, Wander
vert, Weston: a. S. HIRE, Wheeling:
DIR. F. T. Taught, Grafton; DR.. a. r,
| Warden. Grafton: J. II. Downing, Fair
mont: U. ]. Prentice, Monongah; J. Il.
McCammon, j, NJ, Carley, W. II. Shn-
| fer, W. ]. Lukens, Ed W. Plankey,
| James EphlIn. ]. II. Wells, Wheeling;
| G. D. Haynes, ]. Hugh Miller, Hinton.
This evening the visiting delegates
| will be entertained at n banquet ten
dered in their honor by the local United
workmen. to be held In the hanqueting
hall in the A o. u. W. building. II will
be a brilliant gathering unless the signs
| are at fault. Probably two hundred
will gather around the festive board
where Mr.. Charles Burdett Hart will
act as master OF ceremonies.
This evening, too, the visiting dele
gates will attend the regular meeting
OF Wheeling Lodge. No. %, and witness
an exposition OF the new work OF the
order.