The record-union., 1897-05-15
There Still Being Considerable Busi.
ness to be Transacted.
Expected That There Will be Little IL
Any Change in the Officers for the
Grand Division at This Meeting
The Fight for the Next Convention
Thought to Lay Between Detroit,
minneapolis and ST. Paul,

Los ANGELES. May 14.-From pres
ent indications the Convention of the
Railway Conductors will not adjourn
until next Tuesday. There is stiu CON
siderable business to be transacted. but
the delegates are in no hurry to leave
the land of sunshine, having determin-
ed TO couple pleasure with their labors
one of the first delegations TO leave
viii be that which is known as the Chi
cago special. They have arranged
quite trip eastward, taking in San
francisco and Spokane, where great
preparations are being made for their
reception. They Will so East over the
Northern Pacific.
inquiries among the delegates seem
TO indicate that there will be little
change in the officers for the Grand Di-
vision for this meeting. If any are
contemplated, the delegates are keeping
very quiet about it; but a good many
are outspoken about it. and say that
they do not think changes of any mo-
ment, particularly in the chief officers
are likely to occur.
one subject that is now beginning to
attract the attention of the delegates
is the selection of a place for the next
conference of the organization. In the
endeavor to ascertain the sentiments of
delegates upon this question to-day. a
good many were found who spoke
about Detroit, Mich Heretofore the
talk has been more about MINNEAPOLIS
and a great deal of quiet electioneerinar
has been going on in favor of the Min
nesota metropolis. St Paul also has
stanch friends, and it is thought the
convention will go to one of these cities.
AT tO-day's session the Chairman of
the Jurisprudence Committee presented
and recommended a number of amend
ments to the laws of the order The
discussion of these amendments occu-
pied the greater part of the session.
Mrs. j. H. Moore of Toledo O.. will
serve for another two years as Presi-
dent of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Or
der of Railway Conductors. She was
reelected this afternoon The same
honor and mark of approval was ex-
tended to several other of the grand
officers. The reelection of the Grand
President means that the headquarters
of the Ladies Auxiliary will remain in
Toledo.
The election of other grand officers
resulted as follows: Grand Vice-Presi-
dent, Mrs. c. p. Hodges, Division No 1,
Cleveland, O.. Grand Secretary and
treasurer Mrs. w. E. Higgins, CO.
lumbus, o. (re-elected): Grand Senior
Sister, Mrs. b. f .WiItse. Philadelphia.
Pa. (re-electe0; Grand Junior Sister.
Mrs. j. Tracey, Los Angeles: Grand
Guard, Mrs. w. c. Turner, Cairo, H.:
Chairman Executive Committee. Mrs.
j. M. Sewell, Chicago; members of the
Executive COmmittee-Mrs Perry C.
Callahan, Jackson. Tenn; Mrs. E. j.
Palmer, Portland. Me-; President In
surance Association, Mrs. w. C. Tur-
ner, Cairo, Ill. Te-elected); Secretary
insurance Association, Mrs. J. w. Sew
ell, Chicago (re-elected); Board of Di-
rectors-Mrs. B. F. Wiltse, Philadel-
phia; Mrs. c. P. Hodges, Cleveland;
Mrs. j. ID. Tracy. Los Angeles
Tonight the grand ball was held at
Hazards Pavilion. The building was
beautifully decorated in the colors of
the Order of Railroad Conductors.
white, green and red, with the addition
of numberless flags of the national
colors. Besides the delegates and men,
bers of the order, in whose honor the
ball was given, there were fully thu
ooIlb ItSluGIllS VI lIl6 CITY present. Inc
feature of the ball was the Huntington
floor drill. These eVollftions were ex-
ecuted by eighteen lady managers of
Chicago Division, No. 100, who came
to the convention for the sole pur-
pose of illustrating this fancy drill The
ladies wore uniforms consisting of q
black gown, red silk sash and a NOR
cardboard cap. Their movements were
graceful, and made to slow music. A
striking feature of the drill consisted
in the formation of the letters L. A."
80. r. c." and ct. F." The following
ladies made up the corps: Mines. A
j. COumley, J. H. Evans, j. Eagy, E.
w. Dee ]. F. Costello, C. H. Warren,
H. T. Hile, J. w. Kirkhart, William
Bryant, A. B. Tolbert, j. S. Hilly, E.
Mcmahon, c. Boutie, J. Dolph, w. A.
Mcguire and E. w. Drue.
The New York special bringing the
conductors from the Empire State
reached the city at 1910 to-day. 1t
consists of the most magnificent cars
that We're ever supplied by the Wagner
Company. The party is composed of
former conductors who have risen to
higher positions, and are now able to
travel about in state. The Pennsylva-
MIA special has not yet arrived.
Tomorrow the weary conductors will
be let alone, and allowed to amuse
themselves for one day just as pleases
them. A great many parties have been
formed for various points of interest
in the country hereabouts. Most of the
roads centering here have turned them
selves over to the railroad visitors and
invited them to go where and when
they pleased free of charge The rest
of the roads have made exceedingly low
rates. generally for as little as one
fourth the regular charge. A large
number of excursionists will go to Re-
dondo, where free boat rides and free
use of fishing tackle have been prom
ised, as we'll as complimentary passage
over the Redondo Railway. Tomorrow
morning the citizens of the city have
arranged to have a number of carriages
at the Chamber of Commerce from 9
o'clock until 10, and in case the wealth
er permits the conductors who wish
will be driven about the city until
noon