The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-17
CONVENTIONS OF THE
CT. A. u. AND I.C. B. U.
Delegates to Both viii Be Here by
Tonight.
SOME HAVE ALREADY ARRIVED
Programme Laid Out for To-day.
Father Mathew Board of Govern
ment Meets Tonight - Executive
Committee of the I. G. Il. u. Meets
This Afternoou--seren to the
Ono and Reception to the Other in
the Evening.

The already augmented population Of
| the city will be further augmented
many hundreds before nightfall by the
| arrival of the delegates to the c. r. A.
| u. and I. c. 3. u. conventions, which
begin tomorrow morning.
At 8 o'clock this morning the recep-
tion committees of the respective or
ganizations will be abroad meeting the
incoming delegates at the trains es-
| corting them to their hotels and placing
them in charge of other committees,
whose duty 1t will be to see that they
| pleasurably employ the interim be-
tween their arrival and the beginning
| of the actual convention work.
The Father Mathew men have no
definite idea of how many delegates
ana visitors will come, as representa-
ton is not mandatory and many of
the societies do not decide to send del
egates until it is too late to give Of
| ficial notification to the general secre-
tary. Rev. Father Doyle, the secre-
tdry, however, states in his convention
bulletin that 1,200 would be fair esti-
mate Of the attendance. The local So
| ciet.es hope that this estimate is a
| correct one, but they do not hesitate
| to give out that they fear II will fall
| much below this figure. No matter how
| large the crowd may be the commit
| tee Is prepared to take care of 1t and
1t says with all earnestness the more
| the merrier.
| COME FROM FAR AND NEAR.
The total ahstainers are scattered
all over the United States, from the
| Atlantic to the Rockies, and 1t is no
| uncommon thing at the annual con-
ventions for the most distant societies
to not only send delegates but to at
tend in body. This is especially true
| of societies that are drilled and uni
| formed, such as the st. Paurs Pioneer
corps, of this city, which sent 100 men
to the Pittsburg convention, five years
ago. At the st. Louis convention the
year before many of these tourist clubs
as they are known, were in attend
ance. AS yet the committee has not
received word of any of these clubs be-
ing en- route, but it is, nevertheless
quite possible that some of them will
put in an appearance today.
Far-off Minnesota, where the Father
Mathew movement is particularly
strong, has the honor of landing the
first delegates in the convention city
| They are James Mcdonald and his
daughter, Miss Cecilia, Of Waverly
Mimi, who arrived Saturday evening
Mr.. Mcdonald represents the Mime
sofa State union and his daughter is
delegate from the Waverly cadets.
H. F. McAteer, ]. w. Boden, Richard
Sheehan and ]. l.. Snyder, of Pittsburg
arrived yesterday and are stopping at
the st. Charles. Mr.. McAteer is first
vice-president and organizer of the c.
II. A. U. of the Diocese of Pittsburg
and one of the best known Father
Mathew men of the state. He Is also
president of Branch 1928, c. M. b. A,
and a prominent member Of the /. G,
B. U. and Y. M. I. Mr.. Boden and Mr.
Sheehan are also I. c. B. U. and Y. M.
| /. men.
NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS.
Rev. Father Doyle, the National Sec
retary, was scheduled to arrive from
New York on one of the early morning
trains. He has four rooms engaged at
the Jermyn for the national headquar-
ters. A meeting of the board of gov
ernment will be held there tonight. A
serenade to the officers and delegates
| is the Only OlleT OH the pro-
gramme for today.
The ladies' societies met last evening
at st. Johns church, Gig street. The
st. Paurs, of Green Ridge, was repre-
sented by Miss Early; the st. Cecilia's,
of the West Side. by Miss Hennigan,
and the St. Irene's, of the South Side,
by Mrs. E. c. Connell and Mrs. Jennie
Kinney. Many others besides the
1 10. IL tA1 IAIA l.,
attendance and an enthusiastic meet
ing was held.
1t was decided to hold a reception for
the visiting lady delegates at Hotel
Jermyn, Friday afternoon, between the
hours of four and six. The presidents
of the various local ladies' societies will
compose the reception committee and
distribute the cards of invitation.
Rev. e. j. Melley. spiritual director
of the Scranton Diocesan union; j. c.
Gallagher, chairman of the local ways
and means committee, and others
prominent in the work were present to
aid the ladies with their counsel.
In Letter to the Tribune last night,
A. A. Boyee, of Philadelphia, national
secretary of the I. C. B. U. states that
seventy-one societies will be repre-
sending one delegate.
Most of the societies are clustered in
and around Philadelphia, and the most
of the delegates Will come from that
city on a special train leaving the
Reading terminus at 8 o'clock a. M,
arriving here at 2:55 p. m.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
A meeting of the executive commit
tee will be held at $3.50 o'clock this af-
ternoon in the st. Charles hotel, which
will be convention headquarters. The
executive committee is composed of
Daniel Duffy, Sa. Clair, Pa, president /;
]. ]. Behan, Kingston, Canada, firfist
vice-president; Miss Katie Garman,
Providence. r. l., second vice-presi-
dent; Thomas J. Foley, Gloucester N.
j., treasurer; A. A. Boyle, Philadelphia,
Pa, secretary. and ]. T. Sweeney,
Camden, N, j.
The committee on credentials will
meet at the St Charles this evening
at o'clock. Beginning at the same
hour there will be a reception for the
delegates at the rooms of John Boyle
O'Reilly council, Y. M. l., on Lacka-
wanna avenue. Attorney M. f. Con-
ry, of this city, will welcome the dele
gates on behalf of the local society.
Addresses will be made by President
Duffy, Vice-President Behan, Secre-
tary Boyle and others. Refreshments
4.