New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-17
FTREHEN SELECT OFFICERS.
THE STATE CONVENTION OF THE VOLUN-
TEER ASSOCIATIONS IN YONKERS At
TRACTING LARGE CROWDS.


TRACING LARGE CROWDS.
The business portion of the twenty-seventh an
nual State convention OF the Volunteer Firemens
Association was brought to close in Music Han.
Workers Yesterday afternoon, after 1t had been
agreed that Yonkers had been the scene OF the
most successful session in the associations his
tory The chief business, aside from the election
OF officers and selection Of the next convention
city. was the matter of rentroducing bill in the
Legislature compelling every volunteer fire com
many in the State to pay one-tenth OF the per
cent which they now receiving Of all the for
elen insurance written In the State toward the
fund for the maintenance Of the Home, in Hudson,
\ Y for the Aged and Tnfrm Volunteer Firemen.
There was an objection raised by several to the
resolution which was introduced by j. "A. clark.
Of Brooklyn. due mainly to the fact that the Home
was alleged recently to have been conducted In an
Improper manner. and to the fact that New-fork
City was receiving the major portion Of the benefit
The chief objector was William OMalley or Troy
1t was pointed out. however. that New-York sus-
tanned over half the annual cost Of maintaining
the Home The bill was introduced last year and
defeated The vote was in favor OF introducing It
once more at the next session OF the Legislature,
confidence with regard to its passage having been
expressed.
All OF the present officers were reelected, as
follows: Thomas o. OConnor. OF Waterford, pres-
dent; Daniel Naylor jr Of Schenectady, first vice
vice president Thomas Honohan. OF Frankfort.
secretary and George H. Scott of Coxsackie,
treasurer.
change made in the Board Of Trustees
J. b. Eggleston. of Cortland; John Croak, of Port
Richmond, and j. w. Taggert. Of Buffalo, being
elected for terms Of five years One ballot was cast
for John T. Powers Of Dannemora electng him
IS trustee for the short term left vacant by the en-
forced resignation of Treasurer j. E. Hagerty' OF
Plattsburg who recently defaulted.
In the selection of city FOR the next convention
lot cast in its favor
The business session being finished, two thousand
OF the fire men were taken on an excursion TO
North Beach. after the presentation OF gold pens
had been made by Mayor Sutherland on behalf OF
the citizens OF Tonkers to President O'Connor
Secretary Honohan and Treasurer George H. Scott
To-day the festivities begin with series OF races
at William II. Clark's trotting track In 1onkers-
ave, in the forenoon. In the evening band con-
test will take place in Washington Public PARK
South Broadway.
The city is flooded with visitors from all over the
The Police Department mas been reinforced with
sixty-three special officers and six New-York Cen
trail Office detectives. Good weather prevailing II Is
believed that by to-day at noon Yonkers VIII be en-
Pertaining 1900 strangers. The State parade VIII
The steamboat with the hremen on board reached
Sanford's Point, North Beach, at $50 o'clock Inn
medately landing the fremen fell into line and
marched to Kilerbcrn's Hotel. The procession
was headed by a platoon Of police and the fonk-
ers Band. On reaching the hotel the entire twelve
comics of the hotel used. and the overflow OF
a couple of hundred was accommodated In two Dig
tents on the lawn. The hotel was handsomely
decorated with flags and bunting. Mayor Suther-
land Of Yonkers presided. There was no speech
making and the dinner entirely informal
After the dinner the fremen broke up into small
parties and began to do the beach. Captain Darcy,
Of the 74th Precinct, told them they had the liberty
OF the beach and all that was on It was theirs
for the evening Inc sar0Hs anS the pary
started back for Yonkers at $3.50 O'Clock