The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-16

There is to be another very large
convention in this city in September
and one about which very little has
been said so far. 1t is to be the state
council of the Junior order United
American Mechanics. and will be sand
wiched i'm between the letter carriers
and the firemen's conventions.
The sessions will commence on Tues
day, Sept 10, and will continue till
Friday, the 22d. inclusive There will
be over 800 delegates present from all
parts of the state, which is only one
hundred less than the letter carriers
expect to have here. The order has
ten councils in this county, comprising
a membership of 1,4OO, and there are
1000 councils in the state with a total
membership of over $4,000.
The sessions will commence orr Tues
day morning and will continue daily
until Friday evening. They will he held
in the Lyceum. The committee in
charge have almost perfected the ar
rangoments for the accommodation and
entertainment of the visitors.
BAND CONCERT.
On Monday evening Bauer's band will
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which will be the headquarters of the
state officers. At the conclusion of this
a committee which has been appointed
Will escort those of the delegates who
care TO go, through the steel mills and
other industries On Tuesday evening
there will be an open-ar public en-
tertainment given at Nay Aug park.
There will be a large platform erected
and the portion of the park to be used
viii be brilliantly illuminated.
Bauer's band will give miscellaneous
programme of selections, there will be
five minute addresses by several OF
the state officers and a number Of
prominent local artists will assist. on
Wednesday evening there will be a
monster moonlight excursion run to
Lake Ariel 1t is very probable that in
order to complete the large amount of
business which will come up for con-
sideration it will be necessary to hold
night sessions on both Thursday and
Friday evenings.
There will be- a very lively contest
for the honor of holding the convention
next year Several cities are out for
ii, but ii is thought that Philadelphia
will win out There will also be a
strong fight for the various state oti-
ces, as there are a number of candi-
dates in the field Two members from
this county, Y. \ Gerbig of this city.
and II. \. Daniels, of Taylor. are seek
ing for the position of state represen-
tative to the national council.
CHANGE OF NAME.
At the National Council last year the
question as to the advisability of chang
ing the name of the organization was
discussed, bur it was finally decided
to leave the subject to the various
state bodies for final settlement. 1t is
proposed To leave out the words Junior
order ANA mechanics, making the
shorter name, United Americans. There
is considerable opposition to this plan
manifested and it is likely to provoke
much discussion.
The headquarters of the state officers
viii he, as stated before, at the Jer-
myn, but the state convention head
quarters will Toe located in the old
Powell building, opposite the Lyceum.
The officers OF the committee in
charge Of the convention are Marvin
Tuthill, chairman; A. j. Shafer, treas
urer' y. \. Gerbig, secretary; c. H.
Hall, press agent. These gentlemen
have been mtring i'm their efforts for
the gathering. They have already Sc
cured quarters at the various hotels for
the majority of the delegates.
While the promoters of the other con-
Ventions are having a lahOrious task
in raising the requisite funds. the COM
mittee in charge of This convention
say that they will have all the money
they require without asking for one
cent of outside assistance. They will
run an excursion To Lake Ariel on Fri
day next. q,