The times., 1901-06-17
PRINTING PRESSMEN READY
Many Delegates Arrive for the
Convention.

Commissioner MacfurIHnd to Wei
come Them to Washington - Re
ception at the White House May BE
Abandoned The social Features.
The National Hotel was thronged all
day yesterday and last night with dele
gates and visitors to the thirteenth am
Uual convention of the International
Printing Prcssmen's and Assistants
Union which win open at Typographical
Temple this morning At 9:20 o'clock.
Commissioner Macfarland viii be intro
duced by George NJ. Ramsey of No. ]
Union. Of this city. 1t is expected that
John JOY Edison President Of the Wash
ington Board of Trade: Mitchell Dyren-
forth. President of the Business Men $
Associations: +. w. Palmer, Public
Printer; W. II. Meredith, Director Of the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing; Willis
Moore, of the Weather Bureau; T. v
Powderly. Samuel Gompers, President of
the American Federation Of Labor. and
others viii speak.
There are 20 delegates TO the convcu-
tion. but the number of eX-delegates, Yis-
itors. and others who have come to Wash
ington to attend the convention will swell
TIE lbldi 10 nearly Low NJ ItsiAl'l bslA LRl
is the National Hotel James II. Bow
man. President of the union, was one of
the arrivals last night. He will take
charge of the proceedings of the conven-
tion this morning after the speechmadng.
Among others who registered at the Ma
tionaI were Martin p. Higgins. of Bos
ton. and Theodore I. Galoskowsky, edi-
tor of the American Pressman," the Of
fetal organ of the union. Mr.. Higgins is
at the present time the most prominent
candidate for the position of president to
succeed President Bowman, who has
served three terms and is not a candi-
date for reelection. There are apparent
ly no other candidates in the field. At
least none have yet announced them
selves. Edward a. Baulsir. of Washing
ton, is a prominent candidate for the pO-
stion of vice president.
II was planned by the local committee,
of which i. n. Clarkson is the chairman,
that the pressmen should be received by
the President at l 0 clock today. on ac-
count Of the illness of Mrs Mckinley.
the reception viii be abandoned, tempo
rarily at least 1t is hoped that Mr.. Nc
kinley may be enabled 10 receive the
pTessmen later in the week.
This aftercoon the ladies. the wives
and relatives Of many of the delegates
who are in the city. will be driven in car
rjageS to the Various points of interest
about the city. At o'clock this evening
an informal reception VIII be held in the
pariorS Of the National Hotel, and a
smoker at Typographical Temple at $3.50
O clock Two sessions viii be held each
day with the exception Of today and Wed
nCSday.
convention win be adjourned at p. m,
and at ( o'clock the delegates viii be
given q trolley ride TO Glen Echo, where
they viii also attend the vaudeville per-
fT4sfFT M tort mir Il "a
under the auspices of the Press Feeders
and Assistants Union, No. II.
on Thursday the convention will again
adjourn at p. m, and the delegates and
their friends will be the guests of the
members of Pressmen's s Union No. ! at
a banquet which will be served at the
Rock Spring Club at Q p. m. II is stated
that the greatest harmony exists among
all unions of the allied printing trades,
and, so far as is known, there IS no prob
ability of any question arising at the con-
yentiOn which is calculated to create any
contention The perfecting of the ''tri-
partite agreement by the Pressmen,
BOokbinders, and Typographical unions
about seven years ago, practically settled
all differences. and has resulted in great
benefit TO all the crafts forming the con-
federation. The questions of hours of
work and wages We're settled some years
ago. and it is probable that there will not
be any trouble from these sources for
long time to come.
The Entertainment Committee consists
Of the following members of the local un-
ion: r II ClaTksOn, Chairman; Charles
NJ. Richardson Vice Chairman; Clarence
+. Bright. Secretary. ", II. Weber,
Treasurer; J. T. Dunlap, James +. Gal
breath, G. J. Lucy John d. Meyers. David
Parker. Norman c. 5prague, Charles G.
Schultz. George A FOTden, George NJ.
Ramsey. Richard d. McCauley, Oliver II.
Reed, Thomas a Franklin, Jere Donovan,
John H McCoach. c. r Davis. Charles
r. Evans. James o. Taylor, Albert J. CUl-
len, William J. Dorsey, Edward A. Baul-
ser ana Emil Petersen. The last two
named are delegates to the convention
from the local union.