The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17
BIG JUNE MET 'YG
PROGRAM OF CONVENTION OF
 RAILROAD MEN.
Montgomery Committee Hard a <. Work to Make It Great Sue | cess-Prominent Men Will
 Be Present.

I The Executive Council of the local rail- | road workers which will have in charge | the entertainment of the big sconvsption | of railroad men which will meet here in | June is hard at work for the success of l. the local program. ,. 5.s -.s -r-ss --...- l The Council will meet Tuesday morning | at 10 o'clock to further their plans for taking care of the big crowd of railroad men. + The local committee realizes the im- Ilportance of it's task and 1t is making every effort to make the Montgomery meeting an unqualified success. The con vention will be a big joint affair conn posed of passenger and freight train con
 ductors, engineers. trainmen and other railroad workers from all over the coun- ltry. The National orders of these branches of railroad men will meet in the
 joint convention The local committee is confident that 4,00O railroad men will be here on June 2, 3 and 4, the days on which the orders
 will be in session.
 | The official program which the local committee has issued contains also the Pensacola program, as the railroad men will go to Pensacola from Montgomery. This program whi .h contains valuable in- formation Is as follows:
 Formal opening Cat Auditorium), 2:30 D. m.
 Addresses of welcome by State, city and railroad officials.
 Responses by grand officers of the vari- ous organizations.
 Reception to grand officers (Exchange Hotel parlor), to Il p. m. Order Day." sessions to 12 a. m. and to D. m.
 Grand ball at Auditorium. Old fashioned barbecue. Trains will leave union depot for Pensa- cola, Fla, 9:55 D. m.
 Badges will be provided which will admit visitors to reception, ball and bar becue.
 All participants at the ball are request ed to wear appropriate costumes. N.
 The following railroads will honortre- quests for transportation when made through their proper officials: Atlentic
 Coast Line. Mobile and Ohio, Atlanta and
 West Point and Western Railway of Ala
 Lama, Louisville and Nashville and Cen
 tral of Georgia.
 The Pensacola Fla. program is as fol- | lows:
 Secret sessions of orders, to D. m. to 10 D. m.-Speeches by grand officers | of orders and State and city officials at f Opera House.
 Excursion on the bay out on the Gulf | stops at Fort Barancas, Fort Pickens, | Navy Yards and lastly at life aving sta | ton where will be served a genuine fish
 ehowder dinner Bathing in the Gulf. | Good music and dancing.
 | Local railroad men say that Grand | Master E. F. Clarke of the Order of | Railway Conductors will | e in atsendsnce | upon the convention at Montgomery Mir I Clarke became q figure of national promi,
 hence through his service upon the coal l strike arbitration committee. It is un- | derstood that Grand Mas P. NJ. | Arthur of the Brotherhood of Locomotive | Engineers will be among the prominent | attendants upon the conventions. l The Commercial" and ndusttial Asso. | citation is rendering valuable assistance | to the local committee, The Association l appropriated $10o to assist in entertain ! ing the visiting railroad men and a com mittee will be appointed to assist in con | vassing for additional funds.