The Washington times., 1903-09-13
CONVENTIONS OF MEN
3j WHO HANDLE MAILS
Two Railway Postal Clerks
Associations to Meet Here.
ALSO A LADIES' AUXILIARY
Joint Meeting of All Three Bodies to Be
Held at Raleigh Tuesday
Morning.
ALSO A LADIES' AUXILIARY

Three conventions OF great interest to
postal employees will be held in Wash
fngton this week One set OF delegates
VIII attend the annual meeting OF the
United States Railway Mail Service Mu
tiial Benefit Association, which has a
membership OF AGO. other delegates
viii be at the National Association OF
Railway Postal Clerks. with member
ship of $500. The Benefit Association
has seventy-fve officers and delegates
and the National Association sixty.
In addition TO these gatherings Of the
men who handle the mail there will be
a meeting of the forty delegates to the
Ladies' Auxiliary OF the National Associ-
alton.
The three conyNntions viii be enter
tGined by the officers and members OF
the third division OF the Railway Mail
Service OF each organization. who have
left nothing undone in the way OF prepar-
ations to show the delegates a good
time.
Two Days for Business.
The Benefit Association will have it's
Headquarters and hold it's meetings at
the Raleigh. while the National Asso-
citation and the ladies' auxiliary will
meet at the Riggs House The first
meeting will be a joint meeting OF thu
three at the Raleigh on Tuesday at 10
a. m. TO hear addresses of welcome
Tuesday and Wednesday will be devoted
to business. with joint reception at
the Raleigh on Tuesday evening for all
hands
Thursday and Friday the delegates
will rest from their deliberations. and
spend the two days seeing the sights of
the city and taking trips to nearby
points of interest. Including one to
Mount Vernon on the Manchester.
The National Association Of Railway
Postal Clerks has an accident insurance
department, but it was formed prin-
cfpally for the purpose of looking after
the interests OF the clerks in the way of
procuring favorable legislation, better
hoars, and more pay. 1t has the sane
tion of the leading postal officials. and
has been able to accomplish a great
deal ia the way OF improving conditions
IN the service. The benefit association
Is purely a mutual insurance society,
and is said to have met with much sue
cess. Many OF the railway clerks are
members OF both organizations.
One Meeting Only This Year.
: 1t has been the custom for one asso-
citation TO meet in June and the other
IN October. This year there was an agi-
tation TO have the conventions held
simultaneously. but no agreement could
be reached upon the time. The wrangle
continued. and they were about 10 have
two different conventions at two differ
ent times. when the postal officials step
ped in and made them get together for
The good OF the service. The result OF
this psternal interference was that Sep
tember was agreed upon as a eompro-
mise month, and Washington as the
fity.
The Joint local committee having gen.
Rral charge OF the three conventions is
composed of C. W. Vickery, superintend-
ient. ana C. E. Plunkett. both OF the Ma
tionaI Association. and p. NJ Richard
son. of the Mutual Benefit Association.
The national officers of the Mutual Ben
eft Association are John r. Mccoy.
Trenton, N J., president, and w s.
Corning, Chicago. secretary and treas
urer. The national officers of the Ma
tionai Association are J. A. Kidwell, Co.
lumbus. Ohio, president. and George A.
Wood. Portsmouth, N. H, secretary and
treasurer.