The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-14
ELECTRICIANS
CAPTURE CITY
international Brotherhood Takes
Zion by Storm.
CONVENTION BEGINS TODAY
IMPORTANT WORK rs AHEAD
FOR THIS MEETING.

! MALT LAKE CITY is now in the
y hands Of the electrical workers,
and for the rest Of the week the
( Local electricians viii see that what
they want is theirs. Members of the
International Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers from every corner of the coun-
try have nOC1ed 10 Zion To attend the
eighth biennial convention of their or
der. over zoo delegates have arrived,
an more are expected today. Besides
the representative of unions from the
I various towns and cities of the United
states, there are present delegates from
Canada, Australia, Japan and the Phil
lpplnes Yesterday eighty-four arriV-
ais registered mt the Wilson the head
quarters for delegates, and some TWEEN
ty-hve or thirty more stopped ~ the
other hotels. A crowd Of thirty-fve
or forty is expected to arrive this morn
ing
Convention is Important.
The present convention viii be ono OF
( the most important ones I'm The history
OF the order IL win mark an epoch IN
the history of the electrical workers i'm
this country. In a few vars this or
ganizauon that started with compare
lively few l-eal unions, has spread ove.
the country until now there is q local
order i'm every city and town in the
( country where there is an electric plant
/ and the services Of electricians are re-
quired. Such proportions have been
assumed by the order that a complete
change i'm the constitution is necessi-
[ tated- This VIII be the burden Of the
work during the present convention.
Ihere viii doubtless be numerous live
ly contests to add spice TO the labors.
One special feature of the work viii
be fight TO have the constitution
translated into French for the benefit
of the French Canadian electricians
who wish to affiliate with the United
States organization. The members Of
/ the Canadian unions are represented
by H. j. Hurd. who Will use his best ef-
forts to get this measure through TIE
convention
Sessions Began Todray
Today the sessions i'm the hall at the
Emporium building will be open to the
public The morning meeting viii
commence at TO o'clock There will be
an address of welcome by Councilman
j. z. Daveler and response by w. A.
Jackson, grand president of the order.
There will be other addresses by Grand
Secretary H. w. Sherman. II. j. Hurd,
d j. Elton and W. H. Mcintyre.
There viii be no afternoon session.
I but at o'clock the visiting delegates
VIII be taken or a tour of the city on
the sightseeing cars
Yesterday the Wilson presented
busy scene. Delegates were arriving
all day, and committee from the To-
cal union was present 90 receive them
and see that they were comfortably
! housed for the week. Men wearing the
red, white and blue badges were every
where. Friends from opposite sides OF
the country who had not met in years
were busy renewing old acquaintance
and making new oes. The boys got to-
gether and related experiences of by
gone days.
At 2-3e D. m the majority of the Wis
itOrs went to the tabernacle and at
/ tended the Mormon services AT the
close Of the meeting Professor ATcCIeI-
IAN gave an organ recital, which they
Z attended.
Some Battle in Lake.
Many of the visitors went sight-see-
Ing and some went TO Saltair. Regard
less of the temperature, the water was
a temptation that they could not with
stand and a number went in bathing
/ When they were able to control their
chattering teeth they pronounced the
bathing fine.
Among the arrivals yesterday was J.
II Maloney. who holds a prominent
place in labor circles Of the United
States He IS general president of the
( National Building Trades Council and
I president of the Chicago board of busi-
( ness agents. James II. Reid. suDeriu-
I tendent of the police and rre alarm
systems of Denver. also came in during
4 the day and viii take part I'm the de-
hberatiOus Of the convention.
One Of the most widely known cleo
I tricians who is registered at the VIII
son is Patsy CouEhlin Of ST. Louis
. Mr.. Coughlin has won for himself the
title of Fun Maker for the T. E. H.
. w He is famous for his wit The
electrical workers think there's no one
can tell q story as Patsy can and he
never lacks the opportunity 20 prove
his proficiency
The members of the salt Lake local
. are doing everything In their power to-
make the visit of the outside delegates
/ a pleasure They have planned every
possible entertainment and propose to
show their friends such a time that
WREN they leave it win be with a de-
termination TO pay Zion another visit
sometime.
The electrical ball at Saltair Wednes-
/ day evening will be one of the most
brilliant affairs of the season. Yes
terday a force of men spent the entire
day decorating the pavilion with cleo
trio lights for the occasion. The dance
floor and, i'm fact, the the whole pavilion
viii be a blaze of glory on that evening.
Nari-colOred incandescent globes have
beer placed IN every available space
about the building and many elaborate
( designs viii give the whole an artistic
and beautiful effect.
CRIVATI0W ADMV ~