The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-20
EEL PAS0 WANTS
ELECTRICIANS
Invites Brotherhood to Hold Next
Convention There.
SLOW PROGRESS BEING MADE
BUSINESS WILL NOT BE FIN
ISHED UNTIL THURSDAY.


Yesterday was the scheduled time
for the closing OF the electrical work
ers' convention, but it did not close.
The delegates viii probably remain in
! Salt Lake until next Thursday. AT
| present they cannot see how the bust
| ness TO be done can be completed be-
| fore Wednesday night. if that soon.
] Two busy sessions were held yesterday,
but the real work of the convention
| has hardly been started as yet. The
| committees are laboring day and night
on the reports that must go before the
| general body. Matters of minor i'm
| portance are being gotten out of the
way each day that all the time may be
devoted to the consideration Of the
larger affairs.
Yesterday afternoon the FL Paso
delegates to the irrigation congress
paid a visit to the convention and in
vited them to hold their next meeting
in that city.
The morning session Of the conven-
ton was devoted almost entirely to the
reception of reports from the various
committees. These consisted of griev-
ances and petitions Of the subordinate
unions. All were disposed of without
any special fight.
Invited to FL Paso.
The afternoon session was visitors
session. and the El PasO men were
given a warm welcome into the meet
ing w. o. Millican, in behalf of the
Texas people. and especially the citi-
zens of FL PasO. made a lengthy and
interesting address. in which he eX-
tended an invitation to the convention
to hold its next meeting in that place
He assured the electrical workers that
FL PasO was anxious to have them visit
Texas and that they would receive the
hearty support of all in that section OF
the country.
portion OF his address the speaker
devoted TO the consideration OF labor
matters. He handled the questions Of
the day that are of Importance to the
Ia boring man, and especially to the
trades unionist. His address was an
able one and il met with the hearty
approval of those who heard it. Short
talks were made by others OF the
party and all were greeted with loud
applause.
Revising the Constitution.
The work Of revising the constitution
is being done in the committee, but it
Will probably not be ready to go before
the convention before Tuesday morn
ing, it is said. Then there will doubt
less be a number Of contests over varl-
Gus parts Of the new document and II
will require several sessions to get all
parts OF it into satisfactory shape.
Beginning tomorrow night. sessions
viii probably be held each evening un-
til the close of the convention. 1t has
been found necessary to do this iC
order to attend to all the work before
the convention is forced to adjourn.
Many the delegates will be seriously
discommoded by the protracted length
Of the convention. and the work will
be hurried through as fast as possible
to avoid this as much as it is possible
to do so.
The election of officers and the selec-
ton of the next place Of meeting Will
come up on the last day of the conveu-
ton. Committees are now at work
making up states for the officers. and
there is considerable caUcUsing being
done about the next place Of meeting.