The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-18
WILL REMAIN in DETROIT
STOVE MOUNTERs VOTE AGAINST
REMOVING HEADQUARTERS.
Convention Adjourns with Election of
Ohicers-Next Meeting Will Be
Held I'm st. Louis.

The tenth annual convention of the Inter-
national Stove Mounters Union, which has
been held in the Cleveland Club Hall, Of this
city. adjourned at 10 O'Clock last night, after
ali-day session. a number Of important
questions were settled at the meeting yes
terday, the feature of which the cleo
ton OF officers for the ensuing year, held
just before adjournment. The fact that the
salaries Of the president and the secretary
were increased $500 at tho session Thursday
gave stimulus to the election.
j. S. Tierney, past president. and j. IL.
Kaefer. past secretary, were reelected to
the two desirable Offices. The presidents
salary is now $500. and that of the secre-
larry is $500. The list of officers elected last
night is as follows: President, J. S. Tier
ncy. of Detroit; first vice president. Allen
Studhome. of Hamilton. Canada; second vice
president, Edward Fay. of Cleveland; third
vice president, II. ]. Reagon, OF Atlanta,
Ga; fourth vice president, A. Noser. of
Belleville, H.; secretary and treasurer. j.
H. Kacfcr, of Detroit: delegate to the Amer
lean Federation OF Labor, George Schwab,
of Louisville, Ky: alternate. John Sullivan.
of Detroit.
After deal OF discussion and a general
vote for the place Of the next annual con-
vention the advocates of st. Louis won. The
convention will be held in that city next
year, beginning the second Tuesday in July.
The question OF changing the convention
from an annual to a bi-annual one did not
come up. as was expected. number of
other cities were suggested, but the worlds
fair was an alluring bait and the general
run of the argument was for the exposition
city.
VOTE ON HEADQUARTERS.
The matter that occupied the convention
most Of the afternoon was relative TO the
change OF the headquarters of the union
from Detroit. Two other cities, Chicago and
Indianapolis, were put forward as more de-
si-able cities for the location Of the union.
The question was debated at length and
was finally put TO a vote. The result was
close, but in favor OF Detroit Although the
stove-mounting concerns are gradually NOV
ing West. it was thought that at this time
Detroit is the most central city.
The only other action of the afternoon
session besides the concluding OF the re-
port or the delegates was the Endorsement
OF w. s. Waudby, of Rochester, n T.: as
United States commissioner of labor. The
morning session was largely taken up with
the reports of the delegates. The matter of
allowing honorary members the benefit of
the mOrtuary fund was discussed, and 1t
was finally decided that they should have
such benefits upon the payment of a NOM
inal due.
A committee representing the Stove
Mounters Union, and composed of j. ;.
Tierney, j. II. kaefer, William Flaherty,
of Chicago, and II. W. Klute, of st. Louis,
held a conference yesterday afternoon at
the Occidental Hotel with Richard Patter-
son, of New York president of the Sheet
Metal Workers, and NJ. OSullivan, vice
president, the object of which was to dis
cuss which organization should have juris-
diction over the steel range workers At
present part of the steel range workers be-
long to the Sheet Metal Workers Union,
but the greater part of them are affiliated
with the stove mounters. Both organiza-
lions claim jurisdiction over the range
workers, who slightly favor the Stove
| Mounters' Union. The conference was held
IN the hope of deciding the matter ulti-
/ mately, but the committees could come to
| no agreement after a heated debate from
/ 80 TO 4:30 and the matter remains as it
was. Another conference is expected to be
/ held within the next year. the men say
/ the question cannot be settled by corre-
/ spondence.
| The delegates who attended the conven-
ton in this city were much pleased with
| the treatment given them while here. The
/ local union especially attentive to their
! entertainment, on one evening chartering
| two special cars and giving the men a troll
| ley ride about the city. The officers were
/ also much satisfied with the conditions
among the stove mounters in this district.