Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-13

ton, will be held in Odd Fellows hall
on East Main street Thursday even
| ing, August 18. A special effort should
| be made by every member to attend
this meeting. The last meeting was
we'll attended.
Ladies Auxiliary, A. O. II.
At the last regular meeting of the
Ladies Auxiliary of the A. O. H. it
was decided that the organization at
tend Holy Communion on Sunday
morning, August IA, at the Sacred
Heart Catholic church. In order to
complete the arrangements every mem
Der should attend the meeting to be
held this evening A report OF the
proceedings of the national conven-
ton held in st. Louis, Mo-, recently,
will be feature of the meeting.
Knights TempIar conclave.
All the people of California are
working in harmony to show the great
est hospitality to the knights Templal
and those who will come with them tc
attend the Triennial conclave to be
4 held in San Francisco the first week
in September. A pleasing incident oc
Cured recently, amply illustrating the
cordial feeling and the desire to please
the visitors which pervades all classes
Colonel William Edwards chairman o.
4 the escort committee, knights Temp
lar. received call from P. H. NC
j earthly, president of the San Francisco
i Building Trades council and also q
the California State Building Trade:
! council, asking Colonel Edwards how
and in what manner the trades union
!, lists, mechanics and wage earners O
d California and more especially OF Sa1
Francisco, could show their cordia
!, good will towards the visiting ST.
Knights, and how they could hell
make their entry into San francisco
pleasant, and contribute toward enter
[ tanning the visitors during their stay
In reply to question from Colonel Ed
: wards, as to what caused him tt
make such an offer, Mccarthy stated
; that he had heard rumors were af1oa
to the effect that demonstration
planned by the Templar escort com
mittee in meeting and escorting ar
irving Communicates would interfere
} with the celebration of Labor day OF
/. Monday, September 6; that reports
had been maliciously circulated to thu
effect that the unions would occup.
: the lower end of Market street will
their Labor Day parade even though
their line should interfere with thu
Templar demonstration.
: ele Denies Rumors. 4
Mccarthy denied any such inten
s ton and desired to be informed il
! what way the unions could further tn
4 cordial reception to the visiting ST
Q Knights. He offered to change hi
: line of march; avoid Market stree
! in going to the ferry; or dismiss tn
e Labor Day parade west of Kearne
S and Third streets; or change his prt
e gram in any manner so as not to il
Q terfere in the slightest with the re
e ception to the knights Templar. Nj
t Carthy stated that he represented a
element of skilled mechanics and wag
s workers whose ambition it is to bull
p up and enhance the progress an
e prosperity Of San Francisco and {
l. California and that the unions affilia
n ed with the Building Trades counc
If would do all in their power to max
e the visit Of the Sir Knights as agre
L, able as possible. The correspondent
it on the subject between Mccarthy al
IL Colonel Edwards was submitted
a. the executive committee of the Knigh
j. Templar and it was decided to off,
the use of the grand stands on Labt
Day to Mccarthy, so that the familit
j. of the marching wage workers ms
n view the Labor Day parade with col
10 fort and ease.
" Five Reviewing Stands.
Five grand stands will be erected |
~ the executive committee, independe1
:. of those to be erected by com manderie
OF San Francisco and visiting cor
- manderies. Those of the executive COZ
- mittee will be erected on Van Mes
:. !. avenue, and will have combine
~ ~. seating capacity of 5000. Californ
~ commandery, Oakland commander
VI and Golden Gate commandery will eac
~ have grand stand of it's own lars
le enough to accommodate the familit
~ and friends of the Sir Knights of eac
ne of those communicates. San Jo
Oh commandery, having secured 500 sea
CT on one of the grand stands of the e
ne ecutive committee, has abandoned Il
ne plan of erecting a grand stand of i
at own. The special reviewing stand W
be reserved for the grand encampme
ne of the United States; the officers of Il
he California Grand Lodge of Masons,
IN the Grand Chapter Royal Arch Mason
tn of the Grand Council of Select al
M Royal Masters, of the Grand Col