Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-11
Call For the Twelfth Annual
Session of Iowa Fedora
ton Issued
WILL BE IMPORTANT MEETING
Large Attendance From Every County
In the State Is Expected--convention
Will be Held In This City, Beginning
on Tuesday May 10, and Will contin-
ue Until the Business is Disposed of.

| President A. L. Urick and Secretary
| j. HI. Strieff, of the Iowa Federation
OF Labor, have issued the call for the
| twelfth annual convention of the fed
GRAFTON, which is to be held in this city
beginning Tuesday, May TO- The con-
vention usually lasts three days, but
no limit is set, and adjournment will
not be taken until the business is dis
posed of. 1t is expected that the 1904
meeting will be the largest ever held
IN the history of the federation. 1t is
thought that each county in the state
viii be represented, and delegates from
all of the principal labor organizations
In the different cities will be in atten-
dance. The official call for the con-
vention is as follows.
In conformity with the constitution,
you are hereby advised that the state
Federation of Labor will be held in
the city OF Marshalltown Iowa. begin
ming at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning,
May 10. 1904, and will continue In ses-
sion until the business of the conven-
ton has been completed.
State craft organizations, city CEN
trails, buildings trades councils allied
metal trade, councils and allied print
ing trades councils will each be enti-
tied to three delegates at large
Local unions will each be entitled to
one delegate. and one additional dele
gate for every additional one hundred
members or majority fraction thereof
over and above the first hundred
Affiliated unions in isolated locali-
ties having less than fifty members,
and whose funds will not permit the
expense of delegate may issue Gre
Dental and transfer vote to delegate
at large from their state craft organ
ization; provided that no such dele
gate shall be allowed more tan ten
votes
Organizations to be entitled to rep
resentation, must have been in affilia-
ton with the state federation for at
least two weeks prior to the date of
convention.
Where a city central organization Is
affiliated with the Iowa State Fedora
ton, all bona tide local trades unions
affiliated Herewith are in full affilia-
ton with the state federation and en-
titled to the number of delegates pro-
portionate to their membership.
Organizations six months in arrears
FOR per capita tax at the time of con-
rention stand suspended ard are not
entitled 10 representation.
Delegates must be elected at least
two weeks prior to the date of conven-
ton, and their names Immediately for
warded.
Never in the history of the trades
union movement has it been SO impor
tant as at present for the unions to CO.
operate and concentrate their forces.
Let the twelfth annual convention OF
the Iowa State Federation OF Labor
pass into history. not only as having
IN attendance a representative from
each and every organization in Iowa, |
but also that such representatives We're, |
n point of ability the peers of any
gathering of equal numbers and re- |
yardless OF class, ever held in our fair |
state. Fraternally yours,
"a t.. URICK. President,
~. II. STRIEF, Secretary