The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-06-07
The CONVENTION
LAST SUNDAY

UNION MEN OF STATE GATHER
AT ASSEMBLY HALLS, FARGO,
ON SUNDAY, JUNE f--BATEs or
GRAND FORKS ELECTED PRES
IpENT FOR THIRD TIME.
II was a great convention and full of
enthusiasm from start to finish he
only untoWard incident being the sick
ness of Secretary Lee, which prevent
cd his attendance at the convention.
Inc convention was called to order
a. 10 O'Clock a. m, with Pres. ". A.
Johnson OF Fargo in the chair. Pre-
yious to calling the meeting to order
ne had appointed a committee to pass
on the credentials.
Inc m comprised j, H.
Nord, r. B. Wing and D. A. Logan.
The committee having worked for
some time on the credentials soon pre-
scented a report.
II was moved n seconded that re-
port OF credentials committee be
adopted. This motion was afterward
amended by striking out the names of
delegates from the Fargo Building
Trades council, said council not being
affiliated with the American Fedora
ton of Labor and the grounds on
which the delegates from this council
were refused seats being that it's
membership comprised the seeding
faction of the electricians.
The delegates as seated were as fol-
lows:
Leatherworkers No. SO, Fargo
John kempenski, C. c. Myhrman and
A. M. Pearson.
Carpenters No. ITS, Fargo-Jack
Johnson, J. w. Green, Albert flinders.
Tailors No. 337. Fargo-A. Fl. West
berg, d. Logan, j. A. Wingreen.
Fargo Trades & Labor Assembly
p. s. Elliott, Martin Redman, Ben Du-
Val. "~
Plumbers No. 33s, Fargo-H. skeit-
en-, Fl. A. Carlson, William Langon.
Grand Forks Trade & Labor Assem-
bly-Thomas Collie, Ralph Bates, Will
liam Saul.
BARRIERS No. sol, Grand Forks-Dan-
lei Bruse. Frank Butler.
Painters No. 1896, Fargo--John An
drews, Henry Bielfeldt, William
Twilight.
Musicians No, 1872, Fargo-C. G.
Baernstein, Harry Arneson, r. Coscio.
Freshmen No. 81, Fargo. H. Nord,
Jos. Mcclellan and L. A. Horwitz.
Typographical No. 311, Grand Forks
William English.
Typographical No. 1856, Fargo-A. P.
Messer, George Benish and A. w.
Booth.
BARRIERS, Fargo No. 523-C. C.. Culp.
i. Dean and Paul Sandon. -
President Johnson then called Vice
President Meyers to the chair and
stated to the convention the circum-
stances under which he was appointed
president of the federation by the
board of directors.
On the resignation of President
Bates last year the board of directors
appointed N. A, Johnson of the Fargo
leatherWorkers, president.
On motion the action of the board
was ratified up to the time of the con-
vention and for the convention it was
moved the first vice president, Conrad
Meyers Of Grand Forks, be declared
president and the convention approved
the motion.
It was moved and s~eeonded4that N.
A. johnson be declared first vice pres
ident OF the federation. Carried.
i. A. Horwitz Of the Fargo pressmen
stated that there was a vacancy in the
delegation from that union, and that
he believed mistake had been made in
the credential as his understanding
was that he had been elected a dele
gate from that organization. On mo-
ition regularly made and seconded he
was declared a delegate,
Mr.. Horwitz on motion duly made
land seconded was declared second vice
president of the convention.
Roll call Of officers and delegates
was then made and showed all present
with the exception Of Albert flinders
lof the Fargo carpenters; Martin Red
man of the Fargo Trades & Labor as
sembly; H, Skeiten of the Fargo
plumbers union and L. Dean Of the
Fargo BARRIERS union.
It was then moved and seconded that
e. S. Elliott be made secretary of the
convention. Carried.
Miss Florence Green was installed
as stenographer of the convention and
instructed to record all business
~tranacted emitting discussions and
like speeches.
AS the minutes Of the last meeting
were made verbatim by stenographer
and being extremely lengthy and not
LIN printed form the reading of the
minutes was dispensed with n the
typewriter copies ordered to lie on a
table where any party interested could
inspect the ame
1T was moved and carried that Pres
ident Meyers and Vice President Hor-
witt of Fargo be appointed a commit
tee to name the committees Of this
convention.
1T was moved and carried that pend
ing a report of this committee that the
convention proceed with the regular
business of the day.
When the committee to name the
different committees reported the fol-
Lowing were named as the committees
| of this convention:
Committee on Laws and Corstitu-
tion-Thomas Collie, Grand Forks,
George Benish, Fargo; VIM. Langon,
Grand Forks.
COMMITTEES on ACCOMPLISHMENTS
lsaul, Grand Forks; ]. w. Green. Far