The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-18
RICHMOND HOST
TO RAILWAY MEN
i'oremen Blacksmiths Meet Here
Tor Twenty-First Annual
Convention.
coo DELEGATES EXPECTED
Meeting Opens To-Morrow. With
Addresses by Governor
and Mayor.
COO DELEGATES EXPECTED

Convention activities begin anew to-
morrow with the meeting Mt the JEFF
ferson Hotel of the international Rail-
way Blacksmith Foremen's Association
which will bring to Richmond between
800 and 600 delegates from every State
~ thc Union, Canada and Mexico. It
VIII tie the twenty.ffrst annual meeting
Of the organization, and the first south
OF Philadelphia
The convention will be in session
from Tomorrow morning until FRIDAY
afternoon The program, still incom-
plete. provides for two business scs-
sions daily and for an imposing array
Of diversions, which will entertain the
delegates In the evenings.
At the Jefferson Hotel last night a
scoTe G.. more delegates were regiater-
&C from points as distant as Cleveland,
Chicago and Albany. None or the ma :
tional officers had arrived. These. as
we'll as the bulk Of the attendance. arc
expected on the incoming trains this
afternoon and tonight.
Represent Every Railway.
The convention will be attended by
blacksmith foremen representing every
railway of consequence in the United
states, Mexico and Canada. When the
organization met last year in Chioag
the two last-named countries were well
represented. In point OF membership
the International Railway Blacksmith
Foremens Association Is the second
largest among the railway mechanical
organizations OF the country.
j. y. Poland. blacksmith foreman of
the Richmond Fredericksburg and Po-
tomac Railroad shops in this city. Is
chairman OF the reception committee in
charge OF arrangements for tho Rich
mond meeting. He is assisted locally
10y p. +. Dugan, of the Chesapeake and
ohio Railway. and Hugh Tlmmons. of
the Richmond branch Of the American
Locomotive Company.
The national officers. all Of whom are
expected to-day, are: j. T. insolvency,
baltimore and Ohio. Baltimore. presi-
dent; H Il. Gamble. Pennsylvania Lines,
Altoona, Pa. vice president; a. l..
Wordsworth. Cincinnati. Hamilton and
Dayton. Lima. O.. secretary treasurer
and I +. Williams, Chicago and North
western, Chicago. chairman OF the eX-
ccutive committee.
Entertained Ivy supply Men.
With the blacksmiths will meet 100
OF more railway supply men, who will
bring with them extensive exhibits,
and will take prominent part in en-
icrtatning the convention. The Rail
way supply Mems Association is head
ed by President J. II, Blakslec. of Clcve-
land. and Secretary George Hoeflec OF
New York City. Roth officers are ex-
Dcoted to-day.
The discussions and papers. which
Will occupy tho time of the delegates
At the business sessions. will be wholly
technical The convention is purely
for the interchange of ideas and for
the exposition OF improved methods of
work. Travelling expenses, as we'll as
hotel bills. are in every case borne by
the railroads sending delegates
Address by Governor.
Convention activities will begin at
10 o'clock tomorrow morning. with
an address of welcome by Governor
Mann. Other welcoming speeches will
be made by Mayor Ainslie and by w
-. Duke, assistant to the president OF
the Richmond Frederick sburg and Po-
tomac Railroad. There will be re.
sponses by President McSweency and
other delegates for the visitors
Business will he the order at 2:3C
o'clock tomorrow afternoon For tn,
100 or more women who are expected
10 accompany the delegates the loca
receptions. confinittec has arranged M
automobile tour OF the city Motto,
cars Will leave the Franklin street en-
trance OF the hotel tomorrow after
noon al an hOur to be announced a
the convention. The bill for to-mor
row night includes an entertainment
by Polk Miller's darkey quartet, Il buf
fet supper and dance
Bont Trip wednesday,.
The visitors Will forget serious bust
ness Wednesday and spend the Who'll
day In trip down the river to James
town Island The steamer viii leav
the Old Dominion wharf at o'clock Il
the morning and return at $50 oclocl
al night Kessnich's Municipal Ban
VIII accompany the cxcursionists an,
provide the melody
There will be morning and afternoo
business sessions Thursday In tn
afternoon there will he a reception 7
me women in the parlor Of the Jeffer
son Hotel. AT night there viii be tn
annual dinner In the hotel auditorium
with an imposing array OF toasts
Morning ana afternoon business ses
sions Friday will complete the wor1
OF the convention. In the efternoo
VIII take place the annual election n
oHicers and the voting for the 1871
convention city Among the cities !
mo race for the honor OF entertainin
me baicksmiths next year are phila
de!phia, Denver, Cleveland and Eosto,
Policeman Uses Stick on Negro
IN resisting arrest yesterday mar