The chronicle=news., 1913-08-04
UNIONS
PREPARE FOR /:
GUESTS


There will be no dearth Of enter.
tainmsnt for tho hundreds Of dele
gates aud visitors that will be iu
Trinidad for tho annual convention
os tho Colorado State Federation ol
Labor this month. Yesterday morn
ing the entertainment committee me,
tn Labor Union hall aud discussed
arrangements for the week and nam.
ID = full list Of committees. The
meeting was followed by q session
Of the Trinidad Trades Assembly
Robert Uhlich presided at the meet.
log Of the committee aud Frank Mi.
Uor presided 1t the Trades Assembly
meeting.
The big event Of the convention
II the labor picnic 1t Central Park.
Tho park will be turned over to the
committees on Nonday. August is.
All the various attractions that the
park offers will be In the hands of
. committee OF union men. Other
evcnts which have bccn arranged are
trolley rides TO the csmps. u smoker
At Castle Hall. aud such other
nmusrmcnis ss the towns Will pro.
vide in the way Of shows. The fol.
lowing committees have charge Of
the different events Of tn. conv.n-
ticn and picnic.
Dancc-Mr~.rs. Hob-rs. Cordino.
Davis. Wheeler.
Picnc-tiyun. saii'rr and cordino.
Trolley Ridcs--frank Miner.
Sa,okcr-Morris. Albright. Hu.
gard. I.aynr and Borrino.
Heats Miner. Curry.
Mrrry-Go -Round-Iody.
Ohcr rommittrs Will bc named In
the Intervening time and every De-
tall In the way Of entertainment will
- hooked after.
1spsets of cuaaitleos were reeiv.
Cd. Il was decided TO have about
two thousand pienic tickets printed
for advance sale. A statcn,cnt WIS
read showing the amount that each
of the local unions affiliated with
the Trades Assembly had donated ia
the entertainment fund. On. suI-
gcs,ion that WIS discussed with con
cradle enthusiasm was that of mr.
ranging = baseball game between
two teams representing union la
Tor.
A. tho meeting Of the Trades AZ.
smi'iy Robert rhiich reported for the
committee that had hrcn selected iaa,
Sunday To wait nm Sheriff Gstsham
and submit a protcsi against the
"mpio, mont of baldwin -fclts dctcc.
tiscs - deputy shcriffs. uhiich stat.
ed that the committee had called
upon tho sheriff and that for yariou,
rcaaous II wsS thought hes, to hold
over the report On the matter until
the next Sunday meeting.
Reports OF organization work wa,
received from the newly organized
bsrtcndcrs union. Among tn. mat
tors taken up WAS n com mpla,nt from
the TinacrS local declaring u certain
local hardware concern unfair it
union workmcn. After some dis
cussion = motion pa~scd that tho Ms
sc,nLiy concur in tho complaint thai
the hardware concern was ctnpluyius 6
non-union ,inncrs.
II was announced that l.awrenc,
pi9rcc Of this city had Jecn made
district organizer for the American
Federation Of Labor.
Charlcs Bailey. an intcrnationa
organizer of the United Nine Work
crs addressed the meeting and tolt
briefly Of the progress made in or
ganizing the coal miners of Colorado
and particularly OF the southern
fields. Tic reviewed the situation II
West Virginia and delivered a rtroni
plea for all labor unions to work to
Hethcr and to forget petty grievance,
that all the workers might conbin,
together to secure their rights. III
condemned tho private detective ag
enctes and pointed the way by whicl
the workers standing rs n unit coul'
reach the goal for which organized
labor Ia striving.
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