United labor bulletin., 1914-08-22
Small Convention Shot

and kept open house at the Trades and
Labor Assembly headquarters on Second
street Officers of the committee were
as follows: Sol Jacobs, chairman; Tom
R. Payton, vice chairman; John I.
Brooks, corresponding secretary; j.
Geary Connor, financial secretary; Ed
Anderson, treasurer.
Women delegates and visitors were
looked after by a women's reception
committee of which Mrs. Dameron was
chairman. Mrs Tom Lally, vice chair
man, and Mrs. Nlchaelson, secretary.
Many Pueblo business men displayed
a spirit of welcome by decorating their
store fronts, and Main street had holi-
dav aspect with festooms OF flags eN-
tending across the street from trolley
poles.
John T. Leeds. who came up from Al
buquerque. n. NJ, to attend the Inter
mountain Typographical Conference. re-
manned over to participate in the OPEN
| ing exercises of the State Convention.
Commissioner John T. West, several
times mayor of Pueblo, circulated
! among the boys and said it gave him
more real joy than running for office.
Lee Tanquary, superintendent of the
Pueblo state free employment bureau,
he of the happy smile and rotundity of
body, was delegate from the Order of
Railway Telegraphers.
| Postmaster Sherman s. Bellesfield
printer, farmer and politician, returned
| from a visit to relatives at Milwaukee
| in time to mingle during the last day
| of the convention.
| Commissioner of Labor Edwin V.
Brake. candidate for secretary OF state
| in the Democratic primaries, came down
from Denver Tuesday and was given the
glad hand by delegates.
Miss Genevieve Miles of the State
Labor Department was there and
claimed she had not missed a state la
Dor meeting since the year 1906. How
old is Genevieyei
"The Three Musketeers." united and
inseparable, were there and the life Of
many social groups, especially in the
| tango palm room Of the Congress hotel.
Course you all know them. Misses Bessie
Miller. Teresa Nau Clair and Sadie
Adney.
George Allen drove down from Den
yer in his new Overland. having City
Plumbing Inspector James C. Bulger
and wife as guests.
| Walter, II. Fink. publicity agent of
F.! the United Mine Workers, was the most
| 'paged' man at the Congress. Appar-
emily he was able to organize many res
cue parties.
H. NJ. Mum of Denver Painters and
Decorators Union No. 10 was assistant
secretary of the Convention.
r C. Wright. business agent of Colo
rado Springs Carpenters Union, was
there as usual, not having missed a con-
vention in many years.
An unusually large number of women
delegates and visitors were present and
lent added charm to the big gathering.
All the vice presidents on deck had an
opportunity to perform with the gavel
while the officers Were submitting their
annual reports.
J. Lee Baldwin represented Pueblo
Typographical Union and had the honor
of getting away with the first motion
of the initial session.
The Pueblo Chieftain and Star-Journal
had live reporters on the job and gave
very fair and generous reports of the
proceedings.
Vice President John p. Cassidy of La
fayette Miners Union is now the nestOr
| of the State Federation and gets more
| quiet enjoyment out OF the annual gath
erings than any other representative.
Mention of Ammons and Kindel
caused so many Kisses and groans that
delegates soon learned to sdestep these
| names in making addresses.
The band concert and speaking at
| Mineral Palace park Monday night was
| attended by large crowd. William Dia-
mond of Trinidad; organizer for the
| United Mine Workers, and Clint c.
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| Bulletin. were the orators. A splendid
| musical program was rendered by the
| Santa Fe Trail band.
Martin Lacher of Denver arrived in
| the field early and began a campaign
| for appointment on the auditing COM
| mittee. in which he was successful
G. w. White, president of La Junta
Trades Assembly and delegate elect, was
absent on account of sickness.
In his report President McLcnnan paid
an eloquent tribute to Vice President
Bob UhIich. who has been confined in
the Jail at Trinidad for ten months be-
cause of his well known organizing
abilities among the coal miners. Men
tion of his name in the convention was
greeted with rounds of applause.
Delegates from the mountain towns
complained of the heat in Pueblo, but
there was no occasion to get in the sun
for the sessions were held in the
spacious ball room of the Congress hotel
and those stopping there did not have to
leave the shade.
Denver Garment Workers Union had
live trio of delegates in Misses
Berthena Brummel, Anna Ohge and
Florence Worsely. All had a tryout at
committee work and made good as was
to be expected.
Jim N. Butler, business agent of the
Pueblo Cooks and Walters Union, was