Denver labor bulletin., 1916-07-08
Grand Lodge B. L. F.. E.
Bids DenUer Adieu After
Most Successful Meeting
Cleveland Selected Permanent Headquarters the Brother
hood and Louisville Next Convention City; Carter for
President, Hawey for Secretary and McNamee for
Magazine Editor Are Unanimously Reelected

Selecting Louisville, Ky, as the next
place OF meeting, the twenty seventh
triennial convention of the Grand Lodge,
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and
Enginemen, came to a close in Denver
Thursday, after being in session for
thirty-two days Los Angeles was the
chief contender with Louisville for the
1919 convention.
An unusual compliment was paid Dem
yer as a convention city, for while not
being a candidate for the honor, 1913 of
the S44 delegates voted on first ballot
TO reepat the meeting here.
II has been a great convention, both
for the brotherhood and Denver Presi-
dent ". s. Carter, who was unanimously
reelected and begins his ninth year as
head Of the brotherhood declared more
constructive legislation had been enacted
than at any previous meeting of the
order. Il is estimated that close upon
81 600 900 was spent in Denver. The con-
vention expenses alone were 100000
while delegates and visitors left at least
that much more. For printing the daily
proceedings a Denver firm was paid
Sl2. 600.
Friday was pay day, when all the
delegates assembled at the paymaster's
/
the balance due. Each delegate was al
lowed 50 per day during the convention.
including Sundays, all being paid direct
from the grand lodge treasury.
Officers and delegates expressed them
selves as delighted with the courteou.
treatment and entertainment accorded
them during the five weeks stay in
Denver.
Cleveland for Headquarters.
Cleveland, Ohio, was slected as the
permanent headquarters of the brother
hood, and they will move from Peoria.
Ill. within the next six months. The
grand lodge owns several valuable build
ing lots in Cleveland, and a structure
suitable to the needs OF the order will
probably he erected there in the near
future.
The organization has a bank account
of IS, ,nO0 900 in cash. of which 50 600 900
Is carried as a checking account in the
local banks in the headquarters. In
addition. about 100 employees arr on the
payroll.
The removal to Cleveland was prompted
largely by the establishment there OF
the headquarters of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers and OF the Broth
erhcod of Railway Trainmen. The addi-
make the Ohio city the central point for
Americas three leading organizations OF
railroad men and will enable the heads
of the three associations TO keep in con
stant personal touch with each other.
Vote Additional Appropriation
Following Frank p. Walsh's address
last week. the convention voted an ad-
ditioual 81 900 to the Federal Industrial
Ralatious Commission MAKING a total of
81 500 given to this purpose.
As token of the esteem in which the
delegates hold Charles A Msier, past
sented him with Webb c. Ball watch
of handsome design He was called home
on urgent business and the presentation
was made following a farewell address.
John ]. Hsnnhsn. one of the oldest mem
bers of the association and past grand
master of the brotherhood. also wa.
called home before the convention ad-
journed.
Resolutions in the nature of protest
against what is declared to be an un-
necessarily rigorous physical eSamina-
tion the trsinmen must undergo before
being employed were adopted Monday.
The examination is more severe, it Is
said, than is given candidates for the
United States army and includes all
manner of acrobatic stunts,
Grand Lodge Officers Elected.
At Wednesdays session the following
general officers of the grand lodge were
unanimously reelected for three years;
w. :. Carter, general president; Tim
othy Shea, assistant president; Albert