Denver labor bulletin., 1916-06-03
Grand Lodge Officers Are
Ready For Business
Delegates Coming on Every Train
for Most Important Conven-
ton of Brotherhood: ALI
Business Meetings are
Executive

When the triennial convention of the
International Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen and Enginemen opens the first
session in the city Auditorium Monday
morning there will be present s43 accred-
tied delegates This is one organization
of labor in which every local lodge has
representative in attendance at the ma
tionsl meetings, for the expenses and per
diem are paid out of the grand lodge
treasury. In addition TO travelling cx-
penses, each delegate will receive 81 pei
diem from the time he leaves home until
his return. BY this system the smallest
lodge is insured equal representation with
the largest
Grand Secretary and Treasurer Albert
H. Hawley arrived in Denver on Nednes-
day and opened headquarters at the Al
bany hotel He brought from headquar-
ters in Peoria, H.. all the books and
documents that will be needed during the
thirty or more days the convention is ex-
pectcd TO be in session.
No Reception oratons.
Grand President William S. Carter will
arrive Sunday from New York. where he
F, has been attending the preliminary meet
ing of the four railroad brothcrhoods
incident to the conference with managers
on the eight-hour demand, which opened
there Thursday.
Many of the delegates have arrived and
eby tomorrow night all will bc in Denver
ready for the opening Monday morning.
The convention will get down to busi-
ness from the first rap of President Car
ter's gavcl There is to be no formal
opening program, no speeches by the
governor or mayor. All the sessions are
executive, only accredited delegates and
members Of the brotherhood being ad-
initted Daily sessions will be from Q
e. " in the forenoon and to in the
adSnoon.
Registration Booth at Albany.
Every delegate has been furnished with
printed copies Of the grand Officers, and
no time will be consumed in reading
them in the convention.
A registration booth for delegates and
visitors was opened Thursday in the
lobby of the Albany hotel and will be
maintained as an information bureau
during the convention.
Sessions Of the Ladies' Society. of the
motherhood will be held in the assembly
room Of the Women's Club on Glennrm
street, between Fourteenth and fh-
teenth streets The local committee of
this society, OF which Mrs. +. Russell IL
chairman, has made elaborate prcpara-
tions for taking care Of the lady dele
gates and visitors.
Every Detail Arranged.
HEADQUARTERS of the local Brotherhood
Committee OF Convention Arrangements
are being maintained in Room l4i Of the
Albany hotel This committee consists
OF one representative from each of the
three lodges of the brotherhood in Den
. yer. as follows: Charles b. bartholomew,
chairman. lodge No. $40; j. A. Rymer OF
lodge No. 2T3. and ]. w Brandt of lodgr
NJ 273. This committee has done splen-
4 work and the grand lodge Officers and
delegates will find everything in splen-
did shape for the meeting.
Last Ono Held 80 Days.
Tho last previous convention, three
wears ago was held in Washington, ID.
& and continued for thirty-three days.
\ ,mc are predicting that the Denver ses-
sion will be longer. due to the vast
amount of important business outlined.
The entire constitution and bylaws are
20 be revised pcrmnent homo and
meeting place decided upon, and a change
in the system OF representation and con-
ventions determined, besides the accumu-
lation of detail work covering period
of three years.
Added interest comes from the fact
that n conference of the four railroad
brotherhoods and railway managers is
being held in New York Mt the same time
to consider the cight-hour work day de-
mand.
Smoker at the Auditorium.
Entertainment of delegates and visit.
ora are all scheduled for evenings and
SUNDAYS, SO that no time Of the conven
tion deliberations will be lost in this
manner. 81,
The first of these entertainments will
be held next Wednesday night at the
Auditorium beginning at s o'clock. 1t
!, will be the big event of the convention
in the way of fun and frolic, and is la
bcled "a smoker for ladies and gentle
men" Admission will be by lodge re.
CENT book. badge or ticket. There VIII
Sbe a program of high class vaudeville and
athletic events, including two siN-round
boying bouts. an cight-round bout by
semi. pros, and II battle royal. Two thou
srnd cigars and 1000 half-pound boxes
olHsandy have been secured by the com
mfttcc for this event. The Denver Tour
ist Bureau contributes $3.50 toward de-
fraying the expenses of this nights en-
tcrtainmcnt.
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