Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-08-20
President Fenton and Sec
retary Wilson Have
Stage All Set.
1000 DELEGATES
WILL ATTEND HERE
An Elaborate Program of
Pleasure and Business
Is Arranged.

EDGAR FENTON. president Of the
~ Oklahoma State Federation o
Labor. and ollie $. Wilson, secretary
of the same organization, have ar
rived in Tulsa and have completed
all arrangements for the opening ses
sion Of the eighth annual convention
which opens in Convention hall Mon
day morning at . o'clock.
Already two hundred or more del
egateS have arrived in Tulsa to be on
the ground and will assist the local
reception committee in meeting the
trains which arc expected to brine
into the city, within the next two
days, more than two thousand dele
gates TO the convention.
Among the delegates to the fed
Grafton of labor convention every or
raniZcd craft in the state of Okla
homa viii have representation, ana
II is estimated that as many as fifty
different and distinct crafts will be
represented, including iron workers
plumbers. electricians. carpenters,
rnachiniSts. conductors, engineers,
horses hocrs, printers, bakers, stage
hands, BARRIERS, bricklaycrs. boiler
makers, lathers, plasterers, sheet
metal workers, tailors. pressmen
structural workers, roofers, laundry
Workers, teamsters and cooks and
walters.
Work In Committees,
It has been proposed that COM
mittoe Of eacn OF the locals of the
above crafts shall have committee
10 work In conjunction with the en-
tertainment ccmmltteo, and these
..s.t Ia "A
ertt rtalling the visiting delegates.
H. s. Helgeson, chairman of the
entertainment committee, has an
nOunced that every detail for the pro-
duction Of a good time for the visitors
has been looked into and no detail
has been overlooked which would as
sist in giving the delegates to the con-
vention the time of their young
lives"
The fact that several of the most
prominent labor men in the country
have been secured to participate in
the program of addresses was
received with great satisfaction by
the local labor men and delegates
from throughout the state, and 1t ic
expected that matters OF great i'm
portance to the laboring man will re-
ceive the attention of these speakers.
Among those expected TO make the
convention a great success are Edgar
FentOn. president of the federation:
Ollie $. Wilson, secretary y-treaSurer;
Thomas r. Harvey. second vice-presi-
dent; John Kirk, vice president l..
=. Core, vice-president; -. \ Furgu-
son, president; Harry III. Selge-
sen, chairman entertainment commit
tee; ] j. Cease, chairman musical and
reception committee; George B. John
son, chairman ways and means COM
mittee. W. T.. DeBcrry chairman Of
ficers headquarters committee. w. E.
Orr, chairman finance committee.
VIII Discuss Laws.
At the Forthcoming convention.
many matters of Importance TO the
trade crafts, such as the state COM
pensation law, Industrial insurance,
shorter hours. the child labor law.
boycott regulations and other matters
are to be discussed by the leading men
of the labor interests in the state and
the convention promises to be one OF
the greatest in the history Of or
ganized labor in the history Of the
Oklahoma federation.
As a feature Of the many attrac-
tions which have been secured 10y the
entertainment committee. for the
pleasure OF the delegates, which in
cludes two carnival companies with
combined shows totaling more than
thirty concessions, there Will he o
physical culture exhibition at Con
Vtntion hall Wednesday night begin
ming at o'c4ock in which Freddie
Hamann and Tom Stowie will he seen
in action for ten rounds. Frank Moran
viii referee the go.
Young Applegate will meet Kid
Dlard in q siX-round bout and Hinie
Maves and Babe Green Will have al
encounter of strength and wrestling
skill after which Rufus Cameron and
Jack Thompson Will endeavOr to
settle a dispute rs TO who is the best
man with their bread edrners
The funds derived from this affair
will 20 TO the erection of labor
temple in this city