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Show I 4 ; Proposed Change in the Apprenticeship Appren-ticeship System Is Discussed and Referred. : MATTER WILL BE CALLED UP AT LATER DATE Afternoon Session of Convention Is Devoted to Routine Business. I After, nearly two hours of hard debate, de-bate, delegates to the fifteenth biennial convention of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners concurred Monday in the report of the committoc on constitution and laws regarding the change in the rules relating to superannuation super-annuation or old age pensions, suggested suggest-ed by the committee at Friday's session. ses-sion. As the new rulo stands members of tua Brothorhood who have reached 60 years of age, ha.ving been active members for a continuous period of twenty-five years, will receive a pension pen-sion of $250 per 3'ear, to be paid in quarterly installments. In addition, if tho member is unable to earn more than 75 per cent of the standard wage for the locality in which ho lives he will be permitted to receive full old ago benefits and to do his work as a carpenter. car-penter. Tho matters relating to changes in 1ho apprenticeship system, which were discussed at considerable length Friday of last week, were also brought up after consideration by the committee on constitution con-stitution and laws and after a long discussion dis-cussion by delegates was referred to a special committee, to be gone into at great, length, and this matter will bo brought up again later in tho convention. conven-tion. The object of so disposing of the matter was to facilitate business by permitting per-mitting the regular committee to continue con-tinue routine matters. The special committee com-mittee is composed of tho .following five members: John Mctz, president of the Chicago district council: William Corby of Xew York; John Clark, president of the San Francisco district council; Peter McLaughlin of Philadelphia and I Charles W. Paine, recording sccrelnry of local union No. 7G of Xew Orleans. Ip Report Concurred In. These two matters consumed most of .the time of the morning session. The I afternoon was devoted principally to routine business. Tho annual report of President William D. llubcr was con- curred in by tho convention, as was also jj the report of the general executive I board. Many other partial reports of committees were taken up and disposed of. General Secretary Frank Duffy said Monday evening that, business affairs J were being disposed of very ranidly and as well as could be expected. Tues-' day's session will be taken im with the nomination of the general officers, who will be eelcted by a referendum vote the third week of November. The election of seven delegates to the convention of the American Federation of Labor and the convention of tho building trades department of the American Federation I of Labor, both of which will be held in Denver in November, will take place Tuesday. It is expected that the election elec-tion of these fourteen delegates will take up the entire day, but in case matters mat-ters should move more rapidly the choice of the next convention cit3' will also be discussed. Des Moines in Lead. Up to tho present time the indications' indica-tions' favor Des Moines as the place of the next biennial convention. Secretary Secre-tary Duffy received a telegram Monday from Governor Cummings of Iowa inviting in-viting the Brotherhood to come to Des Moines for the convention of 1910. Governor Cummings is a member of the j Brotherhood and it is expected that, his t invitation will have great weight with the delegates. Other cities which arc J making a strong fight for the next convention nrc Denver and San Fran- cisco. Originally Sacramento and Tam- pa. F!a.. were in the list, but rccentlv i there .has been little said of these two cities. Reports from delegates are enthusias- tic over the entertainment they have received in this city. Sunday was passed 1 by many of them in the canyons and in looking about the city. Numbers of y them visited the different churches of i the city also. Only expressions of de- I I'ght are heard from the visitors and if there is a dissenting voice in the con vention as to the, manner in which Salt I Lake has exhibited her hospitality at J has not been heard. I Further entertainments for tho visit- ors are the. trip to Bingham on Wcd- i nesday and the banquet nt Armorv hall ( Thursday evening. The convention will J adjourn Saturday afternoon. |
