Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1909 — LABOR FEDERATION JUBILEE [ARTICLE]

LABOR FEDERATION JUBILEE

Called to Order by President Perkins In South Bend Today. South Bend, Ind., Sept. 28. —Edgar A. Perkins of Indianapolis, president of the Indiana Federation of Labor, was the first on the scene of action for the silver jubilee convention of the Indiana federation, which begins in this city today. The first session will convene in Turner hall with President Perkins in the chair. The Invocation will be by Rev. John Cavanaugh, president of the University of Notre Dame. Mayor E. J. Fogarty will welcome the delegates and visitors on behalf of the city and figuratively turn over the keys of the cl y to the laboring men. F. A. Miller, president of the South. Bend Chamber of Commerce, will welcome the delegates and visitors on behalf of that organization. . Joseph Suchanek, one of the early presidents of the federation, will say a few words of welcome on behalf of South Bend organized labor.