Minutes of the Tenth Annual Meeting of the United States Association of Charcoal Iron Workers. [Volume: 8, Issue: 6, 1890, pp. 312-317]

312 UNITED STATES ASSOCIATION OF [VOL. 8,
Minutes of the Tenth Annual Meeting of the United
States Association of Charcoal Iron Workers.
FIRST SESSION.
ATHENIEUM HALL, MILWAUKEE, Wis., September 17th, 1889.
THE meeting was called to order at 8 P.M., President I. M. Bean
in the Chair. Mr. Bean cordially welcomed the Association on
behalf of the local committee of Milwaukee, and spoke of the
great advance made in the manufacture of charcoal pig-iron in recent years; the production of a blast-furnace having risen, within
25 years, from 8 to 10 tons a day to an average of 60 tons per day,
and in the case of the Ashland furnace, to about 100 tons.
The report of the Secretary and Treasurer was then presented, as
follows:
SECRETARY'S REPORT.
To the Board of Managers and Members of the United States
Association of Charcoal Iron Workers:
GENTLEMEN:
At the date of the last report, the roll of the Association contained the names of 264 members; during the year the deaths,
resignations, and those dropped on account of default of dues,
numbered 24. The new members added were 16, reinstated 1, showing a loss of 7, or three per cent., and making the present membership 257.
Of these, 246 are located in 27 States, the remaining 11 being
residents of 6 foreign countries.
The geographical distribution of members and associates, as given
by States and countries, is exhibited in the following statement:
Pennsylvania,. 59 Oregon,..3
Tennessee,.....28 Virginia,.. 3
Michigan,... 25 Kentucky,..... 2
New York,.... 24 Maine,..... 2
Alabama,.....20 Massachusetts,.... 2
Ohio,...... 16 Minnesota,.... 2
Missouri,.....12 Washington,... 2
Connecticut,... 10 Colorado,... 1
New Jersey,.... 9 Georgia,.... 1
Wisconsin,.... 7 Iowa,..... 1
Illinois,..... 5 Texas,...... 1
Indiana,..... 4 West Virginia,.... 1
Delaware,.....3 --
Maryland,..... 3 Total,...246