On June 11, 1900, the Charter of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. 130 was signed by Tom Wheeler, General President and H.W. Sherman, General Secretary of the IBEW.  To the founding Brothers of Local 130: T.G. Ziegler, J.J. Cahill, L.V. Lindsey, P.C. Ryan, T.J. Hawkins, P.D. Abbs, Albert M. Monoghan, George W. Kendall, Jr., M. J. Mc Govern, Charles Motzke, George Felms, and W.A. Dilzell,  we owe an unending debt of gratitude.  Their initiative, sacrifice and dedication have forever changed the lives of our members and their families for over 100 years.  They dared to dream and that dream has shaped the growth of Local 130 for more than a century and will continue to inspire and challenge us throughout the new millennium.