Boston, Massachusetts was the scene of the next IBEW convention in 1913. Those who had been with Reid-Murphy were given credit for whatever standing they would have had, had they not seceded. They were also given 12 months credit in payment of death benefits, the only benefit the IBEW paid at that time for the 30 cents per capita tax. This was a useful tool to the IBEW in later years to bring lost sheep back to the fold.

Delegates representing 18,500 members of 27,000 total membership visited Boston for fourteen days. The convention was opened by Grand Secretary Peter Collins, who resigned and was replaced by Charles Ford at this convention at the Wells Memorial Hall. Peter Collins took on a new chore. To provide life insurance to all members of the Knights of Columbus. During the 1920s he published a book on the art of public speaking. He was a vital cog to the IBEW during these early tribulations and always a faithful and loyal member of Local 103.

Another Local 103 member addressed the convention on opening day. Brother Frank L. Kelley, President of Local 103. He was initiated into Local 103 in 1900. He also served on the Executive Council, a position he would hold for the next 40 years.

Another Local 103 member who helped with the festivities was Martin T. Joyce, a future Local 103 President, who had just been elected again as Secretary Treasurer of the Massachusetts A.F. of L.Grand President McNulty, in his report said, "I have seen our Brotherhood in victory as well as in seeming defeat, I cannot say defeat, because I do not concede to anyone that our Brotherhood has met defeat... No labor organization in our opinion, is ever defeated. When it suffers a set-back, it incites the members to greater effort in the organization and makes better pilots of our leaders, who profit by their past experiences and guide their organization over the dangerous shoals upon which they had grounded in the past."

"We have fought a clean fight and we have won, simply because we were right..."

The conventioners were treated to a sightseeing tour around historic Boston and a steamer ride out to Winthrop for a beach clambake, compliments of the host, Local 103. They then approved a per capita increase to 40 cents (which was subsequently approved by the mandatory referendum vote of all local unions).