In January 1900, the charter of LU 35 was passed on to Herkimer, New York, and then in August to Massilon, Ohio. The LU 35 went defunct in 1906 and was shelved until 1913 when it was given to Hartford, Connecticut, where it has remained since. During the month of January, inside wiremen locals were chartered to #96 in Worcester, Mass, #98 in Philadelphia, #101 in Brockton, Mass, #102 in Paterson, New Jersey, #103 in Boston, Mass, and a linemen/outside charter to #104 in Boston, Mass.

The combination of LU 35, LU 103, and LU 104 is the seventh oldest continuous charter in the N.B.E.W. - IBEW (Baltimore #24 was chartered one month before #35, but its charter was suspended for a month in 1961 in a dispute with the IBEWCharter #103 is dated January 24, 1900. The IBEW, (charter #93 was issued to Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on December 20, 1899, making the N.B.E.W. an International Union), granted the charter to the following persons who were inside wiremen:

Leonard Kimball - elected Financial Secretary of LU 35 in 1899

Henry Thayer

John McLaughlin - elected Recording Secretary of LU 35 in 1899

Joseph W. Hurley

William C. Woodward - elected Financial Secretary of LU 35 in 1898

James W. Reid

F. C. Stead - member of 1898 annual ball committee

Joseph T. Mathews - elected President of LU 35 in 1899

Francis Wachter

Everett D. Caly - member of LU 35 annual ball committee

Theodore Gould - elected inspector of LU 35 in 1898

William W. Harding - appointed Business Agent of LU 35 in 1899

Obviously the charter members of Local 103 played an important role as inside wiremen on LU 35.

In January 1900, America was going through extraordinary times. The Great Depression of 1893 ended with the Spanish-American War in 1898. America and Americans were the worlds success story. An industrial revolution was taking place along with a reform movement against the great monopolies. Unions were being heard by a workforce which was tired of being exploited. Long work days and weeks, child labor, and discrimination of men and women in company owned housing and stores were being stamped out of the mechanized factories. Coupled with a need for more housing, schools, and factories, America was rolling up its sleeves and going back to work.