▁in ▁Sar aje vo . ▁On ▁his ▁initi ative , ▁represent atives ▁of ▁workers ▁of ▁various ▁tr ades ▁gathered ▁on ▁ 1 0   August ▁ 1 9 0 5 . ▁They ▁delivered ▁a ▁resolution , ▁composed ▁by ▁S ok ol ović , ▁request ing ▁the ▁city ▁authorities ▁to ▁grant ▁the ▁workers ▁the ▁right ▁of ▁free ▁association ▁and ▁of ▁holding ▁public ▁meet ings . ▁After ▁no ▁response ▁came ▁from ▁the ▁authorities , ▁S ok ol ović ▁gathered ▁the ▁workers ' ▁represent atives ▁again ▁on ▁ 2 1   August . ▁They ▁made ▁a ▁formal ▁request ▁to ▁hold ▁an ▁assembly ▁six ▁days ▁later ▁to ▁establish ▁their ▁organisation , ▁and ▁this ▁request ▁was ▁soon ▁granted . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁public ▁assembly ▁of ▁workers ▁in ▁Bos nia ▁and ▁Herz egov ina ▁was ▁held ▁as ▁planned , ▁on ▁ 2 7   August ▁ 1 9 0 5 ; ▁it ▁had ▁around ▁ 3 5 0 ▁participants . ▁The ▁provincial ▁government ▁sent ▁an ▁en voy ▁to ▁be ▁present ▁at ▁this ▁gather ing . ▁It ▁was ▁pres ided ▁by ▁Alo j z ▁Sup an č ič ▁( a ▁text ile ▁worker , ▁originally ▁from ▁Sloven ia ), ▁and ▁its ▁minutes ▁were ▁recorded ▁by ▁S ok ol ović ▁and ▁Must af a ▁Hand ž ić ▁( a ▁sho em aker ). ▁The ▁assembly ▁accepted ▁the ▁proposition ▁to ▁found ▁the ▁General ▁Work ers ' ▁Union ▁( G lav ni ▁rad ni č ki ▁save z ), ▁the ▁main ▁goal ▁of ▁which ▁was ▁" to ▁work ▁on ▁the ▁intellectual , ▁moral