sentences:  He studied in the "Liceo Alemán de Osorno" ("German school of Osorno"), and started to work very young in a law office.Since very young he also participated in social and musical clubs.In 1891 he joined the then fledgling mutualist movement in Chile, and became one of the founders of the "Sociedad Unión de Artesanos de Osorno" ("Society of Artisans of Osorno" - a union of workers that provided welfare benefits to its members), of which he was president several times.