The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-03-31 00:00:00

RAILWAY SERVANTS' MEWING AT SWIM"

BRIDGE.

A meeting of the Rail way servants of the eli3tria ,
was held on S Imlay night at the Exchange hint
9.i.oltrbridge, in furtherance of the Amalgamated
Society of Railway Servants.—Mr. W. H. Parhwood
presith,l, and said he regretted to hear that the
local Leauch of the society was not in as goo i
poditiim as some tilos ago. trade unionism wan
te,, same a, it had been for yeais pstst.
,and
.iis
p-inciple thserved support. I is ow.i tra c (gla
trad,,) tr.e hid p.da ss. a week, and ri iw wore
sving 2s 61. It week, to uphold their position a a,
tr de socioy. World ig wnn e hyd not hater hlp
t .ele.sAves than by combination and hopad tha
ye:sr miloy new memb re would jo n thd 8 city
—NIL, Webb, ch Liman c.f he loAd bra ci of the I
society, toliuw-o, an prerouted superannuation
wanee of £2O to Mr. H. Reeves on his lesvieo
work as an toigine • driver —Mr. Reeves, in
eknowledg ng the grant, stated !I:lathe had virked
.or forty years on the the fo:.tplate of *n engine.—
Ar. Watson. the gen nil secnitary o tha
t en addreiesed the meeting on the objects sad
Onefit:i of the society. Although the branch in
that neighbourhood had not piogressed as thy
ih.,ald like, yet, taking the tionotry on the whole,
they hsd made material progress in the past year.
htd htd an increa-e of 1,221. mem tiers, and,
u twithetanding the heavy drain caused by the
Midland dispuis, the funds had Licrtased from
455,708 to £62.186. Tnere was a revival in tile
brauth!s, wiaeh he hoped woaid soon spree 1 to
that ..eighbottrhood. Mr. Watson they wanted
to litllaigitMettS the whole of the grades of railway
men concerned in working the traffic, and to break
lowa chess prejudices betw..en different grades.
rhe society nad done a greet deal of good for mil-
ers" servants since is -stabliitunent, and he gave
nunaber of Ms .:aloes in w itch it had acted or.
their t"half in impor ant matters. One of th-,
thins no mentioned was the practice of railway
ok,tripti lea in refusing to take on a alita who had
been in the service of another company, however
idoo his alai deter might be. They ought to make
the Co ditions of service such t at it a man lett
one bite he would not be pr-ventel getting e:nt.l,y
:tient on a:,other. Details were giv, nas to variou
Nays in h th thc sect • y acted in the interests
of its mernbrs, and also as to tne peuniary benefits
which mewbersoip secured. lie hoped many wh
were not at preteni tombs s would joi,i
in•eting .elused with vot s of the. m:airman and
licri42ry, On the mut iou of M Herr. tt.

THI SriclDE or A WOM --Oil AiOnd,ty even-
ing tar. E. Docker held an inquest o I the body o:
Army Raybcne, the wila of George Raybon , of
Envil.e l'he d- ceased lit.d 1:••••1-• sufferiu-: frutn
ne'...rat.ta or Elf Ole Milnitair coutpiaiut, wicra .-ub
jeeted her to ex es,ive paiu.—Freca the qa tote.tts
tdade in evidence by the husband and other wit-
nesses, i! apv tared that on uu ay night deceascd
Awe in b,d, and a servant named Eliza Langstone
-.a. slespiog in the ad with her Toe husband
0 i in an armchair ',etude the tire, •did ou th.:
side the ,leeetts (Vs eicer, a MiSil w ,
ei.a.td. Mrs. R tyb u. a pesred to be asleep whe.,
.si ouserved iry L gst,inv, aud the rest of those in
room appear e.i.-to to hay- doz d. When 1., Jag-
atone Iseult 50 nia d Mrs. at) bon., ai.d at uncti '
raise an alarm. The husband immediately searched
too uuse, •ot fade,' t • fild ay trace, oi her, and
ii vp.n: a d ailed r a Mr. bobcrty, who re
ided aex door. Built wed their seam , and
then D. fn•r a pollee co ...table, who ad-
vised them a- mum, at d.coa Oars father's house.
Doherty re'rrued an P oil renewing his search dirt-
core e R .ytto e Ii! aclserniu the yald of the
hone Lir oi. at,eiltp. te assist Inr, but went
i ant informed M. Raybone. None of the persons,
hiw v r. made La'. wistrapt to take :he w6man out
et 1. e ci.t.rn, but went for Police-sergeant Cart.
w:ight, who at once c me ni2,l took tie woman oot.
She was thrn Auite dead. D bery and th Lusoand
were Loth unable t say whether one was dead when
fifflt di covers'(, and sai4 they w re flurried, lu
answer LO the Coroner, who a biiea whether Cloy did
not consi 'er it thei- duty to take the wo nau out of
the cist, rn h tnotuent she was discovered. &hay re-
plied that t ey thought the pollee shuul I be sent
for. The cis'ern was Arc feet deep, and there were
37 inches of water in et the time Mrs. Ray non
was standing in the water in a stooping
her mouth eulz being wader the water.--why