, 1866-03-15

called to take charge or We heartily commend
Nj. F. 10 the business men OF Cleyelaoa.
W0RKlNGn1BNs MASS MEETING.
meeting Of mechanics au1 work1nemen Was
held LAST evening ut the old Bozr1 of T1ado Hai fos
tie purpose Of expressing indignation 1t the coz.
duct Of The Michigan Southern L Northern Indiana
Railroad with rechsn 10 the recent ttike anon. The
locomotive engineers on that route 1t will be re-
membeTed that The engineers len the employ Of the
company In consequence Of the enforcement Of Ger.
tam rules Tor their guidance deemed Obnoxious.
deemed by the old engtneezs, are grossly incompe-
lent 70 discharge The responsible duties devolF7ug
ii. i. c. Cameron presided over she.meettn8,
Ehich was composed Of about 1--WE hundred men.
The following Vire-Pre.idents Wese sppointed:
Wm: H Whitney, Engineers Union; Geo. How-
tesers Union; % Mefal1sna' % s s.e.m % boiler a.tess
S,, Syner, Brass Tn'theT's Onion; F: aa9nlan, G..
| nnlon; Jndson G1esyes. Typographical Union; 4.
Eeles, Fl9mbess unlon: J: Pogne, Painters ,
Gnion; J. AEMaa, Ship Caspentes,s ana CaulEsr,,s ,
Monlder's Union; T. Hsll Ca7penter's ind Jotner's
Emon C. F. Magses. Ggar 1s'aa Makers union; a. Van
MI J. Gatrell oiic1atcd as Secretary.
Mr.. J. D KingslRnd msde concise statement Of
trrai@ent insi had rere,ved Gota il. sedsely md
other officers Of the road.
FL: Phillips sq'Pposted The {, statement It Of Nj:
Of the men now IN charge OF the locomotives on
The road named, he stated that since the old ell
atWeptJ-seven locomotives had b~cn more Or less
ing burnt ont lie aito alluded to several accidents
which had occurred on the road IN that time.
On mo'ion, Messrs. Moore, Adams and McAvoy
were appointed Committee on Resolutioua.
~. r. Porter next addressed the meeting. He
chanfc otthe road, IN making Fules which con-
PEELED engineers TO remain On duty ~ much a.
,nl!tysx or forty 6oqsa without restor sleep, aud
Win. the Ander:onrillc jallor. Ho also read a
statement Of the fightsui accident at Kendslgiite.
On "wednesday. Feb. asth. made By Nj. J. ".
engineer charge Of The .Eain 10 which the aeci-
dent occurred. Was intoxicated on that occasion.
The Committed On Resoln1ions now returned,
.WHEREAs, The managers OF the Michigan
Southern 4. H., By ther unjust and e1orbttant de-
mands made upon the engineers and frenen s,nce
Hoscmbef last, have compelled them at Last in
January fo leave the employ Of the company rather
than lose their manhood aud entsnger the hfghe.t
interests oi labor well IS Of The public generally
,WHrnEAs The daily newspapers Of the city aud
a4ons ne Thole ro1fe Of the rokd. have NOT Gully
refused to publsh the statements Of SAID engineers
md dremen. N relation to the justuess of thetr
cause and the dsncers threatening the travelling
pnblc on the Mtchfean Southern sa,troad, With its
present STAT Of inefficient neapable and unreliable
nisrepresented the merits Of tie ca.e, and have
denied he statement Of facts which have been es.
aP'lsoea ?, 1RD9t1p p ;as test1n9ony belt
q Chicago. In mass meeting assembled, to whom
those engineers and fremed appeal against the op-
psesson q eaplea:t eompsny, haye alter careful
Issue between The ofseerr OF that company and i'd
emnloyrs: our t5mpathtes ARE enlisted on The side
honor have been clearly he motives Of theis action
Resottnt, That there could not be any iust reaaon
tof reducing indirectly the wages Of said engineers,
bea to ~, 10 S 1aals Ry
out tseep, BY making four men do The work OF sig;
6y demandlnp, IN shost, services 10 :neh amount
bnity OF an engineers position toward hiuaelt
md toward the travelling puhitc.
hssotted, That the ecquel has clearly shown the
real object Of these nhutnan demands 70 haye been
te wish TO break up the organization OF he t'Hro-
thethood Of locomotive Engineers,~ the hatred or
Independence IN men, on the part Of tie new Ms.
Rttolrtd, That tic 6est intesrsu m S o2 tnc public
lmp1ioutly demand The sustaining Of that orcsui-
zanou, by means Of witch safe, eobet md efficient
sion, guaranty that railroad managers have not
been so to avail themselves o. By taxing iii theif
engineers nom the ranks Of The said Brotherhood.
stitntlon, to elevate the standing or locomotive
enStneers, and their character AZ men.
H4sofrea: That We appeal to The public generally
to help divide lhe 1asue In favor Of the oppressed
BY letting the Michigan Southern Railroad aud IL
trains severely alone. thereby securing thenselres
from the loss Of life and limb, as numerous Acct-
dents In the last tuo month. have sufficiently
ebo@n eautt Of
Resolrsi, As 1t present, corporations eeem 10
look upon mechanics a. things or tools, that have
no hghte or claims whatever thnt capital is bound
10 respect. thst abor must take tstif the helm Of
state and sntrpund Itself With the uecesemg saie-
guards asalnet oppression.
Heto{rtd. That We count aruoog euch the ppsf.
tive prohibition Of employing any engineer Tor a
longer time than eight hours, experience hsylpr
shown that It ia impossible to the booy and mind
Of locomotive engineer for longer time in that
efficiency and energy that the nature os bis bu.i-
neas fmperattsely demand. Also the establish.
mCnt OF coura OF arbitration to settle finally inst
sueh questions a. have areen In consequences OF the
Cn1nsI demands otthe Michigan Southern Railroad
rpcu fher worEmen; also, the fixing by Inv ofa
ct1tan standard Of learning and experience lof all
WHO npp1y for the poetlon Of locomotive engineers,
10 be passed upon By board Of examination. 8p-
pointed from expe1ta- to exclude from the en-
glneert fuch danEernua botches rs arc now running
them and the company into dteerace.
Ihefe resolutions were unanimously adopted
With poti,lEe enthusiasm On the part Of the large
audience.
Nj. E. schlacer made characteristic rpeech on
the rights Of labor. which was frequently Interrupt
Cd by hearty appliance The main potion or hIs
speech WIS ehowtnC how much better railroads
were managed in Europe, where they are under
control Of the goyeIument.
H!ef sreechee were a1so delivered ny Mesers
TAYLOR. Whitney and Bon1c1d, and the meeting at-
tourDed with cheers for the '*Brotherhood of En-
gtneers-"