Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-10-15
HOW RAILROAD CONDUCTORS
LOSE THEIR LIVES-A SlNGU-
LAR ORGANIZATION.

From an annual circular, issued to th'
#members of the United States and Cana
Ida Railroad Conductors Life Insurance
company, several interesting particular
may be learned relative to that often.
Habused individual, the railroad conductor,
Z The company has now been In exis
Stence two years, and numbers three
Thousand one hundred and seventy mem
bers, with its headquarters at Columbus,
Ohio. Its object is to provide fund for
1.-THE relief of those of its members who
may be disabled from causes originating
4 in their peculiar business; and to raise by
assessment on each member, sum equiv
Talent to as many dollars as there are
members, for the benefit of the wife and
family of any conductor killed by acct
dent or dying from natural causes. Up
to the present time fifty-one assessments
and payments have been made.
A glance at the schedule of deaths and
accidents reveals some of the ways by
(which conductors lose their lives. One is
reported as "shOt by a passenger" ano-
ther SKILLED on his train by ruffians,r one
"shot by hotel keeper" and another
burned to death on steamer. Of roads
the Erie looms up at the head of the list,
with five conductors killed in the past two
years. The Great Western of Canada
loses two by consumption and the other
deaths are scattered singly among the diff
ferent railroads in the United States and
Canada.
The company does not include as yet
the entire body of railroad conductors
Throughout the country, but the benefits
gained have become 80 apparent that it is
Expected the number of its members will
be greatly increased. The annual meet
ling of the company was held last week
at Philadelphia, and by invitation the de-
legates visited Cape May.
trict.
The following circular has been for
warded to us for publication:
To the Voters of the Twenty-third Senatorial
4 District:
A convention was held at Dyersburg on
I last Monday, at which Mr.. Alfred L.
Fielder was nominated as the Democratic
conservative candidate for State Senator
! In this convention the people of Gibson
/ and Carroll counties were not represented,
Though is assumed to act for the whole
senatorial district. No notice whatever
was given outside of Dyer county, and as
I the other two counties had no voice in il,
they are not bound to abide by its action.
This subterfuge for a convention, it isl
urged, was suggested by leading (?) citi-
izens of Gibson county, who pledged thal
vote of the district to the support Of thel
nominee. But fair and impartial con-
vention of the whole district, in which theI
i Just and equal claims Of each county should:
j be recognized, was expressly denied. VIII v:
was this? Was it a bargain; if so, who;
made it, which required that the nominee.
should reside in any particular locality
1t was evidently q continuance on thes
the part of these leaders to secure the votesi
of Gibson and Carroll and was wholly un-i
authorized and unwarranted. It is too;
llats for the nominee to claim that he is in
favor of district convention being held
He has publicly accepted the nomination.
|of the Dyersburg Convention, and claims
that no other county has the right to make
amy other nomination, outside of Dyer
bounty. Would a District Convention,
were one called, be 'tfair and impartial, I
when the right of Carroll and Gibson coun-
ties, to present one of their own citizens forS
the nomination, is thus ignored?
Under these circumstances, fellow-citi- Z
Izens, l have no other alternative than to-
declare myself candidate for the Senate,
subject to the will of the people at the
ballot-box, and in opposition to the nomi-
nee of convention which excluded them
as well as myself You have Just cause I
with myself to be indignant at the dicta- :
ton which is being practiced upon you.
DO not be surprised that other tricks will
be resorted to to defeat your will, and thath
another candidate will be persuaded to-
take the field in Gibson in order to divide {
your votes. They are aware of the false
step they have taken, and that the people
of Gibson and Carroll will net sustain it. /
Suffer yourselves 10. to be divided, but
give me your generous and liberal support
In vindieation of your own rights. If you
will elect me will serve you faithfully.
A. s. CURREY, of Gibson.
TppNrroN Tam Oct IN 1870