, 1874-11-19
RAILWAY POSTAL CLERKS.
These Gentlemen Desire to Or
l,lllizo for Mutual Bonelit.
Preliminary Proceedings Yesterday.

NAA~1' Va tAAS ooAf fAC3b LIN heO wv AAA1N"Ns'@
1nutual bonoat aHsocaton. It was thoro DO
oided to hold convention tn Chicago, and, aftor
apposntlng u cctnnittee to porfeat artauEomopis
therefor, tile meeting ndjourucA.
Tho Committee prepared cltcnlar. cop'ea oi
which wero forwarded 10 caot cleri Ill tho rai!"
why mntl-eorvico. Thocireu'ar dcsii Cd tue clotSs
to e1aot Delegates to repreHont tho tnutca ut tue
Convention, and presented tho following among
other rcaau,,a for tho formation OF tue proposed
society There ara employed III tho United States
Postal RAILWAY Alau-scrvico over 2,200 clorlss;
thoy a1o oxpoBod to accI,iont III tho discharge OF
thor duty, nnd Hoino provision for injured NOM
bors could DO ruado by iii organization such asis
uronosed, aud tho condition Of tho efnplyea rc-
gui,lug ia 10 improved by Congressional egiala-
tion Il can bcst 10 secured by united, orgauizod,
effort. ..-....-.
Pursuant to the adjournment. and In compli-
anco with the circular, tho Convention assembled
In tho Palmer uouao at $3.50 p. N. yesterday.
A. D. Hnleo, Of tho Washington T. Weldon
Route. oallod The Convention to ordor, md read
dispatch uust receivcd) from George s. DangB,
General Superintendent Of Tho Railway Ntail.Sor-
vice, Washington, expressing approval Of the
purpose Of tlc Convention, and hoping that har-
nurv mud good will would prevail.
7. D. Warning, Of tho Now York i Washington
Route, was tlcn oloBan Chairman, aud J. A.
Montgomery, Of tho ST. Louis 4 Chicago Route,
Secretary.
their confidence IN him. Io said it hus been tho
desire Of n good many III tho sorvice to form
society for tho benclt ef the families Of deccased
mcnlhors. Ho supposed that tint doslre was
shared In by all clerks in tlis acctfon In tho
East the bail had boon SGT rolling, md they
now looked tnthoso proscnt to asuss i'll carrying
tho measure through.
A committee Of 1.-Two on ctcdontiata VAS thon
appointed. It consisted Of Charsca e. Alnoro,
Of the First Division Chnrles Il, Emory. FIFTH
Division; i. L. Troy, Sixth Division; James
Delger, Second Division; anu ]. G. Walkinshaw,
Seventh Division.
THE nElnoA1Es.
Tho Committee retired, aid, after All absence
Of twenty minutes, reported tho following rs
being properly accrodltod delegates present A.
3. Au}se. WasAinston s Weldon Hallway; Jn,nes
uo1gcr and p. z. Warning. Of tho Now York &
aeoreo j: diibert ana 9. 6 i. Moore, Boston 1
AlbAlv; B. T. Church, Chicago II Fort Howard,
y. r Champion. Detroit l. Chicago; Il. T. hlaEs-
field, Louisville Nashville; L. q. kucald CHI
cueo 4 milwaukee,; A. Ju4son Throo,. aud Will
vey, Mobile j. Ohio; ". ". Alien, Lyuchburg g.
Bristol. Atlautic, Missouri 4 Ohio. anu Lyucl-
burg i Danv'lle g. Z. Eaton, Davenport d
Couucl Dulrs; B. Zick, Contra In & CAIRO; W W,
Indiana l. st. louiH St. Louis d Rontheasterr,
and Caho Short Ling; I. Mc1lurds Nashville 4
Decatur. Nashville d Chattanooga. aud Erans-
Vile, Henderson Il Nashville; D. II. i. Harlun,
Quincy l. kansas City; H. 4. Jerome, Flint 4
pcro Marquette; Capt Charles Emory. Crest
linc It Chicaeo and rittsburg Il Crcsttlue; II.
II, Chase. Little Rocl: II Texns, st. Louis l.
Little nouk, and Meml,lia 4 Lit.le Rock; John
Miller, Now York d Eric; Douglas Putnam,
naunlbal !: Denh,son, Holden d Paola, ana
}HactOa }': City : r; P;arson4 r. " Camp, Kansas
H. ~, EsnIf 1 t. Wnrn
i. AA ). s1seis, clieago osntrsiia 6. ~ &. Den:
moutl. and 8. G. Harvey, Duffalo i Toledo;
John ". uopstv, Buffalo u CleyeIat.d; L. L.
Boyd, New 1Iaycu. Aliddlctown l. Wilmington.
Now nuvcn d New Yprk, Now Haven Il North
lmpton, and New Iouduu t. NeY Haven y. C.
Herbert, Burlington Southwest; ". b.
Stewart, Burlington, celar Rapids y Minnesota;
knlcktrbocker, Aurora & Btroator; N. Elans-
burg, Chirngo L. Burlington; Cla lies Hoyt. Den
yer 4 Rio Grando: Denver 4 Pacific, aud liansns
Pacific; J. I. Wlllitts Great Eastorn; J; e;
l. Cal bonsIaIe; II. L. Mansfield, Louisville l.
bioluphis. Lebanon branr1, Of Louisville Il Nash
yll'c: Louisville d Paanoal, SputAwestern,
Louisville d. Lexington. Louiavilla i Cnclnunti
Short Luo. Louisvillo x Evansville River Routc
Louisville l. Cincinnati River Route; William
Harvey. New Orleans T. Mobile: A. O. 1luhe,
Charleston Il Savannah; Cincinnati t. Luu:s-
v!lle; South Carulina, Ohnrleaton & Drauehylte /;
NuIllnEluD u HciooDi 6UuIu CnfOllQA EGHtTHl !;
Wilmington, Columbus 4 Augusta; Fort loyal
l. ueorgla Central; j. a.. Mcntgomcry, head
quarters of the Slxtn Division; i. 4. Cole Chi.
cayo, 4 Darlington; Edgar Isabel Chicago y -.
Louie; 4. i. Wicker, Chicago Il oncInnatl; Will
lam ,Iatvey. Fsdncal, L Gulf; J. Y. Henry,
ua1esburg L Quincy; aud Q. @. Dodgott, Loayen-
woitb, 1uwrencs L. Galveston; George W.
Young, Cl,ioago l. ulnctnnatl day line
The report 'was rceoiycd nna ndopted, and it
Was agreed to admlt to tic ptlyitsgeao OF tic Con-
ventnn Rlly clertss, duly certiiicated, Who may
plcsont themselves durlu. the session.
A. q. W.cEur moved tint tho Chairman hp-
point d committee Of QUE from each Iii vision as
q cO,i,.nttee OIL
PERMANENT ORGANIZATION
OF tho Convention. The motion was carried md
recess of ton minutes talon to enablo tic
Charn.an to prepare st OF tho names. The
Conveptlun was tarlv In arriving at inis stage of
the proceedings. 1t mako At!oek,ugly slow time.
for railway u1en but that WIS owing to tho fuct
that the majority Of tho Delegates weto Slightly
nnacquallltsd with tho rulos governing doiiber-
Atlve bodies.
Tho CHAIRMAN submitted the following as the
Coi,inlttoe on Pcinlauont Organization, whlcl
were uccoptet.
ff-st Dfrty4o,I-E, Z. Dcyl
tscats4 Hpis 9a,-Iau,es llelSes.
Jh.fd U,et.tuA-A. d. Iiuse+
: F0HfGs Uip1SUt-W. llafftY.
~ Dutt,a.+-[t. Z, Mauauald.
SlttA Dir.a'vn-u.J ]. Skgels.
ScpeHth DristuA-t. Q, ~alkcsshaw.
The Committee retired, and soon afterwarG
'epo:1 Il tho following uailes ns orIcers:
cllairman, A. j. Miller: Secretary, ]. ~ Mont
somc1y.
Ti,u report vas received and adopted, md the
ie%ly-elected officers tuoA tleir seats.
MIR. Miller tllankod hlB colleagues for tht
honor cohfe'rea uea,n him. Ho considoica ~ I
hsGh honor 10 be called on TO pioHluu over tht
list OuMyc.t'nu OF puBtnl olorltB-
J. q. Wa'ltcsalaw moved thAt tho CHAIR nppoln
soonmitseo Of ous IRON oach division to dras