National Republican., 1883-07-25
4 SATISFACTORY REPORT.
Annual Meeting OF the u. and o. Emu
pIoycS Relief AssooiatIon-Intorest
Snecinl Dispnioh.

pioyeS Relief Assoointion-Intoresti Ting
/ Statistics.
SDcctai Dispatch.
DEER PARK, Mp, July a.-The annual
meeting Of the committee of management,
Baltimore and Ohio Employees Relief assoca-
tion, was held at Deer Park hotel this day,
the members present being Mr.. w. l.. Glenn
cnts, master of transportation; S. r, John
ston, master of road;'A A. J. Cromwell acting
master of machinery, main stem; w. II. Har-
rison assistant master of machinery trains,
Ohio division; j. T.. Sampson, assistant
master of machinery, Pittsburg division, and
A. Swisgl, supervisor of bridge building, &c.
Mr.. w. VI. Clements, who has filled the po-
sitOn of chairman of the committee since the
organization, declined reelection, and Mr.. S.
II. Johnston was unanimously elected chair
man in his stead
DR.. w. r. Barnard was unanimously re-
elected secretary of the association.
Interesting statistics were presented show
ing thelargu amount of benefits paid members
of the association. The secretary reported
that during the past quarter 2,5i6 claims
aggreguting j2,S9O had been paid. The as
sociation has at present a large surplus
donation made by the Baltimore and Ohio
company rs the nucleus of tho fund, and
these surplus funds are invested in safe and
paying securities. The secretary further re-
ported that during the quarter ending June
30 he had issued $50 bottles of various medi-
Cincs for the prevention or suppression of
prevalent diseases. That the sanitary condition
of the entire Baltimore and Ohio system was in
first class condition, and that safety guards
were being provided against the spread of
any epidemic diseases that might strike the
lines The record shows that since the asso-
citation started it has paid out in benefits of
various character the large sum of $503,6
nm 10 pI hxyn nfhp ,f Ro1
and Ohio service, in a position to know the
facts that this association, which was origi-
nally started at the instance of u number of
employees whose experience with the Penn
sylvania railway strike of 1877, had taught
them the pcrnicious results to their interests
of their connection with brotherhoods, has
almost entirely superseded among the cm-
ployes of the Baltimore aud Ohio COM
pany the secret societies that were
formerly in vogue there as elsewhere. 1t was
also stated that 96 per cent. of all employees,
other than those performing clerical duty, are
members of the association The Baltimore
and Ohio company, by pursuing this humane
and wise business policy and fostering the
organization by devoting to its aid a
capital amounting to some $650,00O
has placed itself in most enViable position
among the railways of the country, and the
present agitation may well raise the question
in the minds of the managers of other large
corporations whether Dy aHOfulnE similar
protection to their employees all cause for
dissatisfaction and strikes among the
larger classes of labor may not
be done away with. Already the
Northern Pacific and several other roads
have inauguratod this system, which is making
rapid strides in railway favor. 1t is significant
of this present crisis that but very few of the
telegraphers of the Baltimore and Ohio ser.
vice have availed themselves of the associa-
tion, while the other classes of employees are
with few exceptions enrolled in its meml ~
ship.