San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-10-18
THE BRAKEMEN,
FIRST DAY OF THE THIRD ANNUAL
CONVENTION.
Grand Street Pageant and Civic and Mil
itary Procession--A Fine Body
of Men--Their Welcome BY


Our Citizens.
Tine tuiul uuuuH convention OF the Grand
IOIr' Ut RruthUrNUCd e halfway BrHkCmcu
OF the United states and Canada begun 10.
which nearly Hil Of our local societies paTtiCi.
/ patcu aud escorted the visitors to san Pedro
| springs, where the opening exercises are now
! going ON. Delegates to the convention have
| been arriving from all parts of the union for
| several days past, and have made their h adj
! quarters at the Maverick hotel although
every hotel and great many boarding houses
! Of the city have their quota OF the guests
| This organization has only been founded
! since September ~ 1888, aud this is the third
| annual convention OneOnta n. Y, is its
birthplace, and II started with only eight
! charter members. The first annual meeting
waS held Ia Dubuque, Iowa, with thirty-SCYen
convention was held at Burlington, Iowa.
when lGl lodges were represented. At this
! the third annual convention, the total mum
! Der of lodges in the Brotherhood number "a
! and nearly every one is repre- entCd at this
convention. The objects of the order Is for
| the advancement Of the interests of railway
brakCmen, for their mutual benefit and the
benefit Of their relatives or others after d, ath
| The association has always paid out
| in claims over SI.UDO, though this is but the
| third year Their motto is "SObricty BeneyO.
lpncC and Industry" aud taking the delegates
now IN our city, for example, IL Is needless to
say that they fully live up to this motto for
are not they rs sober set of gentlemen ~
ever assembled in san AntunOY Or
have any Of our citizens seen them under
the influence of liquor and to say they arr
not benevolent is faisC, for every delegate this
morning subscribed one dollar each, toward
the sufferers mt Sabine Pass, and il did not
take but a few minutes to raise several hun
dTed dollars for this charitable object. and
that they are industrious Is evident by the
amount of this COmmcndabc trait they have
exhibited since their arrival in the city, in see.
ing all that was to he seen of the sights of our
city.
The grand officers of the Brotherhood are as
follows:
S. E. wilkinson, Grand Master; residence,
PCOria, His
Neil Sullivan, Vice.Grand Master, Bling
hampton. n. Y.
Edward f. O'Shea, Grand Secretary and
Treasurer, Galesburg, Ills.
l.. c. Foster, GRAND Organizer and Inspec
tor, IthiCa. n. Y.
Board of Trustees, $. f. wilkinson. Chair
man; Secretary, ID. l.. Cease, Phillipsburg, n
I'D j. McCarty, OneOnta, n. j.; r j. Shea
han. Denver. Col. 20. Z. Ecklcy, Peoria Ills {:
and T. district spOuding,sccretarics.
The grand officers are now IN the city. AC-
cOmpanyipg them, although not member. Is
Rev. John Weston, of Peoria, Ills, who comes
to deliver the annual address to the cOnven-
ton.
Yesterday the day was passed by the dele
gates in sightseeing. Madison Square church
was filed with the delegates in the morning To
hear Rev. John Weston, their orator, preach
In the afternoon the springs. missions, Alamo.
government military post, head of the river
and other points of interest we're visited
aud at night the minstrcls, the var
iCty theatre, the churches, or the dOwny
couch at their hotels and boarding houses
caught them.
This morning all was hurry and hustle to
get ready for the parade which took place ~
O'Clock y Ill. The tandadu delegation ar
rived and now nearly all the delegates are ill.,
and are being taken care of by the g. Spangler
Lodge. brotherhood OF Railway BrakCmen, OF
this city and the citizens committee.
BY PRESIDENT CLEVELAND.
The following letter has been received by
the local lodge:
EXECUTIVE MANSION,i
WASHINGTON, oct. T., 1856.
J. J. Watson, Master.
and
Dan K. Davis Secretary.
Dear Sirs:-Thc president directs me to OK
press his thanks for the courtesy of an invita-
ton conveyed in your recent letter to be pres
ent at the third annual convention of the
Brotherhood of Railroad .Brakemcn TO he held
in San Antonio, Oct. 18th, which he regrets II
will be impTaCtiCabc for him to accept.
DANIEL s LAMONT.
Private Secretary.
DELEGATES ARRIVED.
The following delegates have arrived in ad-
ditiOn TO those already reported:
T. y Kline, Detroit, corresponding secretary
Harrisburg; j MahOncy, district CORES
pOndng secretary, South Pueblo: T. l. Jcn-
kns, New York: l. c Foster, lthica; c f Lun-
dy, Palestine; } Powers, st Joe; Il l. John
Grand Island. Ncb; W vim, Denison, Texas
= NNs vi
Lynch, De Sofa, John Bell, Fort Cameron
his; A w Stanford, st Louis; NJ Call, MOberty,
Mo; ID S PAYNE, Stanberry, Mo; w Hale
Fort Scott, KS; NJ Ryan, Stewart, 10.
Frank CrichcrsOn, Salt Iake:N Kearney, Tex
arkana; Frank Jesse, Davenport, Iowa; ThOs.
II Murray, Forest; + J Sayer, Huron; Jos
Perry, Huron; Charles w Flanders, Hamlton
T. Hooper, Derby Tobacco; Fred l.
Sharpe, Georgetown; Ed Oge, LOngvlew; 20
Enwick, Portland, Oregan; G Fisher, Mis-
souri, Valley: j Jumper and wife, Wood
a q WnpIbpngn.
burg, Galesburg; X Dodge. Aurora, III; {
J TObin, Burlington, Iowa; O'Leary, Los An
gelOs, Cal; + X Hill Nashville, Tennessee.
The procession was the longest and most
brilliant pageant of ever witnessed in San An
tonic, and was over miles long. The banners
of the different lodges of the Brotherhood with
the name of every state in the Union printed
upon Them the different bands in their bright
uniforms, the Knights of Pythias in their re-
gala, and the two military companies tOgeth
err with the different societies and fire com
panics, fOrminga sight to the eyes that will
never be forgotten.
Arrived at the San Pedro springs the follow
ing programme was followed:
Overture-Jolly Robbers. .. Frame Won Suppc
Opening Prayer. Rev. j. W. N6ll
Address go. ............... Gov. John Ireland
Selections ...IPTravatore. Verdi
Address of Welcome. Hon. Bryan Gala.
Annual Address 80 Grand Master S. E. VII.
selection-Ye oiden Times .... Beyer
Communications. 49,. Grand Sec. and Treas,
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 49,. Ed. +. OShea
Address .....................H Hon. Geo. Pascha
auIreSs. W. u an lech
Address. .............. Hon. A. NJ; Cochran,
Observation-Disclosures. of Dallas. Texas
Address Hon. G. S. Robinson
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Address. Hon oscar Bergstrom
Address. ..:,a.;...;,.........Ho Hon. John Copeland
Address and Benediction Rev, John Wes-