Omaha daily bee., 1888-03-10


in brotherhood matters Of years age, repre-
senting now a commercial line as a travelling
salesman. MIR Hill spoke az follows:
Gentlemen and Enginemen-It is with
pleasure that 1 accept your invitation to
speak TO you to-day, and it is with pride that
greet you as brothers in triple sense-first
as brother men, second as fraternal brothers
of years gone by, and third as brothers of o
common danger, namely, "The wrecks Of the
| roads, Into your hands the 100000 CONNER
cial travellers Of North America have placed
the risks of life and lime, and | speak feel
ingly and knowingly when 1 say those self
same commercial travellers rise with their
hats of to thank you as brotherhood engi-
| neers for the faithful fulfllment of your
pledge. "Tndustry, sobriety and benevo-
lence" has been TO you a good watchword,
worthy your calling of danger and worthy
the approval Of all honest men, and believe
Ivoice the sentiment of every travelling man
when / say; God speed you in winning an
honest cause.
My experience in your legislative halls has
| taught ME that you have ever been a con-
| servative body, willing TO bear many indignl-
| ties before you would seek redre as in extreme
! measures, and from personal knowledge
| feel that you have glotified yourselves by
your moderation for so many years against
\ The unjust discrimination against you as TO
| the question of grade and pay that
YOU have received from this Corpora.
tion known as the 90" and when
! forbearance has been your watchword for
! so long, now that you have spoken, let your
! speech bring you victory. feerthat the.un-
| willing, .mercenary newspapers Of the day
have misrepresented you. Perhaps some
| have done so from the reason of threat or
bribe. For such feel an unutterable con-
| tempt, for in msrepresenting you they strike
| blow at the freedom they claim to repre-
sent so fearlessly. They frequently crack
| Jokes at the expense of some .trust'' that
| the principles of cooperation; but as soon
as the skilled engineers and tiremen
of the brotherhood turn to protect
| their individual homes and welfare, they
and fremen, must not tamper with the in
| terests of the people. They must. beg to be
| taken back as abject slaves. They must do
this and not allow themselves to protect their
own interests because the public demands
they should bear up under smarting grev-
anc9s in the interests of commerce and
trade Commerce and trade" and the pub
lie, if memory serves me right, or even the
rant such a show of brptherly
love from the engineers; and If
1 am allowed to Judge. 1
would say that these enginemen are In much
better shape to get along without the people
than the people are to get along without
them. And will go still further and say,
when the people will as willingly put forth a
few days loss of facilities to travel as they
will of the loss of unjust determinations of
corporations like the one with which you are
now treating, will unhesitatingly say that
these self-same epginemen will be glad to do
nate one-half their income to the people
so. well, and back it by some some
actions other than by newspaper TALK
have, for instance. noticed newspaper head.
ings this past week, saying :'the b. & M. is
running regular trains on time and are re-
ceivlng freight for all points.n If experience
is any rule to go by such reports are lies,
manufactured out of whole cloth" Again
they say their passenger engines are manned
with competent engineers, and only two days
ago saw in distance of less thau one hun
dred miles on local branch of this self same
road, four dismantled and broken down en-
gines, and kept my seat on atrain in constant
fear of a collision Owing to a
tracks by the ''scab'' who was trying to
carry two gauges of water in the stack, the
passenger coaches of a train we met looked
as if they had set beside tar manufacturing
establishment
In this connection would pay my respects
to several papers. Most notable in this
locality is the Omaha BEE, which has acted
fairly and squarely with you, and believe it
will never have cause to regret ITS honesty
said that sin mystic characters
our features bear the motto Of our
souls" Is it be true "the mystic" or what
ever kind of characters are stamped on the
features of some of these imported scabs''
have seen, assure you they would discount
the Five Points or the Bowery in their
palmest days, and if the people could see
their photographs in line alternating be-
tween the brotherhood boys who have struck
for honest pay, for honest service, I believe
that the public would need no stronger proof
of the justice of your demands UNITED
you stand, divided you fall" and
nnu ntrtv tnt
duce a parallel of your unity
moderation and faith in each other Surely
the heads of your respective organizations
must be proud of you. As a travelling man
greet you and believe voice the sentiment
of every one of these when say, "God speed
you," with their moral support and if need
be with financial aid.
In conclusion all | have to say to you is,
sustain yourselves in the future as in the
past, and be sure you are right. Obey the
advice of your executive officers and do not
let the hierlings of an underpaid. cor
poration defeat. you in your just de-
the land says this road is manned with skilled
engineers You know better, for honest,
moral, sober men are recognized as Brother
hood men and Brotherhood men only.
United they stand as Il bulWark against
drunkenness intemperance and injustice,
and pnequalled by any other fraternal organ
i3ation in loyalty to their country. homes and
occupation. Nothing can turn the tide
dBdlilob yuu IL yOu EciuulE hlcdulHSb anu UFuc,
and when victory perches on your banners,
and you resume your old accustomed places,
none will welcome you back more sincerely
than the travelling men. ~
Wymore AppIauds the brotherhood.
LINCOLN, Neb, March 9.-[Special Tcle-
gram to the BEE. IA large and enthusiastic
meeting was held at Wymore yesterday aft
ernoon by the brotherhoods of engineers and
fremen for the purpose of receiving Vice
Grand Master John j. Hannahan. The citi-
zens learning Of his presence in town, re-
quested public meeting in order that they
might better understand the situation ON the
Burlington system. The Rev. J. " Dimond
presided over the meeting and an aDle and
eloquent address was delivered by Dr.. Craig,
which was receiqed with great applause.
Mr.. pHannahan was then called and stated
that the brotherhood We're perfectly willing
the people Of the entire country should become
fully acquainted with the present condition
of affairs aud why they prevailed. He then
gave statement in full, carefully reviewing
all that transpired from the beginning Until
the present time He,was attentively listened
to and continually applapded, AT the con
clusion OF his remarks the Rev. Dmond,