The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1888-09-22

to have made such principles fun
damental in our order, upon which
the superstI uct6re has been reared
and which, when the storms of
adversely or detraction have
beaten fercely upon IT, and
when the floods of malice have
dashed against it, all combined
did not overthrow it-because it
was built upon principles of eter-
nal justice.
Nor is this all. AS | stand
here before this audience, here IN
the very center of the great and
prosperous south, L confess TO a
desire to go into details, In telling
this assemblage, III simple lam
guage, what | know about the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men. 1t is a tale of love, of de.
votion, of sacrifice, of courage
and of triumph
AS unroll before you the map
of the continent, with its 175,0 900
miles of railroads, with almost
innumerable trains flying hither
and thither, | would show you on
every locomotive, u locomotive
fireman, without whose services
every locomotive would stand
still. | would show you these
trains plunging on al a fearful
speed, around curves, into tun.
ne|s, over streams and chasms,
and up mountain sides until the
IRON stecd stands still above the
homes of the clouds. You should
see the humble unpretentlous
Lomes of these sturdy man where
wives and children, farheis and
mothers, wait and watch for their
coming when the day's TASK is
finished. ] would have you pass
in review before you those fear
iul disasters, often inseparable
from their calling, where the fire.
men go down to their death, and
then would have you see the
brotherhood, with loving hands,
gather up the mangled remains
and bear them away to Christian
burial. This done, would have
you 90 with the brotherhood to
the darkened home, the bearer,
not only of sympathetic words,
but with fifteen hundred dollars
to Tighten thu burden Of bereave-
ment and dispel somewhat the
disconsolation incident to death.
In this way, and in quick response
TO obligation, the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen has disburs-
ed millions of dollars. Such Incl
dents constitute the luminous
pages of Its history, and are des-
tined to shine with rcsplendent
beauty IN the memories of all
worthy firemen.
The Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Firem n is "A labor orgauiza-
ton, and necessarily takes a pro-
found interest IN the welfare of
wage men, who earn their bread
In the sweat of their faces.
The Brotherhood OF Locomotive
Firemen SIN close alliance with
the Brotherhood of LOCOMOTIVE
Engineers-not that the laws and
usages of the one in anywise eff
fects those ofthe other--but rath-
er because the goal which the fire.
man struggles for Is the throttle
of the engine. For this he tolls
night and day. For this he
studies. The prize is not won at a
bound. Years OF patient toll are
required. 1t may be said that
ninety per cent. ofall the locomo-
tive engineers have come from
the ranks Of firemen, and this fact
brings into proud prominence the
of the brotherhood to
the railroad interest of the coun.
try. The Brotherhood of Loco
motive Firenen toleraies no man
who is not sober and industrious.
They must be men who value
character and lespectabiIity; they
must be men of gooi report, and
such men are being advanced
from the scoop to
the responsible position of engi-
necr. 1t requires of me no labor
ed nor extended argument, III the
light Of such facts, to justify the
assertion that the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen has been en-
gagged from the first in the lauda-
Bile WORK OF furnishing the railroad
interests of tlc country, a class
of engineers, whose character and
were such as to COM
mand confidence
There was never an or6an'za-
ton of working men more con-
seryatYve than the Dr.. therhood cf
Locomotive Firenen The meIn-
bers of the order, since its in
have had bitter griev-