Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-25
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81. JosEPH, No, July 25.-The ioip,
MEETING of the locomotive engineers, fire
men, switchmen and brakemen to con.
slider the Burlington strike, convened
at Tootle's Opera House yesterday
About 700 delegates are present, repre-.
senting lodges Of the United States. tan.
ada and Mexico. Great care has been ken
Of course, to keep the proceedings ss quiet
as possible. Mr.. Frank p. Mcdonald 4
chairman of the grievance committee of tbs
local Brotherhood of Engineers, called The
meeting to order.
All morning committee was at WORK
searching the opera house, looking for spies
with q lantern. Finally q pair of shoe,
were found on the stairway leading m in,o
the attic above the ceiling of the gallery
This excited suspicion and the stage car.
penter. whose name is Moore, was asked
about the shoes. He said they belonged to
him, but when asked to describe them.
made mistake.
A search was made for the owner of the
shoes, who was found secreted in the chan
delier supports with no clothes on except
ing honey-comb undershirt aud pair of
overalls. His name is David E. Repiogle. a
shorthand writer in the employ Of Lancas.
ter, Thomas & Dawes, attorneys, at 3is
Francis street. -
Replogle was found by member of the
local braksmens brotherhood named Pat
McNulty, He was escorted down the lad.
der amid the yells of the brotherhood
members, who believed that Replogle was a
Pinkerton employee. Replogle stated that
he had been hired by Jake w. Spencer,
formerly publisher of the Evening News,
but now proprietor of the Journal OF Com.
merce, TO take the proceedings of the con-
vention in shorthand for his paper. He
said that he was to be paid $25 for the
work, and admitted that the stage carpen-
ter had shown him the hiding place A
large crowd gathered around him when he
was brought down on the stage, and but
for the interference of cooler heads, Rep
ogle would have been roughly handled.
He had taken lunch ana bottle of water
up to his hiding place, and was prepared
to remain there al day. 1t was suggested
by one of the Brotherhood members that
he be photographed and his likeness pub
lished in the Police Gazette and the Bur
lington scab circular" but the Opera
House was too dark to have the photograph
taken. He was marched to police head
quarters through the streets in his bare feet
Whcre nc Is sUii ccuEneu, Cn0rSc3 were
preferred against him yesterday afternoon
Great excitement prevailed while Rep
logic was being taken from the Opera
House, apd cries OF "Pinkerton spy" and
'scab" were made by the delegates Chair
man Mcdonald asked the men to behave
like gentlemen and not offer any violence
to the man. saying that if there was any
legal method for punishment, the man
would be dealt with accordingly.
The impression of the legal profession
here is that Replogle cannot be punished,
as there is no statute in Missouri concern
ing methods Of securing news for the pub
lie prints.
After the excitement subsided the con-
yention proceeded to business and elected
Frank p. Mcdonald permanent chairman.
The forenoon was spent in speech making
by Frank p. Sargent, of Terre Haute, Ind,
Grand Master of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Firemen; r Powers, master of the
local Brakemen Brotherhood, and NJ
general chairman of the griev-
ince committee of the Kansas City, Fort
Scott and Gulf road, W. N. Sullivan Chas.
Porter and B. Morris, all of st. Joseph, were
elected secretaries.
The delegation of twenty-five appointed
1t the Chicago convention last week, arriv-
ID at O'Clock yesterday morning over the
Rock Island road in special sleeper ten
Tered them by Mr.. Pullman. 1t is ex-
pected that the session will continue for
Our days.