The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-07-25
STILL THE STRIKERS.
Exciting Scenes at the Joint
Brotherhood Meeting.
THRILLING TALE OF TWO SHOES
David Septogle Has His Picnic Spoiled
aud Gets into d Warm Corner
Terrible lace War
The Dissatisfied Railway Employees.

The Disss tisfisd Railway Employees.
ST JOSEPH, Mo-, July "a The joint
meeting of the Locomotive Engineers,
Firemen, Switchmen and Brakemen
which met to consider the Burlington
strike, convened at Tootles Opera
House to-day. About roo del gates
were present. req resentirg the lodges of
the Uni ed States, Clnada and Mexico.
Great care was taken TO keep the pro :
| teedIngs as quiet as possible.
Frank 2. Mcdonald, chairman OF
the grievance com mittee. Of the1ocal
Brotherhood of Engineers. called the
meeting together. All the morning tie
committee was at work searching
the Opera Heuse, aud lookir with
laHterns for spies. Finally a pair IT
shoes were found en- the stairwav,
leading up into the attice above the
ceiling and gallery. This excited
suspicion and the stage carpenter,
whose name was Moore, was
asked about The shoes. He said that
they belonged to him, AID when asked
to describe them, made q mistaEe.
Search was Immediately made for ne
owner of the shoes. He was found Sc
creted in the chandler supports with
no clothes on excepting honey comb
undershirt and pair OF overslls. His
Lame is David Septogie, short hand
writer In the employ of Lancaster,
Thomas & Dawes, attorneys here. Sep;
togle was discovered by a member of
the LEGAL Brskemen's Brotherhood,
named Pat. McNulty. He was escort
ed down the ladder amid the ytlls of
the Brotherhood members, who be-
lieyed that Septokle was Pin kerton
employee. Septogle stated that he had
been hired by Jake w. Spencer. former
~ the publisher OF the Evening
NeaUS, but now proprietor of tt e
journal Of CONNIE, CO, to take the
proceedings of the convention in short-
hand for his paper. He said that he
was to be paid $25 for the work and adj
mitted that the stage carpenter had
shown him tie hiding place. A large
crowd gathered around him when he
was bought down on the stage aud
ont for the interfeTaHce OF cooler heads.
SeOlogle would have been roughly
handled. He had taken lunch and a
bottle Of wat out to his hiding place.
and was pre- AIRED to rema there all
day. 1t was suggested by one IF the
DIOluclu' vi uleu Ut rs ludI u6 pUO-
tographed and his likeness tie published
IN the Police Gazette and the Burlington
S;eet CircM ar, but the Opera House was
TODD ark. o have q I hotC graph taken. He
was marched 10 the police headqnrr ers
tbs ugh the streets in his bare fee.
Great excl emer prevailed While Srl-
tos le Was being taken from 1he OPP ra
House, and cries OF "finkerton Spy"
ana ScaD" were made by the oele-
gates.
Cha rman McDor a'd begged the dele
gates not to offer any violepc TO the
man. saying that if rheie was any
legal method for punishment, the man
would be deal with accordingly. After
the excitement had subsidized, the con
ventitn proceeded to business. and
electe Frank 2 McD mad, chairman
of the loo | .Tievance committee, per
manent chairman. The forenoon was
spent in spec ch-making. The principal
speaker was Charles Sargent, of the
Flremen BROTHERHOOD. Ii is expected
the convention W II last four days.