St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-15
BRAKES WIDE OPEN,
And the Ubiquitous TwisterS
Are Now Ready for Bus
mess.
The City Filled With Brake
men From the Nations
End to End.
A Brilliant Street DemOnStra-
ton Opens the Large Pro-
gPamme.
The Incidents Of the Trip
From Chicago, With Some
Personal Poin is.

Those whose sole acquaintance with
them stand on the rear platform and
twirl the brake handle around, or run
along the deck of train of freight
cars, know little of the men or their
work. Sleeping peacefully in the COM
Portable Pullman, one thinks little of
the man who is standing outside, his
weather eye open for the danger signal,
his hand on the brake ready to bring
the train to stop, imperiling his own
life to save those of the passengers. In
sunshine and storm, heat OF cold, bis
tering southern sun and tempeStuouS
northern storm, Drawing blizzard and
baking in the broiling heat of summer,
standing in danger of death by contact
with low bridges, or by being blown
from the deck by the bowling hurricane
of the wind-Swept prairie, he is there.
Ever to do and dare, keen of eye, cool
of brain. strong in nerve and quick to
act-Such is the brakeman.
Once a year the brakemen assemble
in convention to discuss matters apper-
tanning to their mutual benefit. Once a
year they select some city and gather
on the principle eXpOunded by old
.HIsop. that in unity there is strength.
This year st. Paul has been hOnOred by
them and many hundreds of them have
come from every point of the compass
TO hold the annual session of their
Grand lodge in our midst. st. Paul has
welcomed them as well as she knew
how. She may not have been able to
extend as royal reception as some
larger and older cities, but in truly
Western style she has offered them the
best she had, and has offered it with an
open heart. Representatives of state,
county and city spoke words of wei
come last night, and if there is anything
the brakemen want and don't see, all
they have to do is to ask for il and it
will be given.
The delegates from the various lodges
began to arrive on Saturday, but the
large majority came in on Sunday by
special train from Chicago. st. Paul
Lodge No. 122 sent
4 RECEPTION COMMITTEE
down to Chicago to escort the visitors.
Thomas Clarke, Il. +. Johnson, Z. w.
FulkersOn and J. 4. WiSnOm. The
train consisted of one Chicago, Milwau-
kee u st. Paul day coach. one Wisconsin
Central day coach, one Illinois Central
chair car. nine Pullman sleeping cars,
one Mann bOudOir ear. one Kansas City
baggage car and Kansas City engine No.
1Ug. 1t was in charge of two crews of
St. Paul men, Fred Williamson and j.
l.. Madden being conductors, Messrs.
Newcomer and Ellis, brakemen, MeSSrS.
Sterling and Murnane, engineers. The
travelling engineer Of the Kansas City
road was also on board. Before leaving
Chicago a band played at the Harrison
and Fifth street depot. Parmeee's Trans
fer company sent carriages and buses to
all tine hotels and took the brakemen to
the train gratis. The train pulled out
of Chicago at II O'Clock Saturday night,
and arrived in st. Paul at 2:l0 Sunday
| afternoon. On the way up collection
was taken up for little present to the
| fremen who constituted the volunteer
crew of the train. At little station
about twenty miles south of st. Paul
| the bell-cOrd was jerked and the train
stopped. The whole crowd piled out
and made the firemen stand up on the
rear tank. Grand Master Wilkinson
made a neat speech and presented each
one of them with a purse containing S25
The travelling engineer of the Kansas
CITY made a short speech expressing
! their thanks for tine pleasant surprise
Nearly all of the grand lodge officers
| of the Brotherhood of Railroad Brake
men are in the city, besides several
grand officers of other kindred OrganiZa
| tions. Among
THE PROMINENT OFFICIALS
noted in the Clifton after the parade
were Grand Master S. Z. Wilkinson, OF
| Peoria, H.; First Vice Grand Master
W. G. Edens. of Busyris, o.; Second
Vice Grand Master T. L. Slattery, Of
| Butte, Mont; Grand Secretary anC
| Treasurer, E. F. O'Shea, of GaieSbury,
ILL.,; Robert McElr0y, of Houston, Tex.
| chairman of the grand board of trustees
| &. W. Flanders, of Hamilton, Canada
| secretary of of the grand board of trust
eeS; c. +. Salisbury, of GalesbUry, Ill.
| D. J. Mccarthy, of Oneonta, n. Y; G
| }. G. Glenn, of Pittsburg. Pa, member;
| of the grand board of trustees. Foul
| of the clerks of the grand lodge Office
| at GalesbeTy, Ill.,, arc also here, w. t
| Sheehan. chief clerk, ana r. j. Powers
| j. L. Fitzgerald and j. G. OShea
| Grand Secretary EFF O'Shea. is also man
| aging editor of the official paper of thu
brotherhood. One of the most prOmi
| nent figures in the assembly is Mrs. II
| B. Jones, known to the boys as ''MOthel
JONES'" She is editor of the woman
| department in the official organ and thl
founder of the ladies' auxiliary. Hon
E. V. DebS, grand secretary and treas
urer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen, is also here. He is known a
Father Dehs," from having been tht
originator of the order. Other guests o
the grand lodge officers are +. 2. SaT
| gent, grand master of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Firemen, and Franl
Sweeney. grand master of the Switch
mems Mutual Aid association. c. n
Terrell is another prominent figure. h
is the man who composed the cOnstltu
ton and ritual. So also is p. II. MOI
risey, the eXplainer of the official char
of the grand lodge. The order has nov
462 lodges. of which the majority ar
represented. Just how many can
not be aScertained until after tn
committee on credentials has re
ported at the eXecutiv session to-day
The membership of the order is abOu
$1,000, making it numerically the strong
est organization in the country. On
of the principal things that will occnD
the attention OF the convention will b
revision of the constitution, so as +
make it conform in certain particular
with those of the Brotherhood of Rail
road Firemen, the Brotherhood of Rail
road Conductors and the Switchmen'
Mutual Aid association. This is al
that is required to make the atfiliatio
of these orders complete. The Unite'
Order of Railroad employees is forme'
of the four organizations named. and
is hoped the Brotherhood of LOcomO
tive Engineers will join at its annua
convention, which is now in session.
THE PARADE YESTERDAY
J afternoon was fitting beginning to tn