Morning journal and courier., 1890-05-26

OF ladies' In the Ru0l6Hce
The exercises were opened with selection
by the orchestra and prayer by Grand Chap
lain Joseph A. Doherty of Boston. g. Il.
Corbett, chief of division No. n, stated the
objects of the gathering was to advance the
interests Of tho brotherhood and develop the
social and brotherly relations of It's members
In the current literature of the day, said he,
the engineer Is generally spoken OF as
coarse, greasy, tobacco chewing individual.
Well, here we are. You may judge OF us
yourselves.
He then introduced Lieutenant Governor
8. e. Merwin. The lieutenant governor said
that from his boyhood he had always a
strong interest in the locomotive. He al
ways entertained a strong regard for loco
motive engineers. They are most
important body of men. They stand at
guide in safety the daily mails, they pilot
our merchandise and persons in safety from
place to place. 1t is for their interest to
WELD this power faithfully wisely and well.
You have como to Connecticut he continued,
upon hurried visit and it Ia my duty to
give you q free and hearty welcome. May
your meeting here be for your individual
benefit, for the benefit of your brotherhood
and those corporations you have served. served so
headlight is of little value, and in
the same way does the chief of
your brotherhood enhance the value
of your organization. I greet you most
heartily to the state of Connecticut.
Mayor Henry f. Peck welcomed the gath
ering to New Haven. He said it was by
brotherly contact and pacific means that
the greatest good of tie laboring classes was
to be accomplished and not by dynamite or
gun powder.
"Hail to the Chief" was rendered by the
orchestra and p. N. Arthur, grand chief the
of the brotherhood, was introduced amid
much applause. Especially in these days of
newspaper agitation which is going on all
over the country over wage workers, said
he, It il we'll for you to know something
what this brotherhood il. Twenty seven
years ago our association was formed to ex-
alt the conditions of labor among locomotive
engineers. 1t was Detroit division No. /. 1t
was composed of twelve men. From that
little board OF twelve men we have to-day
between $4,000 and $4,000 members and
Az divisions scattered all over this
country from the lakes to the gulf, from
ocean to ocean, the moral standiDg of rail-
of a very high order. There has been a
marked Improvement made in this standing.
In the FIRST place, an engineer to join our
brotherhood must have one years expert
iencs, be of good moral character and be
able to read and write. In the frat year
after the fret organization fcrty-four new
divisions were formed. At the Boston con-
vention of 1866, monthly magazine was
| established. That magazine now has or
| culation of $4,000. Our members some
4 times do wrong, we admit, bu. there Is no
organization whose every member is perfect.
The question only is, do we pun-
ish them for doing wrongs We
do when they are guilty. Their
names are published in our magazine. Our
L II io To vyoan IN AaakrCv hin,
When he reforms. we welcome him anew
into our ranks. I am glad to-day We have
two prominent railway presidents On this
platform. Although We may sometimes
differ, there Ia no neUe-of being bad
friends. Dificultiee-wiIl arise between cap
ital and-lstoos, and We must endeavor to
! scise them. On all the principal railways
When a brother feels agrieved IL is his duty,
before he comes to the division, to make
every individual effort for himself. If this
| fails he reports to the division. A committee
| investigates. If it is decided that the man Is
| right, II waits upon the road officials. If
l this fails higher brotherhood officials take
the matter in hand, and We have been able
l In almost every instance to effect satisfac-
tory adjustment. There is no such thing in
| our brotherhood as ordering man to quit
work. Every man has his say. Under my
sixteen years. administration there have been
but two strikes, as they are called. One on
the Boston and Maine road and the other on
the @. B. & Q. road. II the managers OF
these roads had met Us with the spirit OF
no difficulty between US. The great
est men of the world have
worked their way from the ranks
our railway managers have worked for theil
honors. There Is O place for ell who are
| worthy. am opposed to our brotherhood
forming any alliance with any other class Of
labor. There are two kinds of aristocraoy ir
this world. There is money and there ii
manhood. I have been trying to preach thu
latter kind of aristooracy to the brotherhood
for twenty years. Our policy is plainly ant
bluntly, Mind your own business. In thil
way We avoid demagogues and such men WHIT
fare as labor reformeIs. When this brother
hood associates with labor organization
whose members earn but one or two dollar
a day, 1t lowers itself in the estimation O
the public and of employers.
Yale Glee club. Hon. chauncey NJ Dspev
was then introduced.
You have just seen in the Glee club
specimen of the Yale student as he Is, sale
he. You see In me q specimen of what I
Yale student comes to-and they can taxi
IL % q warming. AS president of tn,
New York Central, he said, the sentiments
expressed by Grand Chief Arthur were fully
endorsed by him. In looking over the audi
eace he was surprised to see them looking 81
young. The brotherhood, he thought, nigh
be the survival OF the fttest and some nigh
live to be q thousand without getting In. W.
are all In the service Of the corporation, from
the president to the track-walker. All hol,
their places at the pleasure of the directors
All have their duties also 1t is the presi
dents duty when some small man dressed ii
I 1-s-G rAx l.
him to take that fellow by the throat ant
throttle him. Mines may fail, business en-
terprises collapse, but the railway goes o.
forever. The service demands intelligence
and character. A railway man Is UNIVERSAL
known. He can't hide. Il makes no differ
ence whether his takes tickets or smashe
, baggage. Everybody knows him.. He mus
be sober man. One of the curious studio
IL the developments and recognition of labo
and women to higher plane to day coms
from the United States and its republica
principles. The old English statutes o.
labor were enough to make the hal
stand on the head Of a bald uar
To day every state legislature in tn
union and the congress of the United State
itself legislates for labor. Whyi Becaus
labor has vote. During my years As pres
ident of the New York Central there hs
/ De0u NO dispute DosWccu tHo IOhu huO VI
brotherhood which has not been settled
Ave minutes. The chief says no man
proof against lying. A patriot like the chic
forgsts George Washington. But then 1t
said to be no credit to George, for b
couldn't lie. Perhaps 1t IL our good forum
that we can lie. The New York Csntrs
made $50 ,300, 900 last year. OF this. SIT,
900, 900 went for supplies, most Of which wa
labor, 81, 000, 900 went for wages, 1900,
600 went to bondholders. From this II
seen that labor received about $27, 000, 00(
This IL Q fair division. Your brotherhood
, one Of the most impressive Of labor organizs
, lions TO . railway manager. You get large
salaries than other employees, the train 10 1
your charge. Your word IL q bond who
cannot be broken. I hope you will continu
this brotherhood until the last trump wi
mako as all brothers.
Charles P. Clark, president of the Oonsoll
dated road, was the next speaker. The n
lations between the management of the roa
, and it, employees. said he, had been pleasant
Tka OI1iaCAs NJ our asuoolo tfO, ne xuh{Ch =,