The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-10-17
DEPEWrS OILY WORDS
He Praises the Brotherhood Of Locomo-
tive Engineers.
GALL FOR THE KNIGHTS
The Great New York Central Strike
Discussed BY the President
of the Road-Who Was
To Blame.

PITTsBuRG, Oct. 16.-The International
Brotherhood of Locomotive engineers |
held its annual open meeting in the |
Grand opera house this afternoon. A
number Of letters were read from promin- |
ent gentlemen, expressing regret at their
inability TO be present. Among them were
Governor Campbell, OF Ohio; Governor
Beaver, of Pennsylvania; George w.
Childs. of Philadelphia; President Rob
erts, of the Pennsylvania railroad, and
other prominent railroad officials.
After prayer by Grand Chaplain Sor-
rety, Mayor Gourley welcomed the dele
gates TO the city.
Chairman Adams then introduced Hon.
Chauncey NJ. Depew, president of the New
York Central railroad company. The APP
pearance of this distinguished gentleman
was the signal for the widest applause.
When order had been restored Mr.. Depew
| proceeded TO deliver an address, which
was listened 10 with great interest. Sew
eral times he was compelled to pause ow-
! ing to the deafening applause of his hear
ers. Mr.. Depew spoke highly of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
and said that during the period Of its ex-
istence and prosperous growth hundreds
| of labor organizations had been
| formed and dissolved. They had been
started to carry out novel theories,
or to put in practice unusual
and untried processes. "The success of
your body" said he, "is due to its rigid
adherence TO the right principles upon
which il was founded. No labor organi-
cation can permanently succeed whose
whole and only object is TO increase
the wages and diminish the hours. Ii
lacks the essential bond of mutual SYM
pathy and brotherly help in bearing or
tightening each others burdens.
The tendency of such an organization is
inevitably and rapidly TO collisions and
failure. The fundamental idea of the
engineers brotherhood is a st,charity in
support of the sick or injured and contri-
buttons to the family of the dead; second.
education which perfects the artisan in
the theory and practice of his
trade and broadens him for larger
usefulness as a citizen; third, protection in
securing and maintaining your rights.
Your record is unexampled in the history
of contracts between employer and em-
ploye, at home or abroad, and the intelli-
gence and prosperity of your members" !"
: Mr. Depew spoke OF the all-pervading
idea of the past few years OF trusts, and
said this universal effort to absorb the in
dividual, TO divide the people into EN-
ploying companies and employees, and TO
destroy competition will inevitably end in
disaster. Hostile legislation and the laws
oftrade will leave only the legitimate en-
terprises TO the surviving. In the same
way nd from, thn sauna eauSps there la vp
been sev. rel ambitious attempts to form
gigantic labor trusts which should COM
bine under one central and autocratic au-
thority over every occupation in which
the wage Garner could engage. In
. all such associations of trades and
occupations having nothing in common,
certain qualities of audacity, fluency OF
speech and capacity for manipulating
| caucuses and conventions, push to the
front many men who know little of the
great interests conflded 10 their care,
Labor must be as intelligent as capital
upon its own grounds. The committee
, which calls upon an employer or railroad
officer must know its own business as well
as he knows his; otherwise, from angry
g contentious because of ignorance comes
the exercise of brute force and violence
and failure TO secure that which i'm nine
cases out of ten could have been had by
= intelligent representation.
huhdreus ol coihIhlttees ., our eil a
pioyes nave oeen 10 see me, salu Mr
pepew, anul can saiely say ai,er ul'
iuii ana Tree ulscussion winch Away,
J. TOOK place, not one OF tneIn ever wen, ou
OF my once except 70 carry pack saus
n factory message 10 tiieir CONSTITUENTS.
"lhe reason ior THESE reauy se.ueinen,'
was that tne men uIioers,ooo ,neir owl owl
business ana knew precisely what the.
wanted ana now inuoh tne company coul.
Afford TO concede. but III ,he operations
OF what may say are tne Iapor 'rus's'
nave had dineren, experiences.
Mr.. Depew clteu lne ins.ahee OF wner'
nfieen men az one polht ON uhe I,he wer'
ordered 10 s,rike oy lhe cnleI OF 'hel
local assembly, VINO was shoeinaker
A and VINO took that action because ne na'
: mad row win passenger CONDUCTOR
On another occasion high oliicial IN IN
, order called on Mr. Depew VINO soon DIS
covered ne knew nothing OF wnat ne wa
talking ABOUT. Inc oinclal confessed n
never had Deeh III railway service In III
NE, -,,
"Such representatives OF organized la
e Dor, saii ny. Depew," bring II INTO desre
pute both with the employers and the pun
- lie. A cOmInlttee called upon me las