The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-03-25
THE UNION MEETING
Of the Brotherhood of LOcOmO-
tive Firemen.

Of Locomotive Firemen
was begun, yesterday afternoon the
BAzoo was compelled to go TO press
with but a mere hint of the proceed
ings. 1t had been INTENDED by the
managers of the meeting that it would
open at 2 o'clock. This was impos-
sib'e, rs the grand officers telegraphed
from St. Louis tina, they could not
be present until the 3:15 train arrived
in s. dalia from the East. They duly
arrived on that train and were escort
Ell to Smiths hall by the officers and
members OF GoiGen Eagle Lodge No.
Is, b. of l.. +. Here the formal
proceedings were opened about
quarter to 4 O'Clock by Joshua Leach,
the founder of the order, who presid-
ed throughout the exercises.
Mayor Crawford was the first
speaker. He welcomed the guests
of the Brotherhood to the city, and
commended the firemen for the
changes wrought in them and their
labors by the worthy organization to
which they belonged.
Judge w. s. Shirk followed in a
pleasant speech, during which he pic
tured the CANCERS the iremen went
through, the risk he took. co-equally
with the engineer az the throttle, and
be gave praise 10 the one as we'll as TO
the other, for both held equally re-
sponsible positions; both went through
III their trips safely together, and
both ran the same risks, OF not coming
out SAFE, to the end of each Journey.
Those who were firemen to-day would
be engineers later on, and they de-
served as much praise now as firemen,
for their bravery, as they would in
the future, when they became tn.i-
neers.
Grand Master Sargent spoke next,
at some little length. He told of how
much good the Brotherhood had done
and was doing; of how different the
of labor was at present to
what it was in other years. By
conservatism. the Brotherhood
mad gained the respect off
Ill good citizens. His remarks were
full of sound truths, from beginning
% end, and he frequently was inter
'upted by expressions of applause.
Grand Secretary Debs was then in
reduced, in a very complimentary
peech by Mr.. Leach, to the au-
licnOo. He began by aging that all
lasses of labor were organizing, ami
Ii organizations were unifying. The
question had been asked, What is
he purpose of this organization to
which he belonged. He would an
wer, that it was to make better citi.
ems, better fathers and husbands,
etter employees, and any organiza-
ION that did these was sure to COM
land the respect and confidence of
God citizens. Mistakes, he said, had ,
cen made, and this labor orgsniza- .
ons brought into disfavor aud disre- :
ute. These mistakes were made ON
count of ill-advised counsel and :.
ere corrected as soon as better advice 4.
as taken. :
The brotherhood proposes to elevate t
lie efficiency of Its members. to fur 7
sh the railway companies with zeal =
ls, sober, watchful and ambitious .,
emen, so that in the future, they IN
III be insured good engineers. as i
sll as honorable, honest self-reliant o
liens. He would not say that there
re, or had been dead beats" In the h
gaizatiOn, but as soon as they were O
severed they were speedily elimin- n
ID. A membership in the brother. q
cd proclaims worthy man and "
odlcitizen. h
The brotherhood proposes to take
re of its members in all emergencies =,
d if one dies naturally, or is killed h
the discharge of his duty, the widow "
d orphans are given check for II,
300, sum amply sufficient, h. r
ought, to satisfy their present needs Al
keep of the cold .charity of the of
rid. "
There was nothing in the brother of
I'd that will not defy the electric D
BIT of investigation. There was wi
hing further from the truth than 70
It the brotherhood was arrayed m
inst society. The organization al
! discovered that the strike as a bo
apon ofdefense, was failure it had an
rned, by experience, that there te,
uld be no clash between capital and do
or. People have found that CAPT. mn
and labor should arbitrate, meet sel
h other halfway. and follow the 90,
Ids of st. Paul, when he said 'Let col
'eason together" %,
he brotherhood of locomotive be,
men was not striking organize ml