Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-31

| Joined the ranks of the engineers by scores
Anyone who has ridden in the cab of a
| locomotive when the throbbing and almost
| living piece of mechanism raced down the
mountain side or along the sinuous banks of
goodly stream in the early morning, with
the first gray flush of day marking the diff
ference in the air and changing the anxiety
of the night into the calm watchiulness of
day; the faithful engine steadily hauling
the living freight behind as if con-
scious of divided responsibility with the
engineer, will understand the allurements
of the life, and the affection of the engine
man for his machine.
SOCIAL ELEVATION OF MEMBERS.
Many Of the Brotherhood have risen to
prominence in social affairs as we'll as In
political life. Everett Stephens is a men,
ber of the Railroad Commission OF the State
of Massachusetts appointed to the position
by Ben Butler when Governor. Governor
Hill appointed Michael Carroll to the New
York Commission. Another Brotherhood
man of Akron, O., lawyer, is a MEM
Der of the State Legislature; Cincinnati
has two doctors who once ran on schedule
time; some oil the delegates to the conven-
tion ran for the Wyoming Legislature; Mr..
Hennessy is a member of the Railroad
Commission of Missouri, and Angus st.
Clair has withdrawn his hand from the
regulator to turn it to the interests of the
National Car and Locomotive Builder, of
New York, the largest trade journal
in the country. When four years
ago a law was passed in Georgia
creating an Examining Board for licensing
engineers, the Governor appointed seven
brotherhood men to the positions. Mr..
Phelan, the Assistant Superintendent OF the
Northern Pacific, still retains his member
ship in the order, and over the country may
be found brotherhood men filling offices of
trust as superintendents and master me-
chanics.
The railroad supply houses employ broth
erhood men, and the Nathan Manufactur-
ing Company, the largest in the country,
employs them exclusively.
Perhaps no other single organization dis
tributes so much unsolicited relief as this
does. This year, outside of the insurance
department., it distributed S27, 900. The en-
fire profits from the brotherhood of Locomo-
tiue Engineers journal, about $4,000 an
nually, is paid away in this manner.
WELL PLEASED WITH PITTsBURG.
The delegates were, on the whole, pleased
with their visit to Pittsburg, barring the
dirt ofthe streets and the weather. 1t seems
that Pittsburgers are a civil let Of people.
IN al Sawyer, Oh Inc new 1OIk NouLfdl, re-
marked last night that he thought the citi-
zens were very courteous.
II never met any people who were more
civil" he said. "None of us had any diff
Guilty in obtaining directions where to find
places, and the extreme desire to be of
service and obliging of anybody we met
was very marked"
Among the delegates who returned last
night was G. W. Kitchens, of Springfield,
Mo-, and one of the oldest engineers in the
country. Mr.. Kitchens is the Republican
candidate for Legislature in the First
(Green county, Legislative district, and as
it is always Republican by 600
or 700 majority, he is sure Of
election. He has been running an engine
for the past 80 years and expects to give up
his seat on the locomotive for one in the
legislative halls. He is also an advocate of
federation with the other railroad organiza-
tions and thinks the conservative policy of
the organization is being carried to ex-
tremes. In speaking of the political out
look, Mr.. Kitchens said:
81 did think that Chauncey Depew stood |
a good chance of becoming President, but |
DO not think so now. The New York Central |
strike killed his chances and if he had been |
wise he would have got out of the railroad |
business before the Vanderbilt people made
an attack on labor organizations. IF Mr.. |
Depew is candidate for anything, Master
Workman Powderly will use his influence
against him, and would exert enough power
% defeat him, no matter for what office he |
AN. He is man of ability and great
capacity, and am sorry that his road got
nto that muss."
Chief Arthur and the other officials e1-
,ect to get away by noon to-day. a.s