New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-17
vR DEPEW TO ENGINEERS.
- AnnRpsS BEroRD THE HRoTHTRHool
CONVENTION IN PrTTSBURG.
r. xsrrxR FROM GOVERNOR oAApBE11-oH1Ey
AsrruR SAYS THE ORDER HAS no
QUARREL WITH CAPITAL.


AxrxuR SAYS THE ORDER HAS no
QUARREL WITH CAPITAL.
va>naurx. Penn. Oct 16.-The International
.ssSsrAood Of Locomotive Engineers held it, annual
-. meeting in the Grand Open House this Afternoon
~ Notwithstanding dovnpouring rain, every inch
= ~ y,st auditorium was occupied by the delegates
-, wives and friends. The meeting was opened BY
= 4. Adams, master Of ceremonies, who read num-
= Il letters from prominent gentlemen. expressing
- Il their inability to DO present. Among those
- vrote were Governor Campbell. OF Ohio; Governor
nnvsr, Of Pennsylvsnia; George ". Chihs. OF Phil
sa.apAiA President George B. Roberts. Of tho Penn
svSniA Railroad Second Vice President james McCrea,
ssrol superintendent Of transportation Of tho Penn
sv,vpnIa Company, and other prominent railroad Of
go In his letter Governor Campbell said
tust tho Brotherhood win bear In mind tho 70
seuzSilues public servant has TO bear and the i'm
Isns = asht for honest soverSment, in which every
sSSsr of your great body y interested: know they
iH6 70 be with them.
Il,er prayer BY Grand Chaplain g. r. Dority
,agx Gourley, o3 this city, in an eloquent address
,aaoecd the delegates to tho city. Chairman Adams
n introduced Chaun6ey III. Depew, president Of the
vsv.York Coutsl Railroad Company The appear
ana Of the distinguished orator and statesman was
n. s,sna for the widest kind Of applause. He was
s.rHsrod . genuine ovation. When order had been
.tsSed Mr. Depew delivered an address which was
nAsood to With great interest Several times he was
nomps,ed 10 pause owing to the deafening applause
a his bearers. He said:
MR.. DEPEwS ADDRESS
M President and Gentlemen: Only an invitation
~ unnsnsl sttractvcness could induce me to spend
tvo nights on the seepngcar and deliver an address,
hot your call to be with you for the third time was an
Indication Of the undated friendship which has ex
800 between Us that demanded equally cordial rec
Aubla and vOluminOuS micn0.
p,rdeny. said recently that at the meeting Of the
locomotive Engineers Of New England. which ad-
dressed In tho Opera House at New-iaven, Just b.
vo.s calling for Europe your Grand Chief, Mr. Arthur
and edited tho audience by falling into each others
arms and Kissing While that event did not take place.
! am clad now as then to express the esteem felt By
cvcry one for the man whose ability and conservatism
have done so much elevate and dignity labor and to
,r,n FIR tts efforts the respect OF the country.
This is the twenty seventh annual convention OF the
nrotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers. During the
nerod OF your existence and prosperous CROWN num-
s,. AZ labor organizations have been formed and dis
sn,ved They have been started to carry out novcl
theories or to put in practice unusual or unried proc
e.ses The success of your body is due to It's rigid
.,d nnswervnc adherence to the right principles upon
r,,cb a 1. founded Association IS the rule OF our
time and finds expression In the general laws upon
The statute Book under which, with little expense or
torpsity people with kindred objects can incorporate
for almost evory conceivable purpose In business re-
u~on beneyoence and the for literary or social
objects.
SOCIALISM UNAMERICAN.
We have learned from experience several important
,assuns II ms been demonstrated that socialism,
ouho, With individuals or by the state, is incompatible
u1th our liberty, and cannot survive unuer our IN
sntutioos Over 500 societies have been formed TO
mt IN prHctice sociaustc theories. They have ceeh
Seadcd BY earnest sefsacriicng and devoted people,
and wrecked by disciples who could get along WIN
nobody n this world, and would never be received
into the next. and who fondly imagined that 'hey
could create better world Of their own 1t IS equally
cl, tAst success Is impossible unless the manhood OF
he Individual Is secure and his ability to Improve bis
condition and rise above his surroundings Is conceded
That tho fireman can become locomotive engineer
the locomotive engineer the master mechanic inc master
mechanic the superintendent OF motive power tho
superintendent Of motive power the superintendent VI
general manager OF the railway and possibly It's presr
dent q tho Low of American development ana me
.o,roe of OUR National precmhence. But 10 must
also be admitted that the individual has noerty OF
thought and EXPRESSION, and that the Will OF tne ma
tor,tv uust be secured before action can be taken
No labor organization can permanently succeeo "hoso
sole and only object is to increase wages ana danS
h,,,rs. II lacks the essential bond Of mutual sym
patty and brotliery help in bearing or tightening each
others burdens. The tendency OF such an orgaAa"oh
h inevitably and rapidly TO collisions and failure.
The fundamental idea Of your BROTHERHOOD 49, nrs''
charity In support Of the sick or injured, ana COL
tributone to the families of the dead second. eouc|
ton, which per:ects the artisan In the Theory anu
practice Of his trade. and bTOadens him LOT larger
usefulness as a citizen and, third, protecoon In
securing and maintaining your rights. Your recoru
is uinxs,nIed In the history Of the contact between
employer and employees at homo or abroad, In inc
harmonious relations which have been mantalneo' tNo
In the Intelligence and prosperity of your members
We have country accurate reports as 10 A1
administration of the funds Of labor organizations or
trade unions but in England these returns are maoe
and from them gather that for the last year zen OF
the leading trade union organizations Of Great Britain
expended 100000 in charity and insurance Tor ur
members, and only 100000 In labor disputes.
LABOR TRUSTS
In the United States our pace is 80 RAPID ana our
development so phenomenal that without due conside
ation We rush rapidly to extremes. This Is true oo'h
of capital and labor. The money required TO con'uu0'
telegrphs to build railroads. to establish banks was
beyond the power Of the individual and so the etae
permitted aggregated capital representing the con'
buttons OF MANY to perform these works At the same
time through commissions departments and State ON
GERS the hand of the constantly upon
them for the protection OF the public against
or discrimination. But within few years every tmns
from pine lands to peanuts and rom steci Tail' "
sartpes has been organized into form OF corpora
t Or trust This universal effort to absorb the indi
ytdnal 10 divide the people into employing companies
and employes and TO destroy competition Will inevl
tsbv md In disaster Hostile legislation and the laws
Of tsde will leave only the legitimate enterprises sur
living.
In the same way and from the Same causes there
have been several ambitious attempts TO form gigantic
labor trusts which should combine under one central
and sntocratic authority every occupation IN which
vaee-earner or q bread winner could engage. In all
such associ,tions OF trades and occupations having
nothing In common, certain qualities OF audacity,
nuency Of speech and capacity for manipulating eau
cuses and conventions, push to the front many men
who know little Of the great interests c0noed ~ me,
own grounds The committee which calls upon the
employer or the railroad officer must KNOW us o~h
tsntUns because Of ignoHsce comes the exercise Oh
brute force and violence fas TO secure tat ~ncn ~