The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-07-08
THE LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS.
A Pleasant Social Meeting of the
Brotherhood in Raieigh---Reprcsen-
tatives of Several Divisions Present.

tdGIscs VI SoVefal DIVISIONS Present.
There was pleasant meeting of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers in
this city on Sunday under the auspices
and courtesies of Oak City Division, No
339. Mr.. David NJ. King is Chief Of
this division, and Mr.. Ben Lacy is First
Assistant Engineer.
Only weeks notice Of the meeting
was given and yet there were between
fifty and sixty members of the Brother
hood present. There were representa-
tives from Asheville, Charlotte, Will
mington, Laurinburg, Richmond and
Portsmouth.
There are no regular Sunday trains
over the Seaboard system in this State,
ard for the accommodation of the engin-
GERS who wished to attend this meeting,
Maj. Jno. C. Winder rendered them two
special trains-one from Hamlet to Raj
eigh and one from Weldon to Raleigh.
Oak City Division had arranged very
pleasant and profitable programme for
the day. It included: First, visit by
the body to Edenton Street church where
Rev. Dr. j. II. Gordon preached spe-
cial sermon to the Brotherhood. From
there they went to the Yarboro where
particularly elegant dinner had been Or
dered. Dinner over the body went to
their hall over the Citizens National
Bank to spend short time in social
way; but this feature of the day proved
so very pleasant that the members, inGi-
vidually and collectively stayed in that
hall from three to seven o'clock, and
would have stayed longer but for the
fact that their special trains were sched-
uled to leave at eight o'clock.
Nothing Of a business nature was
brought before the body. The meeting
was purely social and all the talks and
addresses were directed toward an in
crease of cordial and fraternal feeling
among the members of the Order, and
toward the promotion and elevation Ct
the profession.
There is no general realization as to
what benefcent and advantageous
work this Order does for the public
The Brotherhood seeks above all things
to establish and maintain an oTganiza
tion of sobriety and steadiness. They
know that an eye dimmed by dissipa
tion or hand unnerved by drink should
not be trusted to keep lookout ahead
or hold the throttle while the engine
forges over the rails pulling cargo O
living humanity. And one of theil
main objects is to see that no such ey'
} or hand shall be Siyen any such precious
trust. If one of their number shall 5'
caught in state of intoxication, he i
Immediately expelled and his expulsion
acd the cause therefor published il
| $4,000 copies Of their report. Th
, Brotherhood also demands that member
, shall act with good will and fairness to
) ward each other; and the slightest dew
+ alton from this rule is followed by th
expulsion Of the offender; and SO larg
/ and strong and widespread IS the organl
: zation now, that expulsion from it prac
tically means all expulsion from the pro
feSSion.
There are many other rules Of cor
: duet to which the Order exacts strlc
! obedience, all of which tend to the ele
5 vation Of the men and to the safety {
the travelling public and the care Of th
S properties of railroad companies.
0 The public has SO far fallen far shol
o in the appreciation due to the Brother
: hood of Locomotive Engineers, and thel
. are few, if any, railroad companies tha
Q have yet realized what treasure the
;. have in this great organization.