The Sunday morning news., 1891-09-27
The Great Conclave of Loco
motive Engineers at
the Opera House
To-Day.
MANY BIG TALKERS, TOO.
Albeit, Depew, Winfield, Chief Ar
thur and others to Discuss
Questions Of Interest
to Organized
Labor.


of Locomotive Engineers at Mnllone's
Opera House today will bring together a
great crowd of engineers from all over
this section Of the country. A great
many OF them win bring their families
With them. Special trains WIN arrive on
all the roads that run into Jersey City.
The Opera House is not expected to hold
one third of the visitors. 1t is anticipated
the majority will spend most of the day
In New York aud vicinity sightseeing.
Grand Chief Arthur arrived yesterday
afternoon and was escorted by commit
tee. consisting OF ?. f. Doyle. Z Movers
and J. 2. Curley, to Taylor's Hotel Other
grand officers arrived on the late trains
: last night. and more are expected this
morning
Special trains will arrive over the Penn
sylyania road all the way from Washing
ton; over the Central and Delaware,
LackaWanna and Western from Scranton,
IA; over the New York. Lake Erie &
Western from Duumore, Pa; over the
West Shore from It's other end; over the
Central from Albany; and over other
roads from Boston. Each train Is expect
ed to bring ten or twelve carloads OF
visitors.
1O fhOMQIE UNION.
Inese union meetings are held every
few months. They are simply designed
to bring together the members of the
various divisions, of which there are 461
scattered throughout the United States,
who state their grievances, ask questions
OF the grand officers, discuss aud formu-
late laws. which are usually adopted at
the conventions.
The great meeting today will be hel d
nnder the auspices of Divisions Nos. 53,
J57. 135, 235. III and 100 of this city.
The committee IN charge are James
Currie, j. 3 Davidson, ]. II. Farmer. l..
Meyers, John Rhodes, Samuel II. Boez.
James H. Wood, p. f. Doyle, L. Ganong.
Clinton Black, 6. II. Conklin. j. p. Rood,
George Woolsey, Joseph Nixon. r. @.
King, ii. Beck, ]. Bickel. w Dooley,
samuel Hess, N. n. CIapp, + r. Wyn-
kcop, J. Skillman and w. 81. Umpteley.
The committee has arranged for two
meetings. A secret session will be held
at ten a. m. AT half past one p. M
there will be public meeting at which
prominent speakers, including some of
the grand officers. Governor Abbett,
"Shandy McGuire' and distinguished
railway officials Will be present. All the
head officials. the superintendents, as
sistant upertnteudentS,r roundlhouse fore
men. road foremen Of engineers and
ssaaye been invited 70 participate. and
&eslauY city officials Will attend in a body
8nd Welcome the engineers TO the city.
The Opera House auditorium and stage
will be decorated with ferns and plants
al d blooming flowers. A dinner will be
landered Governor Albeit, Chief Ar
thur and the grand officers at Taylor's
Hotel. The Ladies' Auxiliary will meet
in Reche's Hail. Proprietor Roche has
rendered free of charge the four floors of
his hall building as headquarters for the
lady visitors and their children, and Pro-
pFietor De Revere of Taylor's Hotel has
extended the use OF his parlors to the
visitors.
THE PROGRAMME
The following is the programme ar
ranged for the afternoon meeting;-
Part L--Coronation march lie Prophet.
Meyerbeer, Cranmer's Orchestra. Prayer, by
George R Dority,. Grand Chaplain; overture,
auartette' ts,s selected. Ceciian Male Qnartette;
address, Governor Leon Abbott. tenor solo, Sc
lected, Mr.. 7. E. Greene; Address: Chauncey NJ
mer's Orchestra; address. Charles H. Winaeid;
Part H. Quartette selected. Ceciilian Quar-
tetts; recitation, Tho Raven Poe, Mr. Jerome
Williams; address, c. A. Cadmus; serenade,
for cornet and flute, it'll Cranmers Orchestra; !;
address p. u. Arthur, Grand Chief Engineer;
quastette, selected, cecilan Quarsette; ad-
Riaguire); polonaise, Weingarten, cranmer's
Orchestra; address, Senator Cornish; address.
W d. Edwards; Star Epangled Banner Right
and Liberty March, cranmer's Orchestra.
ARTHUR's SPEECH LAST NIGHT
Grand Chief Arthur address ed a
large meeting Of the division composed
OF the Central Railroad engineers at
Masonic Hall in Lafayette last evening.
Quite number of representatives were
present. including Edward Kent of Erie
division No. 135; jackson Bell OF
New York City. No. lo5; Q. 3. Parish.
New Raven. No: u; Isaac Lott Of West
j. P. Ridge Of Jersey City, No
IS: Watt Sawyer of New York Central
and Hudson r iyer, No. las; Brother
Porter Of Broo klyn, No. 4l9; Charles
Ryan of New York city, No los; I. B.
Davidson an d Brother Wood of Della
ware. Lack wanna and Western, No. 13l,
and Samuel Booz Of Philadelphia, No.
l09
The Grand Chief gave n brief historical
sketch of the ord or. and reviewed the
present condition Of the western divis-
ions. All were fiouri shing, he said. Dur
ing the year, he said, there had been
organized twenty-five ew subdivisions
in different sections of tn g cou ntry. The
membership of the Br otherhood had
reached $1,000.