Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-01
LABOR'S TROUBLES,
Effect Of the Action of the Fed
& E Grafton Council.
CONDUCTORS DECLINE TO COME IN,

They Disapprove of the Expulsion of
the Trainmen-The Telegraphers' APP
Piicatioh Rejected-Debs and Sweeney
To Be Sued foo Libel-The Labor Fed
GRAFTON Calls a Halt in the Plate Print.
ers' Case at washington-Trouble Owe,
The Amslsemate sssle-Labor Notes.
TERRE HAuTE, Ind, July 1.-Echoes
from the meeting of the Railway Fedora
zion council Monday night show that the
expulsion of the Brotherhood of Trainmen
was accomplished with some display Of
feeling. 1t is said that the trainmen in
clude too many classes of railroad EN-
ployes, and that of the membership of Il,
700 many are conductors. The conductors
consequently class with the brakemen
The order is said to be divided, and at the
next meeting officers will be elected t.
succeed Wilkinson and Sheehan The
general impression among railroad men
here Is that the matter of expulsion was
rushed through with too much rapidity
and without calm deliberation.
The traInmen consider themselves hon
ored at having been expelled said one of
the officials. The officers OF the trainmen
have gone to their homes and would not
talk
Conductors Express DisapprovnI.
AT yesterdays session of the supreme
council the representatives of the Order Of
Railway Conductors, which had made an
application for membership in the fedora
ton, withdrew their application Grand
Chief Conductor Clark gave the following
ms ha 90 h. 1.
application; THE application was with
drawn because we do not wish to belong
to an organization which makes its own
laws and rules as il goes along and to suit
the emergency The action of the council
yesterday in expelling t he Brotherhood OF
Railway Trainmen decided US TO with.
draw. Each organization in the fedora
ton is entitled TO three votes on all cues.
tions, but because Mr.. Sargent was in the
chair yesterday the firemen were only al.
lowed two votes
Violated Parliamentary Law.
According to all parliamentary laws
the presiding officer may vote to decide a
tie, or he may cast a vote whenever his
vote will make tie, and thus defeat a
measure. Whenever a representative of
labor organization allows personal feeling
to influence his vote or action. So soon
does he fail in his duty to his fellow men,
and believe that personal feeling has
controlled the action of the council ever
since the Chicago meeting
Rejected the Tcle~raphers.
The application of the Order OF Railway
photographers was rejected by the council
owing 10 the complications existing he
tween the Order of Railway photographers
and Brotherhood of Telecraphers. They
will be advised that until such time ~
they can harmonic. neither organization
will be admitted TO the federation. The
application of the Brotherhood of Rail
way Station Masters was also rejected
One of the reasons for the rejection is the
small membership and the poor manner
of organization. The report of the COM
mittee on the revision of the constitution
will be presented TO the council today.
- = Another Federation Proposed.
At noon Messrs. Thurston Of the Order
of Railway Photographers. and William
Mitchell, or and secretary and treasurer OF
the Brotherhood of Railway Station Men.
and other officers of the same orders, met
at the Terre Haute hotel and formed an
alliance and took steps toward federation,
a meeting will be held in the near future.
at which arrangements will be perfected
for a second federation of railway era
Moves