The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-09-28

OF different nationalities and making
good American citizens of them.
city, consisting of w. Bartels, hrst tenor:
L. E. Green, second tenor; w. p. Dick
son. first basso; J. II. Whitelegge, Jr.,
second basSo. brought down the house
with the excellent manner in which they
sang Our faithful engineers, wherever
we be on land or sea. we're safe with our
faithful engineers"
REV. MR.. sCUDDER
The Rev. DR.. Scudder said:-"I am
glad to meet you in this beautiful
theatrical temple. / am only going to
speak to you little while for am re-
minded of the beatitude, Blessed are
they that talk briefly, for they shall be in
vited again" l am going to preach you
a little sermon though, for you are the
fastest men on earth"
Mr.. Scudder then spoke of the mag
D1ficent iron horse which the engineer
controlled, and said that when he was Il
lad his highest ambition was to be a
locomotive engineer. Even now he would
rather ride in the cab of the engine than
in the finest parlor car Pullman ever
turned out But his ambition was
squelched, and he said they reuined a
first class engineer to make a second rate
clergyman. He said that he
found in railroad men the
best material for Christians and he hoped
they woulu all make good run and
safely arrive at the grand central station,
where you will have a seat at the celestial
banquet and listen to speech from
Chaunt ey Depew who, though he is not
here. lam sure will be there"
GRAND CHIEF ARTHUR'S SPEECH.
Mr.. Scudder was followed by Grand
Chief Arthur. who explained the objects
and aims of the order.
ut would be almost impossible" he
said, sfor me to explain the aims OF our
brotherhood. We have been before the
public twenty-eight years and we ought
to be known by this time. No honest
man can take exception to our brother
hood. Our first division was organized in
Detroit with twelve members and the
motto which your Governor has read was
chosen, together with the rule do unto
others as you would have them do unto
you" a grand motto and noble rule. If
adhered TO- Like all labor organizations
we encountered fierce opposition and many
railroad officials thought we were going to
use force to overcome them. But by
patient toll we have grown until we have
overcome every obstacle and today we
have 4S1 such divisions and member
ship OF 5000 locomotive engineers. The
order was first called the Brothers OF the
Footboard. We have magazine which
has a monthly circulation OF $4,000 copies.
The grandest feature of our organization
Is its insurance fund which was esta o.
lished in 1867 and which has paid to
widows and orphans S3,500, 900, besides
S12 600 to $3.50 paid out annually by the
subdivisions to needy members. We
have raised the fallen, reformed the
drunkard and furnished the railroads
with o more reliable set of men. Yet
tn ere are some who object to having our
men on their road and we teach nothing
in our order but pure manhood.
"We have engaged in strikes and are
not ashamed of any strike we have been
In, We have not had strike which
could not have been averted IL the rail-
road officials had met us in the same
spirit in which we approached them.
Differences will arise between labor
and capital so long as the two exist, and
the only solution of such differences is in
considering them in the spirit of Come,
let us reason together We have settled
fifteen of these differences during the
past year to the satisfaction Of both
parties.
"We have greatly improved the stand
ard of engineers. 1t was not an unusual
thing thirty years ago for man to go
Out on his engine under the influence of
liquor. We are called the aristocracy of
labor. Would that ! could make an aris-
tocrat of every working man. II l could.
l would close up every drinking saloon
anu gum DlnB ueu III the country. IL YOU
railroad men would leave the drinking
saloon and gambling dens alone you
would not have to past around the hat
when you were disabled" (Applause.)
OTHER ADDRESSES.
Patrick Fenel of the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna & Western road, the poet of the
Brotherhood. and known to all railroad
men as Shandy Mcguire, made a humor-'
Gus address, in which he knocked all to
pieces the pretty images of the engineers
which Governor Albeit and the other
speakers set up. An address was also
made by Mr.. William d. Edwards.
In the morning the Brotherhood held
secret meeting, and at noon had dinner
at Taylor's Hotel. The Ladies Auxiliary
Society met at Roche'sHall in the morning
Chauncey Depew was to have addressed
the meeting, but telegram was read
from him saying that he regretted being
kept away bv sickness. He spoke in q very
eulogistic manner of the Brotherhood and
congratulated it upon it's success. At the
close of the morning session, Mr.. Currie
was presented with an ice pitcher by his
association. Chief Arthur made the pre-
sentation speech and Mr. Currie was too
much surprised to respond.