Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-10
THE AMALGAMATED'S LOSS.

treasurer fenny D1ee A1ter An Illness o.
Two weeks-He Was One Of the Oldes:
Labor Leaders-The Amalgamsted A..
socistion Passes Resolutions.
Treasurer James Penny, Of the Anal.
gamated Association, died at his home on
Wharton street, Southside, yesterday morn
ing. The announcement of his death was
a great shock to all, and especially to organ
iSed labor, as he was one of the Oldest and
best known labor leaders in America Mr..
Penny was born in England 63 years ago.
He settled in Pittsburg in 1858, and had
lived here ever since. For the past 30
wears he had been employed in the roll
ing department of Chess, Cook & Co. 8
works His remains will be buried from
the Walton Methodist Church, tomorrow
afternoon, at 9 o'clock. All the national
officers of the association will attend the
funeral
The board of officers of the National
Lodge met at the general Office on Smith
field street yesterday afternoon, and unan-
imously adopted the following resolutions:
WHEREAS, We have just learned OF the
death. of our co-offlcer, Treasurer James
Penny, and that this sad news conveys to us
the sorrowful intelligence that there has
been removed from our side, one who,
been a familiar and honored person at all
the principal gatherings of our emhers, and
Whereas, He has always been found giving
the men of our craft valuable service and
assistance, often exposing himself to incon-
venience and injury to the end that the Or
ganiZation that he loved so well, and with
the success of which his name is insep-
arabic, should attain that position that after
wards was his pride to behold: therefore, be it
Resolved, That while we bow in humble
submission to the will of the omnipotent,
He whom in life he so faithfully served and
TO whom he has been called we feel keenly
the loss we have sustained in his death.
Resolved, That by his death his wife has
lost n devoted husband and the members of
his family an unsurpassed parent, and that
in this their hour of grief we extend to
them and to his more immediate friends our
heartfelt coincidence, and pray that He to
whom we all look for mercy will give them
strength to sustain them over their irrepar-
able loss; be it further
Resolved, That by his death there has
been created in the official ranks of our Or
ganization a void that only that gentle and
pleasing FORM which endeared him to all
who knew him, could have enabled him to
SO successfully fill, and that in his demise a
source of COUNSEL that has been invaluable
is forever denied us. and upon whom it was
a pleasure for the members to look, will be
seen no more: be it further
Resolved, That out of respect to his mem
lodges be draped in mourning for the period
OF 90 days: that these resolutions be printed
in all the morning papers in Pittsburg and
also in the Notiondl Labor Tribune and copy
of them be given to the family of the de-
ceased and they be entered upon the rec
ords of the National Lodge.
William Weihe President; Stephen Mad
den, Secretary; NJ. NJ. Garland Assistant
President; j. c. KilgalIon, Assistant Secre-
tary; Ed A. Keil John Pierce, Thomas Man
sci, Trustees: W. A. Carney, John P. Shee-
han. Harry Hawking, Reese W. Prosser, j.
d. Hickey. John Martin, P. II. McEvey,
Thomas Cunningham, John Gallagher, Vice
Presidents