Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-07-13
|NGINEERS MEET.
sDrsgr DIVISION NO. AZ B. OF L FORMED
YESTERDAY.
Nsaiing Esld in (. Of P. HAll-Pre-
ssniaiion Addresses - Programme
for To-day.

Navor Seahright, in his address yes
,sr5ay afternoon, voiced the opinion Of
etery person placed in position to
b.. when he said that the aSsemblage
he members of the Brotherhood OF
motive Engineers, which he was
IA ressing, was as fine looking body
hen as ne had ever witnessed. And
IhIs is not strange when the qualifica-
ttbs for admission into the Brother
bnbd-competence, truth, SObriety-are
.Aten into consideration. The b. OF l..
s. have long held "A deServedly high po-
lion in the ranks of organized labor.
Tie meeting yesterday afternoon, as
s.aicd in yesterdays REGISTER, was for
Ire purpose OF forming a new Division.
rally two hundred Brotherhood men
nere crowded into X. OF z. Hall,
af the corner OF Twenty sixth
and Chaplne streets, and of that
nilbber probably three-fOurthS were
stfangerS. Pittsburg alone sent down
0ne hundred and seventy-fve engineers,
IA J special train Of three coaches, with
Ehgineer Tom Newman at the throttle.
Tho cars and engine were handsomely
doeorated with a prOfusion OF hagS ana
banting. The train arrived In the morn
me at ten o'clock, and most OF the
oarty returned last night. In addition
Is the PittsburgerS there were VISITORS
from Baltimore, Cumberland, GRAFTON,
Newark, ChicagO, Garrett, Ind and
other places, aggregating about three
hundred.
The new union was formally ushered
IA bv membe of the PittSburg Division.
Fallowipg we're the officers elected:
Cbief Engineer. w. !. Duffy; First En-
oineer. I'd. Carr; Secoad Engineer, Jas.
crocan: First Assistant Engineer, j.
ftsick: Second Assistant Engineer,
Is Wells; Third Assistant Engineer,
Jobn Lemon; Guide, p. Hopkins; Chap
lain. j. w. Quinn. The new officers
we'd installed, and at five o'clock the
meeting adjourned.
Az that hour Mayor G. W. Seabright
Entered the hail, and received perfect
oratiOn. lie assembled the rOStrum,
and address Il few felicitOuS remarks TO
the train boys He was in most hap
nv vein, and his brief address was
Dunctuated with applause. He wei
coned the visiting members OF the
BrotherhOOd 10 the city and took occa-
SION TO compliment them upon their
fne appearance, and eXtOlled the aims
and OBJECTS OF the organization. He
thought the railroad companies would
consult their own interests by cooper
stlng with the Brotherhood, and he
held that if a man was not good enough
fof the Brotherhood he was not good
enough for the railroad company. Until
solne method was devised by which two
trainS could pass each other on the
saine track, it behOOved the engineers
10 maintain the high standard OF their
organizatlon; their lives were at stake,
as we'll as those of incompetent en-
MIXERS.
when he had finished speaking Chief
DbHy in neat speech presented him
Mth a handsome silk badge appro-
Driately inscribed, remarking that he
was expected to be Brotherhood man
Inr day at least. The Mayor responded
nshtly, and SAT down. But he was to
r4eeive further hOnorS. Chief Duffy
|.lOIntcQ budb tuC III" Ni'A'AO"f -
honor of their guest, would be known
as Seabright Division, No. AT. This
announcement was received with voci-
ferOus applause, while the Mayor blush
ineiy bowed his acknowledgements.
Surprises appeared 10 be in order
fhey came thick and fast. Mr.. Duffy
called Chief Engineer George Deck, Of
tke Grafton division, from which the
local engineers withdrew, TO the front
and in a few appropriate words present.
ed him with a handsome gold-beaded
ebony cane. Mr.. Deck was taken COM
pleteiy by surprise, yet managed toglye
IMPRESSION to his thanks in voice filled
SNth emotion.
Sill another surprise was In store.
~. John Pracht, fOrman OF the Il. d ..
carpenter force, was next called upon
IA he was presented with a handsome
I'D watch chain and charm,
n token of appreciation OF
fasors shown. He thanked the Brother
nod in a brief speech. A resolution OF
thankS TO Mayor Seabright was carried
unanimously, and the meeting adjourn
ga with three rOGsing cheers for the
Mayor. The new Division starts oil
VIII a membership of fifty.
To-day the visitors and their ladies'
III be entertained at the Park. Mayors
III Orchestra will be present and will
dkcourSe a programme Of dance music:
A great many more engineers VIII
trrive today.