The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-01
RAILROAD, MEN IN COUNCIL.
TALK ABour fEDERA rIvo ALL THE
BRoTHERHOODs IN THE COUNTRY

BRoTHERHOODS IN THE COUNTRY.
The Conductors cot Up the Meeting aAd
Rsn It-En9ineers Very Scarce and a p.
psrestiy Opposed to Anniramation- Bilis
20 be Introduced Ia the state Legislature
and Proposed Action Before Congress-.
Fourteenth street. between the Academy OF
Music. and broadway. swarmed with railrond
mon all day yesterday and also during tho
evening. Tho occasion for 1t was the mass
meeting Of "the Railroad Employees OF
America" ms tho promoters OF the nf.
fair styled It. 1t didn't prove so big
3 gathering ns ;wns anticipated. Instead of
Ae04 conlud ors. engineers. trainmen. nrc.
men. and photographers. only 700 or 300 came
together at tho morning and afternoon scs-
slons In the Academy. which we're secret SO
Il probably wasn't the biggest railroad mect-
Ing ever held in this country.
Dut the origin OF the meeting the causes that
led up to 1t. and the way In which tho different
organizations treated 1t are important rs
showing what may be ordinarily OK
pected of efforts to combine the several
organizations into one strong phnlanx. as
most OF tho brotherhoods to-day are In favor
OF doing. There was public evening session.
- usual.which the friends OF the railroad men
were invited to attend and at which addresses
were rnade By prominent men both inside and
outside OF the brotherhoods. Therc were per-
haps 1000 at the public meeting. II might
DO added that no railroad men were admitted
to the secret sessions who didn't belong to one
of the'rve orders. and everybody had to pre-
sent credentials or to be vouched for.
At nrst sight 1t appeared rs II oil the or
doris were equally interested In arranging
for the meeting. but such was not the
Es,s~t. .,.~I. ,f~
OF the Order Of Railway Conductors
PLANNED tho whole affair. Tho conductors
ran things at the meeting and did most of the
talking. And more curious yet. the two dl.
visions Of conductors. New York City Division
~ and Willard Division 104. take In the
men On two OF the railroads whore
the mon have had considerable trouble.
lately with tho management There are n
good many Jersey Central men in Division 81.
ind. as Is not commonly known. they came
near having strike month ago over de-
Enand for better pny.
The Executive Committee. as It styled itself.
<hiehmade all the ARRANGEMENTS for the meet
s %ede Of pelsnSng to
y .ss ), VI: sss1y and : ssS I'll 4
the service. But il Is said to have boon for
m the fsne on the road aY not
ssss Is settled with the 5dfssS
e05aSsH,s mere n yns
siiDss ofasl kM saS DEsGGn sS4
srn mss IT is denied '"t That a they have
Sny psivate grievance against the company;
s0eeaa Pf ss:' they ' DC
L NAV Be mere coincidence that those who
~ apyhs meeting belong To- . roads whore
a aHat n"hSs Eas danS az
.yesterday's meeting that could DO interrreted
ss desire to breed trouble with any railroad
;ssss 2dys"a ~"s bet
eaRissd SpotSerhsods This TsU was II. II. Sardsa
e hs s. as wss b made the
sSt turn g gut II any strength Wssks
r. 20 .ss;sR ~. xh Rs Yen!
ssst was opppssd Thsn
vas announced that Assistant Chiei Engineer
hYo1ngs1n would to come and he was down
Snss ,posar essor FOR h spe ony easnees
S..sss IhSs 6 G ssE.
eat II re-
telsssspHsrs have Always Been n o .tsS 70 u
te4statlon. and all the representative d these
seokff Is sas
Is dsa1d sEsi ss' ss SaF
With . %asa sRp'sSii' .s
thsl5 several ,independent organizatic;ns and
B sass.ss! ss s$ $s:55 :sis
hEifssR s9d th Sfa ssain @ss
them VGsg tsat A% he
ossSss that not haa %
Seons to IN tns SsunsTy no.
harmony instead o. lighting one another: Tho
that there K no no danger Of strike Of other
zee Bremen. engineers truinmen. conductors.
AID 9eleglaphers are Joined together W by q
as must r asses ss
Esssts a9d demands 81 the men. o'' .''' ~
s & With vsy to
& Si!ns ths orders cl FSs tos ., ana
estf9sl6Iy for the purpose q aereeins upon
IOI0 SOu8E0bb uuu tnO DLhte leSlSlutureR. IL
nay have been with this end In Wow thut Mr.
q E. Wejsz. clerk Of the Com mittce OH Cities
II Albany, was made Chairman Of tho
Executive I, Go%m l that arranged TIE
ontaIiS and Western several years ago. and hee
Tho Order Of Railway, Conductors, The
Morni4g session, which was devoted to
., ts hend OF vi 2dorSSssn ns John
V.sArnold. who addressed tho delegates and
sFtsndsd the courtesics OF the city on behalf
6hls "a ana 0s. known as the Haley bills. tho
hret an act to provide against accidents on
Feilroads and limit the hours Of service. and
the SECOND. an act to provide against accidents
on railroads and to regulate tho number of
Wen to manage passenger. mail. exprcss.
motlvss Within this State, both q which arc arc
n the conyention. They also endorsed
biiit1 HciH. and asked that Il have
a. tsaTiy hearing. another resolution
q approval of tho New York and md
graduating tho people of New York and New
Jerssy upon the successful Inauguration OF tire
undertaking. An net to amend section IL. the
penal code. known as tho Anti .Pinkerton" or
C0p4ptraoy BILL was read In the Convention