New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-01
RAILROAD MEN IN SESSION.
DELEaArF. HERE FROM EVERY STATE.
TIE ACADEMY or MUSIC FILLED TO OVERFLOW

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! ING-MANY SUBJECTS DISCUSSED.
The Academy OF Music and the hotels ncar by were
crowded YESTERDAY with railroad employees, who Lad
como fran all paris Of the United states to attend
the convention Of the railway emf oycS OF America
! Tie convention which wa held in the Acadcmy OF
Music was the first q ~" Kind ever held In this
| country. II was under the auspices Of NcwNor!,
City Division No. 81. and Willard division. NO. 1O4,
of ,he Order OF Railway Conductors The orders rep
resented in The convention we're the Order Of Railway
Conductors. Brotherhood Of locomotive Engineers.
Br. thcrhood OF Railway Tranmen. Bra therhooi II
Locomotive Fliemcn and the Order OF Railway Tclc; (
Iapher3. There were 1000 dcesntes, representing
every state and Territory in the country.
The object Of the convention. it aid. to
enable these organizations 10 become better acquainted
with one another with view 10 consolidating into
one great organization Gf RAILROAD employee. Morn
ing afternoon and evening sessions were he'd. G. E.
WcsE. Of Mlfard Division. No. 1Oi Order Of Railway
Conductors was tbs chairman. John II. V. Arnold
President OF the Board Of Aldermen. introduced Mt
the morning session. Mr. Arnold welcomed the d.le-
gates to New-York In behalf of the Mayor and the
Common Council lie praised the delegates for their
coqservat,sm and unwillngness TO resort 10 extreme
or radical measures except rs a last resort
The Ic~t OF the morning session was taken up IN con-
idcrng two alls recently introduced in the Assembly
at Albany. They were Nos. al and 9S, known as the
Haley bills. providing respectively, agalnSt accidents
on railroads aud limiting the hours of service OF EN-
ploycs regulating the number OF men TO manage
passenger mail. express and mixed trains and Give"
locomotives. These bills indorscd and the
r,nplovers LIABILITY bill, which Introduced last
wear. but did not pass. uns discussed II was urged
that the bill should he introduced again. BESIDES
thc.c. the MI to amend section NJ. 40 Of the
Penal Code, known ~ The AhtEImkcfioh
hill was indOrsei Tho chairnan was authorized 10
present the resolutions ndorsng these b' to the state
legislature.
l.. ,. Colin, exRa.lyood Commissioner. Of Iowa. pre-
s.utcd A r,eoution at sc afternoon session. IN which
il was said that in view OF the fact Tia; 24eol railroad
employees lad been either killed or Injured during the
last year on the railroads Of the United H'atee ana
fully 30 per cent Of these accidents were due to uiasie
c-,rnns il was high tim" tat Congress be urged 10
"a s.a Jaw requiring all railroads engaged IN Interstate
commerce 20 equip their fcsht-cais Win automatic
couplings and power brakes.
Address vel, made by T. l.. Clark, Grand Chief
Conductor; john IuGcnbcrs'r, L. r. sargent, "r''Hd
Na,t-r Brotherhood 4 10 omove Fiicmcn; :. l.
WllMneoa,.t md Master Trainmcn, and benjamin
V.vnkoop. r. Arthur, Grand chief EnSKecr' was
expected to b present but he is claimed IN Georgia
cn Important business, where stliae m engineers e
cNpsc.cl sOon.
Tho evening session was opened with prays
ly L. - Conin. whicn followed by ne
Introductory address hy GcorSs ". Greene. SUES
senator Jacob A. Cantor Delivered the address OF VIZ
come. lie said that he represented In their abSeiee
Governor Flower and ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Hh~'hahi
lie extended "a warm welcome 10 the railroad men,
who he eaid were becoming more efficient every year
They we've lar superior 10 the Worknemen Of fer
wear, ago. The relations Of capital and labor were
GRADUALLY changing in Just the decree that tho standard
II work was using. In conclusion lie said that The
state II Now York had not done enough for tie worA'
!neman-no state had done enough for them.
J.. T. Clark in responding TO senator Cantor sad
that extreme measures were seldom thought OF now
being The paHacea for thc worhnSman's
wrong, IN thi, enlightened age.
: =. wilkinson. referring - the work ~ the orrer
= T,r'nc AID that though the order was only cisht
.rS old II had ~ 900 members. and had isd u III"
widow, and Orphans ~ t. member S.JppO1D TMrt.
.tcn death cair- hlel every mpIth. lie add'i
V's .uplrr nc repre- NATIVE men %! America. -
thcy value their peace 0i mind 10 d. something to stop
tbi, awful sacrifice Of NE The other sIcahers were
T. T. sargent l. = Collin and Charlie, IL. WilAes. Ihc
convention wa, Co,Cd by the singing Of Tn ode ~ tie
Oricr Of Railway conductors.
Aiier the meeting was ended large party of dee
gatc, took dinner ~ the Morton House. whcc The
.rrinu. tcn-ininufc. FOR rcfrshmeuts- rule not
en!o.ced Most Of tic delegates viii remain In New
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