Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-09-27

To Meet in Galveston, Texas, in 1906
Resolutions Adopted ut the HarrisbuI

RESOLUTIONS Adopted ut the Harrisburg
Convention.
HARRtsBuRo, Pa, Sept. 20.-The
biennial convention of the Brotherhood
OF Fireman, after an important session,
lasting 10 days, adjourned at 7.30 to.
night to meet in 1896 at Galveston, Tex.
There were also votes for Evansville,
Milwaukee and Detroit.
Almost the entire day was devoted to
the consideration of the report of the
committee on death and disability claims
and about $4,000 was authorized to be
paid out. The convention tabled the
resolution providing for an assessment
Of 80 cents on each member for the re-
lief of the Lehigh Valley strikers, and
voted $4,000 as direct donation to
the OG fireman on that system who are
members Of the Brotherhood and have
been out of employment since the strike
last year.
Eugene V. Debs was present at the
closing session and made speech. lie
was received with considerable enthus.
iasm. lie left for Terre Haute this even
ing.
Among the resolutions adopted were
the following:
"On the question of defining the posi-
ton our members shall take in n strike
where they are not directly interested,
we recommend the following resolution:
Whereas, There has been disposition
on the part of members of the r. of l..
+. in certain localities to disrcspect and
Ignore the agreements with their EN-
ployers by going out ON strike, in direct
violation of the constitution and by
laws Of the order, and total disregard
for the interest of their employers and
the welfare of the Brotherhood; and
whereas, such action is at all times con.
demned by this body as irrational,
fanatical and illogical, and injurious
to both employer and employe, there.
fore be it resolved, that it is the sense of
this convention that such action on the
part OF our members be denounced, and
that in the future we shall insist that
they live strictly up to the laws of the
order and the contracts under which
they are working, AZ all times and in all
places, and we emphatically declare that
when We enter into an agreement with
any railroad company to follow such
agreement to the letter in accordance
with the laws Of the order. And we
further demand on the part of other
labor Organizations that they do not
interfere with members Of the b. of l..
L. while working under such contracts,
and it is the sense of this body that SO
long as We are not asked to perform
work outside Of our particular line Of
duty we will comply with any agree
mcnt entered into with any railroad
company"
During the earlier part of the week
NiceGrand Master HanRahan caused it to
be announced in the newspapers that his
course at Chicago during the Pullman
strike, which was much criticised, had
been unanimously Endorsed by the con-
vention. A resolution was adopted as
follows: "As it has appeared in the
Harrisburg Eosaiag Telegraph that this
convention Endorsed the action of the
Vice Grand Master, j. j. Hannahan, in
the late Pullman strike, We deny that
we have by our action done anything of
the kind; but, on the contrary, we in
dorsed the stand taken by our Grand
Master, Frank p. Sargent, General Sec
rotary and Treasurer, Board OF Grand
Trustees and Grand Executive Board"
Probably the most important action
by the convention to-day was the unani-
nous adoption Of resolution authori2.
ing the removal of the Grand Lodge
offices from Terre Haute, Ind, under
the belief that 1t will be for the best
interest of the Brotherhood to remove
the headquarters from Terrc Haute.
Grand Master Sargent and Grand Secre-
tary and Treasurer Arnold are EN-.
powered to select new location, which
will probably be east Of Terrc Hautc.