Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-20
RAILWAY TELEGRAPHERS.
the Ninth Annual session Soon to
be Held In Denver--Thc %. H. ~.
and the u. OF T.--oh~r Con-
vcntions soon to he Held.

To the Editor OF The Gazette,
As the ninth annual session Of the
grand diviaion OF the order Of Railroad
relegrophcrg viii DO held Mt Denver
commencing Monday. the 2ist instant,
and as The Gazette has made special
arrangements to print fun daily reports
of this important convention. 1t is per
maps hitting that brief history OF the
order be given at this time,
The Order OF Railway photographers
was organized June .. 1856, at Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, ana reorganizsd at st
Louis, June 10. 1891, under the name OF
The order Of Railroad TeIcgraphera.
The slight change In the name was
unde nccefsary IN order to comply with
,he laws OF the state OF Iowa, under
which the order 10 Incorporated, ~ ut
TINT convention some radical changes
mere made.
Prior To the 81, Louis convention the
order was non-atrllSing one. but ow-
Ing to It's being opposed to student
teaching for remuneration. the supply
OF telegraphera had decreased wonder
fully aud u few roads began TO make
war upon tho membership There was
no chance to retaliute nnd It became
necessary to provide for some protec-
tion 90 the members who were being
discharged for belonging TO an urghni-
Yutlon which had for "a motto; "rhe
betterment OF the service and cultiva-
tlon OF hrothrrly love" The growth
WIS rapid from It's lncipioncy and each
convention has been larger and more
enthusiastic than the preceding one.
The delegates who have gathered 30 tug-
iFlate Tor their constituency In Cedar
Rapids, Chicago. indianapolis, Cleve-
lnnd, New York, ST. Louis. Chattanooga
and Toronto. nnd IN the order named,
hnve boon n representative body OF men
and have been compllmentcd by press
and people for their gentlomany de-
pertinent.
AZ the Kew York convention In lSst
the question OF changlng the policy OF
the order was discussed at length hut
finally voted down, The question, how,
over was aGitatcd aud discussed on pi
eldes until u few months before tn,
ST. Louis convention It was submitted
TO tho membership for their vote. and
ma large majority favored som,
change whereby they could he protect
cd IN their rlghta. tho decision wa,
easily arrived at by the delegates VIII,
assembled IN St Loula. The polio,
then adopted, while permitting strike,
under certain circumstances, was con
fs"Nh fNfA' CONTINUES W W NNf IL u
only when every effort has been TX
hanstcd and u settlement cannot b,
made that q strike is ordered. System
attic federation OF tho varloui
labor organizations and It's 90
workers. arbitration, are gradu
ally working their way 10 III,
front and It Is 20 be hoped that or,
long strikes win be n thing OF the pnst
During the year 1890 nm organization
called the brotherhood OF Telegranhru
sprpng into existence. aud as they re
ceived Into membership both raiiroa,
aud commercial operators. and believe,
IN strikes, Il had quito growth. A
the ST Louis convention several at
tempts were made to consolidate tn
Order OF Railway photographers and tn
brotherhood Of Trainmen, bat not nm
~ after tho convention was the unlor
perfected The order OF Railway Teie
eraphcrs J., distinctly a railroad organ
igatipn aud VIII undoubtedly remnin "a
Several attempts have been made /,
change the eligibility clause and max
the mcmhership universai--admittinl
all telcgraphers, but except In the cas-
OF admitting some OF the members o