Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-02-04
CONDUCTORS and The A. R. D.
DEIp SEATED ANTAGONIsM BE-
TWEEN rue ORGANIZATIONS.
At ~ Union Meeting of the Order Of
Railway Conductors 1t Is De-
ciared THAT Members Cannot
serve Two Masters.

/ Chicago. III, Feb. S.--The fight between
i the American Railway Union and the old
/ railway brotherhoods, which antedated the
big strike OF last summer. and became more
bitter at that time because the old Brother
hood men refused to Join In the strike. has
not been softcucd by the hands of time.
Instead, the feeling between the rival bod
. les has apparently become more Intense,
To-day the subject was discussed at length
10y gUp or more leaders OF the order of Rail-
way Conductors, ana an almost unanimous
expression was round in the adoption of a
resolution recommending to the coming BIZ
that the line be drawn IN the order to cN-
cluic all members who refuse to renounce
allegiance to the American Railway Union.
There are many members of the order u
Railway Conductors who are also members
OF the American Railway Union. The lead
ors, in to-day's meeting, insisted that no
man could serve two masters, that no con-
duetor could hold membership in two
organizations whose interests were mimi
cal and between which there was n con-
slant warfare They said the ayowed OBJ
ject OF the American Railway. Union was
to absorb all the railway employees of the
country and the dtsbandment of the old
organizations.
The meeting to-day was called by the
three Chicago divisions of the order. Nos.
|, II and 293., 1t was union meeting and
send their delegates to the grand division.
larger g tRan eXpsStea Membars %ere press
ent to-day from nearly every diyislon north
or tue OnlO river ana between hbUsdS Nlty
on tn, west and Pittsburg on the east.
With a few scattered members from New
York and .PennsXlvania and Omaha and
san Francisco. The purpose of the meet
ing, or rather caucus. for such IT was,
was al nounced in the circular to discuss
matters of Importance which would come
up before the next biennial convention of
the order in Atlanta May next.
chief tf Wikins and Grand T 'S secreiary W. r.
Daniels were present and addressed the
For Some time charges of mismanage-
ment have been talked of In the order
against the officials, of the Home. for Disa,
a committee from outside divisions spent
all OF last week in investigating the home.
charges were without foundation. and the
home could not be better conducted. kaw
mS vSoq af has 9
at the coming convention of the grand
division to strike out the permanent mem;
division. Under the law all members of
the order who have served four consecutive
come life members. and the circular al
legged that the number of such permanent
members had grown to be a menace to the
the grand division. The caucus was evenly
discussed was one from the Lackawanna
life insurance benefits to such members
in whose family certain diseases. such as
paralysis ana apopleXy. were hereditary.
in condemnng the adoption of such an
amendment. The friends of T.. A. Soper.
of Wasatch division. sought to obtain the
recommendation of the caucus for the set
ting aside of the decision of the, insurance
committee and the board of directors in
refusing him total disability benefits The
laws of the order require the loss of q
hand at the wrist to be eligible for total
disability benefits. Mr. Soper lost all of
the fingers of one hand and four on an
other by an accident on the Union Pacific.
md hnS ipr. lnft MT G pf
palm. He said to be as totally disabled
as If he had lost his hands at the wrist.
The caucus was disposed to take up Mr..
Sopers claim, and at the grand division an
effort will he made to amend the laws as
to include such cases as his.
Other questions of law of minor i'm
portance were taken up and discussed. and
then the action on the dual membership
in the order and the American Railway
Union was had,