The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-04
Resolutions Adopted Fnvoring Exclu-
sion of All Who Refuse to
Leave Debs's Organizations.
MEETING OF DIVISION 179
OFFICERS ELECTED BY AN INDIANA
BRANCH OF THE ORDER.
N~onunion Motormcn and Conductor
Assaulted mt BroOklyn-Mayor
Schieren on Mr.. NOrton's aues

CHICAGO, Feb. 3.-The fight between the
American Railway Union and the old broth
erhoods which antedated the big strike of
last summer and became more bitter at
that time because the old brotherhood men
refused to join in the strike has not been
softened by the hand of time. Instead, the
feeling between the rival bodies has ap-
parently become more intense. To-day the
subject was discussed at length by two hum
dred or more leaders of the Order of Rail-
way Conductors. and an almost unanimous
expression was found in the adoption of a
resolution recommending to the coming BIZ
ennial convention of the Grand Division
that the line be drawn in the order to ex-
clude all members who refuse to renounce
allegiance to the American Railway Union.
There are many members of the Order of
Conductors who are also members of the
American Railway Union. The leaders in to-
days meeting insisted that no man could
serve two masters; that no conductor could
hold a membership in two organizations
whose interests were inirnical and between
which there was a constant warfare. They
said the avowed object of the American
Railway Union was to absorb all the rail-
way employees of the country and the dis
bandment of the old organizations.
The meeting to-day was called by the
three Chicago divisions of the order, Nos.
1. Il and 293. 1t was a union meeting, and
circulars had been sent to every division in
the country, and they were urged to send
their delegates to the Grand Division with
their officers. The response was larger than
expected. Members were present to-day
from nearly every division north of the
Ohio river and between Kansas City on
the west and Pittsburg on the east, with a
few scattered members from New York and
Pennsylvania, and Omaha and San Fran
cisco. The purpose of the meeting. or rather
caucus. for such it was, was announced in
the circular to discuss matters OF i'm
portance which would come up before the
next biennial convention of the order in At
lanta May next. Grand Chief E. e. Clark,
Grand Vice Chief Wilkins and Grand Sec
rotary w. P. Daniels were present and ad-
dressed the meeting.
For some time charges of mismanage-
ment have been talked of in the order
against the officials of the Home for Dis
abled Railway Men, located in Chicago, and
a committee from outside divisions spent all
of last week in investigating the home. 1t
reported to the meeting to-day that the
charges were without foundation and the
home could not be better conducted. Kaw
Valley Division has issued a circular to the
members of the order asking cooperation
at the coming convention of the Grand Di-
ship feature of the laws of the Grand Di-
vision. Under the law ell members of the
order who nave served four consecutive
terms as delegates to the grand body be-
come life members and the circular alleged
that the number of such permanent men,
bers. had grown to be a menace to the order
and that the, men representing no local di-
vision We're practically controlling the Grand
Division. The caucus was evenly divided on
the question, and no agreement of action
was cached.
Another circular discussed was one from
the Lackawanna division, insisting upon the
extension OF the life insurance benefits f0
such members in whose family certain dis
eases, such as paralysis and apoplexy, were
hereditary. The" meeting was practically
unanimous in condemning the adoption Of
such an amendment. The friends of E. A.
the recommendation of the caucus for the
setting aside of the decision of the insur-
ance committee and the board of directors
IN refusing him total disability benefits.
The laws of the order requires the loss of a
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,
and has nothing left but the stunps of the
as if he had lost his hands at the wrist.
The caucus was disposed to take up Mr..
Soper's claim, and at the Grand Division an
effort will be made to amend the laws so as
to include such cases as his. Other Ques-
tons of laws of minor Importance were
taken up and discussed. and then the action
on the dual membership in the order and
the American Railway Union was had.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal,
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Ind, Feb. 3.-The
Order of Railway photographers held a
meeting last night in the banquet room of
the Lahr House, at Lafayette, for the pur
pose of electing officers for Lafayette Di-
vision, 179, for the ensuing year. There
was a large attendance. and enthusiasm
ran high from the fact that the order has,
under the management of Grand Chief w.
v. Powell, taken in over five hundred new
members within the past year. A clean
cut speech was made by Chief Telegrapher
Brown, of this city, in which he urged
each and every member to stand by the
order and try to make as good showing
this year as last, and to do everything in
their power to assist the grand chief at all
times, and to attend strictly to the duties
assigned them by their superior officers.
After a neat speech by the grand chief, T.
NJ. Person, the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year;
Chief t~elegrapher, G.. w. l.. Brown, of
Charlottesville; assistant chief, A. z.
Bates, of Monon; past chief, c.. S. Bates.
of Lafayette; secretary, NJ. A. Biggs, OF
Chalmers; senior telegrapher, c. III. Kliest:
junior telegrapher, II. w. Brissenden, OF
Ladoga; inside sentinel, NJ. G.. Medicus;
outside sentinel, w. O. Greene. of Lafay-
cite. Delegates to the Grand Division at
ST. Louis: G. w. L.. Brown. NJ. A. Biggs;
alternates, c. S. Bates, S. E.. Nichols;
protective board, S. E. Nichols, NJ. A.
Biggs, H. w. Brissenden.