The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-25
DEFEND BROTHERHOOD
Arthur and Sargent Make Reply
to Debs.
BOTH MEN SPEAK WITH FEELING.

Debs Had said That the Old Organizations
Had Passed the Day of Their Usefulness
and Arthur and Sargent Deny the Asser-
tion In Emphatic Lsngusge-Brother-
hood Men Working Ia Harmony-Poii-
ties and the workin gman.
IERRE HAUTE. Ind, Aug. 25.-The
union meeting Of the railroad brother
hoods Sunday was made sensational by
reason of the fact that local trade unions
declined the invitation To attend, and did
so In such terms as to cause Chief Arth lr
of the engineers and Grand Master Sar-
gent of the flremen To make bitter replies
10 the assaults on the old brotherhoOds
lt was known that Eugene V. Debs, presi.
dent of the American Railway union, is
the admired ,bor leader here at his home.
and what Arthur and Sargent especially
the former, said Sunday is accept as re-
plies to the statement often made by
Debs that the old organizations have
passed the day of their usefulness Gran
Master Sargent who lived here until thsf I
headquarters were moved to Peoria (
showed his feeling i'm the intense way in
which he defended his organizati IN from
the implication that IL had not been fr.s J
ternal in its relations with the trade un-
ions, and that IL is an aristocratic labor
organiza' ion. He said:
Wants All To he Organized
THE Central Labor union has said i'm
its resolutions that the brotherhoods have
held aloof from other labor organizations
and that Chief Arthur had said that the
engine RS organization is not labor un-
ion. The Firemen's Brothe hood has NJ 4
other organizations, but on the contrary,
wants all TO organized strongly. IL takes
no exceptions To the views of Others in IT. )
gard TO labor. but it will not permit 10
go unchallenged the assertion that il is ,
dying and In disgrace. 1t is representc :
In Terre Haute by its lodge, composed Of
good citizens, and il is going TO remain |
here. There has been too much jealousy
between organizations in the past, and the
selfishness of some of them has caused a
bad feeling, but the time has come when I
they are working in harmony. The
brotherhood men should discuss the poit.
ical issues among themselves without r..
gard to party. They ought not O. wait
until some one in authority over them tells
them how to vote In the lolgeroom they
should strip themselves of the influence
OF party or clique or corporation. When
they do this the day of salvation of o
wage Garner will be here"
what Chief Arthur said. 3
Chief Arthur followed MIR. Sargent
Beginning with the assertion that he WIS
there TO defend the engineers, he said Il
concede TO every man the liberty of his
own opinion, and ask it for myself III
cannot say "a good word l will say moth
ing. / have seen the statement that /
have said the brotherhood was not "A la
Dor organization, and want to brand il
wicked falsehood. have always said il
is a labor organization composed of men
representing branch of labor | consider
to be skilled labor. 1t is true it is con-
fined to one class of labor If all classes
of labor was thoroughly organized in their
respective classes there would be no diff
Guilty in each securing its demands /
as wiper and was promoted
to he fireman and then an engineer.
always knew my place. would advise
men to shun saloons and gamblin dens.
II this is preaching aristocracy am an
aristocrat. II had my way would close
all the saloons, and there would be no oc-
casion for keeley institute
Their Own Worst Enemies.
The workin gmen are their own worst
enemies, but the brotherhoods are max
ing better men of the men in the train
service Ii is said that the engineers
brotherhood has failed to give protection
to its members Wherever IL has so failed
1t has been because of the perfdity and
treachery of the members themselves Oh
the road where the grievance existed |
challenge any one To truthfully contra
dict this statement"
Chief Arthur said that the brotherhood
had paid So,O00,O0J insurance Today it
has l07 written contracts with railroad
as To wages. Grand Muster
OF the trainmen said the only
way in which the wage standard can b1
is through organized labor
The political part ,es will not do IT,