The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-21
Peace Jubilee
Over.
AT THE ARMORY.
Mr.. McKinley's Address Be-
fore Railroad Employees.

Chicago, Oct 2O-The weather for to-
day. the last day of Chicago's peace
jubilee was even worse, if possible,
than that of the preceding three days.
Preceding the chief event, the railway
employees reception, President McKin-
ley spent the time quietly at the home
of Capt. McWilliams, receiving only a
few callers and being engaged prin-
cipally with Assistant Secretary Corte-
YOU.
At 100 p. m. the president was driven
TO the LIST regiment arm5ry, where, to-
gether with Mayor Harrison, he was
received by a large gathering of rail-
road employees.
After the reception the president adj
dressed the railroad men, eliciting'
from them the warmest applause.
The railway reception at the armory
was President McKinley's last public
appearance. in Chicago during the jubi-
lee. The presidential party will leave
at 10 o'clock tonight on the Pennsylva-
; mia special train.
The armory, at which the railway en-
ployees and the president met, was
gaily festooned and the galleries were
hidden behind the folds of "Old Glory. :"
The president appeared upon the east
end of the main balcony and spoke
briefly to the assembled railway men,
who represented every branch of the
service.
The mass meeting was in the nature of
formal opening of the three days
conference of railway employees called
TO draft measures for national and
state legislatures to apply to organiza-
tons of labor. In the gathering were rep
resented the Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Engineers, the Brotherhood of Lo-
connective F'iremen, the Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen, the Order of Rail-
way Conductors and the Railway Te-
legraphers Union. The ladies' auxil-
larry in each of the orders assisted in
the reception to the president A
throng gathered outside the armory
two hours before to cheer Mr.. Mckin-
ley upon his arrival
Mr.. McKinley's party was conducted
to the first balcony. The galleries over
head were filled with men, women and
children, who cheered whenever an
opportunity presented itself.
The enthusiastic reception accorded
President Mckinley upon his arrival at
the armory was sufficient evidence that
the railway men appreciated his pres
ence. The armory was crowded when
the exercises were opened with prayer
by DR. Emio c. Hirsch
Chairman J. H. Walsh of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers presid-
ed. and delivered the opening address.
He then introduced Mayor Harrison.
who delivered the address of welcome
TO President Mckinley. The president s
response was listened to attentively
and frequently interrupted with ap-
plause
Mr.. Mckinley spoke as follows. Il
count myself fortunate to have the
privilege of meeting with this great
railroad organization in this great met
ropois. / have had in the last three
days very many most interesting and
pleasing experiences as l journeyed
through the country, but l assure you
that not one of them has given me
greater pleasure than to meet the men
and women connected with the great
railroads Of the country (Applause)
1T is fortunate that this great BODY
of representative men and women have
assembled in this city at q time when
the people are celebrating the suspen-
sion Of hostilities, with early hope of
an honorable, just and triumphant
peace. The railroad men of the coun-
try have been always for the country
(Applause) The railroad men of the
country have always been for the flag
of the country. and in every crisis of
our national history, in war and in
peace, the men of your great organiza-
ton have been loyal and faithful to ev-
cry duty and obligation. Yours is at
once profession of great risk and of
grave responsibility 1 know of no oc-
cupation in the sphere of human en-
deavor which carries with it greater
obligations or higher responsibilities
than the profession of railroad men.
You carry the commerce Of the coun-
try, you carry the rich treasures Of the
country from the Atlantic to the Paci-
fic, and you carry daily and hourly the
freightage of humanity; they trust to
you, to your integrity, to your intelli-
gence, and your fidelity for the safe