The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-13

s,stant Chief; J. H. Mccall. Chairman AdiustinR Committed; J. c. Elliott, Sec retary and Treasurer, the latter having served as secretary for the last twelve years.
 Division ss is the oldest railroad order lin Montgomery and has the largest mem bership, being composed of the conouc- tors employed on all the railroads coming into Montgomery. Ladies' Auxiliary to Order of Rail- way Conductors.
 Palm Division No. 167 of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Order of Railway Con- ductors was organized in July, 19O2' by Mrs. c. M Landlord of Birmingham as- sisted by MT. Taylor and Mrs. Hardwick.
 Mrs, J. M. McDowel was the first Di- vision President and there were twenty two charter members, whereas they now have a membership of thirty and most et- fcient officers in Mrs. Claude J. Wilcox as President and Mrs. c. E. Faulken- burg, Secretary.
 Division 25s B. of L. F.
 Montgomery Division 26S of the Broth erhood of Locomotive F1gemen was organ ized sby Mr. Timothy Shea, Second Vice. Grand Master of the B. of L. E., in May, 1903.
 It's membership, which is about twenty, is composed of men employed by the Coast Line. the Mobile and Ohio. and the Atlanta and West Point Railroads.
 The officers of the Divisioneare: R. B. Brown. Master; P. A. Stovall, Secretary; S. w. Walker, Collector and Cliff Hall, Treasurer.
 The Late Chief Arthur.
 For five days in June, Peter M. Arthur, the late much beloved Grand Chief Engi- ner of the B. of L. E., was the honored guest of the Union Meeting" committees of Montgomery and Pensacola, and he eX- pressed himself as having enjoyed hls visit here as much as any visit he ever made He rated the success of the Mont gomery- Pensacola meeting as second to none. t
 MT. Arthur was born in Paisley. Scot land, in 1881, and came to this country when but Il years old, and was soon thrown upon his own resources. He had had the advantage of a common school education but his needs required that he should become a wage earner. and he hir- ed out to a farmer when still young boy. at $6 a month, but after time he secured employment as a wiper for the New York Central road, and having en- ergy and ambition, the officials recogniz- ed that he was worthy of something bet ter, and he was promoted to fireman and his superior ability and strict atten- ton to every duty soon brought promo | tion to that of engineer, in which capac- ity he served that company until he was chosen Grand Chief, .... He became a charter member of Divis- ion 46. Brotherhood of the Footboard, and was elected as delegate to attend the special session of the B. of L. E. held in Rochester, N. r., June 12. 1S66 and took an active part in the deliberations and was named as a member of the most i'm portant committee. At the regular ses- sion held in Boston. Mass, November, 1866, he Is again a delegate, taking lead ing part in the deliberations, and served on the committee appointed to consider the advisability of establishing Journal, the first issue of which appeared in Jan uary, 1867.
 He attended the Cincinnati convention in 1867. In 1868 he was chief engineer of his division and delegate to the Chicago convention. At this sitting he offered the following resolution. which was in exact line with his continuous effort at character building: Resolved: That any brother guilty of contracting debts of any nature, and then refusing to pay them. shall be expelled from the brotherhood"
 At the Baltimore convention in 1S69. the ballot for first grand engineer stood c. H. Sherman, 49. P. M. Arthur. 43. At this sitting he was elected second grand assistant engineer by a good majority.
 At the Nashville session in 1870. his strong position with the delegates was shown in the vote for grand chief. he re- ceiving forty-nine votes to Chas. Will sons 50. and for re-eNction as s. G. A. F., he receiving the vote of all but five delegates
 He was reelected at Toronto Canada. in 1SA, at the St. Louis sitting in 1872 and at the following convention. Phila- delphia. Pa. 1875, by exclamation. Then came what was known as the Pan Handle trouble over the reduction of wages.