Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-09
BOZ E. LEADERS
VISIT 0TTUMW A
w. .. SeNE AND E. w. HURLEY
OF THE BROTHERHOOD Ap-
DRESS RAILROAD MEN
Arrive From Cleveland, O., Yesterday
Afternoon and Pays Long Promised
Vis!t-Mr. Stone Tells of Recent
Strike Scare on the Burlington.


Fulfilling promise of several
years standing, Warren S. Stone of
Cleveland, o., grand chief of the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Engineers, arriv.
ed in the city yesterday afternoon on
Burlington No. IS to pay a visit to the
local organization o fthe brotherhood
Mr.. Stone came direct from Cleve-
land and was accompanied by e. w.
Hurley Of Boston, assistant grand chief
for the order, who is enroute to Des
Moines.
Mr.. Stone and Mr.. Hurley as they
by members Of the local orders and
were escorted to the Ballingall hotel.
In the evening large number Of
the members of the brotherhood in
this city assembled at the O. r. c..
hall, corner Market and Main streets.
Both Mr.. Stone and Mr.. Hurley talked
to those present at the meeting. When
seen at the Ballingall yesterday after
noon, in an interview, Mr.. Stone said:
mo, our visit to this city is of no
special import, other than that l
promised the boys several years ago
that I would pay them visit here.
Mr.. Hurley being enroute to Des
Moines. was anxious to meet the mem
bers of the Ottumwa organizations and
this afforded an excellent opportunity
for him to do so. We will speak to the
members of the brotherhood Our line
of talk will be along general lines,
such as conditions of the order as they
exist at present, the work that is being
done and the questions which confront
us.
IL will be in the city overnight and
then will proceed to Agency, where
will Join Mrs. Stone and take short
vacation, after which we will return tc
Cleveland"
Talks Of Strike Scare.
When asked about the recent strike
scare concerning engineers on the Bur
lington system being discharged on &C
count of color blindness, Mr. Stone
said:
"a large amount of the recent scare
concerning a strike on the Burlington
system among the engineers, was prin
cipally talk. Matters between the com
pany and the brotherhood are settled
satisfactorily and were settled ten days
before tie stories were published con
corning it. The men have all return
ed to their runs again Win the eACep
ton of six who were found to be hope
less cases afflicted with color blindness
They have been given positions in 9th
er departments of the railroad. TIT
brotherhood would not insist on rail
road company keeping men on engines
who were afflicted with color blindness
"At present our organization is II
good shape. AS 1t embraces the who'll
of the United States, Mexico and Can
ada, we have $4,000 members. Gu
death rate in the past twenty month
has been a trifie large as the humble
of men killed in that time has amount
ed to 1884. This is due in grea
measure to the large number of railWa
catastrophes which have happened re
Gently.
Ten Years Lifetime.
zone Of the most remarkable thing
among railroad men is the average If
rate. We find that the average lit
of the men employed on the railroad
is ten years. have heard men sa,
that this is queer statement to MAKE
wher one sees men who have been i
the service for many years runnin
trains. But where one has been l
the work for years, others are gettin