The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-08
NEW RAILROAD
 ORDER FORMED Representatives of Bonded Elm ployes of New Haven and Maine Launch Divi-
 sion z.
POLITICAL VIEW AHEAD
Dcprecatcs Legislation Against Rail- roads and Seeks to Elect Inn partial Public Officials
 Everywhere.
Especial to the Journal-Couriero

900 or more employees of the New Haven and Boston and Maine railroad met In this city this afternoon and or ganized new district, to be known as district No. of the Order of Rail- road Station Agents, which is to com prise the station agents, ticket agents and all other bonded employees of the two systems represented. The meet ing was presided over by Earl H. Morton. station agent for the Boston and Maine road at Greenwood. Mass He announced the object of the or ganizatIon, which in substance is the banding together in an organization for mutual protection of the station agents and all bonded employees and for the advancement of their interests. But another and more unusual side of the organization is revealed hy the resolutions adopted in which It Is stat cd that the men represented depre- cate the adverse action taken against the railroads by legislative action al the present time and come out with full emphasis against the alarming menace which the situation represents. Continuing the resolutions announce that the organization pledges its members ''as an organization and as individuals enter the field of politics In municipality. state and nation with the end In view of securing the cleo capable of dealing with justice and impartIality both sides of the indus. trial situation
 This Waterbury division No. will be one of seven divisions of this na- tlonal order throughout the country The general division headquarters that Is the national home of the or. der, Is in Boston and each sub-divi. sion has it's own local committee tc | take care of the district. Each sub division also will elect a representa-. tive to the system committee" This reports to the grand division at Boston At the session this afternoon tn, | following officers were chosen Master agent-John Cosgriff, Nau gatuck.
 First master agent-S, w. Lesher Hopewell, N- Y.
 Second master agent--J A. James i Hawleyville
 Journal agent-N D Cosgrip, Pitts field, Mass
 Recording secretary-E. w Plumb Torrington.
 Treasurer-J H Cosgrlff, Water bury.
 Master of hnance-E. w. Wheeler Waterbury
 Chaplain-W. S. Powell, New Mil ford
 Conductor-G w. Brewer, Pompe raug Valley
 Inside guard d-Harry F. Farrei Lee. Mass.
 Outside guard-John P, Henar Hawleyville.
 The following national conferenc committee was also chosen. Theodor B. Beach of Seymour T, r. Cosgri of Naugatuck and E. W. Lowery c 1 Orange. The national meeting of tn grand council for this year will b held in Music hall in New Haven O July 26.
 The resolutions adopted at the ses sion are in full:
 Whereas, Maintaining and assert ing all the full rights and privilege as an organization pledged to the ad vancement and betterment of tn financial and material condition of faithful, hardworking and highly ir telligent class of railroad labor
 "We al tho same time fully an senslbly realize the indisputable fs' that much of the recently enacted lef islation In the nation and in the SC, eral states directed against the en ployes and corporations and augmen ed by the further fact presented the constantly increasing cost everything entering into railroa maintenance and operation present serious and alarming menace to tl future welfare and prosperity of al proximately 2,000,000 railroad en nloyes of our common country Ther, fore, 1t is
 Resolved That the Order of Raj road Station Agents In meeting a sembled with Waterbury division N I, bespeaking the sentiment of full
 Sb per cent of the agents and bont cd employees of New England and a, iacent states, realizing the true stat of the present railroad situation which the prosperity or diversity the employer is conversely reflect,
 in a like condition of the employe . earnestly and strongly deprecate u
 adverse action that has been and
 being directed against legitimate e'
 terprise and pledge ourselves as {
 organization and as individuals to q , ter the field of politics in the munc
 pality state and nation with the el q in view of securing the election
 public office of those who are capah
 of dealing with justice and impartia D ity with both sides of the ndustri f situation and not these unreasonah n and fanatically inimcal to our pro q perity as railroad employees and as c Il izens of the republic - Signed;
 e T. B BEACH. Seymour Conn; '- M. D. COSGRIFF, Pittsfeld Mas - S. w. Lesher, Hopewell, N Y., h w. D Purdy. Southport, Conn.
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