Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-18
ENGINEERS TO
ATLANTIC CITY
THROTTLE MANIPULATORS At
HARRISBURG MIX PLEASURE
WITH BUSINESS. n
TO TALK INDEMNITY
Favor Workmen's Compensation Act
Organization Will Work to
Aid Passage Of
Measure. =, 'F

| The second letter from Engineer M
J. Canny who is representing Ottumw;
division Burlington engineers at Har
| risburg tells of the manner in which
| the delegates and visitors at the con
vention spent the past few days. A biz
| excursion complimentary by the Penn
! sylvania railroad to Atlantic City wa!
| a feature of Saturday and church serv'
| ices were held Sunday. The letter
| follows:
Three double headed eight-car trains
packed with engineers and their wives
left Harrisburg Saturday morning fol
Atlantic City. The first pulled out or
schedule time, 5: Is o'clock, the others
in quick succession. 1t was the depar-
ture Of the visitors on the first of the
excursions to be given to the delegates
and visitors to the Brotherhood of Lo-
connective Engineers by the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Co.
Nearly 5000 persons went on the
trip. There were no special entertain
ments arranged in Atlantic City Many
of the excursionists are from the Pa
cific coast and they were left to them
selves to see the Atlantic resort.
An entire car was reserved for the
grand lodge officers and their friends.
The trains were in. charge OF members
of the local B. of l.. E. committee. Re-
turning the trains left Atlantic City at
6 o'clock.
Church Services Sunday.
Sunday was a day of rest for the
visitors A union divine service was ar
ranged for the Chestnut street auditor
ium at 10: 30 o'clock Rev. Harry Nelson
Bassler, pastor Of the Second Reform
ed church. had charge of the services. A
choir Of fifty picked male voices, led by
George A. Huffman lead the singing,
Attendance at the service rivaled
that at the reception on Wednesday
evening and more than 1000 people at
tended. Next Sunday services will he
held in ST. Patrick's Roman Catholic
cathedral.
Compensation Act.
A workingmen's compensation act,
as recently introduced in congress,
will be endorsed by the convention Of
the brotherhood of Locomtive Engi-
neers. Delegates are discussing it
among themselves and it's endorsement
is said only to be a matter Of time.
The proposed bill, according to H. f.
Wills, assistant grand chief engineer
and congressional representative of the
four big railroad brotherhoods, will
take the settlement Of death and acct
dent cases out Of court and a certain
stipulated sum will be paid to the sur
vivors of men who meet death in rail-
road service. 1t also provides for
sum of money to be paid to employees
disabled in railway service.
To provide an act whereby a settle
men could be effected outside Of court
and not have the entire amount OF
damages swallowed up in long drawn
out court proceedings is the aim of the
brotherhoods today. Fixing the liability
of accidents on employers was a<step
in the direction Of the proposed law.
The brotherhoods will form scale Of
remuneration for different kinds of
work and different kinds Of accidents
and for disabilities.
The brotherhoods are not working
sngly in this respect. but collectively.
and the same proposition will be up to
the brotherhood Of Locomotive Fire
men and Enginemen when it meets in
Washington next month. All Of the
railroad brotherhoods are urging such
a law and when enforced it will mean
that millions of men from coast to
coast will pull for it. An organization
suchNas a railroad brotherhood, num-
bering thousands. with representatives
present at every session OF congress
and state legislatures, can do much in
having the bill passed.
The G. |. A. Flourishng.
There are now ST. divisions. with a
membership Of 10000. The report Of
the treasurer showed $4,000 in the
grand lodge treasury. There is large
balance in the insurance treasury. In
the reading of all Of the
grand lodge reports, which were all
passed at Wednesday afternoons ses-
sion, was more business than the aux
iliary ever transacted at any previous
convention