The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-11-07
Chicago Man Defends
COlOred Rail Road POterS
Especial to The Tulsa Starr

Especial to The Tulsa Starr
CHICAGO, Ill. Oct. 2S, 1914.-The
Baltimore and Ohio Ry. Co. have taken
the train porters of the the Ohio
River lines, and the oldest porters
given positions on lines West of Pitts
burgh, Pa. on trains 1873 and 10 and
the youngest train porters on the
above trains must give way to the old
est porters. this reached the writer
who Is also a train porter, and the ex-
ecutive chairman of the Brotherhood
of train porters OF America, and have
done exceedingly well In getting the
train and other porters together East
of Pittsburgh, Pa. and the snake Of the
entire system of the Baltimore and
Ohio Rail Road company Is Conductor
Patrick Kane, who styles himself a
man of honor. a real Negro Halter, who
has q long record of unloading train
porters and pullman porters until the
writer was placed in position by the
head officials at Baltimore, Md. the
writer wishes to inform the readers
of the Tulsa Star whom this man of
honor Is, Patrick Kane is called a man
Of honor, and who Is this man OF hon
or? A man perhaps, whose honor is
a name, who prates wit h polluted
lips about the sacredness of charac-
ter. when his own is stained with crime
and needs but the single shade OF muir
der to complete the dismal and sickly
picture, Patrick Kane, attempts tp'
strip the train porters of every privil1
ege which heaven intended for rational
creatures, Kane Is oppressive and un-
Just to on all charges against the train
porters. Kane Is trying to expose all
train and sleeping car porters to pun
ishment, without the porters knowing
their offense, the company should con-
sid r such acts improper. He Is ex-
citing storng feeling and prejudice
against the train porters for the pur-
pose OF getting the company to take
them off the lines only. The porters
have many secret enemies, but we look
to men higher up to break the yoke OF
our oppressor, Pat Kane and his gang
II is source OF qualification and OF
encouragement to me, to observe that
the great result of the Brotherhood OF
Rail Road train porters OF America
will bring to Rail Road companies Of
the U. s. A. should they get the full
crew bill repealed In the Eastern
states, and kill all such mems vision
larry theories and false doctrines, al
Pat Kane and his gang have towards
the colored train porters of this coun
try, It is all unjust prejudices the white
rotherhood OF trainmen wants to blint
MANNED the poor train porters, bu
they will never produce anything
great; their career will be short ant
Iinglorious; their fall Is certain, ant
unpitied; their history remembered al
a warning not as an example; and thu
names OF its legislators and statesmen
buried In the oblivion to which thei
false economy tends to consign thu
memory OF those who have established
its freedom or defended II from aggres
sion, may ours show, that II has I
higher destiny and that It is guarded
as we'll by liberality and honor as b,
justice, and each and every trail
porter, cook, walters and section han'
OF the race, should join the Brotherhood
OF Rail Road Train Porters Of Americ,
by addressing r. II. oliver. 1904 State
St.. Chicago, Illinois, fees are $2.76 u
join, and may you ever read the Tulsa
Star is my best wishes.
JOHN II. WINSTON,
Executive Chairman OF the b. OF
II. T. p. Of A., 4o15 Cottage Grove
Ave-. Chicago, Illinois.