The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1914-07-23

r. II. Sidney OF the brotherhood OF
Railroad Signalmen, and the field ON.
Ger, once the movement is actually un-
der way, will be Harry Phillips. for
merly deputy mayor OF West Ham
the East end Of London-where in q
population of 100000 he had wide ex-
perlence with the laboring class. The
committee on organization and fedora
tion is made up OF w. r. Pratt OF Wal.
pole, l.. b. Twitchell OF East Braintree,
Dana B. Cutter of Lynn, M. E. B. Bar.
rett Of Brookline and William F. Fer.
nald Of Swampscott, all of whom are
connected with the Order of Railroad
Station Agents.
Among those who attended the meet
Ing at the Quincy house were Lieuten-
ant Governor Barry. who was at a
meeting in February last and declared
for federation, and ex-President Eliot
who is declared to have been Cordial.
ly invited because he is opposed to la.
Dor organizations and with a purpose
OF showing him that he is wrong.'
1t is big program that has been
outlined by the leaders of the fedora.
ton movement thus:
Not sectional nor merely national.
but international in scope.
Not to supersede a single present or.
ganization nor to dispossess a single
present officer Of railway labor union
Not to tndorse any of the revolution.
ary doctrines, nor to stand for any of
the methods Of the l. w. w. and like
bodies.
But to avoid petty sectional strikes.
To insure some security Of tenure.
To secure for the operatives places
at the tables of the boards of directors
who represent now the financing of the
properties.
To demonstrate the partnership be-
tween capital and labor.
To secure the power that must come
to labor federation with millions Of
members and to use that power when
necessary.
More in detail, Mr.. Sidney indicates
the split-up condition of the railway
men today by reciting long list Of
brotherhoods of which many are large,
Others not so large, and others, still,
small. and all failing of the effective
ness which bigness of numbers and
unity of action might have. Among
these bodies are:
The Brotherhood of Railroad Sigma!
Men, the Brotherhood of American Sig
nal Men, the Brotherhood of Station
Employees baggage handlers and the
like), the Brotherhood of Railway
Clerks, the Clerks Assembly of the
* of Lin all there are said to be a
dozen organizations of clerks In the
United States-three divisions of the
Order of Railroad Station Agents, the
New England Association of Round
house Foremen. the New England AS
sociation for Maintenance OF Way,
made up of civil engineers, surveyors
! and the like; five bodies of trackmen.
the Drawbridge Tenders association,
the international Association of Car
Workers, the roundhouse helpers, the
federated trades, which in some cases
have men in more than fifty occupa.
tions, and organizations Of boiler ma.
kers. machinists, blacksmiths, cleo
trical workers, freight house foremen
freight handlers-of whom there are
two organizations. the one linked with
the K. of L. and the other with the A.
f. Of land the Switchmen's Union
Of North America.
Nor is this complete list. But the
list is long enough to show the text
upon which the whole appeal and argu.
ment are based.
Each body was represented In the
council by four delegates.
Mr.. Mellen, in his letters to Mr.. Sid
ney, said: 1T is great scheme. fear
you are too enthusiastic about myself
in connection with It, / am glad the
men think me loyal and steadfast
enough to lead them. like to be well
thought of by my old associates" And
he went on to intimate that possibly
his association for 90 years with the
capitalistic side Of the railway enter
prise might prejudice some against
him.
Both Mr.. Phillips and Mr.. Sidney
talk enthusiastically of what Mr.. Mel
| len did when in the New Haven man