The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1922-01-27
WARNING
AGAINST CROOK
AND AGENTS

The following letters were received
by the Journal for publication:
VENICE POLICE DEPARTMENT
Venice, California
w. E. Cavanaugh, Chief
January 16, 1922.
To the Chiefs of Police, Commercial
and Fraternal Organizations.
Gentlemen:
The inclosed letters of warning
from lodges of the Brotherhood OF
Railroad Trainmen are self-explana.
tory. and are well worth your con.
sideration. The action of the Broth.
erhood in the E. j. Elbury case is g
credit to their organization.
This should be given proper pub.
licity in your territory, as / under.
stand this man and his agents oper.
ate throughout the Western country
Yours truly,
w. E. CAVANAUGH,
Chief Of Police.
w. G. N. LODGE NO. 465
Los Angeles. Calf,
Dec. 21st, 1921.
Chief of Police, Chamber of Com
merce, Merchants & Manufacture
ers' Assn, and Other Civic Asso-
Citations.
Gentlemen:
We wish to warn the public and
business men of our city and else
where, that one E. ]. Elbury, pub
Usher of his so-called big a Railway
Record and Official Time and Senior
ity Book" is in no way connected
with the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen; further, there is no such
thing as an official time and senior
ity book for the Brotherhood of Rail
road Trainmen.
E. j. Elbury was expelled from the
brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
December 18th, 1921, on account of
violating its laws.
We wish you would give this due
publicity in your local papers, and
notify as many chiefs of police and
civic bodies throughout the Western
country as possible, to be on the
lookout for his solicitors for adver-
tisements.
Yours truly,
JOHN A. CLARK,
Secretary, Lodge 465, B. of R. T.
w. G. LEE, Pres, B. of R. T.
THOS. FOSS, Investigator for the
City of Los Angeles.
PACIFIC ELECTRIC LODGE
NO. 912
Los Angeles, Calf.
December %, 1921.
Chiefs of Police, Chambers of Com
merce, Merchants and Manufacture
ers' Associations, and all Other
Commercial Organizations.
Gentlemen:
At a specnal meeting of our lodge
called for the purpose Of warning the
public and business men of our city
and elsewhere:
That one E. j. Elbury, publisher of
a time book which he calls the Off
cial Big 4 Railroad Record, is in no
way connected with the Big a Bre&h-
erhood, furthermore, there is no such
thing as an "Official Time an Senior
ity Book" for the Brotherhood of
Railroad Trainmen.
+. j. Elbury was expelled from the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen at
Fresno, Calf, on December 18TH
1921, on account of violating the laws
VI Vic do well dS OIiS
laws of the State of California and
for sending through the United
States mail periured affidavits
against one of our members which
Elbury cunningly secured through
Misrepresentation. He has also used
the name of the Brotherhood of Rail-
road Trainmen and fictitious lodge
number 139 and local division number
lao to mislead the merchants in the
western country.
We wish you would give this due
publicity in your local papers, organ
izations, commercial bodies, ETC.,
throughout the Western country so
that they may be on the lookout for
this man Elbury or his agents who
may solicit advertising in the name
of the Brotherhoods.
Very respectfully yours,
o. w. SAGE,
Sec. Lodge 912.
715 North Townsend.