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In Line For The Union

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Parent Issue
Day
15
Month
October
Year
1897
Copyright
Public Domain
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Peoría, Ills., Oct. 12.- The grand chiefa of all the railway brotherhoods assembied hpre Tuesday morning to begin what promises to be the most momentous meeting in their history, its object beir.g to effect a great international federation of all the brotherhoods for mutual eo-operation and assistancc. Crand Chief Arthur of the Locomoüve Engineers did not arrive, although war 3 was received that he had left Cleveland, and pending nis arrival no formal action was taken. The chiefs of all other organizations' are here, however, and tbey devoted the morning to canvassing the situation informally. There is every indication that the proposiüon will go through, as it has been approved by the conventions of the flremen. the conductor?, the railway telegraphers and the trammen, and would probably have been by the engineers had they held a convnticn slnce the prGpositlon was hronrhprï. Arthur Is Believed t. Favor It. It is understöód that Chief Arihur, when he comes, v.T.l be found stroiïgly in favor of t'ederation. In the discüssion Tuesday morning' it developed .hat the grand officers are very anxious to have it clearly understood that the object is not to encourage strikes, but rather to discourage them by substituting arbitration and by making it sure that all the railway men vvill stand together in a common cause if necessary. The delegates who are here or expected to be present during the sesslons are: Order of Railway Conductora- F. E. Clark, grand chief; C. H. Williams, aseistant grand chief; A. B. Garretson, grand senior conductor. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen - Frank P. Sargent, grand master; T. V. Venner, Jersey City; James Burke, Btratford, Ont.; Asa Dillon, Atchison, Kan. Order of Railway Telegraphers - W. V. Powell, grand chief; Charles Daniel, Atlanta, Ga.; ehairman grand executive committee; H. B. Perham, grand secretary and treasurer. Brotherhood of Railroad Trammen- P. H. Morrissey, grand master; John Harvey, Salamanca, N. T. ; Frank Fenn, Pueblo, Colo. Brotherhood of Locomotive eers - P. M. Arthur. In the Matter of Strikes. In relation to strikes a paragraph for the proposed constitution reads: "Should a strike be inaugurated the chief executive of the organization shall be the recognized leader and shall have power to declare the strike off with the consent of the general federation committee, together with the approval of the chief executive of the organizations embraced in the federation." When a chief executive deems a Btrike necessary he will cali the heads of the federations together, and a strike shall be authorized only on a two-thirds vote. The movement for an international federation was inaugurated by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and a proposed constitution issued. The adoption of the proposed international agreement affects 100,000 men. The movement is a part of the general plan for the centralization of all railroad brotherhoods in Peoría. The flremen, trainmen and telegraphers already have offices in one building.

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Ann Arbor Argus
Old News