lumps of coal fly in a dangerous manner. In placing coal this morning I wish to keep a level fire and maintain even steam pressure while creating force with which to propel my train of thoughts. If I do not do this, it will be because I do not know as much about speaking as I do about firing. and privileges of citizenship. You then asserted the purpose to act for yourselves in all maters pertaining to your material worth and advancement. What has been your experience for the year? What lessons have you learned? In the direction to which you looked for most aid and encouragement in your new attitude, you but met with disappointment, which may ultimately prove a most valuable experience. When individual ambition or the tread of an organization's purpose meets with disappointment, there is a world of power and strength in true manhood. Respect is commanded by sturdy and active independence. The Brothto itself for all purposes for which it exists; you desire better wages, you should first prove that you are worthy of them, then you can not be blamed for seeking and acquiring all you can get. To improve your members in their calling, and to make them skillful in all matters pertaining to their duties is your privilege, and ought to be your duty. As a labor organization, you should make the skill of a member at his trade the most important qualification required and insisted upon. So long as you neglect this point you make a mistake. It is an error from which the engineers' organization is not free. It is customary for outsiders when addressing delegates in convention assembled to think up brains-ful of sweet sayings and happy compliments to throw at the hearts and fancies of individuals, gain applause, and exciting the admiration and enthusiasm of the grand body, lead them to believe that they are the choicest of God's chosen few; in this way the organiza-erhood of Locomotive Firemen is sufficient untion or order represented is made perfection, and there is a tendency to forget one's trade or occupation and the duties of the hour, and become banqueted lords for the time beingat least such have been my thoughts at engineers' conventions. The firemen need not take them home unless appreciated You are assembled here to-day for a given purpose to legislate for the good and welfare of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, About a month from to-day the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers convene in New York city for a similar purpose relating to their organization. Here we find kindred organizations meeting over a thousand miles apart, though trending in the same direction in all that pertains to the work or welfare of either. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers is the pioneer organization, having started and grown under trials and difficulties, and often against opposition of stern and oppressive nature. It has elevated the standing of locomo- | tive engineers as a class, morally and socially. It has given aid to the distressed and made many a home more cheerful with knowledge of being provided for after the death of an engineer husband or father. Yet the organization is not perfection. Its members are not all up to the ideal standard, for they are but engineers, and there is too much cussedness in human nature to permit an ideal standard to any society on earth. The Engineers' Brotherhood has cared for its needy ones and righted the wrongs of many of its forces, and it continues to do good There is much yet for it to accomplish; there is much that it can not accomplish, and there is more that it is critici-ed for not doing; while I believe there are some things which it has been pretty sharply criticized for doing. Notwithstanding its reputed strength and power, and praise accorded it, there are hundreds of its members who are today seeking employment as locomotive engineers throughout the country in vain. This matter alone excites unrest and criticism, and and brings us face to face with a problem that must be solved. I do not wish to evade the issue, but let us look for the present in another direction. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, as I understand it, is an organization based upon broad principles of benevolence eq iality, and has grown into strength and prosperity with rapid strides, until to-day it stands the peer in intelligence and enterprise of any labor organization on the continent. Coupled with its intelligence and enterprise, is a settled purpose to advance in material prosperity, and gain position together with the wherewith that goes to make home happy and life contented. So far your growth has been unopposed by corporate power; until quite recently kindred organizations assisted your progress in every way. A year since you had reached that point which warranted you in assuming all the rights We find the Master Mechanics and Master Car Builders Associations meeting year after year and discussing the most common points relating to their respective trades. They set a good example. Yet we find the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen meeting year after year, and the common and important points relating to skill and advancement in knowledge pertaining to the common calling are completely ignored. But throw out a hook baited with an excursion and you bite like fish, and get there with the vim and enthusiasm of Sunday School juveniles. As a natural consequence there are hundreds of firemen who do not know the true principle of firing, and there are hundreds of engineers to whom valve motion is an unsolved mystery; they work their machine in a certain notch, and in a certain way, because some engineer for whom they fired did it in that way before them. Like begets Like begets like. Firemen continue wasting tons of coal while cogitating on the best methods for disconnecting an engine and getting her to the shop on one side, instead of studying and knowing the best methods for keeping machinery and the engines from fallig to pieces. So long as this point is neglected, and firemen become engineers without knowing how to fire or care for machinery, so long will we find engineers like doctors practicing medicine, who have never learned the mysteries of a dissecting room; they can kill, but they can not cure. If you furnish incompetent men for promotion, and come in direct competition with the engineers' organization, who is to blame for it? Perhaps the engineers are to blame themselves, for no one knows the qualifications of a member better than associates working side by side. So long as engineers receive and retain as members men who are unworthy in matters of morals or skill in occupation, so long will hundreds of its members seek employment in vain, and the unworthy ones will hang like millstones about the necks of the worthy ones who should have positions. If we find firemen seeking promotion to engineers' positions without first knowing the duties for which he is paid-if firemen are promoted and afterwards discharged for incompetency, it is somebody's business to say whether they are engineers or not. If there are men who have succeeded in drawing engineer's wages for years while wallowing in mists of alcohol, and the extravagant use and management of supplies and machinery, who can blame master mechanics for not retaining or giving them employment? There is need of concerted action among en gineers and firemen, not for the purpose of warring on railroad corporations, nor for protection from railway officials, but for protection from each other. Not only should engineers be protected from the encroachment of firemen, but you should receive and have protection from one another in your respective -organizations. You should know to what limit you may go without injury to yourselves. The fireman should have the privilege of placing an incompetent engineer on trial, and engineers should in return be insured competent and intelligent firemen. Think how humiliating it must be for a first-class fireman to fire for a third-class engineer. The engineers should feel the disgrace of having a third-class engineer in their organization, especially if he draws first-class pay. I hope to see the firemen grow towards the engineers on common and firm ground, not for purposes of amalgamation, but for mutual advancement in all that pertains to the occupation. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen can maintain its independence and should do so. You can compete with engineers in ability, but look out for squalls if you compete with them on price. Unity among labor organizations is possible and right in principle. It becomes practicable on broad and common issues; but when it is attempted to join forces and bring different trades into common action, it fails. You have your squabbles and factions within your organization. The engineers have not been free from the same. Should it not teach a lesson concerning the outcome of joining adverse interests? Christ's mission on earth was to establish a universal brotherhood. Centuries have marked its progress, and to-day we find it as divided in sentiment and united action as when He preached by the Sea of Galilee. Self-preservation manifests itself, and all the preaching concerning federation of labor for purposes other than legal or legislative reform will have little practical effect. The occupation of engineer and fireman is a field for study. The equipment of engines and trains, freight and passenger, with automatic brakes, lubricators and other appliances of efficient service, is making the calling year by year more important, where bright minds and marked ability will have a chance to prove their worth. It is time tor the respective brotherhoods to bear these facts in mind, and be doing something for the security and advancement of membership. LINKS. At a regular meeting held by the mem'bers of Huntington Division, a vote of thanks was tendered to Mrs. E. C. Higgins for the gift of an elegant life-size portrait of their late chief, her husband, which now adorns the walls of Division 190. At a regular meeting in Division 310, a vote of thanks was tendered Edward Ritcaim, Esq., Master of Transportation; also to J. K. Russell, Esq., Foreman of Pittsburgh Division P. R. R., for courtesies tendered to the Brothers and their families at the funeral of Brother J. C. Tomb. We would be pleased to have the Brother who ordered a JOURNAL for, or Mrs. Mary DeCamp, send her address to this office. Officers of Sub-Divisions are requested to send at once the name and address of the Brother who has been elected JOURNAL Agent for 1887. At a regular meeting held by Albany Division No. 46, on August 26th, Bro. Wm. Bolster, C. E., was presented by the members with a beautiful gold watch and chain, as a token of their appreciation of the faithful service rendered in the past four years as Chief of the Division. The watch was made by the wellknown jeweler, J. M. Mende, Esq. The Presinner case bears the inscription ented to Wm. Bolster by the officers and members of Division 46. On the outer case a beautiful monogram, B. L. E., worked amidst a vine of flowers. Bro. Bolster was taken by surprise when Bro. E. H. Kelly made the presentation. After accepting the beautiful gift, he invited all to accept of his hospitality at the Hotel Germania. is Circular No. 4 has been sent to SubDivisions. Have it read in your Division meetings when you attend. At a regular meeting held in Division No. 56, on Sept. 5th, a vote of thanks was tendered to Mrs. R. Gusloff for the gift of a beautiful velvet banner, the monogram B. of L. E. in the center, and the words Sobriety, Truth, Justice and Morality worked in silk in each corner. It is of black silk velvet, and the Brothers are very proud of their gift. Brother John Robinson. of Division 86, is re We acknowledge with pleasure complimentaries to the opening exercises of quested to correspond at once with his Division.. the Convention of the B. of R. B., held at San Pedro Park, San Antonio, Texas, Oct. 18th. Members of Logan Division No. 20, at Logansport, desire, through the columns of the JOURNAL, to tender their sincere thanks to the business men and friends who so generously contributed towards the furnishing and decorating of their new hall, corner of Market and Fifth streets. JOHN GORBY, F. A. E. Information is wanted of Brother Patrick McGuire by his sister. He will hear of good news by addressing J. E. FRAZIER, with their Division at once. Jos. MITCHELL, F. A. E. WM. MCKEAND, F. A. E. At a regular meeting of Division 13, North La Crosse, a vote of thanks was tendered to Mrs. John R. Hodges and quested to correspond at once with Mrs. Samuel Reed for the gift of a beautiful altar cloth. The Brothers are proud of the gift, coming as it does from the wives of two of their most honored Bro thers. We would request the F. A. E. of Sub Divisions to notify us at once of the Brother who has been selected as JOURNAL agent, in order that we may place his name in the Division addresses. We are very agreeably informed that Bro. Henry Rider, of Division 269, has been promoted as Traveling Engineer on the Long Island R. R. Bro. Rider is one of the old veterans in the service, and a staunch Brotherhood man. May success follow him in his new field of labor SPECIAL NOTICES. Brother A. M. McDermott, of Put-in-Bay Division No. 208, is requested to correspond with his Division at once. JAS. TOWNEND, F. A. E. Brothers H. D. Snopp, James H. Maley, W. J. Tomas, James R. Willis, members of Division 134, are requested to correspond with their Division at once. JAS. WATSON, F. A. E. Brother Daniel Barnes, of Division 57, is requested to correspond with his Division at once. E. D. SHEPARD, F. A. E. Brother J. H. Wortsmith, of Division 144, has lost his card. If one is presented for favors dated previous to Sept. 22, Brothers will take it | up and forward to A. J. SOVEREIGN, F. A. E. OBITUARIES. illness of some time, Brother John D. Leahy. At Hot Springs, Ark., September 14, after an Kesolutions of sympathy passed by Division 193, of which he was an honored member at the time of his death. At Cincinnati, October 1st, after a short illness, Mrs. Ella T., wife of Brother Jos. Hollen. Resolutions of sympathy passed by Division 95. At Buckingham, Ill., Sept. 4, of consumption, after many years of suffering, Brother I. M.Hazlett. Resolutions of sympathy were passed by Division No. 10, of which he was an honored member. At Kankakee, Ill., Sept. 9, of consumption, Susan E., widow of Brother D. Boyer, of Division 10. At Allegheny City, Pa., Oct. 6, after a lingering illness of enlargement of the liver, Brother S. T. Sippy. Division No. 293 passed resolutions of sympathy. At Chicago, Ill., of brain fever, Richard A., only son of Brother John and Mrs. Nora Maloney. Resolutions of sympathy were passed by Division 10. At Easton, Pa., Sept. 10, suddenly, Brother Joseph Brown, in the prime of life. A man beloved by all. Division 259, of which he was a cherished member, passed resolutions of sympathy. At Richmond, Prov. Quebec, Sept. 18, Brother John Linahen, aged thirty-eight years, of rheumatic complications, after a lingering illness. Resolutions of sympathy were passed by Division 142, of which he was an honored member. At Derry, Pa., Sept. 22, of typhoid fever, Brother J. C. Tomb. Division 310 passed resolutions of sympathy. At Derry, Pa., Sept. 23, Hardy, oldest son of Brother Philip H. Dell. Division 310 passed resolutions of condolence. At Derry, Pa., Robert, oldest son of Brother Henry O. Pahel. Division 310 passed resolu tions of condolence. At Ottawa, Kan, after a lingering illness, of hemorrhage of the stomach, Brother R. E. Case, of Division 130, a Brother loved and respected by all. Resolutions of sympathy passed by Division 130. At Fort Scott, Kan., Sept. 26, Mrs James V., wife of Brother James V. Bumstead, after a short illness. Resolutions of condolence were passed by Division 237. At San Antonio, Texas, Sept. 29, of consumption, after a long and painful illness, Brother J. R. White. Division No. 197 passed resolutions of sympathy. At St Paul, Minn., Oct. 2, Ella J, beloved wife of Brother Chester W. Cooley. Resolutions of sympathy were passed by Division 150. At Lyons, N. Y., August 17, of heart disease, Brother John Fitzgerald. Resolutions of sympathy were passed by Rochester Division 18. On September 5th, while the special train was returning from the Union Meeting at Scranton, Pa., over the L. & S. Division of the Central R. R. of New Jersey, it met with an accident at Glendon by which Mr. George P. Dye, who was firing for Brother Yomans, lost his life. Everything that friends could do was done for him by the engineers and firemen on the train, but like hundreds of brave men, he gave up his life in the faithful discharge of his duty. The funeral was largely attended by his brother firemen and engineers. The following expression of gratitude was sent to us for publication: "We, the parents, desire to express our heartfelt thanks to the many kind friends who so generously assisted us in our sad affliction; to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, who gave to us so much assistance at the bedside and at the funeral, also, for the beautiful floral offerings We wish them all God's blessings through this life. Words are inadequate to express our deep gratitude." MR. AND MRS. HIRAM DYE. MESSRS. EDITORS: We are again called upon to notify you of the death of another of our Brothers, Samuel S. Crawford, who was killed at Delhi, Ohio, on October 2d, by his engine turning over. He leaves a wife, sister and brother to mourn his loss. He was a good member, and his death has cast a gloom over our Division. Our charter is draped. The usual resolutions of condolence to the deceased Brother's family have been adopted. At a regular meeting of Keokuk Division No. 56, held Oct. 3, 1886, the following resolutions. were unanimously adopted: WHEREAS, It has pleased Almighty God, the Supreme Ruler of the Universe, to remove from our midst, suddenly, by the hand of death, our beloved companion and Brother, John McCarthy, who lost his life by a misplaced switch, near West Quincy, Mo, Sept. 13, 1886; Resolved, That in the death of Brother John McCarthy this Division has lost one of its most honored members, and society a most worthy citizen. Resolved, That we deeply sympathize with the bereaved mother, wife and children of our deceased Brother, for while they mourn the loss of a kind, loving son, husband and father, we also miss and mourn the absence of one who has mingled with us in the fraternal bonds of the mystic ties of the Brotherhood, and we earnestly pray that God, in His infinite mercy, will enable them to bear up under their sad bereavement with Christian spirit and fortitude, and humbly submit to His divine will which governs all things. Resolved, That, in respect to the memory of our deceased Brother, our hall and charter be draped in mourning for the space of thirty days, and a copy of these resolutions be printed in the LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS MONTHLY JOURNAL, and a copy, with the seal of the Division attached, be sent to the family of the deceased Brother. P. O'BRIEN, JAMES GALLAGHER, Committee. At a regular meeting of Kaministiqua Division No. 243. B. of L. E., held in the Division hall, Fort William, on the 19th inst., the following resolutions of condolence were unanimously adopted: WHEREAS, It has pleased Almighty God to remove from our midst our beloved and faithful Brother. Walter Heffer, who was killed by his engine being derailed on the Wabigoon division of the C. P. R. R., on Friday, the 10th inst., while in the discharge of his duty; therefore, be it Resolved, That in the death of Brother Heffer this Division mourus the loss of a Brother who was ever ready to proffer the right hand of felneedy and distressed of the fraternity; an active lowship and the voice of sympathy to the member wJose utmost endeavors were exerted for the welfare of his Division: a friend and companion who was dear to us all: a citizen whose noble and upright life was a standard of emulation to his fellow men. Division be and is hereby tendered to the wife Resolved, That the heartfelt sympathy of this and family of our deceased Brother in this their hour of trial and affliction the records of the Division, and a copy be sent to the wife and family of our deceased Brother; also that a copy of the same be sent to the Fort William Echo and the ENGINEERS' JOURNAL for publication. Resolved, That these resolutions be entered in Resolved, That our charter be draped in mourning for the space of thirty days, as a token of respect for our late Brother. Brother Heffer has been an active member of Division No. 243 since 1881. THOS. MCKEE, J. H. BELL, P. J. HUSSEY, J. O'HAGAN, Committee. At a regular meeting of New Haven Division No. 77, held in Engineers' hall, New Haven, Thursday eve, Sept. 16, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted: WHEREAS, On the morning of Sunday, Sept. 12th, it pleased the Almighty God to remove from our midst our late beloved Brother, Geo. E. Baldwin, who lost his life while faithfully performing his duty at Springdale on the Holyoke & Westfield R. R.; be it therefore Resolved, That in the death of Brother Baldwin, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers has lost a worthy and highly esteemed member who was loved by all who knew him; the N. H. & N. Co. a sober, trustworthy and intelligent engineer; the father a dutiful son, and the sister -an affectionate brother. Resolved, That while we, as Brothers and friends, regret the loss of him whom we have known so long and well, our hearts go out in sympathy to those who were nearest and dearest to him. And further, be it Resolved, That as a token of respect for our late Brother, Geo. E. Baldwin, our charter be draped in mourning for the space of thirty days, and that a copy of these resolutions be entered upon the records of the Division, and that a copy be published in the ENGINEERS' JOURNAL. Resolved, That a vote of thanks be extended by the Division to the officials of the railroads entering the city for courtesies extended, thereby enabling us to attend the funeral services held in Milford, Conn., Sept. 14. FRANK B. GATES, HENRY BYINGTON, > Committee. Brother Horace Daniels, of San Antonio Division No. 197, received injuries by which he lost his life, by his engine running into a washout, on the night of September 28th. We clip the following from account of the same from the San Antonio Light: his hand almost as easy and as coolly as he ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. To the Officers and Members of the Locomotive En gineers' Mutual Life insurance Association: ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Sept. 21, 1886. GENTLEMEN: I have this day received from D. Division 107, a draft for the sum of three thouC. Pierce, Secretary of Insurance of St. Joseph sand dollars ($3,000), the full amount due me on the insurance policy held by my late husband, John Punshon, for which I am very grateful, and may the Brotherhood continue to God bless all of its members, is the wish of prosper in the future as in the past, and may ANN M. PUNSHON. To the Officers and Members of the Locomotive "There are some instances in the melancholy death of Horace Daniels that are worthy of record, inasmuch as they show heroic traits that are the essential points of true manhood. When the ill-fated engine that Daniels was driving capsized and fell upon its side, Daniels and his fireman were thrown off together, and Daniels fell in front of the latter, forming a partial barrier for him. At the same time the injector pipe broke and the whole force of the escaping steam was thrown upon the unfortu- | nate men. Daniels, owing to his position, got the major part of the steam, and to this acci-band, John McGraw. dent the fireman, in all probability, owes his life. When the steam had exhausted its power SEDALIA, Mo., Oct. 12, 1886. for evil, both men were badly scalded and were MESSRS. EDITORS: I desire to tender my sinsuffering intense agony. They began to con- cere thanks as well as those of my two sons, sider how they could get assistance. It was Frank and Waler, to the Brotherhood of Locoabout four o'clock in the morning, and they motive Engineers, for respect shown and assistwere over a half mile distant from any point ance rendered to me and my cherished dead where assistance could be obtained, and the when the dark shadows of deep sorrow settled only way they could get there was by walking, upon our home. Words are poor, feeble things They soon entered on their weary and painful to express the gratitude and admiration one walk, and by five o'clock they reached the feels for the noble order that binds men topoint where friends gave them all possible at-gether, who shirk not duty though it leads to tention. Daniels was severely scalded all over his body, and portions of flesh came away in removing his clothing. The skin of his right hand, except a thin line near the nails, was awfully blistered and loose. This seemed to worry Daniels and he asked some one to peel the skin off. None would undertake the painful task, and Daniels then wiped the skin off death. A fellow feeling makes us wondrous MRS. SALLIE DOWLER. |