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ROSEUURU, OREGON, FKIIAV, OCTOBER 28, MM.
VOL. JL. No. OF THE EVENING NEWS.
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HAD SiuiKE CALLED
OFF TODAY AS UNIONS AND
BOARD REACH AGREEMENT
t loyees Accept Twelve Per Cent Cut When Board Promises
fV To pefer All Further Reductions Until Rules and
( Conditions Are Determined.
(By United Press.)
nient 1C. engineers have been raised
(By i-u nrnther- $2.75 Der hundred miles the last 16
; f!" .',lv cancelled the October years, and their work more than
loodi ioruien confer- doubled, and I am quoting you the
"Ih fLr into last night. -highest paid territory,
meat lsting "1. i.. That the Overtime Explained.
The basis for seiui- - .. . An engineer receives $11.15 for
.rotherboods acieiM. ... , runing a freight locomotive from
board's assurance i" un- Roseburg to Ashland, and his over-
yonsider turiner accrues after 11 hours and 30
01 decisions are reneu " minutes, or the miles run divided by
i,j working cond Hons. Th l which brlngg U8 to the faraou.
,W the men " not face anoiner,Adam9on eif(ht hour
,erut for a " "''A,.ed , which the average autsider thinks Is
.railroad executives havePm'8e,a. . bona flde eight hour day. It is far
.ot to act arbitrarily I from that. One divides the miles run
mm and worklnR onrt'"? 11 " by 12 H and It makes the overtime
.ill submit all of there matters to V' ts min
utes between Roseburg and Ashland
We were granted the 12 miles
per hour schedule on the Southern
Pacific lines In April. 1906, In road
service, however not In helper
work train service. To show you
how the Adamson law worked out
we were entitled to overtime before
the Adamson law was passed after
the schedule of the train, which was
11 hours between Roseburg and
Ashland. However, we had to take
the 12V4 miles per hour schedule af
ter the law was passed, which made
us add thirty minutes to the schedule
of the train, and we therefore lost
ihlrlv minutes on the transaction.
Many people believe we gained. We
did gain by the law in helper, work
train and switching service.
Now we take for example an en
gineer worked exactly eight hours
and 26 days per month, and out of
that he paid his expenses tor me
trip. One would not have much left
.,it of the pay check to keep Insur
ance up. which Insurance Is three
i,o. hleh on account of the
vrrt Now If one thinks that rid
Ing a hard riding engine from Rose
burg to Ashland Is any job for a hot
niant. lust let them ride old
Long Ton at Pendleton some time
and they will have a fair sample oi
what riding a locomotive is like. You
may ask' how does an engineer or
fireman make the large checks like
some governors receive. Well all
you would have to do Is ride old
Long Tom five thousand miles and
n.n.,1,1 hivn three hundred and
eighty-seven dollars, plus a very bad
disposition.
Other Jobs Pay Better.
These are all facts, and If you will
look up what the plumber, carpenter,
painter, linotype operator, and can
dlestlckmaker receive per hour, you
will find that It is a higher rate than
an engineer or fireman receives.
Now let us look at the most Im
portant man on a passenger train
and what he receives. 1 have In
mind the rear brakeman who pro
tects the rear end of the passenger
trains from Koseburg to Portland on
a foggy night, while the passengers
.....tnrf iht In a warm berth.
This flagman I admire, and will take
off my hat to him, ror 1 nave pn.-s.cu
i.i, hundreds of times in snow,
fog and rain, in the wee small hours
h. mnrnlnr. when the white
Ana ne nas nui
ltlll MFIEIJ) CAINS
I.N STRENGTH
4
Doc Brumfleld today request-
ed the assistance of the guards
In getting from his bed and
walking about the cell for a few
moments. His strength is re- 4
turning to him rapidly and tills
4 morning he expressed a desire 4
to leave his bod where he has
4 been confined since his attempt
at self-destruc'.lon. He walked
4 about the cell assisted by the 4
4 guards and appeared to enjoy
4 the exercise. He remained up
4 for about ten minutes and then 4
4 being tired returned to his cot. 4
Several times during the day 4
4 he walked about and appeared 4
4 to be getting much stronger. 4
4
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4 CONFERENCE POSTPONED 4
4 4
4 WASHINGTON, Oct. 28. 4
The armament conference slat- 4
4 ed to start November 11 will 4
not convene until November 12 4
4 it was decided today, the post- 4
4 ponement being made so that 4
4 the parley will not conflict with 4
4 the ceremonies at the burial of 4
4 the unknown soldier Armistice 4
4 Day. 4
... onm!H Ijibor Hoard. Ben
Hoowr President Harding's spokes
man on the railroad board, achieves
,"b, credit for averting the strike,
hlooper offered the board's recent
rwolution relative to further wage
ruu and this was made the basis for
i the Mttlemont. The men accept the
twelve per cent wage cut applied by
( the board last July. The action of
! the brotherhoods came rapidly last
( eight the crisis being reached when
t the railroad department of the Amer
' lean Federation of labor refused to
mpport the brotherhoods.
I Recall Order Sent Out.
! (By Annotate Pr"l.
CHICAGO. Oct. 28. The official
! rwall strike order was Bent out to-
Hir tn switchmen, trainmen, con-
! ductors, engineers, firemen and tele
5 fraphers, following the vole taken
I list night by the union leaders. The
I brotherhood chiefs said that two 1m
3 rortant polnti were gained by tnc
mm: First that the action of the
n'ltn. ta?in h.iarri nn further W'1E
1 nU that the railroads may asK, w:'l
r .-eive co.-u'ili ration after the pe'id-
in mtpc-inn. npinrfl inn nnurd art?
Law1 tkn..At. it.f.r.lni. Immariltlla
anion on further reductions and pos
sibly postponing the question of a
new wage revision nearly a year,
and second that action on the rules
which the unions wished to main
tain, Till likewise take Its place on
the calendar of the board, so that It
ill not likely become an immediate
isaue.
Marshal Foch
Reaches U. S.
Eugene Men Bay
Rose Confectionery
An important business deal was
consummated today when the Rose
confectionery, owued by W. D. Bell.
was sold to L. E. Bourquin and F. J.
Hills, business men of Eugene. Mr.
Bourquin and Mr. Hills took pc3ses-
sion of the Rose this morning and
will be assisted for several weeks by
Mr. Bell. Mr. and Mrs. Bell will
leave the latter part of November for
Portland where they will reside as
Mr. Bell expects to go Into business
there. Mr. Bourquin and Mr. Hills,
the new proprietors are experienced
business men and are much interest
ed in the future of Roseburg. They
expect to build homes here and Iden
tity themselves with every movement
for the betterment of the city. Mr.
Hills was formerly connected with
the Dundaa Martin Co. of Portland
They will make no changes at pres
ent but will continue to specialize
In lunches and courteous prompt
service.
Voting Places For
Monday's Election
Xo Onler Received.
The following statement regarding
the rates of pay for englnemen and
trainmen was issued today by W. L.
McDonald, chairman of Division 476,
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi
neers. Mr. McDonald stated at noon
today that he has received no offi
cial notification of the strike recall
and that preparations for the strike
will be continued until the with
drawal order is received from offi
cial headquarters. Unless this order
la received berore Sunday the men
are under instructions to walk out.
Although the press reports of the
trlke recall are looked upon by the
railroad men as being authentic, yet
thpy have no authority to change
tnelr plans until official notice Is
K'ven. In the menntime they con
tinue their preparations for a strike.
The statement follows:
Itaten of Par Oimten1.
I am submitting below the rat
Four voting places have been
designated for Monday's election on
the municipal light and water plant
Voters of ward 1 will cast their bal
lots at the courthouse. Ward 1 coin
prises all that part of the city norm
of Oak street anu east oi jbcksuu
Ward 2 voters will vote at the Doug
las Abstract office, ward 2 being the
listrict west of Jackson ana norm oi
Lane streets. The Koseburg notei is
the polling place for ward 3, wliicn
i the district south of Lane street
and west of Rose, Cobb and Benson
streets. Ward 4 votes at tne cu
hAll and is the district south of Oak
and east of that part iof Jackson
.inui nnnh of Lane and east of
Rose, Cobb and Benson streets soutn
of Lane.
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FtK'll IS CHEERED
fnllr v.rp In bed
foiled tn be back the required one-
half n,il n that one could stop an
oi pay for engineers and firemen on eighteen hundred ton ireigni mm.
" Pacific system of the Southern He is. I believe, the most Important
iaciflc and hrli.va fhot 1 u-IU an.
lighten quite a percentage of the
neral public, who are under the
belief that englnemen receive a
much higher rate of pay than they
do receive.
1 believe It Will nnt lw nut nf
Place to give the rate of pay that we
received on the small locomotives
that were In general use In 1903-05.
"1 op until the time the heavy
eer came In 1!W6, and Incidental
ly mention the difference In what the
handled In the way of tonnage
that time and at present, and
ould respectfully ask that you fol
io the rates closely that you may
"w what we handled at that time
n at present, to show you that the
of pay was one commensurat"
"o the increased tonnage that was
sandled.
The ten wheelers at that lime car-
a rate of 14.80 per hundred
or los for engineers, and $2.95
i. r?f"r "renien, and the engine
r h . . around 16 cars, or one-half
i '"tinsge that the heavy power
1.3 .v ,hat ""ei'laced them In 1H06.
to the rate on the heavy power was
"' Per hundred miles or less for
neers and $3.11 a hundred mires
-t ror firemen. You will note
v." ..T received 77 .t. more for
naunt twice the number of ears
.,. . uu akiiimiiu. j ur
W. j omn,lT hM been super
lZ!" ni ,n "am pressure raised
- Wands, and has had the tonnage
. . . 3,00 M.. and around 42
hi.Ii. .. J r,e of Pr bwn
,k, i . per hundred miles.
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NEW YORK, Oct. 28. A mighty
bombardment of cheers greetea
Marshal Foch when he steamed Into
New York on the liner fans 10 su
with the American "buddies" In the
legion convention at Kansas City.
(Br Associated Presai.
NEW YORK. OcL 2S. General
Pershing arrived today from England
on the steamer George Washington.
He arrived ahead of Marsha Foch,
who arrived from Paris a few hours
later. General Pershing was on hand
greet the former commander of
the allied armies upon his arrival
iu this country.
Marshal Ferdinand Foch might
well be called the fighting professor.
One of the foremost lecturers on
military subjects In Europe, he has
won honors on the' early battlefields
of the world was and in its last year.
as the supreme commander of an al
lied force of 10,000.000 men, sue
cssfully practiced the strategy he had
preached so many years In the
French War College.
The morning of November 11,
1918, found 111 in a marshal of France
sitting in his private car behind the
lines, smoking his pipe and waiting
in the unnatural calm that followed
he husking of the big guns, the coni
ng of the German envoys to ask for
neace at the Allies' price. The pro-
lessor s theories of strategy and mor
al force in warfare had been vindicated.
Foch fought in the Franco-Prus-
lan war as a second lieutenant, as
did Joffre. They were both born
he south of France. Foch worked
for the rest of his life with the shame
and humiliation of that debacle In
his mind. He studied the battle
fields of that war until he knew them
as well as his own backyard. He
studied the German war machine.
the psychology of Its leaders, the
reasons for their mistakes and their
successes.
Later as a professor In the War
college, he wrote text books on the
conduct of war and the principles of
war. He worked with enthusiasm
and patriotic fervor to Indoctrinate
the young French officers with the
Principle of the offensive at all costs.
Battles are won morally, as well as
materially, he said, and he stressed
the moral element in modern warfare.
As a General commanding a force
of 120.000 men, Foch found himself
opposed by a German army of 200,
000 men at the first battle of the
Marne In 1914. As the battle pro
gressed aides rushed In to warn
him both his wings were being push
ed back. "We must attack In the
center," said Foch. "Ordor up the
Moroccans."
The German center, composed of
Prussian guards, the flower of their
army, gave way under this unexpect
ed onslaught and later airplane oo
servation brought news to Foch of
a gap In the German line. He push
ed In a wedge of Infantry, supported
hy heavy artillery, and dawn found
the Germans In a panic and retrent.
4 SLACKER LIST Pl HUSHED
4 PORTLAND Oct. 28. 'Names 4
4 of a large number of slackers 4
from Clackamas. Gilliam, Lane 4
4 and Douglas counties were plae- 4
4 ed In the hands of the federal 4
4 authorities yesterday by heads 4
4 of the ninth army corps in San 4
4 Francisco. This list Is a supple-
4 nient to the list Issued several 4
4 days ago.
4 The men listed were called
4 for the draft after registration 4
but failed to respond when 4
4 summoned to service. They 4
4 are now listed as army desert- 4
4 era and a reward of $50 is
4 postet for the arrest of each. 4
4 The Douglas county list follows; 4
4- Charles Rudolph Lelrthton or 4
4 Charles R. Lelghton, Roseburg;
4 Eldon N. Maine, Roseburg; 4
4 James or Jane Alexander Mar- 4
tin. Glide; John Richard W. 4
4 Carlson or John Richard Wal- 4
4 fried Karlson, Glendale. 4
4
THREE MEN HOLD IN THEIR
HANDS THE CREAT POWER
OF THE BIG LABOR UNIONS
Entertains With
Life History of the Men Who Are Now Heading the Movement
of the Railroad Workers In Their Fight to Maintain
Working Standards.
With the railroad controversy i uary 1. 1904. be became grand soc-
practically ended for the time being, rotary and treasurer of the brother-
Mrs
three men who have had a great
deal of responsibility placed upon
their shoulders are being frequently
mentioned. These men have had In
their hands the authority to act for
millions of railroad laborers who
have delegated their individual pow
ers to these men as a united weapon
in vain ertrl n I n Aitrla ThfiSA throe
htn llmiPPn Pl riV leaders have been called upon to ie-
nuuvween rui iy clde tne lBSU8s whlch naTe
the attention of the entire nation
U'nnHie. stnnhanaon was a i and while they were making their
charming hostess last evening to a momentous decision the pooplo of
number of her girl friends at ner me country nan uom ...!!
STRONG l01NT IV
ARItl'CKLE DEFENSE
tnv ITntted Press
CHICAGO. Oct. 28. One doctor
and two nurses, today swore In the
districts attorneys office that Vir
ginia Rappe. movie actress for whose
murder Fatty Arbuckle stands ac
cused, suffered from a chronic dl
sense, contracted nine years ago, an
ailment which might easily have re
sulted In a possible rupture of the
bladder, following excitement.
PASSENGERS ARE RESCUED
man on the passenger train, and the
1 nntH man Bnfl VOU. lilt; uuMin.
h'r.nld Insist that a warm-clothed
-el i -ru. man should be that
the train. And
l lUKiliaii a .
to think, he receives tne nuge u
of $137.80, and still we are told that
he is overpaid, me iron u.
- e-ivinir vnu this for sympathy.
However, to show you that you have
not been getting the facts as to the
Issue, and In the event of a ftrlke
. c,,..i,v morning you will not
condemn the men for being I1'I"K
to strike to defend their rights. And
. .Mb. I helleve there will be unless
the six men on Wall street who have
the country by the throat and are
dominating the destinies of over a
hundred million people, are amv
let go and give the general managers
the authority to settle the Issue, the
general managers win seme i. ..-
minutes if tney wm n
do so.
Test is ym.
And now we will have the chance
to test out President Harding and
know if he is the president of over
one hundred million people, or the
president of the sollx six on Wall
street. If he has no more help than
' u. U'ilann had. I Pity Dim.
So I repeat again that the press of
" ' I ..n if iher will, and
v u k. .ti means, give tne
. . . nt. the Ins de of th
American vjv" .
strike Issue and 'he exact " "'
.ii. ih. niri r. 8. A. today, and
that Is the railroads are going to
m . a -. n I A iroill juui
DIVINITY SCHOOL
PRESIDENT COMING
(nv Assvlsted Press.)
SEATTLE. Oct. 28. The crew and
oassengers of the Japanese steamer,
Fukul Mam, were rescued by the
freighter West Ivan, when the Jap
anese boat sunk In a hurrlcnne twelve
hundred miles west of Cape Flattery.
home on East Douglas. The affair
was In form of a Halloween party
and everyone enjoyed a most enter
taining evening. The occasion hon
ored Mrs. Leo. G. Devaney; a recent
bride.
The evening was spent with sew.
Ing. At a late hour the hostesB in
vited her guests to a lovely table
where they enjoyed a luncheon
of Halloween delicacies. Unique
place cards of orange and black, and
dainty napkins of corresponding col
ors were placed by each cover. A
huge pumpkin basket adorned the
center o the tauie.
Covers were laid for Mrs. Leo G.
Devanev. Mrs. Archie Taylor; Mrs.
Bert G. Bates; Mrs. Leon McClint
ork; Mrs. John MeCllnlock: Mrs.
Earl Burr: Mrs. Francis Dlllard;
Mrs, James Goodman; Mrs. Bolling
er visiting guest from Sulein; Mrs.
Ray Ward; Mrs. Lynn Creason; airs.
Ilarlev Watson: Mrs. irea i-owuu,
Mrs Herbert Quine: Misses Leah
Svkes, Beulah Jewett, Clayte Black.
Phillis Pawell; and the hostess, Mrs.
Woodley Stephenson.
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TWO KILLED IX AITO WRECK
SALEM, Oct. 28. Miss Ruth
Wortham, colored Alaska Mission
ary, and James Wilson, dead; Mrs.
James Wilson, suffering from a
crushed chest and two men unin
jured, wero the results of an auto
.hiio .-lush earlv today on the Jnf-
fcrson road, five miles south of Sal
om. Joseph Rlzicsek, driver of the
car declares that headlights of an
approaching car blinded him and he
got too far off the pavement. His
wm.iH nff the roadway to lis
i..., n In Tavlor Creek. The
driver of the offending car was not
found.
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FARGO. N. D., Oct. 28 North
Dakota Is facing a crucial cuntest in
deciding today concerning non-partl-sanlsm.
The Independants are seek.
Ing to oust Governor Frazler through
the recall as well as to quash the
major portion of the Non-PartlBan
league program. Two hundred thou
sand votes may be poueu.
TRAIN IS WRECKED
NEW YORK. Oct. 28. Postmaster
General Hays and a score of passen-
.Kali., nn when
Dr. Claiborne M. Hill president on n w)lfh thpy wro r(1)n)t
ethe. 1 ' hundred miles. In i Uncle Sam wior. ....... cm .
?.nl.Tor'1., '" "Is under I hope that President Harding has
oraer No. 17 and supple- the nerve to say " m
the Berkeley Baptist iiivinny sennui
f iirVe1ev California, will be the
guest of Rev. Mr. Caldwell of the
l'nptist church this vek end. Dr.
HIU will speak at the voting pntle t
banquet at the Baptist church on
Saturday evening nt f, o'clock, and
at the eleven o'clock serviee on Sun
day morning. He was prominent In
the religious life of Oregon for mnnv
vears before he went to be inn presi
dent of (he Berkeley Institution.
HIGHWAY IMPROVED
Taking advantage of the good
.,hr.r mdnv. the road crew work
ing on the bad section Just north of
the city at the head oi v inrn
street, eliminated the bad mud hole
there. Gravel and crushed rock In
large quantities were dumped In and
a new surrace mini up. i..... i
trucks were able to use the roadway
today.
o
J W Wheeler, manager of thf.
power plant a! Wlnrhe I er. motored
lo this city this morning, to spend
a few hours attending to business
matters.
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they will have lo reduce their freight
rates and take their share of the re
adjustment as well as the man who
la the hub of the wheel, the farmer.
W. L. MCDONALD,
Chairman Division- 47$, Brotherhood
of Engineers.
crashed Into a local train In a dense
fog early today.
MOVIE INDUSTRY BEHIND
FATTY ARIll Kl.B' n 1'r.i- r.r.
sv FRANCISCO. Oct. 28. The
rifhi to save Arbuckle from prison
inrlnv widened Into a battle Involving
the whole motion picture lnnusirv.
aeconllni to producers. Movledoms
mnnnv bags as well as Arbuckle's al
half million will be used to
free the famed comedian. The best
San Fran-lsro lawyers are s-ciired to
aid the defense and a nation wide
search for evidence is causing com
ment. Gavin McNab stated frankly
tliat the motion picture Interests have
employed him. Charles Brennan Is
now In Chicago gathering evidence
for the defense wtilin is pronm
Miss Rappe's I"" ,or evidence fav
orable to Arbuckle's case.
IHiANTOX WRITES APOMM1Y
(Hy ttntted Press.)
WASHINGTON. Oct. 28. Keprc-
.niative Hlanton. of Texas, who was
censored yesterday by the unanimous
congressional vote for using oojec-
tlonalile language in mo onur-
sional Record, today wrote a letter
of apology lo the house, ins col
leagues upplauded as the letter was
road and many rushed to shake hands
with the fiery Texan.
JAPAN DRAWS 111 DGET
FOOTBALL TEAM GOES THROUGH
The University of California foot
K.ii ,,., went through the rlty last
night on the way to Portland whre
the team will meet the Washington
a,.,, .ri.llroners tomorrow. The
(tly tnlted Tress.)
Trwin net. 28. Japan has drawn
up a tentative budget calling for
eirhl hundred million dollars for
government expenditures It was an
nnunred imlsv. The Government ad
... - ..,t rimiiit as to Its ability to
,r.. ih. .ii m of the total amount
thirty per cent Is for tne navy ino
eighteen per cent for the army. I
ARUEST IS ORDERED
(Br t nned Ires
LEAD, S. D. Oct. 28 Officers
wired requests today for the arrest
of Andrew Rolando, aged -it. want
ed In connection- with the death of
Father A. R. Belknap, catholic priest,
slain here Wednesday.
lously to learn the result. These men
are Warren 8. Stone, Grand Chief of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive En
gineers: William S. Carter, president
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen and Englnemen, and W. G.
Loe, president of the Brotherhood of
Railroad Trainmen.
Warren S. Stone.
Warren Slandford Stone, grand
chief engineer of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineer! since August,
1903, Is one of the most prominent
union railroad men in the United
States. Besides holding this posi
tion, he is head of the brotherhood's
co-operative bank and treasurer of
All-American Fadmer-Labor Co.
operative Commission, organized to
promote direct dealing between
farmers and consumors.
It was Mr. Stone who at a confer
ence with President Wilson on July
30, 1919, mnde the statement in
Waahlnaton which resulted in a
movement, of the government to curb
speculation anad profiteering whtcn
resulted from the world war.
Before becoming head of the en
gineers' brotherhood, Mr. Stone oc
cuoled the cab of a freight locomo
tive on the RocK island rail roan ior
twenty years. He started as a fire
man on that system In Iowa at the
ago of 19 years, fired five years and
six months and then was promoted
to the chief position in the cab. He
operated a freight engine in the
sume territory for nlnoteen years and
six months, on a run between rock
Island and Eldon, la. '
Mr. t.Sono was born February 1
1880. on a farm near Alnsworth,
Washington county, lown. He at
tended the old district school, where
he picked up the rudiments of a pre
liminary education, lie also was in
an Roilnmv for six months nnd that
ennstituted his early education. All
the time he was working on his
father's furm.
Ho became grund chief of Ihc
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engl
neers on July 23rd. 1903. when P. M.
Arthur, who had been head of the
oreanlzatinn for thirty years
dropped dead while dollvcrlng an an
dress at a convention at Winnipeg.
Canada. The board of trustees at
once selected Mr. Stone as Arthur's
successor, and he has held the posi
tion ever since.
He Is now one of the highest paid
national labor executives In the Unit
ed States. The Inst triennial con
vention of the organisation hero Inst
June voted him a salary of $25,000
annually.
William S. Carter.
Nearly every fireman, whose live
lihood Is derived from scooping coal
or turning oil Into the furnaces of
our niC'dern locomotives. Is familiar
with the cnrmr of William S. t arter.
president of the Brotherhood or Lo
comotive Firemen and Englnemen..
He was born in Austin, lexas.
Angirst 1 1. 1859. nnd his boyhood
davs wero spent In western Texas, at
that time a wild frontier country
Up lo lelghteen years of ago he led
the life of a typical cowboy. Two
yenrs later he took his first Job ss
a fireman on tho old Central Mont
gomery railway. He worked In the
small cab of this old wood-burner
until November, 1880. and for tne
hood, which position he maintained
until January 1. 1909, when he was
elocted president of the organisation,
where he has continued ever since.
On February 11. 1918. Mr. Carter
was appointed director of the divi
sion of labor of the United States
railroad administration.
W. O. Lee.
W. G. Lee assumed the duties of
president of (the Brotherhood o
Railroad Trainmen, January 1, 1909,
after fourteen years' service as a
subordinate officer. Mr. Lee entered
railroad service in 1879 as brake
man for the Atchison, Topeka c San
ta Fe, running out of Emporia, Kan
sas. He afterward accepted employ
ment on the mountalc division of
that road at Raton, New Mexico, end
while there was promoted to freight
conductor In the latter part of 1880.
He remained in that position, run-C
ning betweon La Junuta. Colorado,
and Las Vegas, New Mexico, until
June, 1883, when he resigned to ac
cept the position of deputy reglstrnr
of deeds for Ford county, Kansas,
and served In that position for about
three and one-half years. At the ex
piration of that time he re-entered
railway service as Draneman ana
switchman with the WabaBh. but af
ter a few months' service with that
company accepted employment ns
brakeman with the Missouri racino
at Kansas City. In 1891 he accepted
service as brakeman with the Union
Pacific at Kansas City, and five
months later wai promoted to con
ductor, which position he hold at tno
time of hla election to the office or
first vice-grand master, the duties of
which position he assumed August 1.
1895.
Lee's service on the mountain
railways was performed undor pecu
liarly trying conditions. At that time
railroading was comparatively new
In the mountains: air brakes, auto
matic couplers and other aafety de
vices now in effect were unknown.
The country via filled with a law
less. Irresponsible set of men, ana
the terminals at which railway em
ployes were forced to live were any
thing but Ideal. The towns were
new: the majority of the residents
lived in tents, and the principal
business was the running of gamb
ling houses and saloons. Lee worked
In this territory when the cowboy
was supreme anad ruled things In his
own particular way. At this time It
was neccssury that one member of
each crew have some knowledge of
telegraphy. le, fortunately, had
learned tho Morse alphabet and was
regarded as something of an oper
ator, and this knowledge served Its
good purpose tn securing for blm
very early promotion. During the
three months that Ie was employed
on the Raton mountain between
Trinidad and Ruton he unloaded the
first consignment of steol used in tne
bridges that wore constructed to re
place the old wooden structures that
crossed the streams In that region.
Hla railroad experience Included
ovary class of employment In train,
and yard service.
He became a momber of the
Brotherhood of Railroad Brakemen
early In 1889 and at once became
prominent In Its affulrs III his part
of the rountiy. He served us local
and general committeeman and legis
lative representative for his lodge
nnd wns a member of the committee
that put Into effect the first working
agreement for conductors, brs se
men and yardmen on the Missouri
I'acillc. Leo has had a most import
ant part III all of the wage adjust
ments since lie has been a member
; and an onlcor of the brotherhood. In
1!106 tlin first collective movement
for train and yardmen for employes
in tho western territory was Inaugur
ated. For tho greater pail of the
time this work was under the per
sonal direction of Lee, who was men
. . . . . winiti ii n-n i wjvi
ne,t three years he was oui or me ,,., l0 tha KTinA master. it
railway scn-i.n. 'resulted In increasing the wagea oi
During pnrt of 1883-84. Mr. tar . m((i (n .hiU ,,,.,, Q con
fer labored In the bargngn depart- ....... ,A . .... . Iini.
men. of the International and Great of nd Condl.
Northern railroad, and from 1885 to ,n J904 , p ha(, 1H.rwinH jt-
1889 he was In the locomnt ye ser- ( of (ne flrlt movement
Tie as flrwman on the same line .. Y k n.rDor district.
i 1889 o June, is i. out successfully ami
resulted In securing an Increase In
From
WILL ATTEND XN VENTIOX
Several local real estate men are
to leave tomorrow morning for Eu-
severallgene where they will attend the state , years he wns a fireman on the
f. .tn was Bi-ctmil.",'.
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supporters OU. .M- Thn. extracting to go
ers went mrougn """" .. n i-
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COD errut.
handled fh throttle of a switch en
glne for the International nnd then
entered the service of tho Denver
Berkeley Park railroad, suburban
I lines, and continued therein until
Mav, 1891.
The scene of Mr. Carter's neTt la
bors was down In Mexico on the Mon
terey and Mexican Gulf railroad,
where he hostled and rsn a rosd en
gine, until May. 1892. The next few
.VI 18-
real estate dealers.
from here are
Helblg. J. V. Casey
rgeter. They
uto.
u.iirl Kansas and T"ias.
on October 1. 1894. he became
editor and manager of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen and
Englneinen's Mugajinn, and on Jan-
wires for all the men In that terri
tory, and further. It secured uniform
rales for yard service. Lee was In
charge of the Plllsburg yard move
ment in 1908, which Included all or
the lines entering that city, and re
sulted in better service conditions
and Increased wages for all yardmen
In that territory. Since a'anmlcg the
office of president of the brotherhood
necessfnl wage movements have
been conducted In the eastern, west
ern and southern territories, all of
which have resulted In material ad
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