PORTSMOUTH, O., July 4, 1905. EDITOR JOURNAL: Please allow me space to answer some questions asked by the Brothers in the July number of our JOURNAL.

In reply to James Lenahan's train order question, will say that No. 15 had no right to go to I unless it could clear No. 6 five minutes on the one hour and forty minutes late. The point is that No. 6 running one hour and forty minutes late to I and one hour and thirty minutes from I to A, the dispatcher may start some other engine out of I, as First No. 6 on the one hour and thirty minutes late order, and not only this would prevent

No. 15 from going to I on the one hour and forty minutes late order even if No. 6 could make up any time between the last station back where time is shown and I, No. 6 may leave I on the one hour and thirty minutes late; where the time card doesn't show any arriving time, No. 6 could come into I ahead of the one hour and forty minutes late, and leave on the one hour and thirty minutes late.

In reply to Brother J. C. Nash's question on valve motion, will say that if with the valve setting center on the seat with three-fourths of an inch outside lap, and line and line on the inside, the valve will have just the same amount of inside lead as it has outside lap; it is easy to see that the valve will travel the amount of the outside lap before the valve will admit steam to the cylinder, and if line and line on the inside it is bound to open the port for the exhaust of steam the amount of the outside lap before steam is admitted to the cylinder.

In reply to Bro. Roy Mead's air brake question, will say that he will only get the emergency application on the first ten Westinghouse air brake cars, and will not get only a full service application on the ten New York and the ten Westinghouse air brake cars back of the first ten cars. Now, if he had gone to the emergency before he had made a service application then he would have the emergency all the way back.

Replying to Bro. A. S. Trigg, will say that if he will have the feed valve attachment of his brake valve cleaned, and have all the leaks from the train line looked up and stopped, and then hunt up the sticky triple, or kicker, as the train crews generally call it, he will have no more trouble with the brakes setting and releasing and going to the emergency without any movement of the brake valve. Yours fraternally,

E. A. LINDSEY, Div. 584.

Brother Lenahan's Train Order.

ROCHESTER, N. Y., July 4, 1905. EDITOR JOURNAL: In reply to Brother Lenahan's question as to rights of No. 15 to run against No. 6 on an order for No. 6 to run late, No. 15 had no right to use the 1 hour and 40 minutes against No. 6 H to I. The 1 hour and 30 minutes late was the leaving time of No. 6 at I. One might say No. 6 is not due at I until 1 hour and 40 minutes late. What is there to prevent-and for all No. 15 knows to contrary, the dispatcher may intend running another train out of I as No. 6 on the 1 hour and 30 minutes late. There is an unwritten law that a train leaving one station is due at the next

station. On those lines No. 6 could arrive at I as much ahead of her 1 hour and 40 minutes as possible, providing she did not leave any preceding station ahead of time.

To my thinking, the only question to be raised is, can No. 6 arrive at I ahead of 1 hour and 40 minutes and keep within her rights? Fraternally yours, B.

CONWAY SPRINGS, KAN., July 3, 1905. EDITOR JOURNAL: Answer to Brother Lenahan's question in the July JOURNAL: The train and engine crew of No. 15 should be thankful that they are alive and still holding their jobs. No. 15 had no more right to go from H to I, using the 1 hour and 40 minutes late order, than they would have had to continue to M, regardless of No. 6. Just because No. 6 has an order to run 1 hour and 40 minutes late M to I, it does not follow as a natural sequence that they are going to run 1 hour and 40 minutes late I to H. No. 6 might have had several minutes dead time at I and even if they were 1 hour and 40 minutes late into I they could have left there only 8 hours and 30 minutes late, according to the second part of the order. Then it is possible that No. 6 could have made up ten minutes between J and I and thus have been only 1 hour and 30 minutes late out of I. No. 15's crew has no right to presume that No. 6 will be 1 hour and 40 minutes late out of I, even if it was impossible for No. € to make up any time between J and I. Fraternally yours,

H. D. KINSELLA, Div. 82.

ANACONDA, MONT., July 11, 1905. EDITOR JOURNAL: In reply to Bro. James Lenahan, Div. 32, will say that the man who bets that No. 15 cannot run H to I on the 1 hour and 45 minutes, is the man who takes the money, as No. 6 is only running 1 hour and 30 minutes late from I to A. Yours fraternally,

J. G. HAIN, Div. 232.

GREAT FALLS, MONT., July 3, 1905. EDITOR JOURNAL: In reply to Bro. James Lenahan, of Div. 32, he had no right to go from H to I. When a train is due to leave one station, it is due at the next if there is no arriving time given; therefore, when No. 6 arrived at J they could leave J 1 hour and 40 minutes late, arrive at I that moment and could leave I when 1 hour and 30 minutes late. 1 hour and 40 minutes would not help No. 15 until they arrived at I.

QUESTION.

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I will give an order that I would like the opinion of some of the Brothers on. Westbound trains have right of track. Conductor and engineer No. 433 at H,

and conductor and engineer, engine 600 and 601 as first and second No. 434 at M. No. 433 will meet first 434 engine 600 at J and will meet second 434 engine 601 at K. When No. 433 arrives at J he meets engine 600 as first No. 434, also he receives an order No. 2 that reads thus: Engine 601 is annulled as second No. 434 from L to A.

Can No. 433 proceed on her own time or, in other words, could second 434 of the same date be run with engine 602? Fraternally yours,

J. V. BLASDEL, Div. 504.

Train Order Questions.

HOUSTON, TEX., July 6, 1905. EDITOR JOURNAL: I would be pleased to have some of the Brothers express themselves on the following questions: No. 1 is due to leave A at 11:50 P. M. on the 4th; new time table takes effect at 12:01 A. M. on the 5th, and No. 1 leaves A on new time table at 12:10 A. M. If you were an extra leaving Z at 1 A. M. of the 5th, would you look out for two No. 1's? If you say yes, then suppose you left Z on an extra at 11 P. M. on the 4th and happened to meet No. 1 at B at 12:05 A. M. on the 5th, would you still look out for another No. 1?

In reply to Brother Lenahan who says in reply to Brother Krause, that No. 1 could leave C against No. 2 in the face of a positive meet order, will say that he is very much mistaken, as nothing gives a train the right to disregard a meet order, except another meet order with the word instead or the annulment of the meeting order, or the train to be met being 12 hours late. Of course, I understand that the dispatcher could have annulled that part of the order which read that Nos. 1 and 2 will meet at C, then No. 1 could have used the 1 hour of No. 2's time.

Also in reply to Brother Lenahan relative to trains No. 6 and No. 15, will say that No. 15 had no right to go to I unless it could make there on the 1 hour and 30 minutes of No. 6's time, as No. 15 had no right to use the 1 hour and 40 minutes until after it left I.

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TRADES COUNCIL 5

AUGUST, 1905.

You Are Your Brother's Keeper.

Under the above title C. W. Post, the successor to Parry as President of the National Citizens' Industrial Association and Allied Associations, writes a vicious tirade of 5,000 words, and in a foot note says: "This space is owned and paid for by C. W. Post under contract. He uses like space in every paper in America, where he has similar contracts. This article is one of a series of what he calls a campaign for industrial peace,' with oppression for none, with freedom for all."

He braggs that he pays $20,000 for this opportunity to vent his spleen against organized labor and spleen against newspapers which will not become tools of the Citizens' Industrial Association and Allied Associations, which chafe at any interference with their own interests regardless of others, and whoever reads his last effort will not need to draw much upon his imagination to see C. W. Post, the Postum Cereal Grape-Nut Manufacturer of Michigan, in his office, his face distorted, his hand trembling with passion, while he preaches duties to other

people, reserving for himself such rights as his own interests dictate.

His tirade is against all classes of union labor, many of which have received the highest encomiums from the employers themselves, otherwise we would treat the Post syndicate letters, and the vile stuff which emanates from others in the employ of the Citizens' Alliance, with silence. They need no light thrown upon them; the gauze is so thin that they remind one of Milton's Satan, in which he has worked the intense selfishness which would rather reign in hell than serve in heaven. The following are samples from Post's last effort:

"We have oil, beef, steel and other trusts on one hand, and numerous labor trusts on the other. The capital trusts attack the pocketbook and the labor trusts attack the person and property. Between the two the common people suffer, endure and pay the bills for the entire cost of the warfare, increased cost of necessities, cost of guards, policemen, sheriffs, militia, army, judges, court costs, etc., etc.

"So we see the power of organization placed in the hands of a few designing men, and that power enough to gather the inflammable, dangerous people into mobs and defy the civil government, established and relied on by the people for their protection.

"This dangerous condition is encouraged by what some call the Daily Assassin,' the 'Murderers' Advocate,' alias the Yellow Journal, and some socialist and anarchist labor papers whose artful, criminal-minded writers, color, twist and misstate facts, always denouncing the man who pays money to support workmen, whether he be right or wrong, always urging the wage earner to hate his work, to hate his employer, hate the laws, the peace officers, the government and the flag.

"Daily injections of the poison of the Yellow Journal' change the former thrifty, upright citizen into a criminal and force him to sure destruction.

"The 'Murderers' Advocate' is! a riot maker and constructor of criminals to the limit of its ability.

"Note its demoniacal art, how it works up sympathy and inflames passion by coloring and distorting the facts of this arrest, which was a wise, just, and, under the circumstances, most lenient act, in defense of the common people, to preserve them from the violence of these lawbreakers and rioters. The impulsive, prejudiced workman is fed daily upon this mawkish, sentimental, poisonous gush; the criminals, petted, cuddled and held up as martyrs and heroes, utterly ignoring the helpless children, made fatherless not by the fathers being temporarily detained in a hotel, but by the beating, maiming or murdering of over 500 fathers and brothers by the labor unions in the one strike in Chicago.

"Large merchants up until recently have contributed great sums of money paid in advertising in these papers that are open enemies of law and order. Dearly have they paid for it in Chicago."

We have yet to see the yellow journal, socialist or an anarchist paper which contained anything half so yellow and vicious as the above, or comes as near "murder's advocate."

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He says, We have the oil, beef, steel and other trusts." But what are the Manufacturers' Association and Citizens' Alliance and their allied associations? Is not an association like this as much a trust as the oil or steel trust, when there is an agreement that the loss of one employer who has trouble with his employees and fights them shall be borne by the Citizens' Alliance and associates? The fact is, their organization has for its purpose better profits, and lower wages by crushing organized labor, because it has power to make demands. The Alliance makes a great hobby of personal liberty, and yet they expel members of the Alliance for making contracts with their employees. They abhor the boycott, and yet in the last paragraph we have quoted Post intimates that the merchants are boycotting the papers which have anything friendly to say of labor. He charges organized labor with being lawbreakers and disloyal to the flag. But I do not know of an organization which would tolerate a member who would refuse to honor the flag, as did one of the manufacturers in a Chicago meeting because the government would not protect him in doing as he pleased, and in making such conditions as he liked for those he employed.

If there should be need for defense for the flag, we do not hesitate to express the opinion that there would be a thousand members of organized labor to one man like C. W. Post to sacrifice even life for its preservation.

The President of the Citizens' Industrial and Allied Associations seems to abhor socialism and anarchy, but such as he who lack the moderation that discerns the path of justice, create more of that sentiment than the most red-handed anarchist could do. Pointing to the evils of any condition or system is commend

able if it is done in the right spirit, but to condemn all organized labor and all leaders of organized labor, is as inconsistent as condemning all ministers because one strays from the fold, or all Christians because some do wrong. And we may carry this out to all society be cause they will not do as the Citizens' Industrial Alliance dictates. Post says the alliance is organized to meet organizations with superior strength-for defense and justice.

For defense and justice is what the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers is organized for, and we succeed, but not by bluster and calling other people had names. We entertain no designing man or men, as leaders, who incite mobs and defy law, and we are not alone in conducting an honorable business of negotiating benefits for the members. Usually justice is accorded when pointed out, but occasionally one is met who expresses himself like Post or Parry, who would sooner rule his own way in hell than serve justice in heaven. Thus organization is necessary, and regardless of any such ti rades of abuse heaped upon all opposition to the will of the Citizens Industrial and Allied Associations. Organized labor will remain to deal with the selfishness that prompts the Association to spend $20,000 on its splenetic syndicate letter, money, if paid out in betterments for laboring people, would be commendable. In the following quotation, first paragraph, President Post says a good thing, and if carried out by those he represents would mean peace and the disorganization of the Citizens' Association, for it would not be needed as a means of defense, but he spoils it all in his next paragraph qualifying the first:

"I am an open advocate of high wages, and an eight-hour work day, and will support peaceful methods, which do not oppress others to bring

them about.

"But the Union man and all others must remember the Citizens' Association is for the defence of liberty, and in order to obtain its support, the individual must himself abstain from tyranny over his brother."

In other words, organization must be a dead letter in order to obtain the sup port (favor) of the Citizens' Association.

How beautifully consistent! Froude said, "Where all are selfish the sage is no better than the fool, only rather more dangerous." The Parrys and the Posts may heat the furnace hot enough to burn their foes as they see them without getting scorched themselves, but we do not believe organized labor as a whole should have any fear of the consequences. We do not object to decent criticism of organized labor, in fact, that is courted; but it is evident that it is not the intent of the Citizens' Association to criticise but to crush organized labor, otherwise they would name those which come within the scope of their denunciation.

Union Meeting at Riviere du Loup.

Owing to lack of all the information desired relative to this most profitable and enjoyable union meeting and, lack of space owing to having so much matter held over from the July number, we concluded to hold the matter until September so we may do the subject justice. We will say, however, that the register at Riviere du Loup showed that there were more Subdivisions from the States represented than from Canada, the record standing: States 46, from 15 states; Canada 33. The evidence that the visitors from the States appreciated the kindly greetings and splendid entertainment at the hands of the Brothers of Riviere du Loup will be evidenced by the action taken on the boat trip which will appear with the thanks to the railroads and others in the September issue.

LINKS.

A UNION MEETING under the auspices of Div. 98 will be held in Lincoln, Neb., about the middle of September. We are preparing for a large enthusiastic meeting. Exact date and full information will appear in the September number.

H. WIGGENJOST, F. A. E.

THE old Atlantic & Great Western Railroad employees will hold their Eleventh Annual Reunion at Oakwood Park, Meadville, Pa., on Saturday, Aug. 19, 1905, to

whom a cordial invitation to be present is extended. Brother Sweetman, Pres. ; Bro. W. E. Nichols, Sec.

A rate of half cent a mile has been arranged for this meeting, which applies from the following stations: Dayton, Urbana, Galion, Mansfield, Ashland, Akron, Kent, Ravenna, Leavittsburg, Windham, Warren, Niles, Youngstown and Cleveland, Ohio; New Castle, Sharon, Shenango, Greenville, Union City, Corry and Bradford, Pa.; Jamestown, Randolph, Salamanca, Olean, Buffalo and Binghamton, N. Y.; Jersey City, N. J.; Chicago, Ill., and Huntington, Ind.

The large committees looking after the ways and means of entertaining, insures a pleasant time to all who attend.

WHILE at the union meeting in Riviere du Loup, Mrs. Duffey, wife of Bro. T. Duffey, member of Div. 132, St. Thomas, Ontario, had the misfortune to lose her rings. One had diamond setting, the other amethyst. Anyone having found them will do a great kindness by notifying Bro. T. Duffey, St. Thomas, Ont.

THE many friends of Bro. H. C. Van Buskirk, a member of Subdivision 261, Herington, Kan., will be pleased to learn that he has recently been promoted from Master Mechanic of the Ft. Worth & Denver City to Superintendent of Motive Power of the Colorado & Southern System, with headquarters in Denver, Colo. Brother Van Buskirk was one of the engineers on the battleship Oregon at the time she made her famous trip around Cape Horn on her way to help smash Cervera's fleet, and the good wishes of his many friends for his success will follow him in his new position. W. S. S.

BRO. T. P. MCCORMICK, member of Div. 114, Waterloo, Ia., who has been totally disabled since May, 1900, has prepared a vest pocket edition entitled "Gems of Knowledge for Engineers and Firemen," which treats on the maintenance and proper care of the air brake, signaling apparatus, valuable instructions in everyday life on the road, engine failures, etc. The book contains 80 pages, and any mem