Burlington Strike, 1888; Labor unions -- United States; Railroads -- United States -- Employees
The present officers are: F. P. Sargent, Grand Master, Terre Haute,
Ind.; J. J. Hannahan, Vice-Grand Master and Grand Organizer and
Instructor, Englewood, Ill.; Eugene V. Debs, Grand Secretary and
Treasurer, Terre Haute, Ind.; H. H. Walton is Chairman of the Grand
Executive Board, Philadelphia, Pa.; W. E. Burns, Secretary, Chicago,
Ill.; the Grand Executive Board is composed of J. J. Leahy,
Philadelphia, Pa.; W. H. McDonnell, Scranton, Pa.; F. Holl, Minneapolis,
Minn., and C. W. Gardner, Fort Dodge, Ia.
The circulation of the Magazine, the official organ of the Brotherhood
is 26,000 copies.
BENEVOLENCE OUTSIDE OF THE ORDER.
Standing squarely on the broad principles of Benevolence and Human
Justice, this Order has ever extended the helping hand and given counsel
and assistance to the laboring man in his struggle for independence. The
Brotherhood of Railway Brakemen owe much to the B. of L. F., and never
in its history has the B. of L. F. opposed itself to labor organization.
Remembering their own desperate struggle for existence, charity,
sympathy and aid have been freely given to younger organizations.
Ever foremost in the battle for justice and right, it was the first to
call attention to the imperative necessity for federation of railroad
employes. The strike upon the "Q" has demonstrated the absolute need of
federation.
GRAND MASTER SARGENT.
The following extract from the address of Grand Master Sargent, at
Minneapolis, three years ago, covers many of the points in controversy
to-day, and will be found interesting to the public:
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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