Show r BROTHERHOOD I It IS r t 1 S Will ILL OBSERVE OBSERVEr r ANNIVERSARY Locomotive Firemen and Will Hold Celebration in Fifteen I Terminal Cities on Dec 2 21 CLEVELAND ELA D. D 0 Nov ov 24 By A. A FT The Tho Tho fiftieth anniversary of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and a a. fraternal insurance insurance ance nee and labor organization will be celebrated j in fifteen large railroad terminals in the United States and Canada anada in private and public gatherIngs gath- gath on December 2 2 These meetings meet- meet ings which arc are to be addressed by and members of the organization and b by men prominent in life will be held in the fol- fol owing Jawing cities Atlanta nta Boston Buffalo Chica Denver Deaver Kansas City ity Minneapolis Montreal Pittsburg Pitts- Pitts burg Port Jervis San Antonio St. St Louis uis San Francisco Seattle and Winnipeg These celebrations im- im follow an intensive or- or or organization I campaign of several I i duration according to the I Brotherhood l which announces that practically every fireman and andl I 01 on every railroad in the I United sited States and Canada is now 11 member of the organization Much 1 of the success of this in in- in I I can be ascribed to the tact fact that its agreements are held late ate a statement given out today y y the brotherhood relates relates- During the he fifty years ears of its existence the of Locomotive Firemen b nd ind have never ted an agreement and where such repudiation has been attempted by individual members the penalty provided by bv law has been enforced Recognizing that their calling ras as a hazardous one and that the perils to life lite on the tho rail were ever present resent the tho statement continues eleven firemen in the service of ofie ie e Erie Erle railroad banded themselves together at Port Jervis N N. Y on 1 1873 into what they Deer Park Lodge No 1 of he Brotherhood of Locomotive firemen fromen and pledged themselves to toland toLand land stand together for the purpose purpose of tending extending relief to the disabled and meted members and to the tami- tami ies les es of deceased members member Today he ic benevolent bene influence of the theor or extends over the entire rth American continent A re- re lew of the organization shows that here has be been n disbursed in the pay- pay nent Of death and disability claims uly the sum of and andr andor or r the relief o of disabled members hose claims were not payable Uner uner un- un fler er the la laws las s 's of the organization ho sum of In recent pears ears a an n accident indemnity de- de and a funeral benefit de- de have haye been established lace Ince which the total disbursements ID o date including the figures set forth orth above e are Membership in the organization numbers is restricted o m men n of good moral character and lose who are arc sound In body and mb mb and employed as locomotive n fireman or hostler |