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Author: Chicago Inter-Ocean
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Publication Date: 1893-04-18
Language: eng
Subjects: American Railway Union, ARU, Eugene V. Debs, Pullman Strike, labor unions, labor history, railroads
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American Railway Union Elects Officers
Published as part of a general labor article “Agreed to the Increase” in Chicago Inter-Ocean, vol. 22, no. 25 (April 18, 1893), pg. 3.
Brief details about the conclusion of the organizational convention of the American Railway Union (ARU), held in the Greene Hotel, Chicago, from April 11-17, 1893.
The final session saw the election of officers for the new industrial union. These included Eugene V. Debs, editor of the Locomotive Firemen’s Magazine, President; George W. Howard, ex-Grand Chief of the Brotherhood of Railway Conductors, Vice President; Sylvester Keliher, Secretary-Treasurer of the Brotherhood of Carmen, Secretary-Treasurer.
In addition, a board of directors was chosen, which included W.H. Sebring, of the Order of Railway Conductors; Henry Walton, of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers; F.W. Arnold and J.A. Clarke, of the Order of Railway Telegraphers; W.S. Missemer, Grand Chief of the Brotherhood of Carmen, and L.W. Rogers, editor of the Age of Labor.
Published in the USA prior to 1923, public domain.
This version edited by Tim Davenport for 1000 Flowers Publishing, Corvallis, OR, and is subject to Creative Commons No Commercial Use restrictions.
