fore this time. I was also in hopes that some one better qualified for this important position would assume the role. The Magazine is being well received and eagerly looked for here. That it may prosper and accomplish the object for which it is intended is the wish of all. sometimes a little zephyr comes up which only wakes up the sleepy and cools off the hot heads, and altogether 3343 is getting along fine. Business on the road has been rushing since the washout, and every available engine is out; also the travel is increasing and each Well, Mr. Editor, the first point of general day brings in more letters to Nebraska. interest here is, "Where are you going?" for the number of transfers of late on this division has made this question of very frequent occurence. We note following recent changes: Al. Gill has gone to Butte; Jack Lyons to Shoshone and Geo. Ogden to Anaconda; also Geo. Atkinson and Henry Andrews have come here from Butte. These are only a few of the latest, but if paper and pencil will hold out, we will endeavor to keep track of the most important changes for the next issue. Work at the shops is not very lively just at present; we are working but nine hours a day, but judging from a look about the yard and round-house there is a "good time coming" soon. Engines Nos. 2, 87, 100, 13, 156 and 20 are in for general repairs. Engine No. 100 is getting new cylinders. Engines Nos. 84 and 86 are in for light repairs. There are also on the dead track engines Nos. 280, 52, 56, 21 and 14 waiting their turn. Engines Nos. 285 and 286 have been condemned. Work in the car shops is in about the same condition; several sleepers and coaches are getting extensive repairs, some being the remains of wrecks caused by broken rails during the winter. There are also from 60 to 100 freight cars shopped for repairs here daily, There have been received at this point lately two new engines from the Rhode Island works, of the consolidated pattern, equipped with Mertzheimer patent spark arrester; these are the largest engines on the road, and at present are on the run between Butte and Anaconda. We understand there are four more of the same pattern on the way. A matrimonial cyclone passed over this place last week. Nate Franklin, Andy Grundfor and Jack Lyons were caught straightway in its path, while two more were at a not very safe distance. We hereby acknowledge receipt of Havanas. Before closing we must note the departure of some of our worthy brothers into the stock business. We learn that they have formed a company under the name of the Chihuahua Cattle Company, limited. We wish them N. E. B. success. Editor Magazine: NORTH PLATTE, NEB. All is quiet along the Platte as usual. In the Assembly the good work is still going on-applications are constantly coming in. Our meetings are well attended, harmonious and interesting as a rule, although In the shops we work the regulation hours. Engine No. 960 is in the ring again. Nos, 637 and 915 have left the shop, and Nos. 571 and 658 have each been in under a week's treatment-leaving four engines on the blocks. Outside of the usual socials, progressive euchre and whist parties, the leading social events have been a ball on the 16th given by the B. of R. R. E. which, in consideration of lent, met with fair success; and on the night of St. Patrick, the St. Patrick's Literary Society made their first dramatic effort in Handy Andy, which, after but eight days' study, was presented in a creditable manner and to a good house. At present public attention is divided between the great strike and local politics, and at every evening's train you see some disappointed face turning from the newsboy, who has nothing but a Rocky Mountain News. GOLDEN, COLO., March 23, 1886. Editor Magazine: Our shops are in charge of Mr. Charles Ekelund, formerly of the D. & S. P., and we have No. 284. narrow guage engine (formerly No. 1), on the blocks for general overhauling; she will soon be out in good shape. No. 31 is having a broken frame patched; both are Colorado Central engines, while D. & S. P. engine No. 4 is being stripped. In the car shops the boys celebrated St. Patricks' day by turning out C. C. coach No. 736 as pretty as a picture, and now have C. C. observation car No. 824 in the paint shop about half done, with D. W. & P. broad guage No. 1 waiting her turn. On March 1st Golden Assembly No. 3447 Miss Alice Bigler .C. Parfett .......Oscar Belmore Then followed the auction of the baskets there being forty-seven of them (the varied and bright colors of which would have made the rainbow pale with envy), at prices varying from 40 cents to $3.00, bringing the snug sum of $52.50 into our treasury. After more music and a general good time, all went home well pleased. Since then we had a pound sociable at the residence of a sister, whom sickness had left in straightened circumstances, for whom a generous supply of life's necessaries was raised, which affair was turned to the enjoyment of those participating. By the assistance of some musical talent present, many tripped gay measures till late hours, though more left earlier, satisfied with the consciousness of good deeds done, not wishing to hin der the pleasures of the younger and gayer. Yours, fraternally, SEMPER PURATA. EVANSTON, Wyo., March 23, 1886. Editor Magazine: In writing my last letter I did not do justice to myself or my Brother Knights, as it was my first attempt, but hope this will be appreciated, as was my last, by the boys from 3274. Things are running along smooth in the shops at present, and hope it will continue So. We have completed our big passenger engine. We overcame the difficulty of en larging the doors by making a shorter smoke stack for her. Engine No. 1005 is still in. Engine No. 950 has just gone out with slight repairs. Our Brother James Burns, Jr., met with a very severe accident from falling off the wrecking car going to a small wreck, but he is improving so well as to be able to smile at all the boys when they go to see him. We lost one brother this month by an accident in the yard. He was taken to the County Hospital in Ogden, but died from his injuries. About thirty of us went from here to be present at his funeral, which took place in Ogden. It was largely attended, both by Knights and citizens. The procession of the Knights was over one-half mile long. Our brothers in Ogden deserve thanks for the manner in which everything was carried out. Our band boys gave a ball in the New Opera House on the 17th inst. It was largely attended and was quite a success, both in management and in finances. The boys will clear very near $200 after paying all expenses. Work on the road is very brisk at present, very little lay-over for the road hands. Our M. W., W. F., V. S. and all the boys are feeling O. K. No more till the next. Respectfully yours, U. K. L. A. 3274. We have not had matter of great importance to inform you of this month, and Denver has been running along very smoothly. Labor circles have been a little feverish over the strike in the Southwest. L. A. 3218 will give a grand ball and entertainment on the 8th of April in the Mammoth Rink, for the benefit of the strikers on the Southwest system, and it is expected that every Knight of Labor, trade unionist, and that class who belong to nothing, but are always in sympathy, will all join hands and make this a grand success. Matters at the shops are quiet. All hands working 50 hours per week, except the boiler" makers at the K. P., who are making 10 hours per day. Engine 207, a narrow-guaged Cook, was turned out at the K. P. shops in good order the past month. Engine 292 has been broken up and put in the scrap pile. Engine 107 was in and had a broken piston rod replaced. Engine 355, B. G., is now in for light repairs and a new set of flues. Several new men have been put on in the shops lately. Div. M. M. F. Mertsheimer, who has been away much of the past month, is back again. At the South Park shops work is running along as usual. The prospects for a boom in business here this Summer are good, especially in the building trades. The Union Pacific have put on a new passenger train on the South Park, to run nights both ways, to accommodate the Leadville and St. Elmo traffic. D. A 89 has ordered a boycott on Schradsky the clothier, for not living up to his agreement to keep his place closed on Sunday. Schradsky, in retaliation, caused the arrest of John S. Anderson, who was engaged distributing the boycott handbills, but Judge Sopris acquitted him and declared that a man violated no law in calling another a scab. This move of Schradsky's will certaindo him no good. SCRIBE. J. H. McConnell, master mechanic of the Nebraska Division of the Union Pacific, has resigned his position to accept that of Super intendent of machinery for the Omaha and Grant Smelting and Refining Company. Mr. McConnell will also become a large stockholder in the smelting works. There is no man in the operating department of the Union Pacific whose resignation will be noted with so much regret. He has spent the best years of his life in the service, and stood very high among the skilled gentlemen in his branch of railway work in this country. He resigns after all these years because his private interests and his new position will be more remunerative. His superior officers regret the step he has taken almost as much as his subordinate. It is probable Mr. T. A. Davis, Master Mechanic of Wyoming Division, will be his successor.-Railway News. UNION PACIFIC EMPLOYES' MAGAZINE. MAY, 1886. THE RELATIONS OF RAILROAD EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYE. Under this head we have the promise in the near future of an article from one of the ablest writers and most successful railway managers in the United States, Mr. Charles F. Adams, Jr., President of the Union Pacific Railway system. We have every reason to believe the promise will be fulfilled, when the readers of the MAGAZINE will be treated to something that few publications can boast of. We believe this to be a wise plan on the part of Mr. Adams, and no doubt the best to establish different relations between employer and employe. The more confidence there is established between men the better; the lack of confidence is altogether too prevalent. We hope the example when set by the U. P. President will be contagious with his subordinates. Much good to all concerned must be the final result. PROTECTION. When Congress will give the same protection to labor that it gives capital, then the condition of labor will improve. But under the present system about one out of twenty is protected, and that one is the manufacturer. To protect American labor Congress should levy a high protective tax on all manufacturers who employ foreign contract labor. They dare not argue that they employ this class of labor because it is cheaper, for they usually tell the workingmen. when they want them to vote for protective tariff that it is to increase their wages. Just think of a lot of manufacturers going to Washington and lobbying Congress to raise the wages of American workmen ! If they must have a protective tariff on foreign imported goods, is it not just as reasonable that we ask for a high tariff on foreign imported labor, to be paid by those who insist on employing it? This would stop that portion of immigration that is brought here under contract at least, which is getting to be such a curse to our country. We need and must demand relief at the hands of Congress. The managers of many of our manufacturing interests will tell you that the immigration of foreign labor does not effect their business. But how would some of their former employes who were crowded out of their places by imported cheap |