WARREN S. STONE, PRESIDENT OF
, BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE
ENGINEERS, DIES IN CLEVELAND
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gineers, which had become vacant
by the death of Grand Chief P. M.
Arthur while delivering an address
at Winnipeg, Man. Up to the time
he started for Cleveland to take up
his duties, Mr. Stone never had been
east of Chicago.
.. Skilful Leader.
Early in his administration Mr.
Stone was confronted with a serious
situation because railroad workers
generally had become dissatisfied
with their wages. The new leader
handled the problem skillfully and in
the end brought about satisfactory
agreements. He grouped the trans
portation systems of the country into
eastern, western and southeastern
sections. After reaching agreements
with the railroads in the two latter
sections his negotiations with those
of the eastern esction became dead
locked and the matter went to arbi
tration, an agreement being reached
on the basis of those of the other
sections.
As grand chief of the engineers’
brotherhood, Mr. Stone took an ac
tive part in the campaign of the
railroad employes’ organizations for
the Adamson law. In all negotiations
he earned a reputation for always
keeping his word and never losing
his temper, and altho he became one
of the most prominent labor leaders
in the country he had gained the dis
tinction of never having been call
ed upon to lead a strike. He was
quoted once as having said: “It is
a fundamental principle without
which no labor organization can
hope to exist, that it must carry out
its contracts.”
Father of Railroad Building.
• One of Mr. Stone’s early achieve
ments in behalf of the engineers was
the erection of the brotherhood 14
storv office building in Cleveland.
It paid for itself in ten years, at
the end of which time it was val
ued at more than $3,000,000. An
other feature of his administration
was compulsory life insurance for
all engineers. During more than 20
years as chief executive of the broth
erhood it increased from a member
ship of 38,000 with $69,000,000 insur
ance in effect to nearly 90,000 mem
bers carrying approximately $200,
000,000 of life, sickness and acci
dent insurance.
With wide experience in money
matters as a result of having han
dled millions of dollars of brother
hood dues and insurance and having
l made an exhaustive study of cooper
ative banks thruout the world, Mr.
Stone presented a plan for an engi
neers’ cooperative bank at the tri
ennial convention in 1918 and was au
thorized to start such a bank in the
city of Cleveland. It was opened
November 11, 1920, with a capital
of $500,000, and a surplus of $100,
000. Three years later its resources
were nearly $25,000,000. This was
followed by the establishment of sev
eral other banks thruout the coun
try, controlled by the brotherhood,
and in addition a substantial inter
est was acquired in the Empire Trust
Company of New York.
Because the brotherhood coopera
tive bank could handle only a limit
ed amount of business under the re
strictions of the national banking
laws, the Brotherhood Holding Com
pany, conceived by Mr. Stone, was
incorporated in 1922 for $1,000,000,
the stock being sold entirely to engi
neers. A year later the Brotherhood
Investment Company was incorporat
ed with a capital of $10,000,000. The
brotherhood retained 51 per cent of
the common stock of the enterprises.
A 21-story building for the bank was
erected in Cleveland and the Broth
erhood Building Association acquired
a 17-story building in the same city.
Under Mr. Stone’s guidance the en
gineers as individuals invested more
than $2,000,000 in coal mine pr'.ptr
ties in Kentucky and West Virginia
and financed a mail order store on
a profit-sharing basis to provide
themselves with the necessities of
life.
Born On Iowa Farm.
Mr. Stone was born on a farm
near Ainsworth, Iowa, February 1,
1860. As a boy he worked on the
farm in the summer and attended a
country school three months in the
winter. He rounded out this pre
liminary education with study at
Washington Academy, Washington,
Iowa, and at Western College, Iowa.
He became a member of the Brother
ELIZABETH ROMIG, FAIRBANKS GIRL INJURED
IN AIRPLANE WRECK-CONDITION IS SERIOUS
Insisted on Going up In Plane With Rodebaugh, Amateur
Driver, and in Landing of Plane Severely In
jured. Driver Scratched Up by Brush
MISS ELIZABETH WAS FORMER SEWARD GIRL
Sustained Severe Complications—Arm Splintered, Gash
Across Forehead, Chin Cut, and Many Bruises
About Body—Conscious Today But Dopey
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FAIRBANKS, (Special to the Gateway), June 10—Miss Elizabeth
Romig, former Seward Girl, is lying in a Fairbanks hospital, ser:l-,
ously injured as the result of a plane wreck Monday. According
to a dispatch reaching the Gateway office this morning, Elizabeth in_
sisted on going up with James Rodebaugh, manager of the Fairbanks
Airplane Corporation, and amateur pilot. The telegram stated there
was no mechanician at Fairbanks at the time of the flight, to pass
on the ship, prior to the take-off.
The accident occurred when Rodebaugh, in the second attempt
to land, fell with the plane in a tail spin, while over the brush at the
edge of the big landing field, finally going into a nose dive just before
hitting, completely wrecking the plane. Rodebaugh escaped with
a few minor bruises and scratches, but Miss Romig sustained severe
complications, having one arm badly splintered, a bad gash across
her forehead, deep cut on her chin, and numerous bruises about her
limbs and body. She was carried from the field in an unconscious
condition and rushed to the Fairbanks hospital, of which her father,
Dr. Romig, is in charge. She is conscious today, but owing to her
weakened condition, and being still stupid from opiates administered,
the operation to her splintered arm will not be made for at least a
week.
Elizabeth passed through Seward less than two months ago, re
turning to her home in Fairbanks from the Outside, after taking a
course in nursing at the John Hopkins University. With her Father,
Dr. J. H. Romig, and mother, Elizabeth spent her early youth in Sew
ard, being well known by everyone.
Muskrat Led In Value Furs
Produced Canada Last Year
OTTAWA, June 12.—(Ff>)—Raw furs
valued at $15,643,817, based on pre
vailing market prices, were produced
in Canada last year, the bureau of
statistics reports. Silver and red
fox, mink, otter, lynx and coyote fur
recorded an increase in output over
1923.
In point of aggregate value the
muskrat was the most important tur
producing animal, contributing 2,
985,395 pelts worth $3,440,363, fol
lowed by beaver with 169,173 pelts
valued at $2,542,992, and mink with
219,641 pelts worth $2,113,569. White
fox and silver and red foxes ranked
next.
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HERE TAKING ON FUEL OILS
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hood of Locomotive Engineers in
1884, six months after being promot
ed to engineer. His ability and his
interest in the organization was rec
ognized by his election as secretary
treasurer of his local division. Then
he was made head of the local griev
ance committee and later chairman
of the central committee of adjust
ment for the brotherhood of the en
tire Rock Island system.
When he became head of the
brothertiood he made his home in
Cleveland and took an active part
in all its civic enterprises, being es
pecially interested in educational af
fairs.
In October, 1884, Mr. Sione mar
ried Miss Carrie E. Newell of Agen
cy, la.
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