Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 September 1892 — CHAIRMAN SWEENEY. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CHAIRMAN SWEENEY.

( •' *>.F. f .if i ■ *5-2/ rhe Man at the Head ot the Switchmen** f Strike at Buffalo. F. M. Sweeney, President of the National Association of Switchmen,

has his headquarters at 15 Pacific street, Chicago, but is at present in charge ot the switchmen’s affairs at Buffalo. He is still a young man, not over 35, and was elected to his present positlcgi thi#e years ago. Mr-

SweeDeyhas always counseled peaceful methods, and made a decided bit by a strong speech last week before the State Board qf Arbitration. la this he deplored the acts of violence, said they were not countenanced by the association, and outlined the demands of the switchmen in a most forcible speech. The switchmen look upon him as the best organizer in the labor movement to-day, and regard the remarkable growth of the assoclation’as duo largely to Ills untiring efforts.

F. M. SWEENEY.