r/^i OF Words, Phrases, Names of Organizations and Ti- tles of Their Officers, Names of Principal Rail- roads, Months, Days, Time of Day, Al- phabet and Figures. FOR Use of Organizations of Railway Employes in TELEGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE ARRANGED BY Galesburg, 1892. Digitized by tine Internet Arcliive in 2010 witli funding from Dul<e University Libraries littp://www.arcliive.org/details/cipliercodeofworOOsliea PREFACE. In assuming, with pardonaljle pride, the labor of preparing a Cipher Code adapted to the business of the several Organizations of Railway Employes, the au- thor has endeavored to bring it thoroughly up to the requirements of the times. It is not to be expected that a work of this kind can be perfected by any one man in the first edition and the author requests those using this little book to note its short-comings for future reference, that he who undertakes the labor of revision, may have the benefit of their experience. The need of a work of this kind has at times been sorely felt by every organization and if this work meets the requirements so far as to lighten the burden of any organization in time of trouble, or to assist in gaining a single point in favor of the laboring man. then the author will feel that he has been fully repaid for his labor. To the several Organizations of Railway Emplo3'es this vrork is dedicated with the good will and best Avishes of the author. INSTRUCTIONS. This Cipher Code arranged for use of the several Organizations of Railway Employes is intended more especiall}' for Telegraphic Correspondence in time of trouble, when it is desirable or necessary to send tele- grams that can not be read by any but those for whom they are intended, as is the case in time of strikes or other important moves on the part of an Organization, as it is often necessary to use the Company's wire to reach members of the Organization on other parts of the road and unless such telegrams can be sent in a safe cipher it would be better the}^ were not sent, as the Company would be forewarned of every contem- plated move mentioned in the telegram. This Cipher by use of a key number known only to the trusted members of your own Organization, is as safe as it is possible to make one, and should it be found necessary at any time to change the key, as a still further pre- caution against some who might have come in posses- sion of the first, it is easily done by notifying those holding these books, either hy letter or messenger of the change and giving the number selected. You will note that the numbered cipher words begin under the heading, "Organizations and Officers," beginning on page 14. This plan was adopted after careful study and deliberation, as a safeguard for the reason that a telegram giving a number a name, or in reference to anything that occurred on a certain day would, if the same key number applied to the entire book, be a clew that would lead to the discovery of your key number. Therefore, I have used numbers only where I believed it was safe to do so. To further explain the use of numbers, I will give an illustration of the manner of using the Code. I will 4 : : take 3 for a key number, which means that instead of writing the cipher word that represents the word or phrase I wish to use in the telegram, I will write the third word following it. For example I want to send a telegram as follows "Action has not been taken. Am anxiousl}^ await- ing your arrival."' This in cipher, using the key number 3, would be written "Bribing cancelling carted." In translating this telegram, you must of course read the third definition in the Code above the cipher word given in the telegram. The numbers are placed there so that you may find your word, when writing or definition when reading a telegram, b}'^ addition and substraction, instead of counting ahead or back, which would be very inconvenient in case your key number was a large number. One thing must not be overlooked when selecting a key number, you must always add to in writing and subtract to read. When you wish to transmit a message in cipher, 5-0U should first write your message in full, then refer to your Code and find the first word or phrase and add your ke3' number to the number found in the left hand column opposite the phrase, the total found by this ad- dition will give you the number of the cipher word to write. When this has been done check off as much of 3-our telegram as the cipher word already written rep- resents and proceed in a like manner with each word or phrase until your message has been written in cipher. Never use an5-thing but cipher words in a cipher message, excepting the name of a person or the name of a town. When it is deemed necessary to write these in a cipher, spell them out, using the Cipher Alphabet found on page 7. INDEX, PAGE. Instructions, ^ Alphabet, 7 Figures, 8 Months, Days. Time of Da}'. Names of Organizations and Their Officers, - Names of Railroads. Words and Phrases, ALPHABET. FIGURES. MONTHS, CIPHER. TIME OF DAY. CIPHER. CIPHER. OKGAXIZATIONS AND OFFICERS. No No DEFINITION. authentic. B. R. T. local grlev.com. of lodge No author. B. R. T. general griev. com. on the. authoress. B. R. T. lodges. 42 authority. B. R. T. lodges in. 43iauthorize. B. R. T. lodges on the. 44 autocrat. B. R. T. members. 45 autograph. B. R. T. members in. 46 automatom. B. R. T. members on. 47 autopsy. B. R. T. journal. 48 autumn. O. R. C. 49 avail. O. R. C. grand chief conductor. 50 available. O. R. C. grand senior conductor. 51 availing. O. R. C. assistant grand chief. 52 avenge. O. R. C. grand sec'y and treas. 53 avenging. O. R. C. division. 54 avenue. O. R. C. divisions. 55 averse. O. R. C. divisions in. 56 aversion. O. R. C. divisions on. 57 averting. O. R. C local grievance committee. 58 avidity. O. R. C. general griev. com. of. 59 avoid. O. R. C. members. 60 avoidance. O. R. C. members in. 61 avoiding. O. R. C members on. 62; avowal O. R. C. official organ. 63 awake. O. R. T. 64 awaken. O. R. T. grand chief. 65 award. O. R. T. assistant grand chief. 66 awarding. O. R. T. grand sec'y and treas. 67 [awful. O. R. T. grand organizer. 68j awkward. O. R. T. division. 69 1 awning. O. R. T. divisions. 70 axiom. O. R. T. divisions in. 71 1 axis. O. R. T. divisions on. 72axle. O. R. T. local grievance committee. 73|babel. O. R. T. general griev. committee. 74| baboon. O. R. T. members. 75 baby. O. R. T. members in. j 76| babyhood O. R. T. members on. 77 1 babyish. O. R. T. official organ. 78|babylon. S. M. A. A. 15 No RAILROADS. ^'o. DEFINITION. 94 ballad. Allegheny Valley. 95 ballast. Arizona & New Mexico. 96 balloon. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe. 97 balloting. Atlantic Coast Line. 98 balmj'. Atlantic & Pacific. 99 balsam. Baltimore & Ohio. lOObaltic. Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern. 101 balustrade. Beech Creek. 102 bamboo. Bellaire. Zanesville & Cincinnati. 103 banana. Belt R'y of Chicago 104 bandaj^ed. Bennington & Rutland. 105 bandit. Boston & Albany. 106, baneful. Boston & Maine. 107 banish. Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg. 108 banishing'. Burlington & Mo. River in Neb. 109 banister. Burl'gton,Ce(iarRapids«&Northrn llOJbanjo. Cairo Short Line. 111 bankrupt. California Southern. 112 banner. Canada Atlantic. 1 13|banquet. Canadian Pacific. 114 bantam. Central Arizona. 115'baptist. Central New England & Western. 116 baptizing, Central E. R. & Banking Co. inbartaarism. Central R. R. of New Jersey. 118 barbarity. Central Vermont. 119 barbicue. Chesapeake & Ohio. 120 bargain. Chicago &. Alton. 121 barge. Chicago & Atlantic. 122 bargeman. Chicago & Eastern Illinois. 123Jbaritone. Chicago & Erie. 124 barometer. Chicago & Grand Trunk. 125 baronet. Chicago & Great Western. 126 baronial. Chicago & Indiana Coal R'y. 127Jbarrack. Chicago & Iowa. 128|barrel. Chicago & Northern Pacific. 129 barrenness. Chicago & Northwestern. 130 basely, Chicago & Western Indiana. 131 basement. Chicago & West Michigan. 18 No. DEFINITION. 132 baseness. Chicago, Burlington & Northern. 133 bashful. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy. 134 basin. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul. 135 basket. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific. 136 basque. Chicago, St. Louis &Pittsl3urg. 137 bassoon. Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City. 138 bastile. Chicago, St. P., M. & Omaha. 139 bateau, Cincinnati & Dayton. 140 bathe. Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton. 141 bathing. Cincinnati, Jackson & Mackinaw. 142 baton. Cincinnati. N. O. & Texas Pacific. 143 battalion. Cincinnati. Saginaw & Mackinaw. 144 batter}'. Cincinnati, Sandusky & Cleveland. 14") battle. Cincinnati Southern. 140 bauble. Cleveland, Akron & Columbus. 147 bavaria. Cleveland, Cin'nati, Chi'go& St. L. 148 baxter. Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling. 149 bayonet. Cleveland, St. Louis & Kan-sas City. 150 bazaar. Clover Leaf Route. 151 beadle. Colorado Midland. 152 beaming". Columbus. Hocking Val. & Toledo. 153 beardless. Columbus, Springfield & Cin'nati. 154 bearing. Concord & Montreal. 155 bearish. Connecticut River. 156 beast. Delaware & Hudson. 15 beastly. Delaware, Lackawana & Western. 158 beaten, Denver & Rio Grande. 159 beatitude. Denver, Texas & Gulf. 160 beauteous. Duluth & Winnipeg. 161 beautiful, Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic. 162 becalmed. E. Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia. 163 because, Elgin, Joliet & Eastern. 164 becoming. Erie & Wyoming Valley. 165 bedding. Evansville & Terre Haute. 166 bedford. Fall Brook Coal Co. 167 bedlam. Fitchburg. 168 bedouin. Flint & Pere Marquette. 169 beech. Florida Central & Peninsular. 170 beetle. Fremont, Elkhorn & Mo.