A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > California > Alameda http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=555 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=37378 Submitted by: Eileen Gillette Article Title: Oakland Tribune Article Date: June 27 1901 Article Description: Jesse Dillen Was A Popular Railroad Man Article Text: Jesse E. DILLEN, whose death was recorded in the Tribune yesterday afternoon had been yardmaster at West Oakland for the Southern Pacific Company the past fifteen years. He was the third of Southern Pacific Railroad men that took an active part in the great strike of 1894 and who have answered the last summons, A. D. WILDER, Western Division Superintendent and Joseph THOMPSON assistant division superintendent proceeding him. DILLEN had lived on this coast for the past twenty years and before he became Yardmaster he served as conductor. Shortly after the big strike he was made General Yardmaster, with supervision of the yards bith here and in San Francisco. For awhile thereafter he lived across the bay, but his health failed and he returned to make his home at 1521 West Ninth Street, taking charge of the yards at West Oakland. Heart trouble, from which he had long suffered, was the cause of his death. He was a member of Golden Gate Division, Order of Railroad Conductors of San Francisco, and he was very popular amoung railroad employees. Deceased was 49 years old and a native of Indiana. He leaves a widow and two young children. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ CA-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com