92 HISTORY OF THE WHE&L AND ALLIANCE. 



tution and By-Laws, as amended and adopted at St. Louis, 

 and which now govern the Order, will be found in another 

 chapter. The meeting at Meridian was harmonious in 

 every respect, and a consolidation of the two Orders effected, 

 subject to ratification by the organized States, a majority 01 

 which did ratify and send delegates to the St. Louis meet- 

 ing. From this time forward the Wheel was merged into 

 the largest labor organization in the world, which the 

 Meridian Convention named The Farmers' and Laborers' 

 Union of America. The following officers were then 

 elected: 



President, Evan Jones, Dublin, Texas; Vice-Presi- 

 dent, Isaac McCracken, Ozone, Arkansas; Secretary, A. 

 E. Gardner, Dresden, Tennessee; Treasurer, Linn Tan- 

 ner, Cheneyville, Louisiana; Chaplain, J. D. Satter- 

 white, Bonne Terre, Missouri; Steward, G. L. Clark, 

 Texas.; Door-keeper, F. G. Blood, Illinois; Assistant 

 Door-keeper, Lee Clow, Ozone, Arkansas. 



