The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and Ladies Auxiliary held its 1935 convention in Logansport. The BRT represented 211,000 trainmen and Johnston represented 78,000 engineers. The Railroad Trainmen blamed the bus driver, calling him a strikebreaker. Doak served as the Vice-President of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen from 1916 to 1928. He was an active committee member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Lee stepped down as president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen in 1928. The first president was Charles Luna, formerly president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. The trains were destroyed and twelve trainmen were killed and injured. During his tenure the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen grew to 215,000 members. The train derailed, and killed 47 passengers and three trainmen. Mayor McKune met on July 27 with representatives of the Brotherhood of Trainmen. The station code used by train telegraphers and trainmen was UK. A call was sent out for trainmen who wanted to work there. Justice Stewart did not participate in the "Trainmen" decision. There was also space for trainmen to sleep and relax between shifts.