W.C. STRADER
Entered service April 2, 1883 as conductor. Age 38, March 13, 1889. Married. Promoted to passenger conductor, August 3rd, 1893.

Suspended 5 days May 31st, 1889 for running from State Line to Hammond ahead of No. 56 May 27th without orders, causing a delay of 10 minutes to No. 56.

Suspended 5 days for failing to fill up and file Form 126 in case of accident at Rochester May 28th, 1889. Suspended 20 days for carrying a passenger without authority on 1st 82, May 28th, 1889. Suspended 5 days Feb. 19th, 1890 for neglecting to make proper report of switch being broken by his brakeman at Hurlburt on Feb. 8th, 1890 in order to get into side track. Suspended 2 round trips from August 8th for failure to report the number of passengers he had for dinner on No. 5 Aug. 1st, 1894. Reprimanded for failure to properly make out train checks for passengers in sleepers on No. 8 June 13th, 1893. Honored trip pass 611 reading Chicago to Marion, 5 months after same had expired, Dec. 20, 1894 for which he was required to pay the company one first-class cash fare Chicago to Marion.

Forever de-barred from running a passenger train for unsatisfactory conduct in connection with reports, management of his train, and generally unsatisfactory work while servicing as passenger conductor, put on 13 & 14 and given to understand that that position is but temporary, that he is likely to be reduced to freight conductor at any time, this by order of Gen. Supt. J.C. Morehead in letter dated June 26th, 1895 File 353, Supts. Office.

On the taking effect of time card 17 June 14, 1896, No. 13 was made a passenger train. He was taken off 13 & 14 and notified that he would have to go on freight. He protested vigorously and laid his case before the ORC (Order of Railway Conductors). The Trainmaster also wrote Atlantic Division 120, ORC, July 11th, 1896 asking where Strader should be placed on freight conductors roster. A written reply was received under date of July 12th, 1896 under seal of Div. 120 asking that he be placed on the Lima Division as a conductor and on the roster from June, 1883, see file 27794. During the month of July, 1896, he began to act strange. Nothing could be made out of his book or reports, so he was taken off and examined by his physician who declared his mind to be affected, and, it was decided on Aug. 8th, 1896 to not allow him to do any more work until entirely cured. Became violently insane and died at Huntington during the fall of 1899.