G. Rawn, vice president of operations for Illinois Central Railroad 1907–1909; president of Monon Railroad 1909–1910 (d. 1910). October births October 24 – Richard Deeley, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Midland Railway 1909–1923 (d. 1944). November births November 5 – Eugene V. Debs, labor leader, founding member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, founder of the American Railway Union, arrested during the Pullman strike in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1926). References Association of American Railroads (January 2005), This Month in Railroad History – January. Retrieved May 23, 2005.