Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-07-23
Out of the Ranks of 49
Bad Split in a Famous K. of L.
 District Assembly.
THERE ARE NOW TWO DISTRICTS.


 the Other-Master Workman Quinn l
 Retained the Charter-New officers.
 NEW YORK, July o3.-The split in District Assembly 49, Knights of Labor, has come at last, and there are now two organizations i'll the city, each of which claims to be the simon pure district Early yesterday afternoon the delegates to the district began to gather about Pythagoras hall, and tS2 o'clock, the time for calling the meeting Co order, the big hall was crowded. Master Workman James E. Quinn was on hand, and with him were T. P. Quinn, Hugh Carey, George Murray, William McNair and number of others.
 The opposition to him represented by George w. Dunne, David J. Naughton, Philip J. McGrath, Charles J. Purcell, Luke J. McEvoy and other leaders. Both sides had come prepared for fight, and it looked for a whils though they were going to have it.
 Master Workman Quinn, when the hour for opening the district arrived, announced that the district would not be opened while the suspended members were ill the hall. These suspended members were: George W. Dunne, Luke J. McEvoy, Philip J. McGrath and David J. Naughton. Some of them had recently been suspended for terms ranging from one to two years
 They asserted that they had been illegally suspended and would not recognize the sus- pension, and likewise would not leave the hall unless they were forcibly ejected. After some further talk it became evident that no meeting could be held in that hall, with Mir. Quinn in the chair unless physical force used to eject those who were objectionable to him, and us such a course would apparently lead to a knock down fight Mir. Quinn de- cided on a more conservative course, and, taking the charter under his arm, called on all true Knights who desired to recognize the law 70 follow him.
 A number of delegates, among them Secre- tary Edward E. Kunze, who has been counted among the opponents of Mir. Quinn went out with him. They proceeded to the districts old meeting place at 9S Forsyth street, where tine charter was displayed and the meeting called to order.
 From this point the stories of the days pro ceedings vary widely. One of the delegates | who attended the Forsyth street meeting said that the first roll call 112 local assem- plies answered, and this number was after ward swelle1 to 137 organizations. This is ma jority of the district.
 | The meeting in Forsyth street was quiet l and orderly, the most orderly, so of the members said that had been held for eight cen months. The decision of the general ex- ecutive board sustaining Master Workman l district court was read and approved, and much routine business was transacted. 1 When Mir Quinn's followers left the meet l ing rooms at PythagCras hall the delegates who remained at once proceeded to organize. | District Worthy Foreman P. J. McGrath took the chair, and with the seals of five | local assemblies attached to piece of paper for charter, called the district to order. The position of district recording secretary | I1, %oFS Kunze leaving the hall, and W. N. Reed was elected to fill the vacancy thus created. It is | said that on the roll call eighty-seven locals | responded, and others are expected to join the Pythagoras hall branch of the district.
 After the two meetings had adjourned delegates from both gathered about Pytha- | goras hall and discussed the situation seri- ously. Each side asserts that 1t is the dis trict, and the others simply seceders John w. Nolan, one of the PythaGoras hall men, said:
 "Well, we have succeeded at last in getting rid of Quinn and his crowd They are out bag and baggage and will stay out. We have the building the board of trustees and the treasurer, and we intend to keep the whip in hand. They have got the building trades,
 but they have already applied for national charter and when they have left Quinn's crowd there will be little of it remaining"
 A forsytn streeV olsIrlct delegate said:
 ''There is no split. Those fellows do not amount to anything, and it is a good thing
 that the district is rid of them. We did more
 work and had q better meeting than we
 have had ir q long time. We will now pro- ceed to organize the district, and go to work as secret organization, such were up
 to few years ago. There is only Dis
 trict Assembly 49, and that met at AS For syth street. We have the charter and the |, law, and those noisy fellows will find it out before long n