Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-14
AK MAKERS DESERT.
L. A. 154S K. of L. Leave the Knights
for Tom Barry's Brotherhood.
A LOCAL BRANCH Is FORMED.
Window Glass Manufacturers to Form q
Big Trust To-Morrow.
PROGRESS OF THE MINERS NEW UNION

The first break from the Knights of Labor
to Barry's new order (the Brotherhood of
United Labor) in this city occurred yester-
day. Axmakers' L. A. 154S left in body.
This local was attached to N. D. A. 154,
composed of about 1, 900 members, and the
local here has membership of nearly 2Oo
Fully $50 members attended a meeting at
their hall, corner of Forty-seventh and
Butler streets yesterday morning, and I. B.
Barry was present and delivered an address.
At the close of his speech the following was
unanimously adopted
Be it resolved, That we the members of l.. A.
154S. X. of L., surrender our charter to N u. A.
154 for the following reasons:
First-Because we believe that the officers OF
the General Assembly are and have been run
ming the order for their own interest only, and
not in any way to benefit the masses, who fur
nish the money to pay their salaries
Second-We believe in giving member .
fair trial when in our Judgment we think they
have violated the obligation taken when join
ing the order.
Third-At the late convention Of the General
Assembly the power was given to the General
Master Workman to suspend or expel members
of the order at his will. We think 1t is against
oNE-MAN POWER UNFAIR.
Fourth-The action of the G. E. B. in expell-
ing our National Master Workman without
trial or hearing, by so doing depriving US of
a representative in the General Assembly, as
well as the great injustice to Brother Barry.
We don't believe in one-man power conferred
on the G. M. w. asit is undemocratic and rerul-
sive, and in conflict with the idea of American
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Mr.. Barry was busy all day visiting
friends and attending meetings. He will
be unable to leave this morning as ex-
pected, but will spend the day in issuing
organizers commissions.
"I expect to have Is organizers in the
field here before the week is out" said Mr..
Barry to a representative of this paper last
evening. II will not interfere with any
national trade association outside of the
Knights of Labor. There are number of
workers who have no national association.
There are the carriage workers, galvanizers,
textile workers, ak makers, coopers and
many others. We will not interfere with
the new miners organization, the National
Progressive Union, the Amalgamated As
sociation, American Flints and like organi-
cations. They will be eligible to member
ship in the order but will be
CONTROLLED BY THEIR CRAFT.
"The ak makers whom organized to-day
will be known as Local Branch No. l."
Mr.. Barry said he had refreshed his men,
ory as to the meeting of brickmakers he at
tended about year ago. Mr.. John Flynn
said that Barry should have made his
charges then and the brickmakers would
have believed him. Mr.. Barry states that
the meeting was an open one and he was not
at liberty at that time to diyulge secrets of
the order.
Master Workman Doyle says the meeting
was secret one and that Barry had the
travelling password and had to use it to
gain admittance to the hall, although he es-
corted him from his office to the meeting
and introduced him to the members.
Several other members who remember the
occasion say the announcement was made
that the meeting would be open.