Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-13
THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF 7. c.
Has Examined the Evidence in the John M'
Kelly Case-Evans' Statement,

Has Examined the Evidence in the John NJ
Kelly Case-Evans' Statement.
The Executive Board of the Central
Trades Council has held a special meet
ing to hear the evidence submitted by
L. A. Gill in support of its charges against
John NJ. Kelly. The entire testimony was
read, aud it was decided to transmit it to the
meeting of the council on Saturday evening.
Mr.. Joseph L. Evans asked permission to
read a statement in the nature of personal
explanation. The statement commenced as
follows:
have noticed with some amusement the at
tack of ]. NJ. Kelly against certain people
whom he charges with being detriment TO the
labor movement. 1 ask, "How long has John
NJ. Kelly been a member of a labor organlza-
tion?' Just Is months. Howlong have beenf
Every printer in the city will answer: 25 years!
Il will compare working cards with you, JohnF
Mr.. Kelly assumes that he is now, or will be ex-
PEELED from the Council. do not know why he
assumes this. have no right to speak for the
c. T. Council and know he has no NOR right
than L He says that the old Trades Assembly
had an unsavory record. He prevaTlcates.
The record of the old Trades Assembly is an
honorable one. Only once in its history did IL
make mistake, that was in 1886, when 1t went
into politics. The change of name was enecteo
In 'SS when the Chairman of the Committee on
the Revision of the Law John Nj. hely) salo
that the new title was more high sounding
name. Nothing was then said about "unsaVory
record"
Mr. Evans then charges that in 1888 in the
Council John Kellyssaid that he and another
gentleman would Bring irto the council dele
gates from every local of the A. +. y. W.
Union and that he has not done SO. "When
asked why, he replied that the fints wanted
new blood" As he and were the only noml-
nees for president, it is presumed that he rep
resented the new blood" 1t was decidedly
'new,' too. He had not then belonged to any
labor organization more than IA months.
Referring to the Jeanette case Mr.: Evans
said that l. A. 800 first suspended and then ex-
PEELED John Philips for disobeying an order
which was not issued until after the alleged Of
tense was committed. Philips was before the
council on the 18th of May. L A. 300s prohlb-
tive order could not have been issued earlier
suspension he was tried on the same charges,
with the addition of 'and for subsequent ac'
tion" > q . kelly says Ehman
is a carpetbagger. If SO, what Is Mr.. Kelly?
Wheeling, w. Va know of no
law preventing a citizen. from chang
ing his residence MIR. Evans said
that no portion of the L. A. 300 minutes were
in his hands, and as regards their publication,
there were two non-union papers in the city at
the time of the difficulty between Campbell and
McGaw. These were the only papers that
contained abuse of McGaw. He knew who
furnished the alleged facts to these papers. L.
A. GIL brought the Jeanette case into that
council because the members voted for it
Mr.. Evans concludes by referring Kelly
for evidence as to his character in the labor
movement to the columns of his paper up to
last January, and says that if men are to be
punished for sustaining United States
law the Central Trades Council intends to
express its opinion.