Workmen's advocate., 1890-06-28
BOODLERS' CENTRAL, FUNERAL OF A ONCE POWER
 FUl BODY.

A Parting Trick-Archibald in Com.
 mand of the Corpss-McKim Pre-.
 sides at the Graye-Geo. k. Lloyd
 Delivers the Grafton.
 The report of the Conference held by the progressive delegates last Sunday, as published in the WoRKMENs s ADVOCATE, caused commotion among the boodlers In the c. l.. U. It became plain to the bllndest of them that while gag law un- parliamentary proceedings, suppress sion of evidence, violations of::the consti. tuition and the boycotting of labor pa pers had not succeeded in preventing the truth from getting abroad and that their corrupt practices had so disgusted large number of wide-awake unions that a split was inevitable. They put their heads together and bent their in- tellectual energies upon the solution of this mighty problem, "How shall we get square with the Socialists?" Finally, they prepared resolution, the form of which might make It appear that the progresslves had been "kicked out" of the c. l.. U , and thus give the capital ist press an opportunity of announcing the fact in glarng headlines. That was the terrible punishment to be meted out to the enemy who had dared to ex- pose the $50 Democrat James P. Archi- bald. Of course an interruptions par tisan chairman was required to carry out the plan and Mr. McKim was duly elected by Archibald's ring George K Lloyd, who appears to be tool in their hands, was made vice. Chairman. Both were easily elected, as many of the pro- gressive delegates had concluded to at. tend no longer the meetings of the c. L. U.
 As soon as McKim had taken the chair he ordered the sergeant-at.arm to pre- vent the sale of the WoRKMEN's ADvo- CATE, and the order was promptly obeyed. No ADVOCATE was allowed to be exhibited at the ''Boodlers' Central,' but more copies of it were sold than ever before.
 When Archibalds' minutes of the pre-. vious meeting had been read, delegate Stoffers protested, but McKim did not seem to hear him,
 Then the following was read: To the Central LdbOr UnioR- Greeting:- The following resolution was adopted by the Building Trades Section No. 1.
 ReS0ired: That we endorse the action of the Central Labor Union in admins tering well merited rebuke to the New York VOlkszeitung and WoRKMEN's AD- voCATE for publishing slanderous state- ments concerning several delegates to the Building Trades Section, without making any effort to prove them; and be it further
 Resolued: That said papers be denied any privileges by this Section until they either prove or retr4ct said charges.
 Fraternally submitted.
 MERvyN PRATT,
 Rec. Rec'y. Section No. l.
 Delegate Goodwin moved to receive the communication, while McVev amended to refer it to the Grievance Committee. Upon point of order that there was mo grievance" the resolution was received and immediately indorsed. Then came the following:
 ERNEST RoHM, Cor. Sec'y of c. L. U.
 Sir. ha rarr,,lop - the Building Trades Section held on the evening of the above date the following resolutions were adopted:
 Whereas, Certain organizations have combined to split up the Central Labor Union because they cannot control it to suit their own purpose and have held secret meetings for that special purpose; therefore be it
 Resolred, That we the members of the building trades do hereby denounce such organizations as unfit to be repre- scented In the Central Labor Union and request all such organizations to with draw their delegates as soon as possible.
 Also the following:
 That the minutes of the last meeting of the c. L. U., as sent out by Ernest Bohm, cor. secretary, be sent back and denounced as wilful misstatements and malicious preversion of truth and that we condemn the action of the vice. Chairman of that meeting for his assum- tion of an official position without any authority.
 Respectfully yours,
 GEO K. LLOYD,
 Cor Sec'y Building Trades Section. Delegate Dampf moved to refer the matter back with instructions that the names of the organizations alluded to in the resolution be inserted. | A lengthy debate arose, in which the