Workmen's advocate., 1890-06-21

men among the conservatives to join
 those marching in the vanguard or the
 army ot emancipation, lApplausel I've
 represent the majority of the C, l.. t.,
 but our men are not always presently
 Harry MeiSel would not spcany ad.
 vantage in causing a split m the ranks
 of labor at the present moment: he
 believed that the progressive element
 could carry their point every time if
 they only held a caucus in advance of every meeting of the C. L, T.
 Delegate Chaser of the Shoemakers sad that his Union had not yet joined
 the (. L U, because they desired to await developments; for they had learned from experience that there was no room for two central bodies in the city of New York; and the Knights of Labor would gladly seize the opportu- nlty oi split in the C. l.. U. to secretly
 work against the interests of the open
 unions. On the other hand the speaker agreed that the building trades unions had no feelings of solidarity for the organizations of other trades
 Delegate lt1land, of the Confectioners, declared that the progressively thinking workmen were tired of the quarrels and mtrlgues on the part of the boodlers and heelers of the old political parties, Nho used the c. l.. U. for their pur- poses. The fights in the C.L.U. had only served to retard the progress of the La Dor movement, and the intelligent workmen should create q Central body in whose midst mercenary individuals, the tools of bosses and politicians, would not be tolerated. "I am in favor of A split, the speaker exclaimed, "as from | the doings of gang of boodlers as those now infestng the c. L. U. no good can emanate for the labor movement in this countryr'
 Delegate Kurzenknabe, of the Brew, CTS, was also in favor of withdrawing from the C. l.. U., if the resolution ex cluding the reporters of the labor press were not reconsdered at once. He added that by an eventual separation the inhu. ence of the boodlers in the c. l.. U. would be reduced to naught.
 The delegates of the Locksmiths and railing makers reminded the conference of the fight of his union with the House smiths and it's termination by mutual agreement; but. that in spite of the latter the boodlers in the c. l.. U. had continued to harass the locksmiths and railing makers. He favored the forma- ton of new central hndy, because it was an unavoidable necessity; the bood- lers would perish by their own dis. honesty.
 Delegate Stoffers said: "There is no use any longer to fight the dishonest men in the c. l.. U Our entire force should be directed against the common enemy, the bosses. The c. l.. U. has done great deal of good for the cause of labor; but the existence of the bood- lers in it's ranks is a reeking boil upon the body of organized labor. They wanted to regain the influence of the masses represented by us to use it for the purpose of bolstering up their claims to the bribes offered by the Democratic party, one of whose tools is the record ing secretary of the c. L. U., who has even been given q "vote of thanks for his iniquities. The sooner we withdraw from that Central Labor Union the bet ter It will be for our own organizations.
 The representative of the bartenders said that the resolution of George K, Lloyd, adopted at the previous meeting was simply intended to destroy the organizations of the brewers, the walters and the bartenders.
 August Delabar made an elaborate speech in which he declared that it was necessary to cooIly consider the situa. tion; and whosoever did this would be | convinced that the C. l.. U, as at pre- sent constituted, had become a nuisance which must be abated. It had become impossible to advance ideas in the c. l.. | U., intended to emancipate labor from | economic slavery, as there were several | men whose interest it was to suppress | the honest element. They had inaugur- ated complete system of crookedness, | and they did 1t for well known purposes. For the good of the labor movement it | ought to be impossible that any union should be represented by men like Archi- bald, Rogers, McKim and others of their ilk. Under such circumstances the honest element had their hands full | in watching those boodlers; but that was not the object of the progressive unions They were there to advance the labor movement in general, and, as that could not be done in a parliament composed, | in part of boodlers, the best thing would be to separate. Time was too precious to waste in fighting booders; and, for ali these reasons it had become lmperat- i've to organize new central body. For the last two years the c. L. U. had done nothing to advance the cause of labor. What trades had it organized? None whateverl Not one strike had been won by the c. L. U. as such Doodle after poodle had been exposed; the Headers" were involved in any amount of dirty political work When u barbers, | among others, had asked oral as sistance they had been laughe,. !. By | excluding the representatives of the ever watchful labor press, the booders | had shown their shortsightedness. as it | t...I-..-.-.I.L.. l