Workmen's advocate., 1890-06-07
ORGANIZED LABOR.
WEEKLY MEETING OF THE
 CENTRAL LABOR UNION.

A Remarkable SessiOn-JOhn J. Me.
 Kenna Writes a Sarcastic Letter.
 He Says Archibald is His Friend
 and Good Democrat-Archibald
 Replies that He Received Only
 S6O, and Is Not, Therefore, a
 Good Delegate Warner
 Moves, Unsuccessfully, the EXpul
 sion of the "Volkszeitung" and
 "WOrkmen's Advocate' RepOr.
 ters.
 August Delabar was elected Chair man. and H. NJ. Stoffers Vice-chairman at the last meeting of the New York Central Labor Union.
 Credentials were sent for new dele gates from the following organizations: ~Caulkers' Association, Carpenters Lodge $40, German Fresco Painters Union, Firemen's Union No. 1, Coal Shovelers' and StOnehandlers' Union, Beer Drivers Union, Sailor X Firemen's Union, Mosaic & Encaustic Tile Layers Union No. l.
 The Empire State Association, com- posed of railroad mechanics, car build CTS, signal makers, etc., asked to be transferred to the Building Trades from the Miscellaneous Section. The matter was referred to the Committee on Or ganization.
 A protest from the Building Trades Section against the admission of the delegates of Eccentric Association No. was declared out of order by the Chair man, for the reason that the Association was admitted to the c. L. U. as a bona fde union. Delegate McKim appealed from the decision, which was upheld by Che majority.
 A letter from the Magnolia Associa- tion of Walters asked that Fred. Schar- mann's restaurant in Third ave. be de- clared a scab place unless he settled with the walters unions; this was laid over for the present.
 A request from Furniture Workers Union No. : for the assistance of the Arbitration Committee at a certain shop was granted.
 The Miscellaneous Section asked for the moral support of all unions to the Barbers' Unions; this was granted after a discussion during which delegate Gab- Ter charged that many union men were patronizing scab barber shops. All affiliated unions were asked to assist the barbers in making up list of scab shops.
 In regard to another request from the Miscellaneous Section that all unions not meeting in union halls should be suspended, the Chairman ruled that any union having neglected to comply with the previous resolution of the C. L. U. to engage union halls by May 1, was sus- pended by the virtue of that very fact. Hereupon Secretary Archibald de- manded that a certain letter in the hands of the Committee on Outside Communi. cations be read. Corresponding Secre- tary Boehm then read the following:
 May 27th, 1890. To the Central Labor Union.
 ERNEST BoEHM, Secretary.
 GENTs:-When your Committee called on me this morning 1 was unprepared to furnish you with the facts at my dis posal. After reflection, however, I de- sire to reiterate my statements to the reporter of the VOlkszeitung, and to notify your body that l am in possession of much more information than have imparted. 1 desire to say now and to have it understood that am a friend of Mir Archibald, that 1 endorse every thing he has done in the service of my party-the Democratic party and that I am in f. sympathy with his present movements in the c. L. U., as know that he is working in the interests of the political body to which 1 belong, and desire to add that 1 have the greatest admiration for the tact with which Mr. Archibald keeps himself afoat ih the c. L. U., notwithstanding the de- nunciations of the foolish Socialists, who would have the workmen forsake our party and engage in another fiasco. have everything in common politically with Mir. Archibald. only differ with him as to how we shall succeed. I was interested in the Presidential contest as well as Archibald. l was Free Trader then and am still, and know that all of the labor leaders were on that side. don't mean to say that Archibald was an