Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-23
TILERS WILL STICK.
The Union Will Not Leave the F. of
L. But Some Members Feel Sore.
MR.. GOMPERS ADVICE TO FOSTER.
A Large New Foundry to be Erected Near
the Old Clinton Mill.
ELECTRICIANS LEAVING THE CITY

President Gompers, of the Federation of
Labor, attended the meeting of the Marble
and Slate Workers and Tile Layers Union
last night, in Allegheny The meeting was
in session until nearly IL o'clock, and at its
conclusion, it was stated by the officers that
there was no news to be given out 1t was
said that the union would not withdraw
from the Federation, but the breach between
the members of the union and the Mosaic
and Encaustic Tile Layers Union has been
widened more than ever. President Com
pers maintained his position in regard to the
strike at Herrick's.
FOSTER NOT ADMITTED.
Among those who applied for admission
to the meeting was Joseph Foster, the man
who is the bone of contention between the
two unions. He was a former member of
the NJ. & S. W. and T. L. o., but when the
NJ & E. T. L. U. was organized he left the
former organization and went into the latter.
When the members of the latter union
struck against him he paid his fine and ap-
piled for reelection into the NJ. & S. w.
and 7. L. U. He expected to be reinstated
last night but the union refused to do this.
He will now either go back to his own union
or become q non-union man. He says he
would rather be driven out of the business
than associate again with the members OF
the NJ. & E. T. L. U.
When President Gompers left the meet
ing last night he was met outside the door
by Mr.. Foster, who wanted to explain his
position. He had an interesting interview
with Mr. Gompers. The latter told him as
a workingman he had better make his peace
with his union. The President Of the
Federation told him that he was wrong in
the matter and the union had right to fine
him. Mr.. Foster had a number of details
to tell, but his statements did not change
Gompers' mind about the trouble. When
he told Foster to go back to his union, the
latter declared that he would die first
THE TROUBLE ONLY BEGUN.
When the meeting was over, Foster could
obtain no information about the disposition
of his case further than that they had not
done anything about it. This was equivo-
lent to a refusal to elect him. He claims
the trouble has but fairly begun, and says
his friends will stick to him. This may
mean that they will Withdraw from the
union, and it is dead certain that they Will
not go into the other tile layers organiza-
ton. 1t is possible that the discontented
members may form an independent organi-
zation and attach themselves to the Knights
of Labor. There are already two tile
layers unions in the Federation, and it is
not likely that another charter will be
granted to that trade. The members Of the
union that met last night are sore on account
of the organization of the NJ. & E. 7. L.
U. They say the members are expelled
knights of Labor from local assembly in
New York. This was the cause of the feel
ing of antipathy against the Federation
officials. President Gompers, after the
meeting, said the men who threatened to
withdraw had kept very quiet about the
matter during the session.