Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-04
OPPOSED TO THE JUNIORS.

A Row Among the Daughters OF Liberty
Over the Refusal of Chsrters-Talk of a
Special Session of the National Council
Opinions on 1t.
The complications arising through the re-
fusal of a charter to new council OF the
Daughters of Liberty, in Steubenville, o.,
is likely to get the national board of officers
of that organization into serious trouble.
The beginning of this difficulty was pub
lished in THE DISPATCH few weeks ago.
Some months ago a new council OF the order
was instituted in Steubenvil!e. After it
had become well established work was begun
on a second. Members of the first protested
and the matter was referred to the board OF
officers.
National Councillor ]. W. McCieary went
to Steubenyille and made a personal inves-
tigaton. He discovered that tine secret of
the trouble was fight between the Juniors
and Seniors, ,precipitated by the latter. The
grounds upon which the protest was entered
were that there was not room enough in
Steubenville for two councils, although the
place has a population OF 1000. At all
events, the National Councillor instituted
the council.
Then the Seniors in the other council car
ried the matter before the Board of Officers,
where they had six out of a total of seven
members, the National Councillor being the
only Junior on the board. 1t was very clear
that the Juniors would get the worst of it,
and they did. The board held three meet
ings. The last one was held in New York
few evenings ago. Mr.. cCIeary was suffer
ing from severe attack of the grip and
could not attend. The remainder of the
board met and decided to revoke the charter
of the new SteubeEville council.
This action has raised the iresf Mr.. Nc
Cleary's friends, who have already taken
steps to have a special session OF the Ma
tional Council called. They allege that the
Board of Officers is irving to down the
Juniors in the organization, and that an ad-
vantage of Mr.. McCleary's absence was
taken at the New York meeting. 1t has
come to the Juniors in this section that
charters are to be refused all Junior appli-
cants in the future. The national officers
deny this, but since the Steubenvllle AFFAIR
two other charters have been refused, and
protest has been sent in from third, under
similar circumstances.
A member of the National Council was
seen last night, when he said: ''It is hard
to say what this trouble is leading to, 1t
looks like a repetition of the fight that
divided the American Mechanics. The
Seniors have been jealous of the Juniors
ever since that time, and as soon
as they saw that we were making
a success of the organization they began to
fight us. Two years ago there were not half
a dozen councils In the entire State. Since
the Juniors have taken up the work there
are over so councils in and around Pitts
burg. The Seniors think they must either
L Il ~
obliged to get out of the offices 1 can say
that the Juniors are not after the offices. but
we will not stand by and see a deserving
council refused charter just because the
applicants happen to be Juniors. If
special session is called it will likely be
held in Pittsburg and you may expect some
lively times then"