The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-14
KNIGHTS AssAIL FkDERhTEa
The Old Feua Between the Two Labor Or
Ennizstlons Freaks Omt Arch.

| The Old Feua Between the Two Labor Or
| Eanizatiens Breaks Out Arrcsh.
The old feud between the Knights OF Labor
and tho American Federation OF Labor has
broken out again. An attack which was made
| upon Sam Gompers few days ago by James
| A. Wright. general lecturer OF tho Knights OF
Labor. in which the claimed membership OF
the Federation is represented to be in q large
degree mythical. and Gompers Is accused OF
being man OF promises. who profrers aid to
| strikers whom he knows he cannot assist has
| stimulated the official organ Of the Knights to
| follow UP the attack.
In next Thursdays number OF the journal Of
| the Knights OF Labor an article will appear
which Processes to be an explanation Of
charges brought against F. +. schmitt. for
merly business agent OF Local Assemblies
1853 and 1904 OF tho Knights OF Labor.which
| are attached to N T. A. 23l. representing the
clothing cutters. The article was printed be.
| forehand. and n few copies were circulated
| among the clothing cutters. 1t Is headed:
Those affldavits What they don't provo
| and what they do. The trick OF tho Federated
| fakirs exposed"
Schmitt was accused BY Harry White. n
member Of a rival organization. with accept
| ing money from the clothing manufacturers
| whilo acting as business agent OF the assem-
blies. and affidavits to that effect were made
| The knights admit that he took the money
but In the article 1t is maintained that his as
sociation with White led him into accepting
| 1t. and that White then brought charges
against him. The vocabulary of abuse is ran.
| sacked for epithets to fling at White and
| Charles Reichers. secretary OF the organiza
ton to which White belongs.
| Walter X. Westbrook Secretary OF N. T. A.
231. was seen at his Headquarters in this city
yesterday by Sun reporter He had n copy
Of the forthcoming article in his pocket. and
Dor ger orally and Sam Gompers, its head. He
| said that the Federation had always been a
misleading organization with underhanded
there was trouble with the he talors in
knights were asked to cooperate with. them:
Three local assemblies went out on strike. but
ers. secretary OF the Federation local oreani-
cation OF garment workers. tried to mako an
only Federation men. This the District Mas
ter Workman;; NJ shontsbsr. and the locals
refused to allow. In consequence the Knights
| went to tho manufacturers and gained their
demands. thus freezing. out the Federation.
the Federation plan proving a boomerang"
He went on to characterlze boycott which
the Federation imposed upon q. we'll. known
cious most diaboiicaL and most unjust boy
colt ever levied by a so-called labor organiza-
An the men there were Knights. y he said.
| and the federation demanded the discharge
on Tm to SS si
say r at tn; same time tn, that II more men
boycott and found that It was causeless. the
firm being strictly union firm' paying tho
Now" he continued. las to the pretsnsions
It claims to have the BROOKLYN Central Labor
Union. to WHICH it credits y msmbership Of
Tnion there are ~ several assemblies Of KnisRts
afs r Wth nSs Of ahe
| izatiOns are counted twice. and In some cases
three times. Then the engineers. brakemeA.
and large number Of other anizations
IN to f the Ss
! 8. H. Jacobsen. ex.Recording Secretary OF
III You take away the organizations which
sasens Witch s.9 ess ssd
will have very little left. II snow shovellers'
were SrEanizsd GESmpess, would
ssnizing. the Pretzel varnlshs rs, Onion.
When the reporter called at Mr. Gompers's
Pittsburgh g..
R.i'rond Telegraph Operators Discharged.
ELM1RA. Aug. 13.-within the past week five
telegraph operators employed by the Delaware.
Lackawanna and Western Railroad have been
discharged ono etter tho other' without the
least warning. and 1t is reported that others
are to follow. This action is said to be the be-
ginning OF line Of policy intended to break
| up tho Telegraph Operators Associat ton. which
| has been growing quite rapidly OF late Sew
eral months ago Manager Halstead requested
the. association and many Of them did so. but
they have nearly all re,oined it A COMMITTEES
refuse to disclose What Information they yI re-
ceived. They will report on Sunday at a m eet-
ing Of the association. and al $50 to the Broth
| erhoods OF Locomotive Engineers. Firemen.
and Conductors. and the question nf calling
out all the operators and asking the enci-
| neers. fremen, and conductors to Join them
| in q strike will be considered
| Sympathy Higgins Mt Home. and Ends There.
Secretary Clayton was the only one who put
in an appearance at the headquarters OF the
Board of Walking Delegates yesterday. Tho
members Of the latter are so disguised at the