Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1894-12-01
is COMPERS TO BE UPHELD?

\. r L. People Believe He Could ua1t
saved Them From Defeat.
/ Chicago, Nov. 25.-Whether or not
| President Samuel Gompers of the Amer
! lean F'ederati ton of Labor and his asso-
| ciates Of the executive board shall be
retired from active service in the cause
01 organized labor, because Of their
actlon in declining to recommend a
general strike of the unions affiliated
with that body in support Of the Amer
leail Railway Union during the troub-
lous times Of last July, will be one Of
tiie most important questions with
Wtllch the forthcoming annual conven-
tion Of the Fedora ton will be called un-
2n to deal The delegates to this gath
"f'nG viii assemble in Denver on the
second Monday in December. The old
Chamber Of Commerce building has
been engaged for the business sessions
while the headquarters Of the delegates
and Of the various committees will he
al the St James hotel.
Ever since the conference in this CITY
in July between the executive officials
Of the Federation and those Of the
American Railway Union, and which
ended in the formal declaratio on
the part Of the former that they were
unable to recommend a sympathetic
STRIKE on the lines that had already been
I&ld down by General Master Workman
Sovereign Of the Knights Of Labor,
ana winch, as subsequent events devel-
oped, proved fiasco, the guiding spir-
It's OF the A. r. Z. have had it in
10 use the Nernacu1ar, for Samuel Com
hefS, Secretary MacGuire of the United
brotherhood Of Carpenters ana Join
ers, and who is one of the leading spir-
It's Of the Federation, and General Sec
rotary Chris Evans. To this "triangle,"
to use a designation borrowed by the op-
position, was due the decision of the
Federation to keep its skirts clear Of
tae inbroglio that resulted in the fiasco
and that has landed Debs, Howard
and their associates in the 9neshes Of the
net Of the United States court
The A, r. L. leaders are firm in the
nelief that had the Fedora tion come
lo their aid by recommending to their
subordinate organiza tions q sy1npathet-
;c strike, the moral effect would have
resulted in a victory for their cause.
md as a result, all their energies are
Just now being devoted to an effort to
leagues, in order that they may be
able to cry quits as well as to demon
ftlatc that the decision Of the eXecu-
tive board in July last was not in ac-
'ofdance with the views entertained by /
the members Of the trade societies |
affiliated With the Federation
Systematic efforts have been made |
Luring the past few months to breed |
dissatisfaction against the present I
mama cement among many of the So
rlet!es that will be represented in Den 4
Eel next month. In this effort the A. r. i
IA. leaders have the covert support Of /
0ine OF the officials Of the knights Of n
Labor, and it is said that the presence
~ New Orleans last week during the
penlng days of the general assembly !.
II the Knights, Of George ". Howard, /
Tic vice president Of the A. r. U,
was anything but diSassociated with
he fight declared upon President Com
pers. The latter has been for years
ntagOniZed within his own ranks by
l radical sOcialistic element, but the
forts Of Which to encompass his de-
eat have 50 far proven futile.
In the Chicago convention last year
his element strained every nerve to
secure the election Of President Nc
Bride of the United Mine Workers of
America, and which has it's headquar-
arS It Columbus, Ohio a s president Of
he Federation, and il is q notorious
act that all the WileS and arts Of cor
apt politics Were brought into play
. encompass the New York mans de
eat When, however, the ballots were
.ounted it was found that Samuel Com
,ers was reelected by so majority Of
learly 400. This same radical social
site element is now being used as nu-
.leuS for a renewed attack upon the
present administration, and which is,
n bloc, q candidate for reelection, and
ne influence Of the a, r. =. will be
oined with that OF the diSatfected ele-
nents to retire President GOmpers and
lis associates to the rear, and to fill
heir places with representatives of the
'stdical element. While the plans OF
he opposition are not yet fully matured,
( is not unlikely that the lssut viii be
aiSed on a vote Of want of confidence
4 the present administration based di-
'ectly on its action in declining to be
ONE a party to the railroad troubles of