The morning times., 1896-10-21
LABOR BODIES ARE At ODDS
Oren War Feared Between
K. of L. and c. L. u.
PAINTERS ARE THE CAUSE
Central Labor Union Said to Refuse
Recognition to the Members OF the
Craft Affiliated With the h. OF l..
Columbia Theater Work brought
About the Threatened Rupture.

The strained relations which have ex-
listed between District a sscmbly, No. 6b,
knights OF Labor and the Central Labor
Union, ever since the organization oI the
latter body, will probably culminate in
open hostilities before many days.
The immediate cause OF trouble is
the employment of knights OF Labor
Painters, members OF Local Assembly
l79S, ut the Columbia Theater.
AT a meeting ui The Building Trades
Council. last evening, the matter was dlh-
,ussci, and it WAS decided To COMMUNICATE
with the owner OF the theatcr, ana ask
that The contractor be compelled to comply
with the terms of the agreement between
the council and himself. In case the terms
OF the contract are not enforced accord
ing To the understanding OF Tie building
Trades Council it has not been intlmatcd
what course Will be pursued
QUESTION AT ISSUE.
Ii is Understood mat ut The time the
contract for the work on the Columbia
Theatcr was made Painters Assembly,
X uf L., was affiliated with the bulidinS
Trades Council, but since that time has
severed its connection with that body.
The question Which how remains TO be set
tied il, are the painters, who were tnc orig
iiial parties To The contract, debarred be-
CduSc uT their wIiht:ra wal from the bull a.
ing Trades Council?
Il is hardly To be expected that Mr. Metz
croft Will undertake to settle this ques-
ton at Lhe request of the building Tradc.'
Council, FOR IN doing 50 the result must be
unsatisfactory TO one larty or the other.
1t is reported that the n.cInhcrs of Paint
ers' Assembly, X Of L., are rated as non
union men 10y the Central Labor Union, and
consequently are Objectionable as CO.
iabuIcrS. III this is insisted on in all work
thIu"r.l.'IGJ ,;T ,itt a. II I titlInaucu IT
viii be, open war between these two labor
ts,aies "lIl probably be tine result.
ARE NOT ALARMED.
The knights of Labor people say they
are mol at all worried about TIE outcome
OF the protest. They feel safe III this
position members nj district assembly
&c, X OF L., and are confident that neither
the contractor nor Mr.. MctZcrott VIII
undertake To say tiaI they are not mem
berS OF a properly organized labor body.
The fight, il is SAID by the painters, is
beng forced by the {. l.. L.
Tue X. of l., II Is saiu has never raised
ANY al 5eCt'on to members OF organizations
affiliated with tie C. l.. L.
hi>cGSsiuis uf THE matter occupied the
greater part of the session o. the Federation
ot Labor held last evening. President
VI llUgu Ms in iiir CHAR and thCr. wcrc
EdBizatIouS.
Delegates from Painters ! Assembly, lT9S
rrInrr "a I:sit IN" tuIuhlhIa heater Jo.
wLs uuioaiZcd and that every painter al
WUrz there was u member OF Assembly
1T@e. In connection with The report OF
| the Columbia lhcater, Il delegate from
the piHStsrcTS stated the contractor haL
agreed 20 employ members of their organ
| iZatlun but they refused 10 20 TO " ork un-
! ii Ec had agreed to makc all his jobs il
| the citN fair. This he refused 10 do.
REPORT OF THE DELEGATE.
The riastercrs' Assembly. he SAID, sac
| rii I'd the Columbia Iheater Job rathei
than sacrifice the fundamental principle!
| OF organized labor. and III the face of this
| men hu were posing rs friends oil labor
We're dong all III their power to defea
thcII |" GitImate efforts by organizing rene
| SadeS into So-callel unions.
He then reviewed the struggles of tn,
/ organization from 1881. When the wages
We're 81 per day, until now when they ar
~. 90 for eight hours work.
The Tailors' Assembly requested tina
| a committee be appointcd to call on tn,
! Commissioners aud ask that the WebSte
! School building he inspected by The build
| ing inspector IT is said to be in Yer.
| unsJie condition. The matter was referred
| To the legislative committee.
| Labor Bureau reported n very largel.
attended meeting ON last Saturday night.