The San Francisco call., 1897-12-09
" Drummers" More Than Angry
Over the Suspension of
Eight Members.
4 BLUFF THAT FAILED TO WORK.
a Series of Fistic Fraoases Narrowly
Avoided-Prophecies for the
Next Meeting.

That So called 'innar circle" of the San
francisco Commercial Travellers Asso-
citation is causing great deal more strife
than was at first anticipated, and nearly
every body looked for considerable. Even
those who took the most pessimistic view
of the situation did not believe that any
thing more than harsh words and bitter
feelings would be the outcome, but these
estimated what the results would be with.
ont taking into consideration a very large
factor in the person of the president of
the organization, Emmett Z. Dunn.
When Dunn laid hold of the copy of
7 HE CALL in which was told exclusively
the story of the forming of the California
Commercial Travellers Association, he
rose up in his wrath and asserted that the
ones who were responsible for the publi-
cation of the tale should be expelled fr rom
the order.
Although he made the most strenuous
endeavOrs to discover who had done so.
his efforts were futile. At the meeting OF
the association held Tuesday evening,
however, he asserted that he had found
out by direct information that eight per-
sons were mixed up in the affair, and at
once proceeded to suspend them, or
rather, to make bluff at it, for he re-
fused 10 put any question to vote, and
mod estly declared that so long as he
wanted it TO 90 it went"
This led to so much friction that such
words as "liar," rascal" " "CZar'' and
like terms were freely exchanged, coats
were pulled off and several membe
forced TO leave the room with m ore precipi-
tation than dignity. The president him.
self found livery convenient to retire, and
shortly after he vacated the chair, and 1t
is almost a miracle under the circum-
stances that a series of free fights was
avoided.
Now the members of the "inner circle"
assert that they are more than ever de-
termined to carry out their original plans
as EN- bodied in the bylaws OF the new as
sociation. They intend not only to pay
sick benefits, but will bring on certain
lines of Eastern goods, and as soon as
member loses employ ment he will be put
10 work dsposing of these lines of goods.
They are angry as disturbed hornets at
what they term the unparliamentary
methods of Dunn in declaring PROPOSE
tions carried without putting them to a
vote and some of them are free in saving
that if he attempts it a. the next meeting,
to be held a week from Tuesday evening,
he will finding himself in physical dan
ger.
The action of Dunn in declaring that he
had learned positively the source from
which The CALL secured its information
when he had utterly failed to learn the
least thing in the matter is commonly
deprecated, even by those who are in
sympathy with the older organization,
and it is limited that he will find it to his
advantage to let questions take the regu-
lar course of parliamentary procedure in
the future. 1t is asserted that he refused
to do this at the last meeting because he
was aware that he could not have what
he wanted consummated. Much talking
and in some cases threats, are being in.
dulged in, and the next meeting of the
association promises to be warm one.