The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-25
L. A. 800 CONVENTION.
The Minority Has Taken Action to
Embarrass President Burns.

The Minority Has Taken Action to
Embarrass President Burns.
Special to the indianapolis Journal
HARTFORD CITY, July N.-The /. A.
300 minority, holding convention at Pitts
burg, in opposition to President Burns, has
adjourned. The convention has changed the
rules of l.. A. 300 to conform with the new
conditions made by the withdrawal of the
cutters and fiatteners. All the rules that re-
lated to the above trades have been abol-
ished. One Of the most important actions
taken was the adoption of a resolution in
creasing the membership of the wage COM
mittee, the council and the executive board.
On the wage committees each committee is
to be increased by the addition of two blow
ers and two gatherers The same course
was taken in the council and executive
board. The new members elected to serve
with the board of six now officiating are
Lewis Gerst, of Monongahela, and ]. O.
Scott, of New Kensington. On the West
ern wage committee Wilson Chamberlain,
of Kane, and William e. King of New
kensington, were appointed to represent the
CATERERS, and A. l.. Faulkner, of Dunlirk,
and Dexter Townsend, of Kane, the blowers.
The object of this is to abolish the drafting
powers of President Burns to I'LL any vacan-
cies occurring in these bodies for the pur-
pose OF getting a quorum The most SenSa-
tlonal proceeding Of the convention aside
from the above was the action taken to tie
up the funds of the association at least
far as they concern 200 to iquidate unpaid
credit certificates and sundries. On Tues
day the convention ordered l.. A 300 Treas
urer john q. Schlicker not to sign the $1,000
Sundry expense warrant ordered drawn at
the meeting of the executive board last
Saturday, and instructed him to notify the
bank not to pay any money on checks not
signed by him. This action was taken OIL
the grounds that the action of the executive
board was without legal weight, as Presi-
dent Burns had drafted one more member
than was necessary to secure a quorum.
Two Of the trustees are with the conYen-
ton faction and will refuse to sign any
warrants. This will tie up the funds of
l.. A. $50 for some time at least. The Burns
followers claim it will take 5000 to pay
credit certificates and sundries, while the
quired. A committee from the convention
visited L. A. 800 headquarters and demanded
access to the books of the organization, but
We're refused. The delegates TO the conven-
courts to establish the legality of the ex-
pense account. 1t is said no effort will be
made to, insist on the change being made in
the wage committee at once in view of the
near approach of the meeting with the man
ufacturers and the possibility that the at
committee would delay a settlement, But If
a settlement be not reached by the workers
and manufacturers at Putin Bay next
Wednesday, the members elected by the
convention to the Western wage committee
will insist being recognized. 1t is
claimed that the Burns faction is endeavor-
ing to keep the business of the convention
suppressed from the Western window glass
workers in order that they will not become
converts to the movement against the par
ent organization. There is an ugly breach
in the organization which is continually
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