New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-14
THE G. F. U. TAKES A HAND.
WILL ASSIST BIG sIX' IN ITS FIGHT
WITH "THE SUN"
RESOLUTIONS PASSED REQUESTING IhE
AID OF ALL AFFILIATED UNIONS
PARADE AND MASS MEET
ING PLANNED.


PARADE AND MASS MEET
ING PLANNED.
Much Of the time of the meeting or the Ceh'ia'
Federated Union. in Clarendon Hail yes'eruaS'
WAS taken up with the troubles between nv
Sun" and It's late employees. committee Oh
typographical Union No was present at 'i'e
,ooe,,ng and on motion OF Edward F. Farrell,
delepate of the Concord Labor Club. the menu
hers Of the committee enjoyed the privilege o.
tho floor Eugene O Rourke was the nrst meih'
no, 70 address the meeting. He characterized
tho first cause of the trouble in The Sum offce
ne IN attempt of Mr.. Laffan, the publisher. TO
r,oLa n a rat" office The speaker asked the
Central Federated Union to cooperate IN a pa
roda and mass meeting on Saturday night un-
der the auspices Of Typographical Union NO D.
lie declared that the union was prepared 10
wage q strong fight against THE Sum- and that
Il wanted all the trades unions to help H. Con-
tinuing Mr.. ORourke said;
This fight IS just as much your concern as ours
The renegade Sun" has always been the unre..
ientns enemy OF organzed lao9T TO make
the fight bitter one and II will do everythng IN
IFS mower TO win. We will have TO do all we can
to to defeat IT, w
The next sneaker. James p. Farrell. ex-presl-
dent Of Big Six" declared that the majority OF
tho Stockholders Of THE Sun" were not aware
n. some phases Of the trouble. Mr.. Laffan. ne
said was the principal stakeholder IN new au-
tomato typesetting machine company the ne"
machine required an operator WERNER ana
hoy TO work It, The operator was on one size
Of the machine and the verifer and boy were
on the other side The verifer or machinist re-
ceiyed $50 a week and the boy possibly $40
you can rest assured" concluded Mr. Farrell
that we will never let up on The SUM- whether
this fight lasts three days or three years
T 7 O'Gorman another member of the COM
mittee declared that The Sun had never
missed an opportunity TO injure the cause OF or
ganized labor Continuing, Mr.. OGorman said:
The foundation Of this ght aESns su1 ast ao
cal Union No was iad ID D! r,nre6 9 by the union
to meet the steamb0ai GonaMninf dw ne told me
The Sun last not H Opposed to organized
labor and would always pay me union sea- rininrs
brought over from Philadelphia If that was the
case, he refused 10 answer
A motion by Delegate Brown, of the Cigar
makers Union, that committee be appointed
10 cooperate with Typographical Union NO.
in its parade and mass meeting was carried
Delegate johnson, of the Manhattan Musical
Union. thought that the advertisers shoulu NC
asked to refrain from patronizing Ihe sun.
The following committee appointed on
Delegate Browns motion: Delegates Patterson
Of the Amalgamated Sheet Metal workers
Union; O'Brien. Of the Granite Cutters Union,
Harris. of the Cigarmakers' Union; winston OF
the Liberty Dawn Association, and Robinson, OF
the United Clothing Cutters.
The following resolutions were then passed:
Resolved That the Central Federated tnion con- con-
denim The action Of the morning and evening and
I'm locking
gained labor employed By them ior years. anu oe
resolved That all members Of the Central Fed
Grated Union be requested to cease PurcnaShs tm
pa;ronzlng dealers who sell the same or frequent
ing places or making purchases from those VINO
persist in continuing to subscribe 10 OF a''c''se
Resolved, That committee Of Ave be appointed
no in their fight Win %The sun infringement
and TO- 6Tng afs WITH q h ene qnrn FsdTae
Union to the conditions existing in that office and
urge their cooperation with the spirit OF THESE
resolutions.
After the passage Of the resolutions the meet
ing took up the election of a delegate TO the
coming convention Of the Workingmens State
Federation in Albany Daniel Harris was re-
elected delegate. and then Delegate Rubin, or
the Cgarmakers' Union. asked that Delegate
Harris be Instructed TO urge at the convention
that organized labor break away from the old
political parties. The delegates motion caused
a decided breeze. and 1t looked for time as If
there would be stormy debate.
I'VE are now going in for independent politi-
cal action" the delegate declared. land 1t is
now time that we did something practical to
show that we mean business"
Chairman Prince was not inclined TO enter
tain Delegate Rubins motion. saying that he
was getting away from the subject. Several
other delegates asked to be heard in support of
the motion but the Chair shut them off Finally
Delegate Harris the successful candidate. got
the floor, and among other things he said:
At the last meeting Of the Workingmen's State
Federation the question of going into Independent
political action was left to a referendum vote
Of the affiliated unions. Everything now depends
on the action Of these unions. 1t apparent at
the meeting that the convention favored inde-
pendent political action.
Eugene A. Johnson. delegate Of the Manhattan
Musical Union. moved that permission be &C
corded to the Labor Day Committee 10 issue
journal in which the business hrms could IN IN
sert advertisements for stated amounts The
Central Federated Union used to publish
Labor Day journal and realized about SloOO
year out OF IT. A resolution doing away with
the publication was passed several months ago
on the ground that certain men who obtained
the privilege OF publishing the journal had used
1t as a sort Of Matchmaking organ to compel
employers of labor TO advertise in IT.
Delegate Rubin declared that to revive the
journal would be like a return to the old black
mailing schemes. and he opposed to it.
Delegate Thimme. Of the Druggists League,
also strongly opposed the motion.
Delegate Johnson declared that II the journal
was not published the Central Federated Union
might wake up some morning and find itself in
financial difficulties The motion was finally put
to vote and carried.
SYMPATHY FROM ORGANIZATIONS.