The evening times., 1900-05-30
THE LOCAL LABOR TROUBLES.
Two Friends of John w Hayes Con-
troll the Records.

troll the Records.
Apparently. John W. Hayes, General Sec
retary and Treasurer Of the Knights OF
Labor has the best Of the situation in the
K OF L. controversy. This is according to
the statement of Andrew J. O'Keefe. who
came to this city from New York. with
General Master Workman John \. Par
sons and others TO fight the Hayes faction
and if possible 10 push il out Of power In
the order Mr.. O'Keefe claims that the or
der OF the court dissOlving all injunctions.
was on its face a victory for his faction
inasmuch as it threw the whole quarrel
back into the order and left to the orders
judiciary the power Of settling the matter.
In other words, according 10 Mr. O'Keefe.
the court decided that where an organiza-
tion had its own method Of deciding quaI
rels between members, such members were
amenable to it and could not ask courts OF
law for redress which wac to be obtained in
its own informal courts
However, Mr. O'Keefe says, Secretary
Treasurer Hayes stole a march on the 9TH
er faction and by getting quickly 10 the
hail OF the order and taking charge Of the
orders books and papers. he shut the 9th
er faction out. They attempted to recoup
by obtaining the arrest of Hayes and his
friends. They failed 10 include in the
number Of those arrested. two OF the
friends Of Hayes. who are still in pos
session, guarded by the police The lat
ter will not let Hayes enter the place,
neither can the Parsons faction cCme IN
and there the matter rests.
Mr. O'Keefe claimed this afternoon thct
within the order his faction has the better
Of the situation. He is a member OF the
General Executive Board which. according
to the bylaws Of the order has great pow
ers. Mr.. O'Keefe claims that not only has
this board the power 70 eIpel Mr.. Hayes
from his Office, and in tact, has exercised
that power, but that 1s board has eX-
PEELED L. d. Chamberlain. the Worthy
Foreman. and ardent endOrser OF Mr..
Hayes. This action, he says, was taken
yesterday evening and viii stand proof IN
the higher authority Of the order which is
vested in the General Assembly. He con-
tends that the meeting Of the General As
sembly called by Mr.. Hayes for June Is is
not only impossible from the view Of the
order, because IL was called by a man,
already expelled by his own act from the
knights OF Labor, without any authority
under the constitution and bylaws Of the
organization but that the call for meet
ing does not even accord with the rule
prescribed by the order which requires
that a notice Of at least twenty days shall
be given to each delegate summoned to
| such assembly. Moreover, Mr.. O'Keefc
! says, the General Assembly can only .Je
called together upon the order of the Mas
/ ter Workman OF through him upon the
| demand of the chapters of the order in at
/ least five different States He claims that
| Mr.. Hayes call does not comply with this
regulation in any particular.
Altogether, the situation appears to be
| badly complicated, and by Mr.. O'Keefe's
! admissions the advantage at present lies
with Mr.. Hayes, though lie claims the ulti-
! mate solution Will be against the general
! secretary y-treasurer. Mr.. O'Keefe frankly
; admits that it is doubtful whether the war
| rants sworn out yesterday afternoon, ard
! served in the evening upon Mr.. Hayes and
/ his two supporters, will hold water. Every
! thing must remain in statu quo until to-
/ morrow, when Justice Barnard viii have
returned to his duties, and the cases can be
/ tried.