Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-02-06
AKRON MEN
Dissolved Their Union
With the Workinsmen's Home
COOPERATIVE Association.

COOPERATIVE Association.
A prominent local member of the
Workingmen's Home Cooperative AS
sociation was interviewed this morn
ing, on the subject of the Association
having recently gone into the hands of
receiver, and the possible future of
the Akron branch Of the association.
The Association located a branch in
Akron last September, with q member
ship of 125, holding about 900 shares
of stock. The association proper was
organized at Youngstown in July and
secured q charter from the state to
do business in line with the plans
given out in their constitution.
A local branch, known as No. 8, was
located in this city and local officers
were elected about the middle Of Sep
tember. The members paid their dues
promptly and in gooA faith up to the
first of the year, when the home office
notified the local that they had receiv-
ed notice from. the attorney general to
discontinue business, and ordered that
all monies paid To- the secretary be
held till further orders. The home
Office then sent representatives to Ak
ron to notify the membership that 1t
was the intention of the executives to
convert the Workingmen's Home Co.
| Operative Association into n secret so
ciety, with the same aims and objects
in view. In the management de.affairs
of the new society. The Akron mem
| bership were asked to release the old
association from any and all claims, on
IA prescribed form, and make applica-
! ton for membership In the new So
ciety. This movement met with ap-
proval and seemed to be the very best
way out of Inc difficulty, but when a
copy of the proposed new constitution
was inspected by the membership 1t
was found to be very materially diff
ferent in its general import and mean
| ing from the former constitution and
failed to meet the approval Of the Ak
ron members. a committee was ap-
pointed to correspond with the home
office, in view of getting same revised.
This committee met with but little
success and at a following meeting an
other committee was delegated to &C
to Youngstown and see what could
be done personally. This committee
succeeded in getting some concessions
but at II meeting Monday night 1t was
decided that they were inadequate to
meet the requirements of the Akron
membership. 1t was further decided
to withdraw further connection Will
the Youngstown movement. "-'
Our informant was unable to say
what the future of the Akron branch
viii be. The Akron men seem to Dt
very much in earnest as to the theory
of obtaining n home without interest
being perfectly feasible, and 1t will
not be surprising II the plans frs
ihculcated are followed out, by Il new
organization to he formed in this city
and composed of representatives from
other locals formerly of the W. II. G
\, Our informant says: "rhe steps
taken by the home office people are en-
tirely out of line with American prin
ciples. When they first formed th'
association they were the 'whol'
thing hut when they succeeded In get
|'ting some II locals, with some 200,
members outside of the home Office
city, they shsuld know that they ar
no longer the powers that be- but L
maintain peace and harmony the.
should submit all matters OF such vi
tai Importance to the membership 70
action. The new constitution provide
that there shall he no other officer
elected, other than the present sell
constituted, until January, 1908. Ther
are so many very bnu features in thi
new constitution That | could not thin
of ennmeratng them pll Any schoc
child, most, knows that In 1915 tn
colonists of this great country began
war with n king whom we deemed III
lust, because of his perslstency IN .taN
alton without representation Thes
people are posing as "a sort of Kin
George, as they proposed to acceI
whatever dues they saw At to charg
= us and give us nothing to say unit
Ian. 1908. The membership here seel
more resolute than ever to solve tn
question Of co'operntlonl in the future
and you may look for some deyelol
ments along these lines, some OF thes
f days, The membership Of Akron will
| with perhaps one exception, file thei