The Indianapolis journal., 1901-07-09
LABOR COUNCILS STORM
FRIENDS OF EDITOR GOULD, OF THE
UNION, SUCCEED IN CLEARING HIM.
Central Body Will Investigate New
Detective Agency-Election
of Officers Held.

thing might happen. At the preceding
meeting of the central body special COM
mittee was appointed to investigate charges
against Editor Gould, Of the Union, to the
effect that he had overreached his author
ity in allowing solicitors to secure adver-
tisements for a special and industrial ed-
ton OF his paper under the name and for
the benefit of Central Labor Union. Ma
jority and minority reports were submitted,
but the whole matter was finally tabled
after a long and heated discussion.
The majority of the committee reported
that IL had conferred with merchants that
| had advertised in the special edition, and
introduced evidence to show that they were
led to believe that the fund was for the
benefit of the central body. The majority
asked for the adoption of the following
resolution: Resolved, That we withdraw
| our Endorsement of said paper, and here
| after withhold our Endorsement from any
publication OF which we do not have con-
| troll and the right to name the use to which
| our Endorsement may be put; and be II
| further resolved that the central body con-
| demns the acts and methods used in OBJ
tanning business for said publication and
all persons connected Herewith, and that
| the merchants who have been led into this
| scheme through Misrepresentation be in
| formed that Central Labor Union de-
nounces such methods" The report was
signed by John w. Kerr. Len Leister and
Frank Columbia
Following this report Henry Friedman
submitted a minority report, which read:
| Il met with the committee pursuant to the
| call of the chair at labor headquarters on
Saturday, June 20. ! regret that the preju-
| dice of the majority was so pronounced
| and determined TO convict defendant that
1 could not honorably participate in the
| deliberations. They further charged all
! the officers of Central Labor Union with
| being conspirators to further the project,
| citing communications and portraits evil
| dence. They showed no spirit OF fairness,
| either in the taking of testimony weigh
| ing 1t after defendants had retired, but
| convicted them In advance. i have always
| believed in the motto of fairness and in the
| innocence of a defendant until proven gull
| ty. l regret that these golden principles
| have been reversed and that the commit
| tee declared in advance defendants TO be
| guilty, and required them TO prove their
innocence. I hereby protest to the adop-
tion of the majority report"
THEN THE STORM BROKE.
The reading of these two reports caused
CONSERVATION for time and then the dele
gates took sides and the fight began. Kerr
| spoke for the majority report, saying the
| committee had the name of a merchant
that would make affidavit that it was rep
! resented to him that the funds to go
to Central Labor Union. and that it was
the understanding among most of the mer-
| chants that the money was to be used for
| organized labor or to entertain a labor con-
| vention. Organizer John Blue succeeded in
| having the minority report substituted for
| the majority. man by the name of Bus
| tin, of Syracuse, n. Y, who was the chief
promoter Of the special edition OF the
| Union, was given the floor to defend him
| self. He denied all OF the charges against
him and Editor Gould and said he would
! merchants that had advertised in the
paper TO prove that the charges were false.
He said he asked the committee TO be al
ton, but that his request was refused.
| Dustin said he lost money in getting out
the paper and that he had been told that
| the committee was not after him and his
solicitors, but was after Gould.
Edgar A. Perkins, of the Typographical
| Union, finally brought the delegates all in
line by moving TO lay the whole matter on
the table ard adopt the resolution passed
at the last meeting, which was to the effect
tnat the central body had not authorlzed
| ANYBODY to solicit advertisements for the
| benefit of Central Labor Union. The ma
| ton was carried.
FELTMANN AGAIN PRESIDENT.
Following this tempest was an unusually
quiet election of officers. There was but
one contest and that was for the Office of
president Len Leister. of the Painters
Union, opposed the reelection of John
Feltmann, Of the Cigar Makers. Feltmann
was reelected by a vote of ffty-nine to
| thirty-two and the other officers were re-
elected by acclama ton. Following are the
officers: President, John Feltmann; vice
president, George Custer; corresponding
secretary Harry Slough; financial secre-
| tary Clarence Gaumer; treasurer, Lille
Fredericks organizer. John Blue: statisti-
clan. r. z. Croft; sergeant-at-arms, Frank
Beadle: trustees, Henry Friedman, L. ].
Collins and James NJ. Madden. John Koch,
former member of the board, withdrew
from the nomination, leaving Collins the
new man to be elected
The semi-annual report of Secretary
Slough showed that there are fifty-eight
labor organizations in the city affiliated
with Central Labor Union, having repre-
sentation of les delegates. Organizer John
Blues report showed that he had organized
fifteen new unions in the last six months
and has fifteen more under headway. The
reports of Financial Secretary Gaumer and
| Treasurer Lille Fredericks show that
s1O9 So has been spent on the Kingan boy
cott a balance on hand in the concert
fund of s77.S1, and balance of SSO.55 in the
general fund.
On the motion of Harry s. Chase. OF the
Tailors' Union. Bert Dildine was taken
from the unfair list He said Dildine had
fines of the men that violated the orders OF
the union. boycott was placed on the
Standard wheel works upon recommends
ton OF the Wheel Makers Union, and a
motion to place Hetherington & Berner on
the unfair list on behalf of the Bridge and
Structural Iron Workers Union was turned
over to the grievance committee.
TO PROSECUTE A FIRM.
Recently Secretary Slough received a
communication from the employees Of the
Arcadia brick works. stating that mer
had been discharged for joining the union
He wrote to them 10 send him an affidavit
TO that effect Last night he read the af.
hdavlt, which was signed by Omer Davis
The central body voted that the affidavit
be turned over 10 Edgar A. Perkins. pres
ident of the State Federation of Labor
prosecuting attorney of Hamilton county
in prosecuting the firm.
A special committee. consisting of Edgar
A Perkins, State Labor Commissioner
| Mccormack and d. l. Stoddard. was ap
pointed TO investigate the proposed watch
mems signal service. Mr.. Perkins SAID
that he understood that the Pinkertons
were behind the movement. State Labor
Commissioner Mccormack said that while
the Pinkertors may not be back of ii
themselves they may be indirectly or al
any rate. the same system may be estab-
lished He said ii Is against the law FOL
the Pinkertons TO establish their detec
tive system IN this State and that while
these may not be Pinkerton men. the pro-
posed system if carried out. will be liz
effect a violation Of the law. The at