The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-15
May EXPEL ALL GUARDSMEN.
SUENE(TiD TRADES ASSEM-
MY BARNS ONION MEN.
Potter. tho Expelled ~ bcr Of the n!Cn.
Was Warned When Tic Joined tie
Guard That he Rules Of the Union
Forbid Members 20 re Nnitia;acn.

Forbid Members 20 Re Ni,nianicn.
SCHENECTADY, y. Y. Nov. u. Feeling
over the action Of Shafer & Barry. con-
tractors. who discharged William Potter.
a painter and decorator in their employ.
because he had lcen expelled by his labor
union toy belonging 10 Company /. S,ccnd
Regiment, i. a, white heat in this city.
Tn" Trades Assembly, by i's presid" II
Horny '. jackson, who was IN, Socialis:.
Labor candidate for VI 'mbcr of Assem-.
bly, IL the la'e campdig;,, has issued n 81 a''-
men' ia which il says that Potter was warned
wh''. Ia" ". ordered 10 report AT the State
Armory L.. thi, city for duty in the Hudson
Valley Railway strike region that he would
be expelled If Ia" oboycd the call Of duty.
This brings to light the fact that en-
dcavors were made to induce all members
of the ational Guard in this city To disre-
gard the orders to go to the from, when
they were ordered out by the Governor
President jackson continues that Potter
has no right to kick" over his treatment,
because he was trying To deprive other
men Of their honest living when he marched
away from his own work with a gun over
his shoulder.
The militia Is owned by the plutocrats.
he says, in conclusion, "and We mean TO
enforce the spirit Of the resolutions pass. d
by the Trades Assembly some weeks ago
calling upon the locals TO expel all MEM
beers who are in the local militia That is the
way il ought TO be-"
Almost all the members of the militia
companie, are trades unionists. and are in
a state of terror over the turn OF affairs
Potter. on the advice of his friends thinks
OF carrying the matter to the courts.
Almost all If the members of the two
local companies who are members Of the
trades-unions are married and are buying
their homes on the installment PLAN ard
they are naturally extremely perturbed
over the turn of affairs.
IF We retire from the National Guard
we are showing the white flag and are not
taking the part % good citizens" one of
them said con the other hand, IL we
remain in the Guard we will be fired out
Il our unions. and that means that no man
dare give us employment, and our wives
and children will starve. the home for
which we have striven 80 long will be taken
from us aud We will not lie able to live In
this city any longer. The labor of years
Of hard effort will thus bo lost. 1t is a
FERROUS qucsi ion for us To decide"
The Trades Assembly has ordered a boy
colt on the Schenectady Railway Compa Y
because one Of the small contractors en-
ployed Oh the now car barns of the COM
pany in the eastern part of the city, en-
ployod "scab" carpenters This boycott
is to be effective on Monday. The railway
is a part Of the property Of the General
Electric Company. and the boycott practi-
cally will mean an act hostile to the en-.
ployers Of the men who will use the cars
The boycott will extend 10 the families OF
the men President jackson of the Trades
Assembly says that the unions will run n
bus line through the city TO beat the rail.
way company out.
One Of the members of local Union g.
said to THE SUN correspondent to-day:
When Potter came back from the
Spanish-American War he received hie
discharge from the National Guard He
told us that he was going 10 join the National
Guard again and we warned him not "a
do so or he would be expelled from the
union, As il was a violation of the constitu-
ton to be a member of the National Guard
while in the union He disregarded our
warning and his expulsion followed. Be
fore long you will see men expelled from
other labor unions, the plumbers for in.
stancS, for the same cause that Potter has
been expelled from ours. 1t isn't going to
stop here.