The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-08-13
% WATERS BAT 600 SQUADS.
CENTRAL FEDERATED UNION
AGHAST At THE CHARGE.

story Of 4 Masonic Dinner al which lnisn
Walters Purioined the Choicest MorseIs
Also silver, 1t 10 said-Labor Dis
loyalty Accusations q Minor Matter.
The alleged appetite for squads Of fifty
two members Of the Amalgamated Walters
Union ut q dinner given In the headquarters
Of Musical Mutual Protective Union caused
bitter recriminations at yesterdays meet
ing Of the Central Federated Union.
This union Of walters has been making
complaints for some time against the N.
NJ. P. u, which Ia now known for trade
union purposes as Local $40 of the Ameri-
can Federation Of Musicians, to the effect
that the musicians were addicted to play
ing in non-union halls. Each complaint
10 generally followed by an unsuccessful
attempt to get Local $40 sus pended
unless 1t removes It's men from the halls
complained Of. The complaint Of yester-
day was that n%on-union walters were en-
ployed in an amusement park where mem
bers Of Local $40 were playing, and this
was followed by q motion that the union
either withdraw the musicians from this
park or stand suspended. .
By way Of retort Delegate Caravan OF
Local $40 said that II the musioians with
drew their men from all the parks and halls
where there were non-union walters, they
would have very few halls to play In. He
declared that this union Of walters had
control Of only q few OF the halls, and said
further that his organization had drawn
attention out Of kindness to the wag which
some Of ito members were getting, which
were ridiculously low. Then he referred
to the squad incident.
Il want to tell you something about this
Walters Union" he said. "A Masonic
dinner was given at our headquarters and
thirty-six walters wore wanted, but their
union insisted on the organizers for the
dinner employing dfty-two walters. Every
thing was on q large scale in order to have
q good spread. There were 600 squads,
but the walters wanted them for themselves,
and when they came to be served there was
practically none to 20 around. When they
went away q lot OF the s~ilverware was
gone"
Several delegates asked the chairman
why he allowed q delegate TO make such
charges. The blood of the delegate OF the
A~malgamated Walters Union was stirred
to indignation over the charge that ffty-two
walters had managed to eat 900 squads.
1t was too much, he said. As TO the
silverware. it was too preposterous to talk
OF. There was a big hubbub, in the midst
Of which Caravan reiterated hia charges
and many points Of order were made. One
OF these was by Delegate Gold Of the Hebrew
Actors Union, who said that the charges
should have been made In writing.
"Sit down. said tho chairman. your
union is not an interested party in this
dispute"
Certainly it Is interested said Gold.
1T interests US all when We hear the walters
charged with being thieves and crooks
what sort Of men does he think these
walters are" said another delegate, III he
thinks we can believe that hfty-two Of them
made away with 600 squabs2'
An Irish delegate said that the charge
stuck In his gissard, but he was told that
the occasion was not one for levity. The
delegate Of tho Actors Protective Union
undertook TO defend Local $40. He said
that 1t had always stood by the other
unions. The chorus singers would have
to depend on the musicians when the YEA
son came around for making their de-
mands, and other union also expected
help from the musicians.
If the musicians are expelled from this
body I" he said. we will get left
In spite Of this, the chairman's decision
that the charges made by Canavan were not
every delegates business but the, business
Of the unions only directly concerned in
the dispute was not sustained, and the
whole question was left to the executive
committee.