Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-10-17
DENouNcE HIM TO HIS FACE.
Russell and Thomas censure and
Unionists Hiss Small.

New York. Oct. 14.-President
Smalps telegram to the locals urging
the discontinuance of the strike
brought out yesterday all the pent-
up feeling of this and other locals
against him. Here in New York he
received terrific scoring at the
hands of other officials while his at
tempts at self-edefense were met with
cries of "resign" and with Kisses. In
conclusion the local voted to continue
the strike The meeting was char
acterized throughout by bitter ex-
charges between President Small ana
other officials. The latter charged
the national leader with inconsistency
in first claiming that the strike would
yesterday that the general assembly
Is without funds, and accused him of
having conducted the fight in a half
hearted way. President Small tried
to explain his position, but was fire.
quently interrupted by Kisses. When
he suddenly left the hall, cries of ere
sign" followed him. Last night Small
issued statement in which he said
he was willing to continue the strike
If the men insisted.
When the meeting opened, Small
was given the floor and said:
II AMI not here to make an argu-
ment for or against the strike but
merely to explain why called for a
vote of the locals. Saturday Commits.
sioner Neill informed me that Presi-
dent Clowry told him that further
negotiations were futile. believe
what they say. Our funds are quite
exhausted, as you know, as we were
unable to make a payment to you yes
terfay. There are no more in sight.
These are the facts. You can do as
you will"
Percy Thomas, former national de-
putty, followed Small, saying that the
latter had said when the strike began
that he conl raise $2,00O,000. Small,
he said, had asked him thirty days
ago to send out the word mo funds,
but the speaker refused. He continu-
ed:
president Small has utterly neg
ected to approach the subject of rails
Ing money and now he tells you that
we have no more money. The strike
cannot be lost If we have leader a
national president with any ability
There were cheers for Thomas, and
rs Small rose to reply, shouts of "re-
sign" greeted him.
Il have no intention of resigning,'
he said; ito resign is the last thing
/ that l will do, and l want to tell you
that personal attacks on me won't
/ get bread and butter.
"As for assessment of other labor
/ organizations: The Order of Railroad
!. Photographers with a membership oil
J, 10000, assessed first So, then 81, has
. turned in about $4,000. From the
u $4,000 locals of the American Fedora
y lion of Labor we have received abou
s25,OOO."
AS Small concluded, Daniel l.. Rus
sell, chairman of the local board O
strategy, sprang to his feet saying:
up to last night this was Small'
, strike and up to last night he dit
, everything he could to lose it. To
day it is your strike. Keep it up an,
win. He alone brought on the strik
and now he is trying to repudiate it..
E. Other speakers followed in simila
vein, after which resolutions wer
adopted, declaring that the strike b
3 continued and calling upon the ne
> !ional executive committee to remit a
! pnce $4,000, the New York locals shar
: in the general treasury and reques
! Ing the appropriation Of the insuranc
:, fund for strike purposes.
q In his statement last night Sma
/ says in his recent recommendation b
n merely wished the locals to unde
d ,tand the situation.