El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-29

the hall. but went TO 7O6 Myrtle ave
nue.
The law covering the holding Of
meetings by the Central Labor union
which is section II Of the general laws
Of that body. reads
THE regular meetings OF the Central
labor union shall be held at such time
and place rs twO-thirds OF the delegates
shall decide upon at regular meeting,
and a written. or printed, notice shall
be mailed TO each delegate at least 46
hours prior TO the calling TO order OF
any meeting Of this body, except IN
case Of weekly meetings
Walkers Statement.
H " Walker, as general organizer
for the American Federation Of Labor
made the following statement Tues
day morning. following the meeting
Monday night
The only legal meeting held, ac-
cOrding TO the constitution OF the
Central Labor union, on September %,
was the one held in Union Labor hau
That meeting was legally presided
over by Chas. II. Smith. the president
while E. D. Skinner, secretary treas
urer, was also present The roll call
showed that Il different labor organ
izauOns were represented by % dele
The public Is hereby legally in
formed. on the part Of the American
Federation of Labor, that only such
documents, checks, ETC. signed ~
AlaE n GLlAAlr dS III EGAAAEllAH anu
D. Skinner. as secretary treasurer, VIII
be acknowledged as representative OF
the Central Labor union Of FL Paso.
Those at the Meeting.
Those present at the meeting were:
BARRIERS. W c Manning; bartenders,
z. R. Moody, Z F Mccoy. P. A. Car
vajal; blacksmiths ThOs- Hunter. Rob
ert Kyle; brewery workers. W. A Mil
Ter. B. A. Wilson; butchers, E H VIII
son. ". y. Martin; chauffeurs, c. H
Stamp, c. H Smith; cigarmakers, N
NapOles- cooks and walters, Thos. Car
roll r Lowe sr T ID Skinner. cleo
trical workers, r. G. Lowell, Roy II
Walker; hOrseshOers, Albert Schwine,
Z p. TOohey. J. F. Burton; machinists,
VIM Sachs. painters, E c. Smith. A E
Langan, sam Darr; printers. Henry n
Walker. T. J. SchiIlinE-"
Calls 1t Regular Meeting.
c. II. Smith, who was elected presi-
dent to succeed Victor A Lee on Sep
TENDER Il, says that the Monday night
meeting Of the Central Labor union
AT Central Labor hall was the regular
meeting and was the result Of a post
card call by Teddy AlcHOld. who con-
tinues acting as secretary treasurer,
Smith SAYS until he can get his books
in shape 70 turn over 20 E D. Skin
ner-
a post card was mailed on Septem-
Der % and signed by Teddy McHOld as
secretary treasurer OF the Central La
Dor union" Smith said This called
a meeting at the Central Labor hall
on September 2S and stated that bust
ness Of great importance would be
transacted call this meeting for
S-25 p. m, In order TO allow the bar
bers, who work until o'clock, TO be
present At SIS they did not appear
and so I called the meeting to order.
Charter Is Missing.
at was discovered that the charter
was missing, / ruled that the meeting
could continue without the charter. as
fire destroyed II or IL had been stolen
from the hall at any time We had
% delegates representing Il unions
present at the meeting. In the alb
dispensed with the reading Of the min
utes, as recording secretary G. H
PeCkham was also absent. A motion
was passed unanimously that Samuel
Gompers, president OF the American
Federation Of Labor. be written TO for
another charter TO replace the one
which was taken from the hall How
ever, this did not make any material
difference in our meeting, as the char
ter had always hung in another room
Of the labor hall until the last meet
ing"
When Teddy McHold, secretary treas
urer Of the Central labor union. was
asked for a statement concerning the
split meetings Of the Central Labor
union held Tuesday evening. he said:
There was only one meeting OF the
Central Labor union held That was
at 7O6 Myrtle avenue, where the charter
made the meeting the only legal one.
The meeting held at the Overland
street hall was a rUmp meeting.
Statements Of certain members OF