Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-06
COFFTY IS TO Be INVITED
Secretary of State Federation Of
Labor to Come and Explain.
CENTRAL LABOR UNION ACTS
Must Explain why Attempt Was
Made to Force Louis ". Guye
Out OF the state Or
sanitation.

Frank Coffey, secretary Of the Nebraska
State Federation OF Labor, IL to be IN
vited by the Omaha Central Labor union
70 attend the next meeting Of that body
in order that the union may have It out
with him on the floor" This was decided
after a debate OF ON hour and half AZ
the regular meeting OF the Central Labor
union last night
Coffey had published some things in the
Federationist, the official organ OF the
state federation, which the central union
of Omaha did not like. or which some OF
its members did not like. Then, too, he
was one of those who was strongly
against Louis v. Guye when week ago
the executive board of the state fedora
ton made several attempts to excom-
municate Guye from any further Official
connection with the state body. on the
ground that he, Guye. had not been true
to his trust as a member OF the legisia-
tive committee when he opposed the
workmen's compensation bill, which the
state organization had endorsed
It was after Guye made his report last
night concerning the proceedings OF the
executive board Of last Saturday and
Sunday that the debate came up over
Cotfey. Right and left Coffey was scored
by members on the floor. George Nor
man was especially loud In siamming the
state secretary.
Guye Has Something to Say.
Guye had a few things TO say, but was
fairly mild c. L. Shamp wanted to tell
Coffey a few things, but said he was go
| ing to tell them to him good and hard
when he saw him
| II. Brideweil said Il was unfair to keep
picking on a man who was not present
He suggested that Coffey be given a
| chance to come before the Omaha body
and be heard some time. Al Weitzel also
| took the view that It was hardly in good
| form to tear man to pieces when he
wasn't looking.
Jack Light, objected to letting coffey
come before the body, for he said Coffey
was a smooth talker,- and would hand
4 out line that would be pure salve, and
| the house would get nowhere with him
Il f"I agree" said George Norman. "Cof'
4 icy is a good tallSer. like to hear hin
talk. It won't do any good to bring hin
here. AS I say, he is smooth talker
He studied law. He practiced little
ambulance chaser, l guess"
al weitzel got to the floor and as
serted, II want to say right here. wher
| 1t comes to accusing Coffey Of ambulance
chasing, Ceffey is not an ambulance
chaser. 1 want to tell Brother NorTnaz
1 that Coffey few years ago did look 81
some personal injury cases for unior
men. He did prosecute them He go
4 judgment. And, above all, he did II alb
solutely free Of charge and lost his owl
time from work while he did II. That Il
the extent to which Coffey's ambulance
chasing goes"
Rridewell Answers Norman.
Then H. Bridewell hao something Il
say to Norman. He wanted to know hov
il happened that Norman was the frs
man to fling a lot OF charges at Coffe!
to his back and then was the first maj
to object to his being brought to Omahi
to be given a chance to defend hinsel
In open meeting. Norman did not ex
plain.
c. L. shamp did not object to havinI
Coffey come to Omaha. But" he pro
tested, "if we invite him here 1t mean
| that we should pay his carfare and ex
penses for the trip, and don't want Z
! pay Coffey's expenses"
Guye hedged on bringing Coffey. be
cause. he said, there would simply be a
all-night wrangle for the newspapers :
: talk about and the report would 20 .ou
that organised labor was farther divide
than ever.
The vote was taken and by a smal
majority Il was decided Coffey shoul
be invited.