Republican farmer., 1920-03-12
Important Meeting Of
 NIacIlssIliStS
Decision By Lodge No. 30 to Have Far Reaching Elf
 feet On Workers
EXPECT GRAND
 LODGE ANSWER

Action by Machinists Lodge, No. 30 tonight at 1067 Broad street, will have a vast if not controlling effect on the threat ened breaking up of the ma chinists of the entire country into two more antagonistic fac tions.
 The answer of the Grand Lodge of fcers to the demand of Lodge No. 30 that it's charter be returned and that it's Business Agent Sam Lavit be re- instate will be before the meeting. A delegation will be present from Micrometer lodge of New York, the members of which will attempt to ob- tain the consent of the members of Lodge No. 30 to an amalgamation with Micrometer lodge and the radi- cal machinists of the country in the organization of a new union which will be constructed on the shop com mittee basis. Executive Officer J. R, Knight of the One Big Union, which is an organization of all the different classes of metal workers of the coun- try into one big union. will explain the o. B. U.
 District No. IS, which comprises al the machinists' unions of Greater New York, recently elected as it's of fcers men whom the Grand Lodge officers claimed were radicals and the Grand Lodge refused to allow thes men to assume the offices to whicA they had been elected.
 Since then the New York machin- ists have requested a number of ths so-cal1ed radical unions of the coun> try to meet and organize in indepen- dent unioTs which would be opposed to and would have no connection with the Grand Lodge. Lodge No. 30 ot this city sent a delegation to this ] meeting which was held in New York last Monday night and a committee was appointed at that meeting to at tend the meeting this evening oi Lodge No. 30 and to try and obtain l the consent of its members to an af, l fliation with the new union. ! At the same time. the local Central Labor Union is trying to patch up the | differences between the Grand Lodge ! and No. 30. At the request of John J Eagan, president of the Central Labor ] Union, and D. J. Donovan, a repre- No. 30 drew up a statement of the minimum terms on which they would consider a reconciliation.
 The terms given were the uncondi- ttonal return of the charter of Lodge i No. 30. the withdrawal of the action instituted blythe Grand Lodge agains; No. 30; the payment of all expenses of the action by the Grand Lodge; the return of all property taken by the re. ceiver who was appointed by the Su- perior court in the action.
 The payment of all strike ant i death benefits to members of Lodg' | No. 30 which were incurred durin!
 and since the strikes last year. Tht | reinstatement of Sam Lavit and il
 case charges are made against hin i that he should be tried in Bridgepor
 and not in Washington as has beer 1 insisted on by the Grand Lodge.
 These demands were telephoned t
 the executive board of the Grant
 Lodge yesterday and President Eaga.
 and Organizer Donovan were orderet
 to bring the demands to Washingt
 and lay them before a meeting of tn
 executive committee which is bein!
 held today.
 The answer to these demands vii
 be telegraphed to Lodge No. 30 il
 time for their meeting tonight.