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COMPULSORY UNION LABORhlt;loCentral Federated Union’s Appealjito Board of Aldtrmen.Isaac Newman Answers Charges MadeAgainst Him—A Labor OrganizerAccused.dnurlt;LtldEaa■ ** • 4 ^ k At the meeting of the Central Federated Union yesterday, on the motion of Delegate Quinlan of the Pipe Calkers and Tappers’ Union, the following preamble andresolution were passed:Whereas, Labor unionism is the influence which has done most to improve the condition°oft %'•jfssra- 'sssz* ofthose who tollshould be united in the efforts to obtain for the working classes a just share of the proucts of their labor; therefore, be ItResolved. That it is the sense of the Central Federated ,-riion that the Board of Ald®r-men of the City of New York should by ordi-n^nce require that all city emp'-”~o-t theirrespective craft or trame.The Secretary wal instructed to send a copy of the pre^hble and resolutions tothe Board of^irfnermen.PaIPvtScstsac1:lt;cIsaac Newman, Republican leader of the Thirty-second Assembly District, appeare before the central body to reply to chargesthat he had acted as an agent to supplymen to a building contractor whose employes were on strike. Affidavits in support of the charge were submitted two weeks ago to the central body, and he was tohave been notified of the charges.Mr. Newman said that the only, notifica-v,* reived of the charges, which wer~lt;^ — T T -false, was throngh thfe newspapers. He had sent two men who were out of work to a friend who he believed could give them pointers. This man, he said, gave them a letter to a contractor for a building, but they found that a strike was on there. The contractor told them that the strike wouldbe over in a few days, so they did not goto work at once.Delegate Kelly of the Theatrical Protective Union said that Mr. Newman had vindicated himself. He respected him for his nerve and candor. A resolution vindicatingiICi vc . - - ,him was proposed, but It was decided to wait before passing it until next Sunday when the man who made the affidavit^ .would have a hearing.There was a tempest in a teapot overcharges that Herman Robinson, the Financial Secretary, had organized a union of upholsterers out of men who had remained at work during a strike in a factory. Delegate Hatch of the Upholsterers’ Lnion, who made the charge, said that Secretary Robinson knew the character of the men hewas organizing.Other delegates said that indiscriminateorganization by agents of the AmericanFederation of Labor was doing harm to thelabor movement.When Robinson, who is a general organizer for the American Federation of Labor, managed to get a hearing, he said that representatives of the people who were organized came to him and asked him for information about organization. He innocently gave them the information, and theywere organized through this .. tHalf a dozen delegates affirmed thatDelegate Robinson had organized people inother trades in cases whereAorTU?1i.^t were already in existence. A motion wasmade to investigate the matter, whereuponMatthew Barr of the Sheet Metai Workers’^^This^would not be investigation;, itwould be procrastination. We know thatMr Robinson has organized these P«oPle; and why do we delay passing a judgment. Mr. Robinson, if I understand rightly, ispaid so much for every union he organizes, and the more he organizes the more money he makes, without any reference to whetherit harms the labor movement.Robinson indignantly denied being actuated by this mercenary spirit. He saidthat he was not paid in this way, and hadoften given his services free. ___After a hot debate it was decided to write
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