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Show TO QUIT FEDERATION. Unions Urged to Withdraw From Civic Organization. NEW YORK, March 27. At a meeting meet-ing of the Central Federated union a resolution has been adopted calling upon erery union to withdraw from the CIvio Federation. It was further resolved to call a mass meeting and agitate against giving private corporations corpora-tions any more franchises for subways. Adoption of these resolutions followed the reception of reports from a committee commit-tee sent by the Central Federation to confer, last week, with President Belmont Bel-mont of the Interborough Rapid Transit Tran-sit company regarding rc-cmploymcnt of men who lost their Jobs as the result of the recent strike. This report showed that Mr. Belmont declined to make any concessions, saying say-ing that the road was equipped with all the men needed nnd that the former employees could be re-employed when vacancies occurred Recognition of any union was also refused. When the delegates del-egates heard the report pandemonium reigned. Delegates arose and shouted at the top of their lungs against Mr. Belmont. Attack after attack was made against the Civic Federation, while some of the delegates loudly demanded de-manded that every labor leader should resign from that body. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, was also denounced. The resolutions were then adopted. |