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Show FIGHT "IN. FEDERATIOK Old Quarrel Between Shaffer and Gompers Renewed. COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE Each Party Chose Two Members and the Tour Are to Choose the Tifth Committees Ate Slow ln Making Their Heports Resolution Intended to Increaue Power of Central Bodies Ilcported Adversely The General Opinion Is That Mr. Shaffer Is at n Disadvantage. New Orleans Nov 17 The old ills puto between l'rosllent Shaffer of the Aiulgamated Association of btetl-Uoikers btetl-Uoikers and President (lompers of the Atnei liun l'ederatlon of Labor broke out afresh In tho labor convention to-da), to-da), an 1 there Is every piospect that on this occasion the light will be to a finish 11m charges were originally tnaile h President bhaffcr after the termination of the great steel strike of ififil 'lhiy wcie to the effict Unit President flomi ers of the American i'edei allon of Laboi and President John Mitchell of the I nlted Mlnc-Workeis had been guilty or uuunlnnllke conduit In refusing tn sti port his oigunlzitlnn In Its light Tin) on the other hind, asset ted that the asroilatlon over vvhlih President Hhafter prist led was tiylng to violate Its agreements and tint his slind wns unlinible Delegate Sheridan Sheri-dan of the Vmiilmunnlod ussoilatlon a colli ague of 1'te-nl le nt Shaffer In the louvenllon thuw the Ixinih by asking un intimitis louvfiit to luttodurc a resolution reso-lution culling rot un Investigation of tin ch-iige llitli p ii lies announced th il they (ourted the Investigation an I It will be li fined to u special com. luittio or live n.W COMMITTI.I.S UHADV (rj few of tin "imniltteea were rendv to tcpnrt when the (einvention oittied this tnoinlng When Ihe Shnf-fer Shnf-fer OnmperR dispute came up. Delegate Sheridan asked (onsent fni tho intro-diirllnn intro-diirllnn of his resolution nnd n deie-gite deie-gite offered nn objection, which Presl- ilrnvv Delegnle Shaffer demanded that the m itter be Invisilgitid an I the objection ob-jection w is vvlthiriwn Picsldent Oom-lers Oom-lers rellieel rinm the clnlr and called Delegati Wilson of ttic Mine-Workers to the clnlr 1'pon motion of Delegntn Mahon mi 1 amendment by Vlce-Presi-ilent Diitunn the matter was referred to n ininmlttee of live two tn be ihosen li) Presl lent Onmpirs Inn b) Delegato Shaffer and the llflli to be reletted by the four 111 POItTPD ADVi:itSi;LY. A resolution that before an) union shall make a deman I for a ch mgc of wngcH nnd conditions It be referret to the centril body for action, was reported re-ported udversely b) the committee on bo)cotts, to which tho resolution was rcferrel nnd its action was sustained b) the convention President McConnell, of the machinists ma-chinists declired that Insufficient lime had been given committers to complete their w-ork nml nsked for adjournment until Tuesday morning in order that the convention would proceed more rnpldl) with Its labors. His motion prevailed and the adjournment was taken ta-ken When the Shiffer-Oompers committee commit-tee met In Ihe evening but three members mem-bers were resent, nnd after waiting for some time It was not decided not to apiolnt tho fifth member until lo. morrow HIIAFFWI AT DISADVANTAGE The general opinion among Ihe dele-gates dele-gates Is Hut Mr bhaffcr Is not In nn advantageous position The resolution enmo ns a surprise, he having no knowledge of the mntter until Just before be-fore the convention oeened Whatever prieof of his charges be ton) have elsewhere else-where lie hns li his own admission nono with him Ills mil) reliance to uphold the bill den of pioof, which is with him, Is ills personal narratlvo of the gient steel strike of 1101 |