Gompers Counters Heavily

New Yokk, Nov. 9.- At a meeting of lelegates from the various trades and la. bor ocganizatlons, held in Claréndon hall for the purposea of arranging a reception to John Burns, M. P.. and David Holmes, tf. P., the two well-known English labor ouders, the socialist and trad.es union delegates engaged in a warm dispute ivs W whother the visitors should be enteriatned at a dinner to be given at 75 concs per head. Delégate Jacob Schaefor, ono of the Socialist Labor party, said the workingmen should not ape the aristocracy by inviting John Burns to a banquet. ïiiey wanted all the money they earned to provlde dinners fov themselves and their families. It would be better to show him in what povcrty the working classes of New York are held. Delégate Caüaghan, of the same party, Sftid it would be better to give the .75 cents a head to the striking cloakmakers who were starving in the basement of Walhalla hall. Samuel Uompei-s, president of the Amevican Federatlon of Labor, who presided, suid it wouLd be a gross insult on the part of New York not to ask Mr. Burns to break bread with them. He said tho men who wera crying out about oxpending 7ö cents on this dinner would not hesitate to spend twice the amount on drink In a saloon, lt was voted to give the banauet- 70 to 9.