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. ESTABLISHED 1850. I IJ.H. E > TILL, Editor and Proprtetor.j [.EE’S ADVICE TO LABOR. \ ringing speech before the knights at Richmond. Conservative Action aud Victory l>y Mild ,I MII , the True Way to Accomplish the Object of the Order— General Mas ter vt orktnan I'cwderiy Set* Forth the A.ros of the Organization. Richmond. Va., Oct. 4.—The tapping of Master Workman T. V. Powderly’s gavel at 10:15 o’clock this morning gave the signal for the opening of the tenth animal convention of the Knights of La bor, in the armory of the First Virginia Regiment. He stood alone upon a small pine platform at the further end of the spacious room and looked out upon the faces of a thousand delegates assembled from every part of this country. Repre sentatives of a million men and women, white and black faces—the faces of men and women bound together Dy a common object—met his view. The session was to be an ouen one, and in addition to the large body of delegates were as many others not of the ordei as could tint! seats or share what little stand ing room there was wita its members. The large loom looked like an immense banqueting hall, with tables formed of plain pine boards runuing nearly the length of the room in rows, as close together as the possibility of mov ing between them would permit. On sitber side ol the eatables were seated the Jelcgates. Neither flags nor streamers broke the severe simplicity of the wbite wamed brick walls and the unbroken white paint of the arched ceiling. The oulv things that even hinted at a decorative purpose were lithograph portraits of toaster Workman I’ow d rly and Geueral Secretary Turner, that hung on either side ot tee room, and a large gilt f-ame that enclosed photo graph* ol tie members of the Joel Parker Association, that hung behind the plut t< rin. The latter is the property ol the regiment in whose quarters tbe conven :ion me:, and was simply permitted to re main. ENTRY OF GOV. LEE. While the sound of the Master Work man’s gavel still re-echoed, footsteps were nearu approaching the entrance doors, nnda moment later Gen. Fitsshugb Lee, >■> rnor of Virginia, entered* As he walked up the central ats!*leading to the putlorm, escorted by William H. Mullen, tousrer Workman of the Richmond dis trict, and Tom O’Keillv, of the Tele yrapoeis’ Assembly, of Now York city, the Governor was erected with enthusi astic cheers, which redoubled a? be stood on the platform bowing in response to this greet ng. When the applause hail sub sided aval tor. Mullen had presented Gov. Lee to Mr. Powderlv, the latter stepped forward and introduced him to tbe mem bers. announcing that Guv. Lee was to deliver to them an address of welcome, inn through tbem lotuo-e they represent ed throughout the entire country. When tbe applause that again broke forth at the mention of b:s nacre permitted him to do so, Gov. Leo said: v. i iiisio: I am here this morning iti response to in in it it,on train the coin in. 11 nr. of the Kn irti Is or Labor of Richmond for the parpoe u! uniting with them in meeting end gr.enot ■ Hue-ie l'rom other .Stales who couie wiihm'.iie gmos of tins commonwealth to ' outer w r, in of her people,econ bnence wre, n we earnestly hope will be pro lin tivc 11 f the greatest benefit to all con , iued. V\e arc alwavs gluff to welcome strangers wdh.n our walls, gi.*d to extend to them :lit: '. i tnlitv for ‘which Virginia's capital has been so widely known in the past, g.'au that in ■ ;>p ntmfity is afforded them to meet our ciuauns fur.,; o face and are tine b nutiful city aud teat oiu* genial clima'e. we are pleated thu such numbers of them have no v the npnortnmty of ascertaining for themseives that tld o l State is marching on 1 ew era of ur isperiiy in a wav which wnl creditably inziutabi tier position in the Worid’a rase of progress and civilization. VIRGINIA OF OLD. Virginia, as von know, had much to do in forming lies great republic, ip whose success fi*l in is)ou wort luta re doc-tiny we arc nil interested, Th” b/tll ol resolution '' n rn rolled froui colony to colony *nd pro liberiy, freedom and independence three million* of people Rtarted from V ir ffuu&t colonial oupttrtl hut a short distance irofn this spot, aud to-day we have a great country, inhabited by neai’y millions of |ijp|ip. and stretch* ,D o irAiui wnetj fro/.* n fingers are la'd. n n tiro Icyoakr.Nof ihe Norm lo where the raUu*r of Waters- rolls hit* irioulo lotbe warm g*’ i, and irorn ocuan lo ocean, the throbs of " h'ce migoty heart beats are connected by , e hreutb of :uu non noise, whose *hore* are c'o-cly beumi together bv jrrfiai continental lines of rail osd, m\d whose future i*lorv an l ?rvi<tn t.- wnl indeed be assured If justice and J ‘ r< h°sc,ft and good wui shall always abide n-ur i,i ist. Tlmg ivenimeot framed for us n 1 H ,? r ® : ‘ tn <*rs will then prove a b easing ?. v '* ‘ demonstrate to the wondering world tfio problem of free and corislitutional piltmci'l nan been at last satisfactorily orivtu tor t n ting continent. The constuu •h u ! ID ': cr w * n ' w< ‘ hve ba4 now overcome "•Jr 1 °* WHP * Trouble ome unadjusted were submitted to the sword ?i!u i Uy ... , BWo *‘il they have been de " 0 ! he South pla :ed a did'erent erpret u-m upon the terms of that instru ‘ '‘*‘ l ” oni and hold by the North, but have, n m s-kion tt, toe set,f turnout thus decreed, Pf m n,,w ha y, ni. With all other section*, a ( _ , i ; n “ l " n ’ J K- a common country, a common iv h f ' n,, * n HlM * a dentin}, arc a* ifd ih? 1D ' 1 CBte< * i n fi*® iro j pectivo grandeur -if‘in V States as they. The wisdom i, n, ‘, ’°•t*"l it s of the republic la vindicated ttu * verdict of the oatiosaof Europe, l “ H bower* of the privilegedoiansos are D K gradually transferred to the hands of •POP**. ‘•Formerly,” as one of itich alt\ Ja eloquent divlno* has said, •*ky -•n„ \ a * ln g vi a noolor thing than lovait v 2^'^,ltu^,oTJ• , ’ Men are acknowledging :MvviJn,.. m . a * l '' r h .' u IHi*ble, law-giviug Fr.fa !t0 t'rinoip e I'll her than to prince, natr, ?I" 'b'vctom It- truest niuulioixl unii Invl.- ■”" 1 A l '*'! l * its noblest growth under a a r |tsiuenl aptiv dctloed as “of Hie people, ■ ) ne pcop a and for the people ” THE pari' op the KNIGHTS, Atp| now what part sre the repreeentatives s ,,i, u ' '’■'■"’t'blagas or the Kn'glits of Labor in ih* 10 b ilr in bringing nroaperit y ami peace v7ewi r ;’l”‘bi" •' what Object li.tve they in f, M tu thefli? 1 ,he y propose to uu of /?i e Dl, .! lio “f men who are In the Knights "i Uw. ’ , aTli Mr. Powil. rly (whom lam and' ***’ ai 'd Boiii here this morning) "ar c 'vc y; 1 * jh® seionre of government.” Surely smu'' h 1 ltdereatod in that. One of Vir* Dro'wir treA i e ,l lias aaul: **l is the s*I O p , r? 0W *** understand what I deem 'Vhni ?! P r if'ciplcs of govern menu” t i oWn r< * Iprinciples of government laid is’irp f wiHC “Equal and exact 10 ul ‘ dieu of wti itcver persuasion, re foidM rtf l Klyjfrom the fluttering ermma ' our . dag that sentence, aul the mr,,n.v on .' T *dcli you marc'h wld always lie tMt n •‘ n,, rtr, - w are told, isousnoi. | l( , ' r aanl/.atlon you represent informed | n , Hu d urotec.t the rights of the work fllr TANARUS?; vv Who arc interfering will, i, Piv ij -btf*, and who tramples upon your tan.t.S KCB < k '. A ®**icMn citizens? Orgauized riJi-,..; hear? A.gainsi that is war de k„,f' trtl . Will it be w.ir ti the knife and tec ,; 0 ,! ,€ hdt,” or will there be a peaceful i, uV r '. c <W)f flioi V Which, it) vour vpinlon. fhnh.‘ ry . 1 * P r onote tbe interests of both? Hriirfc , ! n i ,h<! ** h, ibis republic w**s con - rrernn/.ii T, nieuof di Here it and apparently views, and tne constitution 0,1 Jy framed by a oompro- F. all conflicting op nPo. and compromise will solve the difficult prob lem of the hour which von have assembled here to grapple with. “The Knights .if La bor,” say a the head of their organization, “never w 11 he a political party, but its mem bers may one day co-operate *ith other thinking men. form tig a part? that will keep the country straight in the lines marked out for it by the founder* of the republic.” THE KILL OK RIGHTS. The fereat authors of the bill of rights, a part of the constitution of this State wm h has heeo usod .8 '■ he basis for republican con ®titu i**Uß e\ery where*.{has said: “Ail men a:e by nature equally free and independent, a id have certain inherent rights of which, woeu they cuter into any state of society, they can not. by n it v contract, deprive aud dlvft their iiosterity—namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty and the moans o* acquiring and possession of property, and pursuing and ob taining happiness and safety.” That wise semenoc is one of the at raightest and and dearest lines marked out by the founders of tbe republic. Tnero has always been, and there will al ways be. t wo grout, political par ties in the United States, and mom has never boon found for a third. Wherever the forma tion of this third uarty ha-, been attempted it has failed called by whatever name it may have bneD. and you well sav, Mr. Eowdorly, ••Regulation of the prices of labor aud commodities does not come within tin* province of political parties ” But the battle, we are fold, is one of labor airei ist capita! and capital against labor. Why, some capitalists are Democrats and some re publicans, an 1 rho Knights of Labor belong to *>'h of th* great political parties of the day. Will the Democratic lvoighis fight the Repub lican capita ists, and will the Republican Knights tight the Democratic capitalists? Wbat a mixed combat that would be. Let us follow yonr chief* advice and keen polt ti * out and 1 *t tho contest be as it was origi nally slated, between the capitalists of either political party on one side and the Knights of Labor be they Democralor Republicans, oa the other, TWO CLASSES OF CAPITALISTS. But what class of cardt'lists are oppress ing you, and whose course is injurious to “the line* marked out by the founders of the re public?” I divide ihe capitabnts into two kinds, and will g.* with you and give the co ri mund “Forward!” and light by your side against one of these classes. Make war against incorporated rascality and wc will helii you to ride it down. Combat the great moneyed corporations that seek to control your Legislature*, Federal aud State, bv bribery and corruption, in order that they may get. votes in the Federal halls of legisla tion to perfect and foster upon the who'e country legislation for their benefit, and not for tlie benefit of the people at large. We will march shoulder to shoulder with you in that. Draw th** tangs from the money kings who seek to fako pos session of the great telegraph lines of tho country and deflect them from their legiti mate purpose by controlling them to defeat the will of a free people In an attempt 10 de fraud the whole country of their constitu tional right to e eet rulers, and we will or er to ' oar support “the horse, foot and dra goons” in that. Organ ze against capitalists who furnish money to carry elections, and the i claim as their reward the selection < f the men upon whose shoulders shall be thrown tbe purple robe of tb A judiciary, and we are with you in that. You will feel the. touch of our e'bows too in assisting to keep down any men or set of men who seek to depart from ‘Mine* marked out” by our forefathers, and set up in this country a sfcrong central government to control tho neople, when the fathers formed a government to bo controlled by the people. ANOTHER CLASS OF CAPITALIST#. Rut all capital, my friend*, is not used in this way nor for such vicious purposes. L“t us make no war upon tho.-c who use their good fortune to alleviate ihe sufferings of mankind, and wh**se eulogies are written in the hearts of thousands on account of ihe’r generous donations and noble deed*, aud whose mnnov is employed to whiten theoeean with sails and cause the wharves to be laden with commerce, not against a clans of our fel low citizens of whom it was so eloquently said that “philanthrope would sing in ringing chimes < f tneir public, charities, that sorrow would find solace m their deeds, that despair won and be lifted up into hope by their voices, that there would be churches whose heaven kissing spires wou'd chronicle their donations, that schools would claim them as patrons aDd hospitals as benefactors: that science would even loan on them while her vision swept infinite, aye the very footsteps of progress would be sandalled bj theirsilv r. You have no tight ag inst beuevoleuce and charity. The rights of all men are going t > be protected in this country. Kaiplover*, as has been well said, have no right t lock out a whole shop f ill ot hands to bring a lew un witling ones to term#, ikT have they, in my opinlou. a right *o eng :g* with otnor employ ers t * ilx the rate for them to pay, or compel a!i to remain idle, but they have a right to ex ercise their just judgment as to what fair dealing And just’c * demand, aud what they would le wiping to give for the work they want abd after wards, if sustaining lose, to say they would not be able to give so much You can have hell m yonr factory, says Washington Gladden.or you cau have heaven there, just as you wish/ If it is hell yon want build your busiuessin the law of noil, which U*implv: “Every man fr himself and the devil take the hindmost.” Out of that you will get lighting perennial and unrelenting, if it’s heaven you want, then build your business on the law of the Kingdom of Heaven: ‘Thou shalt love tbv neighbor as thyself.” Tnat will lead you in tbe path of peace. LABOR COMBINATIONS. Nor can ir be admitted on yonr sidethatyou have a right by combination or otherwise to prevent others' working . pen terms and con dition* vou have rejected if they decide to do so. The petr .o of this country can never be sati-dled uutd linerty of sctlon is conceded to alt. Sampson overthrew the temple ot the Philistines, but it is instructive, says a wise writer, to re member wbat became of Samson. The In ventor of the guillotine perished bv its blade. French revolution;§*■,. who worked It most freely on others, dually paid tribute to it with ttu ir heads. Law will protect both eapital nud labor, and behind ihe statute law is ihe grant body of law which has existed all through civilized litfl. and which Is known a* the common law. Each Still in ihe crown of the Union Inherits ih sv-teni of law and its courts enforce it. ’’.Studentsid political econ omy are tiulvrr illy a reed that the r gilt of Ihe workingman to combine cannot be *iujs tlonod,” says li addon, and he a Ms: “(Join bina'ioos oti both sides ar.;*o strong that they ought to he able to o each oth r and the whole countr, a great deal of damave, and paralyze the industriis of the na’lon and waste a good part’d Its savings ami dig a chasm that sep nates employer and employed a great deal deeper and wider than it new is, and to sow seed- of jo dou-y and spi e that will yield a woeful harvest through many generations.” It is a grcdt mistake to think that alt classes are hnsttlo to the laboring crass. National pro perity Is not promoted by having in our meld degradid class of laborers, flow cm tec manufacturing and mercantile classes oo b.*n a ted b reducing the laborer to the v rzo -f starvation? The laboring man lent- and buys houses, pur chases iood and nothing, find money with this class means money to I hose from whom they porch *e. and the better t lie eon.l tlo-. of the worslngtnan tb t greater tlw purchasing power; .li •he r, therefore, tbe state of the laborer, the belter tho state of the Whole community. VVe are all in terested in the lrbir<r g'ttlog prop erty and becoming anxious for a stable government, so that Ills old can b required iu bulioiuK up his fellow nt n *Dd uot in null ing them down; and your organization, whose aims claim lo uc tin inni itenanco of order and III) enforcement of good inws, should have no sympathy with those whose do Iv to break and .wu an* desi r.y those laws, Tueeui p oyer will never be *1 'owe I to pros *ribe con dliionsof employment and exact servo - ,e on hi* own terms, to v. “I wdl give it certain sum nnd you shall take it.” nor 111 ins la borer be permuted to •* date hi* own terms ofService, to say. "I wld work fora certain sum, and vou shall emptov me.” •'.til things that whatsoever ye would men shou and do io ton. do to tlicin.” If atn in cannot legally do itn a”t a combination of men cannot do the same act. PEACE INDISPENSABLE. It is wiser, therefore, geutlcmen, to have peace bet weou conservative capital and the laboring classes. An issue betlV-an them that cannot e adjusted pea 'eably becomes an electric sword, aud paralyze* aod iranstlxns both. It is wise to And rometlle* for existing tr übles. The Divine law say*. "Six day* •hs*t. thou labor and do nil that thou bust to SAVANNAH, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, ISBG. Tbe Governor of the great Empire State stated that he wou'd be willing to iry the ex periment of five daysHbalt thou labor,making Saturday a holiday for all working classes, aud givejgood reasons therefore iu the over crowded cities of the country. The candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania wou'd place tne wage earner on a dead level of legal equality with the wage paver at every stage aud in every particular ot* s vi ral t anssc ti mis between them. Demand must regu late tho supply in all things, and f see trouble only where the iutter exceeds the former. It there is uot work enough for everybody to net there muA be idle men, but the lands hi many rural districts are inviting and a remedy con'd be found by men in overcrowded oities working over more space where more room could be found—“room to turn arouiul in, to breathe and in* free.” In differences between capital and “the army of and scontented” seek arbitra t.on, formed and controlled by regularand legallv constituted tribunals, and both sides submit to (heir decis ons. Do not let its in crease our troubles in this world. We have already enough. Sorrow’s Oioud has tipped our monutuin toi-s, desolation has swept over our plains and valleys, the earth itself in por tion* of our fair land has been shaken, :md amid the ruins of cities and iu Hie shadow of human terror we are tauxlu our insignificance, and ho*.v weak and help less w are and how small our hold on human life. It behooves us then to be charitable io warns each other, to be willing to compro mise differences in the line of (he iuoito which I have room tended tb float from your flag staff: “Equal and exact justice to all m-n of whatever persuasion, religious or po litical.” THE MODERN HKCLAB. And now, gentlemen, permit me to express the hope that your stay in our city may he pleasant and that you will carry buck agree able recollections oi your visit/ 1 pray that your deliberations maybe harmonious; that those old men around’me who. “like Heela, wear crowns of snow, and yet, like Heela, have souls of flame.*’ may be temperate in their counsels and judioiou.- in their speech. And may the youug men Uore remember that upon their shoulders future peace or war will fall, and a-'t thru part wisely and well, to that it may be said of each and every mem ber as the years roll on and days darken into nights aud in their turn brighten into days that this meeting has made a contribution to the pr syerity of their country anu to the promo tion *>f the happiness of her people. The ship of the republic was launched over n century ago in the presence of the world. May it be the duty of us °ii to see that her sails are Ailed with friendly breezes and are not spread to ottloh the breath of passion, aud that sne is i&aoned by united and contented crews, them indeed will she stlely ride over stormy bil lows rolling in the path of her dr-stiuy until she is at last anchored in a safe and constitu tional harbor, over which will forever shine the great orb of peace in all the splendor of unclouded majesty. The large audience listened with close attention, and frequent applause marked their approval of tho principal points made. When the Governor had taken his seat on toe platform, Frank J. Farrell, colored, a member of the delegation of District Assembly No. 49, whose associates re fused to take up their quarters in the ho-.el In Which he refused admission on an equal footing, % ceudeti the plat form. Taking bis stand beside tbe pre slditu? officer’s table he said: //<> th* Governor of Virginia mul Geutlenten of th* Convention : It is witli much pleasure and gratification that I introduce to you Mr. T. V. Powderly, of the state of Pennsylvania, who will reply to the address of welcome of Gov. Lee, of this State, which is one of ihe oldest Stales in the arena of political influence of our country. He is one of those men who recognizes the 1m port anoe of this gathering of the toiling men of this growing republic, it is with extreme pleasure that we, delegates from every sec tion of our country, recognize the words ot congratulation in our modest efforts to im prove the condition of humanity. It Is, there fore, that th© welcome of Virginia D so gruti lylng to us all. As Virginia ha* led iu the as pirations of our country in the past, we look with much confident-.* that she will lead iu the future to a realization of the objects of ths noble order, wh.eh include the abolition of those distinction which arc maintained by class, by crcod, by color and by nationali ty. 1 believe I present to tju a man whose mind is above the&e superstitions which are involved iu these distinctions. Here we staud as brethren and equals. My experience in the nobie order of tne ivnigh;s of Labor, and mv training in the district l which 1 belong, has taught me that we have advanced very far towards the elimination oi these unfortu nate and regretabte distinctions. As we re cognize and repose confidence in alt worthy men for their worth to society, so can we re pose confidence in the head of the noble son of labor, T. V. Fowderly, whom 1 introduce to you. MR. POWERLY*S REPLY TO GOV. LEE. Mr. Powderly began by returning thanks for tbe reception they had met with, and pleasantly alluded to the fame of Southern hospitality, and continued: The fight in wb h the Knights of Labor arc engaged 1 not a war of labor against capital, but a war in which the manhood of ihe Amer ican laborer is fighting for recognition In this war it must be determined which shall rule—monopoly or the American people, gold or manhood. Popular disregard of political duty, and tolerated, continued political cor ruption will weaken our government and de stroy our liberties, for a worm cau eat its wav through an oak which storm or tcm nest could not bend, and political dishonesty will strike where lightning could never reach. If thib land was worthy that brave ineu should die for it, tt is at least worthv that un selfish, thoughtful mea should live and worn iu graud devotion to ideas for real, true democracy. Wc come hero not alone to set tle the question of di uuie in regard to wages or hours of labor. Wc cmn * here partly t * study and learn some lesson* of bead and heart in practical citizenship, To re.*cue the toiler from the grasp of the selfish is a work worthy of the noblest and best of our race. It is to the accom plishment or that grand object, that every Knight of Labor should bond Ins every energy. Lack f success or encouragement must not disnoarten, defection in irtendsor raided triends must nor, turn him aside from his purpose, love of ease must not prevent him from working. Tho question Is A a kcd, “Why have you such an organization as the Knight of Labor?” WHY THEY ARB KNIGHTS. We are Knight* of Labor booattse we be lieve tnat the declaration of independence moan* sum thing more tha t mere wolds anil beautiful senteuet* We arc Knights of Labor because we be ll v tlnn it ts wrong for an alien King In onnreo* a peuple, and rob them. It is also wrong for nt oilier mtn to o pros* or rob bis fellow er •attires. We are Knights of Labor because wc believe "to whom belong* the soil It it his, even unto heaven.” We are Kmgtitsof Labor because we believe that the rights of me poorest, humblest ntcu or women of t and should stand forth more clearly and bn treated with more respect than privileges conferred unon or stolen by the weal blest in tile nation. We arc Knights of Latter because politician* and political parties have deceived, degraded and debauched the people; because they nave too olden gamed power thrnugn decentlon and fraud, and in return fir tne eouUdeoce ro |K>st* l in them they have basely descried Uic co emo. people and kn”l'. i tbe shrine of gold. We a oKulghisof Labor beem-e we believe tutt law and order should nrev dl and that hull should no founded Inequity. We ars Knights of Labor because we believe that a thief who steals a dollar Is no more than a thief who deals a railroad; that a burglar who breaks o|icn a house or vault U no worse than a oriniina! who de stroys or order* the destrocliou of the property of a railr i I or telegraph company, and wc believe that toe same law should resell out with a dim, unshaken haul, and pun sh both criminals ucmrdiug to the mag nitude of their guilt. LAND STEALS. We believe that if it is wren* to steal a loaf of broad it Is also wrong to steal land where on thu grain was rawed from wnlch toe bread was made, and on the latt’B which wits stolen according to a law made bv a dishon est. time serving politician, Wc believe that the law should i e repealed and the laud rc atorod t-< “ tv' iiPc. We arc Kntghi* of Is- manufactured by the hand of the Amerl attu laborer ts worthy of protection I from f..reign competition, tliut the hand 1 whose still lend* the value of tile article should be protected, and we have determined to protect our labor, independent ol politi cians or political parties. Tho slavery that died twenty years ago was terrible, but bad as it was it never developed a millionaire, While tbe new slavery, which now reaches out with a far stronger baud ih.n the odd, has developed hundreds of ■ hem. * * true power of the new slave owner doe* uot cud where the day laborer bends bruealh his rule. It reaches out still farther and controls iho mechanic, farmer, merchant and manufacturer. It dictates not alouo what the price ot labor shall be but regulates the price of tnouey as well. This aew slavery counts anions Its victims servauts ot thu State who huve been chosen by the people to exe cute a people’s will. Not alouo does it con trol emslaiors at the Stale capital, but in the halls of our national Gonare* you will ltd iis most wllllua. cringlup slave. It reaches out even farther and holds iu its iron grasp the judge upon the bench. Not that alone, but it has the power and does confer judicial ermine on its most sub servient nrcatures. Do I overestimate Us power' s J_Jave 1 made a single misstatement? If mv word is not sufllcienf, turn to <ne pages of iho h'storv of the day—the public press— aud you will And testimony to prove that what I have said is true. THE MODBKN SUAVE OWNER. The lath was stricken from tho hand of the slave owner of twenty-five years ago, and it must he taken from the baud of the now slave owner as well. The monopolist of to-day is more dangerous Shan the slave owner of the past.. Monopoly takes the laud from the peo ple In miUlou-acre plots. It sends its agents abroad aud brinks hordes ot unedu cated, desperate men to this country. It imports ignorance and scatters It broadens’ throughout the laud. It, and it alone, ts re 'Ponsible for every manifestation of anarchy that our country has witness,d. All men may not be willing to admit that this state ment is true, but when monopoly dies no omre anarchists will he horn uulo tins country, tor anarebjr is tho legitimate child of monopoly. While i condemn and denounce deeds of vio lence committed In the name of labor during the present year, I am proud to say that the Knights of labor, as an organization, is not In any ' way responsible for auoh conduct. He is a true Knight of Labor who with one hand dutches anarchy by the threat and with the other strangles monopoly. We are told that it Is because ol the importation of so man- ignorant foreigners that anarchy has shown Us head ie our country. Rattier la it true that because of the importation of for eign airs, manners and grace* by tbe wealthy we have forgotteu what it is that constitutes a true citizen qf the ropublio. A man who still peli*"ve in "the Utile red school house on the hill” should take one holiday and visit me mine, factory, coal bleaker and mill. There, doing the wort of men, will he Urd tbefutureoitizeusof the republic, breath ing an atmosphere of dust, iguorauee and vice. The little red schoiol house must fail to do its wort properly since the children of the poor must pass it by on the road lo the work shop. DUTY OF THE KNIGHTS. It is the duty of every Knight of Label'to atsist in cresting healthy public opinion oa the subject of labor and the justice of its re ceiving a full and just share of the values or capital it has helped to creato. In this wora wc seek the active, co-operation of ail rigtil inindwd, bouc. men. Wo won* nut Muliisulv for ourselves alone, but extend ihe hand of ant and teHowshlp to all mankind. The lower down in the eea’e of poverty aud oppression the greater tbe neod lor our extended hand. The sentiment which prompts men to uro clsim to the world that we amalgamate with none find, no response iu the heart ot the man who properly interprets hi* obligation as a member of our order. Every true Knight of Labor believes with the Divine Teacher, that “all mankind of every description is his neighbor.” in concluding his speech Mr. Powderly said that some of the members of the visiting delegation* who werejef u darker liut* than tneir brother* ootild not find places in some of the hotels. This was in accordance with wbat bad long been a custom here, aud old uuatom* and preju dices do not reudiiv vanish. There hud been particular mention made of one in stance where a delegation numbering e xtv members had only one colored mem ber among tbem. lie was refused admis sion to the hotel where they Intended to go, and the delegation, standing by the principle* of the order, which recognize* no distinction of creed, nationality or color, went with their colored brother. That, he said, was wny he made the se lection oi that brother to Intrcdupe him to them, so that it might go forth that they practised what they preached. At Ih* close of his address .Mr, Powder ly requested that all those present who were not delegates should retire, aud thanked them for having come to the opening session. A VOTE OF THANKS TO GOV. I.KK, Mr. Bennett, of the Itioomond district, moved a vote or thanas to Gov. Lee, and after this was heartily and unanimously given it was followed by a burst of rous ing cheers lor Virginia’s Governor. All but delegates than left the hall aud tbe convention settlea down to practical work together ami in which they bid fair to be engaged tor th* next two weexa or more. In secret e**ion the only business done was the appointment of a Committee on Minor Credentials. Adjournment wus then taken to 9 o’clock to-morrow morn ing. THE CONTESTS. The Committee on Credentials of the delegates will probably work till early rooming. The contests are not numerous, the principal oris being 'bat ol the Brooklyn Montauk Protective Association, which claims to be entitled to a charter for its local assemblies separate from District No. 40. To-night a delegation of tbe Car Mak ers' LTnion of Baltimore, with n brass band,inarched to the Governor’s residence and soretiudsd him anti then to Ford’s dotal to serenade Mr. Powdorly. Both tbe Governor and Mr. Powaerly were ab sent. Tno Governor occupied a box in the Richmond Theatre to night with Mrs. Miss Winnie Davis, daughter of defl'erson Davis, and other friends. Mr. Powderly, with Messrs. Hates and Bnilev. of the Executive Committee, and other Knights, rat in the Opposite box. The audience cheered Mr. Powderly and bis party when they entered. Cheer* also greeted the entrance of tho Governor ttnd Miss Davis. THE RACE ISSUE. The moo Issue raised del egate Farrell was refused admission to a hotel, and his white brother delegates of District No. 49, of New York, refused to go there without him, lias ap peared in another shape. Tbe Knights of Kicomond arranged (or a parade, tournament ami hall next Monday in honor of the visiting Knights, anil a committee of arrange inenta was appointed. When the Farrell question arose it be came h problem bow the hall could be given without bringing it up in anew and more vexutioua sbape. it is contrary to local customs nnd prejudices to have whites un i blacks at a ball together. If at the Knight* ball both be admitted to the same ball, many white Knights here would refuse to at tend. If in balls separate the visiting Knights, especially alter Mr. Powderly’s redeclaration of principles of equality of races to day, might refuse Invitations. Another complication springs up from the faro that Wm. H. Muller, Master Work men of th" Rtobmot’d district. I* a oandt- is strong with the committee, if it is de cided to admit whites and negroes to the same ball many of his white supporters would abandon him. The committee ot arrangement* held a meeting this evening and at an eavlv hour in the morning had not decided what to do. Pending a settle ment of the question efforts are being made to keep secret from th 1 visiting Knights the fact of Us oxisteone, it is thought possible that, it may result in lwaviiig the ball out of the program ni c of the day’* entertainment. CHAKDKNTOVS OUTLOOK. The People Making Temporary Hc puira to Tide Over the Winter. Charleston, Oct. 4.—Charleston en ters upon the sixth week of her great affliction with the name undaunted spirit and pluck she displayed when she arose on the morning of Sept. I, dazed and bleeding from the fearful blow that she had received the night, before. In the last two days she has bad a touch of winter, and some of the inconventenoes of the situation have just been developed. The city is ill prepared lor winter. Not three chimneys out at ten destroyed have been rebuilt, and tires are, in these houses at least, a forbidden luxury. Then, too, there are scarcely a hundred houses in the city to-day that are habitable with any degree of oomfort or safety to health. The plastering has been destroyed In al most overy sleeping room in almost every house in the city. SUMMER HOUSES. As every one knows, the majority of houses in Charleston are wlmt may be called summer houses. When they were built the builders made no calculation for winter; hence the great amountof Buffer ing here during tbe severe freeze ol Janu ary lust'. It may be easily understood, then, that the plastering being down, tbe wintry winds have free play through the lath* that constitute the sole protection ot a sleeping room. It may be wondered how, more than a month haying elapsed, since tbe earthquake aud so generous a relief lund having been provided, some thing has not been done to prepare far winter. The reason is obvious. In the first place, tho Relief Committee have un dertaken the repair* themselves and have only recently commenced them, the time having been consumed in getting in the application* for relief and examining into their merits. The necessity for this will be seen when H is known that men who own as many as twenty houses have applied for relict. EXORBITANT CHARGE.*!. Then again, those who are disposed tn repair their houses without tbe aid or the Relief Corumiiteecan hardly afford to pay $lO a day for plasterers, and this is about the prevailing rate. A great many peo ple have resorted to Wood interiors as less expensive, more comfortable and less liable to damage. Others who cannot afford this, and the tenants of hired bouses are investing largely in old newspapers, which they tack on tbe walls and ceilings, and with which they expect to bs able to go through the winter. A visitor to Charleston, therefore, will be struck by the literary, not to eay primi tive, sty le df interior decorations which will meet his eye. Another difficulty which stares us in the face Is tne want of water. Nearly ail thte cisterns in the city have gone dry In consequence of tho long drought, there having been no substantial rainfall for over seven weeks and the water company being unable to supply the entire city with artesian water. BETWEEN TWO FIRES. flere, however, the people are between two fires, an to speak Very few houses arc in condition to stand a heavy rain, and vet tbe people are pinched lor water. It is an embarrassing situation. Yesterday the city was alive with vis itors from the North atul elsewhere. The Atlantic Coast Line excursion, tho pro ceeds of which are to be given to the re lief lund,brought 82S people from the inte rior of this Stale and Southern North Carolina, and 003 from points North, a total of 928 excursionists. It is expected that the proceeds will add over $5,000 to the fund, which now amount* to about S4'K),OOO, it is said. There have been no shocks here since Friday last. To-day passed without the slightest shook, anu tbe feeling is that tbe disturb ances have entirely ceased. The weather has been cloudy, with ruin indications. The temperature i* higher and tbe con ditions generally are favorable for the work of reparation, which is being en ergeticaHy and generally prosecuted. Applications for relief in repairing property are still coming In slowlv, nnd aa fast as examined and the house* inspected, money Is ad vanced and the work of repair begun. The committee have fixed Oct. 9 as the lost day for receiving applications, when the work will progress rapidly. Presi dent Cleveland ha* sent s2(l to tbe Con federate Home, accompanied by a sym pathetic letter. JUSTIN M’CARTHY’S LECTURE. New York. Oot. 4.—The announce ment that .Justiu McCarthy, member of Parliament, who ison a visit to tblscoun try, was to speak to-night for the benefit of’the sufferers by the Charleston earth quake, drew an audience of immense size to the Academy of Music. Among those on the platform were Henry George, the labor candidate for Mayor of the city, Judge Browne, Gens, sickle* and Ker win, Patrick Ford, Gen. James, ex Post master General, Levi P. Aiorton and others. Mayor Grace opened the meeting and introduced tbe speaker. Mr. McCarthy stopped forward modestly and was obliged to await until the applause bad subsided. The speaker introduced Iti* topic by allud ng to ihe sufferers of the Charleston convulsion and then talked about Ireland ami its people. GKVNf’S LOG IIOUBB. Captain Hallock Purchases it for tile Monument Association, Richmond, Va., Oct. 4.— -An old log house at City Point, owned by Dr. Rich ard Kpps, known as Gen. Grant’s head quarters, was purchased to-day bv Capt. Thomas K. Halleck, or New York. This is a historic house, being the place where Gen. Grant issued his last order declar ing peace and the terms of Gen. Lee’s surrender, etc. The house is to lie re moved to New York by Cpt. Halleck, who will transfer It by sale or gift to the Grant Mauutnant Association to be erect ed in Riverside Park near Gen. Gram’s tomb. _______________ Infurinied by Redcoat*. Bombay, Oct. 4,—At tne festivities at Etaw'stb* local magistrate, swing ibat a conflict between Hindoos and Moham medans was inevitable, brougnt a com pany ol British troop* to the scene. Tne natives, infuriated at their approach, threw themselves on the soldiers’ bayo nets. In thslr Intense onslaught many ot the natives were tnorta’lv wounded. GERONiSIO’S SUKKKNDLU. Conflicting Opinions as to Gen. Miles’ Course. Washington, Oot. 4.—lt is stated offi cially at tho War Department that noth ing ha* been determined upon In regard to the surrender of Geronimo and that the department is still lacking informa tion upon which to base any action. Gen. Miles’ failure to Iranklv avow at, the outset that he had granted liberal terms to iho captives is severely criticised. It iu now understood that the instruc tions given to Oen. Cook not to accept the surrender of tho Apaohes. unless they came in without conditions, were transmitted to Gan. Miles ior his in formation and guidance. These instruc tions were Inspired by the desire of the President to undertake anew policy ol dealing with the renegade Indian ma rauders, which policy contemplated their trial by the civil courts and their prompt punishment for tho crimes they bud com mitted. A REQUISITION. A requisition, it Is understood, ha* al ready linen made by the Governor of Ari zona upon the Governor ol Texas for tho surrender of Geronimo lor trial, but under the terms of the surrender the President cannot permit the chiet to bs surren dered to either Governors. Gen. Miles has defenders among the authorities us well as critics, and it Is urged in justification of his course that it Is better to have possession ol tho Indi ans, eveu If tho opportunity of making an example of tbem, to deter others from fol lowing In their lootsteps, bo lost, than to permit them to go on indefinitely in their course of murder. . A CONFLICT OF OPINION. There is a ooutltet of opiniou and state ment in reapnet to ihe condition of tbe Apaches wbeu they cm me in. It has been said that they were reduced to the lowost point of futiguo and privation and that their surrender was tho result. This, in the absence of official informa tion, is not everywhere credited. Officers who know ihe Apache* well assert that the kind of life they have been leading latterly is their normal state, that women aooompau.ed them everywhere, aud that children were horn and thrived while troops were in hot pur suit; in short, that Iho savage* were as well prepared when they surrendered lor continuing their raids as they were a year ago. THRIVING ON MISFORTUNES. The surrender and cessation of hostili ties is said to be a sad blow to a certain clasa ol whites upon both sides of the lire —men who made merchandise of the mis fortune* of the saltiers, who scoured vulu able mining and rnnob properties (or a fraction of their value in consequence ot the terror inspired by the savages, und whu would have supplied tbe latter with means to carry on their murderous work indefinitely. Lieut. Gatewood, the officer to wnorn the Indian* first surrendered, ha* not yet been heard from ’ hrough any channel with respect to the conditions granted to the prisoners. YOUMANB NOT A FIGUREHEAD. Several Important Reforms Inaugu rated (JTuier His Administration. Washington, Oot 4. —ChiefUlerk You mans, of the Treasury Department, is proving a very clever official. Ordinarily the Chlel Clerk ol the Treasury Depart ment has been a msre figure head, aud not infrequently a wooden head. It le due to tbe negleet ol former chief clerks that tho sanitary condition of the depart ment building ia so bad. Chief Clerk Youiiiaus has taken this up, has already adopted a piau of Improvement and put it in operation. The bad drainage ami ven tilation, which had *o much to do with tho illness of Secretary Felger and Secre tary Manumg, tosav nothing el hundreds of subordinate official*, will*’ ml*) m.-us ureably done a way with. Tt r i*’net reform begun by Chief Clerk Youuiaus stbeex clueion Irom the department, alter 2 o’clock, of all persons exrept those con neeted with the government or the press. This shuts out a lot of claim agents who seriously interfere with the business of the department, and secures the protec tion of Its employes Iron, nnneoussury interruption during tbe last two hours of the business day. MEDG WICK’S NT AY KM ENT. Mucli Inlorrnatioii Which Secretary Itayarrt Will Find Useful. Washington, Oct. 4.—W'hen Secretary Bayard returns he will find Mr, Sedg wick’s report on the Gutting case on hi* table. D will be very useful lo blm in bis preparation ol the little reviewof Ihecase which he will prepare for the information of the l’residect In connection with the preparation of Ills annuel message. It will also afford him data for furiher in structions to .Minister Manning ns to ne gotiation* with Mexico to tho end that our citizens may be secured agaiuat uny repetition of tbe proceedings taken by M' xico in the Cutting case. Mr. ’Sedg wick’s report is largely made up of ex tracts from tbe Mexican law* and the Mexican records. But it is just this infor mation which tbe Secretary oi State de sired. AN OVEItDUK ' S EAM Eft. The Anchor la 21 Day* Out from Glasgow. New York, Oct. 4.—The steamship Ancborin, ot the Anchor line of steam ers. has not yqt arrived at this port. She left Glasgow Sept. Iff and stopped at Lon donderry to take on l!i2 passengers, iu all she hud about 460 passengers on board and we* duo at* tiffs port Wednes day last. Tne company’* offi cials proles* lo believe that nothing bas occurred beyond Gib breaking down ol some machinery. This would necessitate tbe steamer haring to resort to her sails. From tne fact that heavy weather bus prevailed lately, fears are entertained lor tho salety of the An. chorla. Friend* of the passengers on the overdue steamer are at the office daily in quiring for news. Silver Certificates Marl Out. Washington. Oct. 4.—General distrl qiltlon ol the new ont’-doilar silver certi ficates began to-day, and will be contin ued until tbe demand, which is very greut, lias been entirely supplied. The notes are now being printed at the rate of SBO,- (KKi daily. Tbe new iwn-dollar silver err tifloHte* will not be ready for issue for two weeks yet. A Consul Suspended. Washington, Oct. 4.— The .President to-day directed a suspension of Henthold Grveuebuum United States uonsui at Apia, Samoa, and will probably appoint (PRICE SlO A TEAR.) f 5 CENTS A COPY. ( BULGARIA JHDSDEFIANCB KAULBARS SILENCED BY CROWD 5,000 STRONG. Th!tnlftn Annonnofmfß'l of thm C*r’* Mrui ui’n M*fc with Mhou4 R-'fualnie Compliance—Stotmi Hurltd At a Mmii who 4 hccred for Kumlh of Indorsement at thol I'rcuter’i Citd6uo. Sophia. Got. 4AII but seven of tbe ofti< cers wlio were under arrest for complici ty in the dep mitionof Princo Alexander have been released. Five thousand persons attended a meet., injc bold yesterday to hear from Dr. Voult chtii' nls report of the conference last Thursday between Gen. Kaulhars and 114 Bulgarian notatile* headed by the doctor, who oalled upon the Russian agent td request modifications in Russia’s do< mauds. The audience cheered Dr. Vouit cbc-ff during his narrative and uttered groans for Russia. Dr. Voultobeff pros posed and tue meeting adopted a resolu tion declaring con tide nee 111 the govern, meat and assurance to it of moral and national support so lone as it continued to maintain the independence of Bulgaria and the constitution and laws of tic a country. A STORMV INCIPKNT. During the proceedings a Russian arose* and shouted, “bong live the Czar” and! “Down with the government.” He was* at once set upon by the audience andl roughly handled, nnd would probably have been killed it polioe bad uot rescued him and conducted him to a placo of satety. While the proceedings were In progress Gen, Kaulhars suddenly anil unexpectedly appeared and mounted! ibo tribune. His appeaipiuce made ft sensation. The audience became quiet and respectful. He addressed them and sab! he was there to express the Czar'si desire. Hu was at once loudly inter! nipled by shouts of “We waut no We will listen to advice if it is good.” KA r I.lt Alls' AGAIN INTERRUPTED. Gen. Kaulbars, when order bad Been restored,continued,saying: “1 have beard that a Russian has been beaten! because he cheered for the Czar.” Here there were Iresb Interruptions and sboute oil “The man was not beaten for cheer! lug lor the Czar, but because he cried: •Down with Bulgaria!’ The same fata will betall all ssying the sauvt thing.” Gen. Kaulhars ihen attempted to explain these points in the Russian de mands. The crowd cried out that tbev> would receive no orders. Among thu shouts were: “The state of siege hag already been raleed.” “Political prison ers will not be released.” “The people will stone them If they are (reed.” “Thg electiou will not be adjourned.” “The law must, be respected, otherwise progress is impossible.” K 4UI,BARS MAD. When the crowd had ceased shouting. Gen. Kaulhars declared that tne Czar! would refuse, unless the elections wer postponed, to recognize the Great Hohranjg elected to choose a successor to Prince Alexander. Tbe audience again became tumultuous. They shouted at Gen. Kaul bars: “We don’t care. We will stone whoever violates tbe constitution.” Gen, Kaulhars’ patience linally became ex hausted, and, in u menacing tone, ha threw the responsibility (or refusing to listen to Russia’s advice on tbe coun try. “Tbe Bulgarians as a cation,” be said, “do not desirsj the constitution. • inly a few men in the country want one.’* Tbe shouting here became most violent, and Gen. Kaulhars was compelled to withdraw (rent the tribune. AN ORATOR FROM THE PEOPLE. A popular orator immediately ascendedr It, and asked the people if it were true that they desired to abolish tbs constitution. The crowd loudly protested that it was not true, and made threats against any one who ahould attempt, to tamper witta the constitution. A committee was ap* pointed to go to Premier RudostavolT’s resl* ilenee and present him wuh a copy of tb resolution adopted and the meeting then adjourned. The Premi-r received the committee, and listened to the reading of tne resolu* tlon. Ho declared be would always fol* low the policy he bad hitherto adopted, and ina ntain the laws and constitution! of Bulgaria iti order to assure Its inue pundenoe aid liberty. RECEIVED ENTHUSIASTICALLY. This declaration was received with great applause by tbe committee, and when communicat' and to tbe great crowd which had followed tbe committee the people became extremely enthusiastic. They crowded in upon Premier Radosia vnff and curried him about In their arms, cheering w ildlv and singing the national an'liem. JM. N'eklindol, the new Russian diplomatic agent at Sophia. accompanied Gen. Kaulbars to the Voultobeff meeting. Gen. Kaulbars, before leaving Sophia-, on a tour of Bulgaria, notified tdo governs meat mat Russia would not consider elections to the SoDranje legal. NO CONFERENCE WANTED. Vienna, Oct. 4.—Russia and Germany have unfavorably received Austria’s sug-i gnstion for a conference to settle the Bul garian question. RUMORS OF REVOLUTION. Bucharest. Got. 4.—lt is reported her* that a revolution has broken out in ttophi* aud Tirnova. TEAMS <>N Wild) RUNS. Two Fright onoil Steeds Garry Con sternation Along a Boulevard. Chicago, Oct. 4.—Drexel boulevar* was the scene of great excitement lash evening. A span of powerful horses' hitched to an open carriage containing two guntlcmon became unmanageable and tore down tbe crowded drive at a frightful rate of speed. Three or four other teams took fright and joined the runaways, several carriages) being overturned and with their oc cupant* scattered over the drive. The contagion spread to nearly every animal within a distance of a mile, and before the frantic beasts were caught and quieted nail a dozen equipages bud been demol ished and some twenty persons injured. Several sustained bioken limbs and others serious injuries, but Dr. Uarnlow, driver of the team which caused tbe trouble,is the only one whose injuries are likely to prove latal. He received a severe fracture of tbe skull, besides bav. lug his lace badly cut aud his shoulder dislocated. Cholera’s Ravage*. Trieste. Oct. 4.—Seven new cases ot cholera are reported in this city to-day. tiirkk deaths at peats. Perth, Oot. 4.— Ttireo persons died here yesterday from cbolera. Seven new eases of tbe disease were reported. Cholera bae broken out at Sssddln, where s casos nnd 4 deaths an* reported.