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E*T VBIJBHED 1850. |
)J. H. E STILL, Editor and Proprietor.!
POIVDEKLY’S PRINCIPLES.
PREMATURE PUBLICATION OF
THE ANNUAL ADDRESS.
T j,e Work of the Year Reviewed and
tbe Leaiona Deducted front It Clearly
Set Forth—The Keceptlen of the Re
port of the Credential* Committee
the tlnly Work of l;e Day—Tito Race
Issue.
Richmond, Va., Oot. f>.—Although the
second day of the Knkjhts of Labor Con
vention has passed, that body is not yet
ready to begin the business which called
it together. Nothing could be done before
organization as a convention, and before
that is done it is necessary to know who
are entitled to be members of the conven
tion. The first step toward accomplish
ing that result was taken yesterday,
when the Committee on Credentials was
named. From the time of the organiza
tion of that committee it has been busily
engaged going through the tedious aud
laborious task of examining the list
of delegates from the assemblies
throughout the United States and Canada
and comparing tDem with Secretary Tur
ner’s books to determine the standing of
the assemblies they represented and the
claims of the assemblies to be represent
ed. Over this work they toiled until a
late hour last night and the toil was re
sumed early this morning. When the
convention assembled at 9 o’clock the
work was still uncompleted aud the con
vention was compelled to adjourn to 2
s'clook this afternoon to await its com
pletion.
FINALLY PRESENTED.
When the convention went Into session
at that hour the report was not yet com
pleted in ail i's details, and was not pre
sented until 3 o’clock. From that hour
until 5:30 o’clock the time was occupied
in reading the long roll of over 800 names.
The committee had reached a decision on
all but eight or ten names, and these
were referred to the convention itself.
The report presented was unanimous.
Protests were made on behalf of the dele
gates excluded by the decision of the com
mittee. Arguments were made for and
against acceptance of the report, and. it
the statements of the delegates who left
the hail during the debate may
lie believed, the feeling shown
on both sides in several
cases was very strong. At length the re
port was accepted and It was decided
mat those whose names had been read
from the roll prepared by the Committee
on Credentials were entitled to seats.
When this result was reached the others
wire requested to leave and quietly re
lired from the hall. The work of assign
ing seats to the remaining delegates then
began and was completed at 7:30 o’clock,
when an adjournment was taken to 9
o'clock to morrow morning. Before ad
journing it wap decided that tue session
of the convention shall be from 9 to 12
and 2 to 6 o'clock daily until final adjourn
ment.
TELEGRAMS OF CONGRATULATION.
During the afternoon session Mr. Pow.
a- rly received the following telegram
from Terre Haute, lud.:
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
f„i| congratulations and best wishes, and
wish you aud your order every success.
D. R. Sargent.
The telegram was read and a commit
tee was appointed to send a suitable
response.
Mr. Puwjerly also received by wire to
day from Richmond, Ind., the oongratu
iarion ;tnu thanks of .lames L. Townsend,
colored, of Rost No. 49 Grand Army of the
Republic, for tbe stand be had taken in
behalf of the colored race.
To-morrow will be taken up in the dis
cussion ot the question of the admission
oi rejection of the eight or ten delegates
wnose cases were referred to the conven
tion by the Committee on Credentials.
1 hey come from several States, and con
sist o! members ol delegations from as
semblies claiming larger representation
ban the strict rules ol the order allow.
Joey claim that their present member
ship entitles them to the number
sent, but the rules require that tbe repre
sentation shall bo based on the member,
ship shown by the Suerelary’s hooks last
•inly. When tais question is decided tbe
convention will be ready to listen to ilr.
owderlv s address showing the progress
oi the oilier during the year, and settle
Gown t> the business awaiting its atten
tion.
Shortly alter lu o’clock Mr. Powderlv
arrived, and was presented by Brother
Donnell with a gavel made Irom toe
0 , an orange tree that grew on the
pot where Gen. Paekenbam was killed
at the battle of New Orleans. The pre
ntation wag made on benalf ol the New
Orleans Knights.
the delegates left the hull Mr.
i owuerlv strongly urged them to avoid
ioe use Of strong drink while in Rloh
individuals, lie said, he had no
.:, .i°"i oUte 8410 wtlat "my Should do.
J w ero not here as individuals
,' u as representatives or a vast constita-
: h ' v? eyes of the world were upon
, 'Hi wtij, e here and that constituency
*OOl,l i, e judged by their conduct.
THE HACK ISSUE.
iR> committee of arrangements of tbe
rift, appointed to determine the
.„, ' * 'fie entertainment to be given
j lt ' n Sf Kuignts next Mondav have
iciut and to let tßequestion of commingling
(ho, a:icl cc,ll red people at the ball
I.® 1 “' , * n| DS settle itself. It has been
■ ’zed to have two dancing pavilions
I' >, ate Fair grounds. Chairman
■ ncii smd this afternoon that it was not
ln, 'ion to assign one to white
n "Kiits and tbe other to colored Knights.
NO DISTINCTION RECOGNIZED.
' oili orilei reoognized no such distinc
h. *: *ut at the same time the feeling
r , ' 11 regard to the sooial intercourse of
w l,O well understood that they
’ "ipstea no trouble on that score. It
• pm r*' ww l. 01 course, that the colored
own t ‘ w °Uld preferto associate with their
huh i’" 0 , 1 '!"- D. however, a colored Knight
,h>. w'h a,Jy “kould choose to dance with
l, people In the other pavilion he
nr. or "° inteutiou to prevent tnein.
6 if colored guests should pre
w.r en) *®* ve ® at lhe '“bles where whiles
rt . • s ‘- at the banquet what would be
, . *• ['s replied that bo expected no tiou
fittway, but did not suppose they
ini . , 1,0 Prohibited from doing so. He
ihi.'p'in • and •P ea *l n K to Mr. l'owderly on
ihut , • l " ct in a dsy or so. Hn repeated
ff expected no trouble. The funds
. , i*''entertainment of the guests was
'■ oy the white and colored local
I, en'hlies of Richmond. The Knights
, separate assemblies, anil the
I, ', ”tnghts have oontrlbutcd more
, ‘ l| ie whites to tbe entertainment
Ihe arrangements for Monday
■\|i"cluiea parade of the local as
iihoe* and visiting Knight*, with Mr.
... *‘7 y ’ l * , “ Executive Committee and
, " K'leste in carriages. Speeches
! , 8 "'“do by Henalor elect Daniel,
• lcc, Mr. Powderly and otners.
farhell at the theatre.
I ui evening the delegatus from Die
tnct No. 49, of New York, sixty in num
ber, with twenty additional delegates
from other dlstriots, marched to the
Academy ot Music, where Bandmann
is playing Hamlet. In tbe fore
most ranks was Frank Farrell,
the colored delegate of District 49,
who was refused admission at a hotel
on account of his color. One of the lead
ers hought eighty tickets for orchestra
seats and distributed them to his iellow
delegates. All marched toward the door
keeper, with Farrell at tbe bead. The
management of the theatre determined to
avoid trouble. Farrell was admitted,
took his seat in the front row of the or
chestra chairs and remained uudisturbed
throughout tbe performance.
AN INNOVATION.
This action of the New York Knights of
Labor will create great excitement in
Richmond aud provoke the resentment
even of many white men who belong to
tho Knights of Labor. It is the first time
a colored man or woman sat throughout
a performance in other than the section 1
reserved for colored people In the theatre
here. About eight years ago a
young man escorted a fashion
ably dressed woman into the
Richmond theatre where they occupied
orchestra seats. The woman was whiter
than many having no negro blood, and
her race was not suspected. After she
had sat there an hour tbe manager wag
informed that she was of negro descent.
She was ordered to leave and did so.
CRIES for blood.
Tho same evening a light colored mu
latto gamed entrance to the dress circle.
When he was noticed an uproar ensued,
the play stopped, tbe audience yelled
“Hang him!” and violence was threat
ened. He left the theatre. One result, citi
zens here say, will follow the admission of
Farrell to the Academy of Music. It will
insure the election of George D. Wise,
the Democratic candidate for
Congress iu this district. Waddell is the
Republican candidate, and Mr. Mullen,
Master Workman of tbe Knights ot La
bor of this district, is the labor candi
date. Now they say no white man will
vote for him.
I’hil Kearney Post, No. 13, Grand
Army of the Republic, have invited the
Grand Array of the Republic members of
the Knights of Labor here to a reception
to-morrow evening.
THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE.
At the special session of the General
Assembly held at Cleveland Messrs. Beau
mont, McCartney and Campbell were ap
pointed a Committee oil Legislation in the
Interests of Labor. Messrs. Beaumont
and McCartney were in Washington
during the session of Congress, and
shortly atter its adjournment prepared a
report, which was printed aud circulated
through the assemblies of the Knights
of Labor, and the substance ol
which was made public through the
press. Ralph Beaumont, chairman of tbe
committee, has prepared the following
supplementary report, which will be pre
sented at toe present convention and on
which action will be taken:
To the General Executive Board of the Knights
of Labor l
Your National Legislative Committee for
warded to yon within three days after the
adjournment of Congress theirreport, believ
ing that tbe order staou a be made acquainted
with the work accomulished by the commit
tee at the earliest possible moment. Th s,
with constant attention to duty during the
session, prevented your committee from ex
pressing In their report any views that they
might have formed during the time
they were pngaged in performing their task
in regard to any future action that the Gen
eral Assemble might see (It to take in the fu
ture in the line of influencing legislation in
the interest of the people.
THE NEEDS OF THE ORDER.
Your committee realized that the day is
not at hand when we may safely rely upon me
members of our order in sufficient numbers
to wield any great and useful power as a
body at the pills to sustain only such candi
dates as may be relied upon to favor our in
terests. That object can only be accom
plished bv a system of education that will
develop the highest knowledge upon the
measures that are constantly being
brought to the front in the
legislative halls of the nation. Your
committee found that the most difficult task
that it had to perform was to get at thetrue
inwardness of tho measures pending before
Congress. T hey found ttiat among itu-hun
dred . hills now pending before tho Senate
and House are three great questions of tiie
future, viz: Land, transportation and
finance; that but few of them
were drawn with a view of accomplishing
the most good iu the interest of tue people,
but ou the contrary it was the common usage
of the enemies of the people to introduce a
bill thut, on the face of it, would seem to he a
good and wholesome measure in tho interest
of justice and equity, while in between
Ihe tines it would contain tnnst insidious
clauses that the cunning braiu of railroad at
torneys could Invent.
HARD ON CONGRESS.
In fact, several members of Congress in
formed your comm utec that it was next to
an impossibility to get an honest mgl fair
lull through either branch of the Legislature.
Your committee also fled that the members of
the order and other working mon in general
ice, tin lir these condition often led to in
dorsing measures that are decidedly
injurious to their own best inter
ests. Again, there is no possible
chance of educating ihe people ou these
frauds hy anything ttiat is said in Congress,
as those who have charge of this elans of
legislation are ns a rule tna most skillful
tacticians in pertinmentary debate io the
House, anil they have suozeeded in making
the House rules such as to
enable them to smother debate ori
every piece of legislation of a vicious
character that may ooine before either house
in the interest of the corporate interests of
the country, and a committee of three would
be more than human that would he able to
watch every measure of this uatarc anil be
Ajiiu to counteract the same. Now, your com
mittee is of tho opinion that in order
to combat the corporate interest, aided as it
is by a subsidized piess, that something more
tliaii a committee is not only needed, but
imi-t lie resorted to if we would arouse the
people to the wrongs tii it are constantly beiug
enacted hy our law makers.
THE COMMITTEE’S SUGGESTIONS.
In view of this opinion held bv your com
imuee they beg leave to offer the following
suggestions to be laid before the General As
sembly at Richmond on Oot. 4:
That this body establish a congress of its
own at Washington during the balance of the
pie amt session of the United States Uon
gre ,*, a period of luO days, commenc
ing Dec. I, 18*0, Hits congress io con
sist of ono delegate from each of the thirty
eight Stales, thy to b ■ selected from the
heel speakers aud debaters iu tho order; they
to be alfbvved compensation of fS per day anil
to he allowed actual traveling expenses to
and from tneir homes. They shall organize a
body by electing a speaker from their
own number, uud shall appoint
the same number of committees as
now arc appointed hy the United states
House of Representatives, and they shall lie
designated by the same Dtlas. This body
shall lie in session dally eight boars per day
from 9 o’clock in the morning to 8 o'clock in
tiie afternoon, with one hour for dinner.
WORK OF THE CONGRESS.
This body shall as soon as it is organized
procure a copy of evory bill that Is intro
duced into cither branch of tiie National
Legislature, mid it shall at onoe bo referred
to the appropriate committee, and such com -
tnittee shall At once report toe bill
to the body with such recom
mendations as it in its judgment
may deem best, when it shall debate the same,
mid If amended by the body, a committee
shall at once lie appointed to rake the bill iu
Its amended form and present tile same to
tno committee of either branch of the
National Legislature Hint lisa It under con
sideration, aud request that tbs amendment
SAVANNAH, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1886.
be inserted in tho bill. This body shall have a
clerk, assistant clerk, stenographer, sergeant
at arms and an assistant so trgeant at ariii,ouo
doorkeeper and an assistant doorkeeper,all of
whom shall bo members of the order. Tho
General Executive Board shall levy an as
sessment pro rata on each member of the or
der to defray the expenses of this body.
There shall also be published by this body a
daily record of its prorte lings, including the
debates, and a copy of the same furnished to
each labor assembly, ana shall bo sold 10 mem
bers of the order aud others at cost.
THE GOOD TO RESULT.
This in brief is submitted to you as a sup
plementary report of the committee. Your
committee is of the opinion that the cost of
maintaining such a body for 100 days would
not exceed 28c. per member, and tbatitseffect
as an educator of the people would far exceed
that of the National Legislature, as it would
be untrammelled by any partisan bias.
It would, in faot, bi n congress of
the GMinraon people, what this
nation ha* never seen before, amt criticisms
of the members of this body or the utterances
of the members of the other two houses would
be looked for bv the wage workers from one
end of this land to the other. A sit is now
we are unrepresented iu the halls of legisla
i tion, a* we are unable to compete with the
wily politicians, and through the unscrupu
lous dealing* of these men tho will of the
honest and well meaning portion of the
people is thwarted, but by this moans
we woulu be able to show tiiem aud tneir
ways bare to i he people. Your committee is
of the opinion that a throe months session of
such a congreB would be the means of awak
ening to new life the sluggish apathy that
now exists among tbe people, threatening
their liberties.
AH of which I most respectfully submit.
Ralph c. Bka'umont, chairman.
J J. J. McCartnkt, Secretary.
MR. POWDERLY’H ADDRESS,
Mr. I’owtierly’s annual address was
published in full prematurely this after
noon bv the Troy Standard, a labor organ.
Tbe address will be presented to ihe con
vention, it is expected, to-morrow after
noon. It is in part as follows:
To the Member* of the Getter it, Aeeetobbj:
The most eventful and trying year of our
existence ax au order lias ended, and we as
semble for the purpose of reviewing what has
beeu done, correcting those things that are
wrong, and of legislating lor the future.
It i* required liv law that the General Mas
ter Workman shall make out and submits
report of his official acts during the year. To
report all of my official acts performed during
the past yoar-.vomd take more of your time
tnau is at all necessary.
If we are guided by the experience of the
oast, and act accord,ngly, wo can place ;hc
order upon a footing so safe and sure that no
assaults from its enemies can Injure it. If we
are not guided by that experience, if we fail
to read aright the signs of the limes, and we
close this General Assembly without having
improved on the past, we wid fail to properly
represent iliose who sent us lure. •
The rapid increase In organ li inn since he
Hamilton session of the 1 ■ i:i, I Asseni dv
was most marvelous. Anexumin tionoflho
reports of tho General Secretary Treasurer
for the year ending July 1, 1881, will show that
in oue year 4,008 assemblies have beeu organ
ized. The ne w members, so suddenly brought
together, could not bo properly assimilated.
Thousands have been attracted toward the
order through mere curiosity; o'hers have
come tor purely selfish motives; while the
great bulk of our new recruits have joined us
for the good that they could do.
Quite a few have entered our order for the
purpose of redressing existing wrongs, and,
before waiting to learn anythiug concerning
the duty of tbe Knight to the order, have
plunged into rash and ill considered strikes.
The troubles coming from this direction be
gan while Ihe last General Assembly was in
session. The car drivers of St. Louis were
organized under promise from the Organizer
that they would receive aid, unstinted, in case
of a strike. Even before the roeelpt of tbetr
charter they were on strike. Their proceed
ings were characterized by suoh utter disre
gard for our laws au 1 teachings, tnat the paid
and known agentsof their employer.i. tho de
tectives, had no difficulty in -enuring the
passage of motions of a violent character.
• THE SOUKWEST STRIKE
begun when the time and attention of the
1 general officers were taken up with other
matters of vital importance. No notice of the
o intcmplated action w as given to us, aud we
knew nothing waievor concerning It or the
causes leading to it until it had been iu pro
gress several days.
It has been asserted that I condemned the
men while they were on s'rlke. No suen
statement ever escaped my bps. The only
statement of mine that oouid be made to ap
pear in ihe lignt of a condemnation wasthst
contained iu my secret circular of March Iff,
a copy of which is herewith submitted. I did
not approve of that strike, I could uot do so
since confidence enough was not reposed in
Ihe General Ex >cu'ive Board to give them a
chauce to examine into the grievance*, which
the nicinttersof D. A. 101 comp aluodof.
That the men of the Southwest suffered
wrongs is true; thev were many and griev
ous, and it is my firm belief that the railway
companies, with a full knowledge of what
those grievances were, precipitated Hie fight
themselves at a time hen ! r would spneurto
tho world that the strike was for an insignifi
cant cause. I can do n heifer than to sub
mit Ihe reports of Brothers Litcliman and
McGuire.
THE KIGHT-HOUP. STRIKE,
which took place May 1. was uot successful
except in ruses where eiti doyers and em
ploy s were acting iu hurinonv.or where em
ployer* were wiling to adopt rhe plan. In
many easy* the old system of w rking long
hours has been revived. The l'ede-adon of
T i ades ree inline mi-tl May 1. but adopted or
suggested no definite plan by wtilcli the short
hour system could be inaugurated. 1 cau
tioned our members against rushing imo tins
movement. I bad the right to do it, and am
firm in the belief that had I not done so great
loss would h ve been entailed upon va*t num
bers of our ns-ainblies. IViiat 1 and m my
secret circular of March 11 lias been severely
criticised, and I have oeen accused of oppos
ing the eight hour movement. Xo statement
ever was further from ihe truth. ! ouriosed
the strike on May 1 because 1 knew tost
neither workmen nor employers were ready
for it, because the education which must
si wav * precede inlelligcnt action had not be n
given to those most in need of it; because no
definite, business like plan for the inang ora
tion of the eigbt-hour movement had been
mapped out.
A reduction of the hours of labor is a neces
sity, anil sooner or later must he had, but we
must not forget that in many places the ten
hour plan hasnot been adople 1 yet. It may do
very well for an organization which looks af
ter the interests •>! bill, one craft or calling to
neglect those wliostand most itineed of help,
hut a Knight of Labor must never close n<i
• yes to the u antaof the humblest of his fel
low creatures.
The very discussion of the sudden introduc
’ tion of the eight-hour p an injured hudness,
so much so that in many places men wore
reduced lohalf 'imeor thrown out of employ
ment altogether. Millions of dollar,’ worth
of work was left undone because of the uncer
tainty in regard to taking contracts or In
making engagement* to perform work. Novor
was it more cieariv demonstrated that **au
Injury to one is tho concern of all” than in the
movement I am speaking 01. Tbe hoir
builder. through uncertainly as to how many
hours of labor his employe* would work for
him. made nocoulracta toerect buildings, anil
I ne carpenter wa* thrown out of employ inept;
the man who mad; ti e window glaas, the mau
who made the nails—iu fact, every man or
woniaa engaged In the manufacture of arti
cles which goto build or fiirniih a house—suf
fered through the attempt to onloreo the
eight-hour system on May I. Th-move was
in therlgutdircction. bin tho lime aud circuut
atanoea were not suGnblc.
THE MACHINE AND THE MAN.
Before a short hour system that will be of
anv benefit to mankind can bo inaugurated,
the relation which tbe workman bears to the
labor-saving machine must undergo a radical
change. Shorten the hours of labor under
our present system and tho streets wiR not be
emptied of their idle thousands. More ma
chine* will be erected aud more children
called Into service to Led them. The a* er
tion that the advocate of sh irt hours desire*
to stop production Is false. It
Is to make production gradual,
haalthv, and have It keep pace wnh
toe want* of the consumer, keeping all men
employed, so that Idlenes* will disappear aud
the producer remain a consumer t > bts idlest
rapacity, that we dfslre a shamming of the
hour* of labor. Visit our lurge and siDsll fac
tones amt you find that the mechanic of the
past is but the feeder of the machine of the
present We already hear of machine* In
cour-e of perfection which will ret the type
nno in mid the cigars fuster than human hands
can ilo the work; and electricity will soon
take the throttle lever from the hand of the
man who runs the locomotive. The day will
soon dawn when these agt ucies will be doing
their work; and, when that day does come,
the mechanic, now so proud of his calling,
will stand face to face with the alternative of
asking for charity or the adoption of the call
ing of tho atreet scavenaer. When that dav
comes, the man who now seeks to array labor
again-t lslior tu asserting that the "18 a day
man should not move in tho same society cir
cles with the man who works tor $1 a day”
will cither seek to crowd the *1 a day man
out of his place or accept the crumbs of cher
ity tu eustalu lire. History will repeat Itself,
and the tight for existence will be waged with
unrelenting fury.
WHAT IS THE REMEDY?
The machine must become the slave of the
man, instead of keeping tho man in attend
ance on and stiuordiuate to the machine. A
plan of 00-operation through which the work
man may control the machine he operates
must one day supersede tho present system.
To properly map out such a plan requires
more time than I have had or am likely to
have at my disposal. I can only co-operate
with others in the work.
CHILD LABOR.
The thirteenth article in our declaration of
principles reads: "The prohibition, by
law, of the employment of children
under tlfteen years 'of age in work
shops, mine* and factories ” The end
sought tor in carrying this declaration Into ef
fect is not that that the child may live in idle
ness; it is not dial mure adults may be em
ployed. It is that the child of the poor man
may be enabled to acquire an education to
equip him for the duties which wtll in future
fall upon him as man and citizen. We
ounnot afford to pass this question by and leg
islate on some aim ole question of trade disci
pline, The qneslion of child labor and edu
cation is the most important hut can come
be loro us now or at any other time. With an
education, all things are easy of acoomplish
ment; without it, ho)ie Itself almost dies, and
liberty is a farce. In our organizations of
labor, and It has been so from the beginning,
we take up tile work of reform when the sub
ject is advanced in tears —the new member
must be above six'eeu years before we admit
him. We attempt to drive from hie mind the
lalso ideas gathered in from the workshop, or,
pcssiblv, the street corner. His habits are
formed, and the work that should have been
begun at seven years we take up at twenty
or later on in life. To attempt to settle so in
tricate a question as tha one we are grappling
wiui, or to successfully s dye the question. Is
a task sodttHcult that I do not wander that
men drop out of ihe ranks oflabor organiza
tions discouraged and boneless. To make the
necessary progiess, wo mast begin with the
chi and and spe to it ih'it ho has an education.
If the principles of the Knights of Labor are
right, and few men question idiom, we should
teach them to the you eg. It should be a part
ol H e duty of every aas *mhlv to ascertain the
number of children who do not attend school
in is vicinity, learn what the causes are, and
take steps to have them arteno schubl.
1 ask that a Special Committee on Educa
tion be appointed to prepare and recommend
to Ibis General Assonibly a plan lor the better
education of the American youth.
TRADE UNIONS.
I he trouble with trade unions in which cer
tain of our member* am! assemblies have been
engaged was greatly mrgnilied and distorted.
The proceedings of I be ulcvctau I sp mil ses
sion of the General As-ambly, and the report
of the General Execntivo Board submitted in
you to-day, will be sufficient. I nee I not en
ter into detail further man to aay that i here
were ni'stakcs made on both sides, borne of
our organizers bare been so zralous ini heir
way if organizing tnai . .. y have encroached
upon the prerogative-! of Vi. her associations,
and on several occasions he nghw of our
members have been odiously interfered with
bv members of trade unions since me spe
eial session of tho General Assembly ovor
Ufty efts s of dispute between parts of our
order anil other societies have been
placed before mo for adjustment. It, was
not neons-art to place these cases before the
General Executive Board. A few lines in each
ca-e w as sufficient, and ihe trouble ended.
More trouble has been caused us by men
who proles.* lo be members of tbe Knights of
Labor than by members of trade unions. 1
respect ihe man who, being a member of a
trade union, does o, cry ill mg honorable in Ids
power to defend ana p rpeuiarc Itisorganlza
tinn; but for lito Kmgnt of Labor who would
even altempt to subordinate our order to any
other I have notning but contempt, la my
estimation there Is Imt one place for such a
man, aud that is on the outside of our order.
IN BELF-DEFENSE.
I have never, durii g the seven years that I
have served as General Muster Workman,
mule a memberof tbi*order a subject z>f per
sonal or publiocritiidsni orabuse. nueh treat
ment na not been accorded to mo. Whether
the Intention waa to have me reply through
the public profs 1 do nut know, hut I have
made it a rule never to speak in criticism,
harsh or otherwise of a man except when
standing face to faon with him. And I have
as studiously refrained from replying lo or
denying attacks or accusation* against, me,
except in ihe presence of those who made
them. When called upon to defend the order
or its principles, I have attempted to do so.
I have been accused of displaying a "lack of
nerve,” of ”want of backbone, and of being
too "weak a man to leadasirong movement.”
I have never replied to these charges, nor
willl do so now. I simply uo>nr. bacx to a
record of seven yen .a of service und ask ihi
question: If, while holding a position such as
no man living or (lend ever held before, with
the full blaze of public scrutiny shining upon
my every action, with public opinion as
ready to condemn as to applaud. I have dis
played a lack of nerve or backbone, why is it
that a million men and women of nerve,
backbone nnd common sense have gathered
around the standard which was l in ed in my
hands seven years ago ttv the founder of the
order himself? If I h ive been proven a weak
mau, why do so many strong men support
wrf
I will now speak us I have never spoken to
a session of the General Assembly before.
Representatives have be n iustruct and to vote
for me for General Master Workman. I feel
comp i men ted, but. relen-e every member from
his obligation to vote for tue. ion are free
to vote lor any other man you cbootv, nnd if
you act in accordance with my wishes you
will select another to Bit my place. This I
leave iD your hands. Island ready to serve
this order in any capacity, either as General
Master Workman or private in Ihe ranks. In
voting for General Master Workman do not
be guided hv sentiment or sympathy, but vole
for the best interest of God’s suffering poor,
and tho cause of united labor. It Is because
1 believe it to be toy duty that I talk thus
plainly, aud hero face to face with labor's
representative men and women is the place
to say it.
It has been charged that between members
of the General Executive Board and myself
serious dlskurbaucus have taken place; that
rupture* have occurred of a *erlou*characier.
Others have charged that the board constitut
ed itself a ring to manage affair*. These state
ments, inventions of the mutiny, have a dam
aging efl'ec, when told to the unwary. Tho
first assertion Is utterly tnise, for between
ills board and mysolf there has been no rup
ture or even a difference. It at first we did
not agree upon a question, we discussed It
until lb 1 fullest possible ight shone upon it,
and, wneu we wont to the worn! with it, we
went as one man. Every attempt to divide
us lias been a failure. That we have con
stituted ourselves a ring to rnauage
nglair* is true; that is what you elected us for.
We are a ring, solid and uubroken; and 1
hope the next hoard will be the same. For
atanding together In unity we have no apolo-
Ses to offer. For myself f sav may It never
i otherwise.
Cost* of Trial by Jury Saved.
Throckmorton, Tex., Oct. s.—An
armed mob broke Into the jail here Bun
day night, took out a negro named Tom
Farrar, put a rope around hla n<-ck,
dragged him a quarter of a mile and then
banged him to a tree. Farrar bad con
fessed that he killed a farmer named
Urney, aud outraged and murdered tJr
uoy's daughter.
Spain's ftpsrolut loviiata Pardoned.
Madrid, Oot. ft.—All of the revolution
let* who were eentenoed to death have
been pardoned.
BULGARIA AS A PRIZE.
RUSSIA’S CRAFTY COURSE IN’
THE CONTROVERSY.
IkHullmr* I’reseuls the Hulgarian Gov
eminent With Another Hold State
ment of Russia’s Denial,tl* Previous
to Leaving Sophia German, Austrian
and Russian Rdltors Rather Far Apart
In Their View*.
Sophia, Oot. 6.— The note presented to
the Bulgarian government by Geu. Kmil
bars bofore his departure was, in effect,
as follows: “The imperial government
desires the release of all persons arrested
in connection with the deposition of
Prince Alexander, and also that the elec
tions De postponed until November. The
consequences of refusal to comply with
Russia's wishes will fall upou those actu
ally governing Bulgaria.
The Bulgarian government has warned
Gen Kaulbars not to lecture, as it lias
been iniorraedof a scheme to maltreat
him. Tbe government has decided not to
answer Gen. Kaulbars’ last note. Gen.
Kaulbars telegraphed order to the mili
tary commander at Rutschuk to liberate
ail the political prisoners and that other
wise he would hold him reponsitde.
Gen. Kaulbars, on arriving atOsobanie,
whs met by a deputation of residents,
who expressed their approval ol the atti
tude of the government. Gen. Kaulbars
resumed his journey immediately, pro
ceeding towards Plevna.
Geu. Kaulbars will visit Plevna, Sis
tova, Rustcbuk, Varna. Scbuiula and
Tirnova, returning through Eastern
Roumelia. It i* stated that Russia would
now he satisfied if tne Bulgarian elections
were postponed for a week instead of for
a month, but that the government bus de
clared that i is unable rn consent to such
an arrangement, owing to the excitement
which Gen. Kaulbars has caused.
A GERMAN VIEW OF THE ALLIANCE.
Berlin, Oct. s.—The North German
Gazette accuses Die Pest her Llovd ( news
jiaper) of “always regarding the Austro-
German alliance from the standpoint of
unconditional subjection to the interests
of Hungarv. The main security for thedu
rability of the allianoo,” adds the
Gazette, “consists in the fact that
it was not concluded by Par
liament or press, bu .that it expresses t he
friendship of the twoemptres represented
in the persons of their respective sover
eigns. England’s difficulty in forming a
lastlngalllanceis ascribabie tochnnges In
her parliamentary majorities, whereas
Germany, which offers a strong guarantee
ol a steadfast foraign |>olicy, requires that
the security of her foreign relations be in
dependent of tho varying views of tbe
public press or parliamentary majori
ties.”
KAULBARS CRITICISED.
Vienna, Oct. a.—The Fremdenblatt
says: “The Bulgarian regency has skill
fully maintained order iu Bulgaria. On
trying to consider the wishes of the pow
ers, while acting in aocord with the law,
the regents may bear attendant responsi
bility without disquietude. Gen. Kaul
bars’ conduct and his projected journey
through Bulgaria and liouroeiia are
not calculated to promote concilia
tion. Every government must regard
the open dealings of foreign envoys with
a mob as violations of ils authority. Re
gret wiil be felt at St. Petersburg as else
where at the course of conduut which
must weaken Russia’s just and moral in
fluence in Bulgaria. Ii Russia desires to
succeed her agents must become better
acquainted with the Berlin treaty. Gen.
Kaulbars appears to care little for the
fundamental principles underlying the
treaty.”
RUSSIAN SARCASM.
St. Petersburg, Oct. s.— The Journal
do St. Petersburg, commenting on Britisn
foreign policy, as outlined by Lord
Churchill in his Hartford speech last Hat
unlay, says: “Lord Randolph Churchill’s
speech may encourage the Irish and Hin
doos, or, if English solicitude for op
pressed peoples Is onlv for export, it may
tie an advantage in Egypt. England’s
present interest In the union of the two
Bulgaria* is a strange commentary on
Lord Beaconsfield’s action in cutting tho
principality iu two. Greece will think
England’s tenderness towards the Balkan
smie* must be intermittent and not gene
ral. The Sultan will Hud difficulty iu
reconciling Lord Churchill’s policy with
the Tory solicitude for the integrity of
Turkey. His distinction between peace
able aid aggressive powers is very origi
nal. W hat power a year ago pro
voked revolution and war iu the Balkans?
WbibU powers stifled the germs
of the conflagration? England having
resolved to maintain Hie entente eordiaie
and to peaceably settle all International
difficulties, the Journal hopes she wiil
second Russia's efforts in Bulgaria, wbioD
have tho same object, especially at this
critical moment, when everything is up
side down, and when tbeytountry is under
t ie regime of revolutionary adventurers,
who have for many years de
moralized it. To give carle blanche
to a band of agitators, with a i
force at their disposal which they abuse,
to allow them to commit acts of violence,
under tne guise ol legal judgment, up
on persons who do not happen to belong
to their party, to allow these men to con
voke electors suffering under a regime of
military force, to enable the Assem
bly to meet and sanction
tbelr misdeeds, this cannot
oe precisely the means to realize the
English Cabinet’s dreams Of pacific
aims. Russia’s sole object is to preserve
Bulgaria from these deplorable contin
gencies and allow the excited passions of
the oountry time to subside, and give the
people aottanoeto choose freely and with
mature judgment delegates who will
make known the country’s true wishes.
Since this work of paclfluatiou corres
ponds with all Interests except tboso
of the dictators who have seized and wish
to retain power, we consider Lord
Churchill’s co-opemtlon assured, and we
sincerely rejoice at it.”
THE ARMY’S ALLEGED HYMPATUY.
The Novoe Vreraya says: “As the ne
gotiations between Gen. Kaulbars and a
body falsely called the Bulgarian govern
ment could have no formal character, it
was only uatural tbat that government,
not having accepted bis advice, Gen.
Kaulbars should leave Bopbia mid ad
dress himself directly to tbe Bulgarian
people throughout tbe country. The
national movement in Bulgaria in favor
of tbe Russian programme has already
begun among tbe class whose identifica
tion with such a movement might have
been least expected, namely, the Bulga
rian army. In proof of this we need only
refer to the reported declaration of the
garrison s’ Hbumla in support or Gen.
Kaulbars’ demands.”
Eighty Russian officers who formerly
served in the Bulgarian army have been
ordered to hold themselves In readiness
to return to Bulgaria at any moment.
The people expeot momentarily to hear
tbat tho Bulgarian regency has been
overthrown.
WALLACE LYNCHED.
The Mob Accomplishes its Purpose
on its Nccoutl Call.
St. Louis, Oot. 5.—U. I’. Wallace, the
murderer of the Logan family of live per
sons, father, mother and three children,
was taken troni jail at Kteelcville last
night by a mob and lynched. Tho guilty
mau had beeu taken from Steeleyilie to
Cuba, Mo., where tho horrible orimo had
been perpetrated, forsafo keeping,for fear
Hist lie would be summarily dealt with by
the enraged citizens of Cuba. Friday
morning, Oct. 1, a mob gained eutranoe to
Ibe jail, seized Wallace, dragged him
from his cell and strung him up. He was
cut down after being allowed to bang for
a short time In order that n confession
might be forced from him. He refused to
own up to tbe crime, and before the crowd
could hang biui up again the Sheriff
gained possession of him and hurried him
back to his oall. The orowd was pre
vailed upon to disperse, and it was sup
posed that the law would be allowed io
take its own course.
LYNCH LAW TRIUMPHS.
Last night, however, a second and raoro
successful attempt was made to utete out
justice to the murderer. A masked mob
of about 100 men quietly gathered around
the jail at midnight ami demanded an en
trance of the jailer. This was refused,
and tbe mob battered down the doors. A
delegation of their members was sent to
tiring out tho jirisoner, while others were
detailed to guard the roads leading to the
scene. Wallace was wakened from his
sleep, dragged out to the Infuriated mob,
and asked If he iiad anything to auy. He
responded by strongly protesting Ills in
nocence, still adhering to the story tbnt
it was the negro Vaughan who was
guilty. This angered tho mob more than
erer, and with a shout they produced a
rope, one end of which they placed around
the murderer’s neok. The other end was
thrown over tbo limb of a troe stspiling
near the jail. Tbe prisoner still protested
his innocence and appealed for mercy, but
without avail. Strong hands grasped the
rope and Wallace’s body wasewungin tho
air. Another chance was not given htin
io confess, and In a Tew minutes ills body
was a corpse. Tbe mob then dispersed
and the jail officers cut down aud took
possession of the body. There Is no oiew
to tho leaders of the participants in the
lynching,
POLITICAL PLOTTINGS.
Chicago Laboring Men Put a Ticket
in the Field.
Chicago, Oot. fi.— I The County Conven
tion of tho anti-Sociallstlo Labor party
last night was a turbulent gathering.
About 200 delegates were present from
organizations dissatisfied with the meth
ods and leaders of the Greenbaum Hall
Labor Convention. John M. Dunoby,
an ex-biloklayer, who is now a wealthy
contractor,was nominated for Sheriff. Mr.
Dnnohy was put forward in the Demo
cratic Convention as labor candidate, but
failed to receive the nomination. No
Other important independent nomination
was made oy the convention. Two
thirds of tne indorsements given to can
didates on the other tickets were awarded
to the Democrats. The nominees for Con
gress are as follows: For the First dis
trict, Edgar Terhuno; Second, Frank
Lawler; Third, William H. Mason;
Fourth, William McNally. Messrs. Ter
hune and Lawlnr are the Democratiocan
didab s. Mr. Mason is a Republican and
Mr. McNally a workingmen’s candidate.
NOMINATED FOR CONGRESS.
Lynchburg, Va.. Oct. 6.—Joseph B.
I’age, nominated by the Knights oi Labor,
has declined, aud Samuel 1. Hoj kins has
been noiniuaicd instead. Hu will oppose
Bamuel Griffin, the regular Democratic
nominee, for Maj. Jonn W. Daniels’ seat
in Congress.
COLORADO DEMOCRATS.
Denver, Col., Oot. 6.—The Democratic
State Convention met and organized to
day and adjourned until to-morrow.
Thomas M. Patterson was elected chair
man.
COTTON MILLS TO CU >SFJ.
Failure f o Kettle a strike to Result in
a General Shut, Down.
Philadelphia. Oot. s.—By direction
of tho Aid Committee of tho Manutaclur
ers’ Association, of this city, all tho cot
ton mills iu Frankford, the northwestern
section of the city, will be closed to-mor
row night, and 3,000 bands thrown out of
employment. This action of the
association is the enforcement
of llie rule of the organization
which provides that when a strike can
not he settl'd amicably to close all tue
mills ol the same character in the vicinity.
The employes of William P. Troth Jt Cos
have lor some time been on a strike, and all
efforts to bring about an agreement have
failed. Tne strikers demand that an ob
jectionable superintendent be discharged
along with all the hands now working,
the reinstatement of all tbe strikers in a
body, aud an advance in wages of 9 per
cent.
JUTK AND KAMItt.
Successful Experiments by a Plan
ter of Louisiana.
New Orleans, Oct. 5.—J. Juveret has
sent to the Cotton Exchange a bale of
“ramie” and to the Produce Exchange a
halo of jute, which he asserts are tbe first
bales of these products ever made in the
United States. In his letter to the Presi
dent of the Cotton Exchange, Mr. Juveuel
incloses a statement showing that in
Louisiana a net profit of SH9 per acre
can be made by cultivating ramie, and in
bis statemant to the Produce Exchange
he shows tbat the cultivation of jute will
yield a net profit of )0(i per acre. A sec
ond bale of ramie has been sunt to Lon
don, and a second bale of jute to New
York.
He Must. Step Down.
Washington, Oot. 6.— The Cabinet
meeting to-day was attended by Secre
taries Endicott aud Lamar, Attorney
General Garland, Postmaster General
Vilas and Acting Secretary Fairchild.
An interesting question arose in the case
of a United States District Attorney who
has been nominated for Congress, with
regard to the propriety ol bis continuance
lu office pending tb< result of tbe Con
gressional eleotiou. The general opinion
expressed was tbat tbe Incumbent bad
better resign his Federal office, and ns
will be so informed. This action is iu
accordance witb tbo recent executive
order in regard to Federal officials par
ticipating in politics.
Fixing' Rates on Crackcm,
Montgomery. Ala., Oot. 6 —The
Southern Cracker Manufacturers Associ
ation met here to-day. Delegates are in
attendance from Louisville, New Orleans.
Nashville, Macon. Atlanta, and other
plaoes. The session* are with closed
doors, but the business is to fix rates.
(PRICE *lO A TEAK.)
j r> CENTS A COPY, j
SHOCKS AT NINETY-SIX.
SOUTH C.VKOMN.VS F.YKTII
QUAIiK CKNTKK SHIFTS.
The Charleston Relief Committee An
nounces that Further Contributions
Fan tte Itispmurit With —Shock. In tho
Shetland Inland*— Every Village on
tho Inland of Xnlpu Destroyed.
Charleston, S. C'., Oct. s.—Thera
were no shocks here to-day. A Blight
tremor occurred at Summerville at ft
o’clock tbiß morning. The work of rep-!
aration ie going bravely on. Business is
active, the people are conttdeut and hope
ful, and the situation is improving steadi
ly.
Advices from Ninety-Six, 8. C., over
200 miles Irom Charleston, report heavy’
shocks about three miles from that placet
and uring the pust week, and it is claimed
that the centre of the disturbances has
shifted from Charleston to that point.
Contributions to the relief fund ar
still coming in slowly.
S2O FROM THE PRESIDENT.
Samuel G. Stoney, Treasurer of tho
Gentlemen’s Auxiliary Association of the
Confederate Home, has received a checic
for S2O from President Cleveland, accom
panied by the following letter t
Exkcctivk Mansion. )
WASHINGTON, Got. 1, 1886.)
Samuel n. Sterey, Treasurer :
My Dkak Sir—A circular just received In
forms uiu of the object and purpose of tho
home for the mothers, widows anti (laughters
of Confederate soldiers a (Charleston s well as
its pre-ent need, caused by recent misfortune.
Though constantly appealed to from all sides,
and upon all manner of occasions, for pernni
ary aid I cheerfully enclose a slight contribu
tion to the sum necessary to soon repairs n.l
I wilt enable this useful and benevolent institu
tion to agniwopeu Its doors to the mothers,
widows anil daughters for whom it Was In
tended. and whose oondltlon presents su-l|
an urgent appeal to the sympathy of every
American ettizon. Yours sinoerelv,
Grover Cleveland
THE PI.EA FOR AID WITIIDRAVI.
The Oily Council of Charleston, at a,
special meeting to-night, authorized tha
Mayor to withdraw the proclamation of
Kept. 17, which stated the wants of
Charleston for needy sufferers by thu
CRrthi|uake at that time, and to express
to all contributors sincere thanks for tha
aid extended. Thu action of the Council!
is based upon the following carefully
wordud and dignified report of the Com
mittee on Uelief:
It has been arid is now a difficult task to
measure tho loss by the earthquake calamity ,
as D was wholly now and devastating in ttm
destruction it wrought. This difficulty waf
specially felt by this committee, who went
named to receive and distribute aid to ins
needy sufferersonlv of thisdlsaster. To tho a
earthquake sufferers needing shelter, food
ami Immediate pecuniary aid, this committee
have offered relief, and in their Judgment
there has been such a resumption of the nor
mal life of this city as to Justify disconllnu.
anco of this system of assistance at an early
day.
A DIFFICULT PROBLEM.
The most difficulty and grave problem haa
been to llx correctly the number of victim!
whose loss I. iheu- shattered houses and win)
were actually unable to repair or rebuild
them, and to estimate rightly the total amount
of this logs Id uiuuev. so that the good givers
or this universal charity might know thd
limit of our actual need in lids our distress,
Tho committee have, after a most careful ex.
animation of tho cases as far as received, ar
rived at the opinion that the sum of money,
already received by this committee, tugethes
with nits estimated amount of collections now
made or in progress of being made in the
territory oust of the Alleghanies, to
gether with the estimated amount
now in process of collection tit
Chicago and other points west of the Alle
gliHiilcs of which they have been advised, will,
when received, plane the committee I" a po-j
estlou to substantially help needy sufferers
for whose relief only this committee was
formed. The larger and vaster loss falling
U)K>n the Federal government, state, couni a
anil city In dumage to public buildings, the
great loss to churches, associations and cor
porations. and the widespread damage dong
to residences, stores, warehouses ami otbei
property of private persons who are able out
of their private means to replace and repaiS
the losses great and distressing as their aggret
gate loss hi to the public and individuals, had
not been within the scope of this committee’s*
efforts, simply because it was not a cause foil
charity to the needy earthquake sufferers*
Asa grateful recipient of the generosity anil
sympathy of thorn who have stretched oi.i
tnelr helping hand to us, this committee havsj
felt that they should he guided by facts amf
estimates of the actual loss of needy sufferers,
autl if on an untrodden path they might era
they prefer toerr llmit ng the estimate rather
than placing it too high.
THE SHETLAND ISLANDS SHAKEN.
London, Oct. s.—Two shocks of earth*
quake were felt throughout Balta, one of
the .Shetland Inlands, last night. Tha
temperature in London to-day has been
abnormally high, registering HO deg. In
the shade this afternoon. Never before
during the past forty-six years has it. been
•o warm at any time during October.
The warm weather prevails all over the
continent. Thu Paris theatres are de*
scribed as furnaces, and the attendance ia
very limited inconsequence of tho beat.
MANY VILLAGES DESTROYED.
Melbourne, Oct. 6.—An earthquake!
has destroyed every village on the islandi
of Niapu. The inhabitants escaped. Tha
island is covered 20 feet deep with vol
canic dust, and at one place anew hill
2UO teet high has been formed.
.Incline's Conviction Confirmed.
Albany, N. Y., Oct. ft.— The Court oi
Appeals has handed down a decision oon.
firming the sentence of the lower court in
Aldermsn .laehne’s case.
Immediately after the Jaehno decision
became known there wns a cauous of ties
Aldermen, at which it was said that they)
considered the feasibility of a tnorough
reorgaui/.utiun ol the board, Including;
the election ot an Alderman from
.laefane’s district, the selection of anew
Vice President and the recasting of all
the committees.
Killed by a Negro Tenant,
Danville, Va., Got. ft—John J. Me.
Intyre, a well known aud wealthy citizen
of tins city, was assaulted last night in
the dark by an offended negro tenant!
and received injuries Irotn which be diet!
about miduigbt. lie and bis tenant baJ
a dispute about two weeks’ rent duel
Words passed, and the negro dealt Mo.
lntyre a blow with a club. The negro
escaped. The deceased was originally
from New York, where hi* parents now
live.
Silver’s Circulation.
Washington, Sept. 6—The statement
prepared at the Treasury Department to*
day shows that there are now outsiaml*
Ing $#0,189,86J In standard silver dollars;
being the largest amount of that coin
In circulation since their issue began. A
rapid decline, however, Is now expected,
as the test)lt of the issue ol the inure con.
venient silver certificate*.
Gains in tile Wrong Vear.
Hartford, Conn., Oct. ft.— Return*
from one hundred towns give the Repub.
li< miis fti towns, the Democrats 31 amt
divided lb. The same towns last vear
stood: Republican 41), Democratic 34,
divided 17—a net RepubUoan gaiu of t
towns.