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VOL. XXVIII—NO. 241
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA: TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 1886.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
1 >? ®°rt?f nor . kee an ^ the large audience.
| class. \\ by,who are interferring with your
I **Sntsand who tramples upon your priv-
♦ lieges as American citizens? 'Organized
The Meeting of the Annual Convention I de&?°wfrlSW,,
at Riohmond Yesterday.
1 Ksperb Address of Welcome by Governor T.oe—A
Heffro DelegateSpenkn—Grand Master Workman
Powflerly’s Opening. Address, Etc.
Richmond, Va., October 4.—The tap-
ping of Master Workman T. V. Powderly’s
gavel at 10:16 o’clock this morning, gave
the signal for the opening of the tenth
annual convention of the Knights of Labor
in the armory of the First Virginia regi
ment. He stood alone upon a small pine
platform at the further end of the spacious
rooms and looked out upon the faces of a
thousand delegates; an assembly from
every part of this country, representatives
of a million men and women, white and
black. The faces of men and women,
bound together by a common object, met
his view. The session was to beau open one,
and in addition to the large body of dele-
ni'ii ! I iifj'iiuot timi i> v, ,u
,, , W ill it be war to the knife and
the knife to the hilt, or will there be a
peaceful issue to the conflict which in
your opinion is necessary to promote
the interests of both? The helm of the
snip ol this republic was constructed by
different and apparently irrecon
cilable views, and the constitution was
only framed by a compromise of all the
conflicting opinions. A compromise then
gives us our constitution, and a compro
mise will solve the difficult problem of the
hour which you have assembled here to
grapple with. The Knights of Labor, says
the head of their organization, never will
be a political party, but its members may
one day co-operate with other thinking
men in forming a party that will keep the
country straight in the lines marked out
tor it by the founders of the republic.
“The great author of the bill of rights, a
part of the constitution of this state, which
has been used as a basis for republican con
stitutions everywhere, has said, All men
are by nature equally free and independ-
gates were as many others not of the or- , ent, and have certain inherent rights of
der as could find seats, or shared what lit- j which, where they enter into a state of so-
tle standing room there was with its mem- ciety they cannot by any contract deprive
and divest their posterity', namely: the en
joyments of life and liberty and the moans
of acquiring and possessing property and
pursuing and obtaining happiness and
safety. That wise sentence is one of
the sfcraightest and clearest and cleanest
inding
bers. The large room looked like an
mense banqueting hall with tables
formed of plain pine board
nearly the length of the room,
in rows as close together as a possibility of
moving between them would permit. ‘On
either side of these tables were seated the ; lines marked out by the founders of the
delegates. Neither flags nor streamers republic. There lias always been, and
broke the severe simplicity of the white | there will always be, two great political
washed brick walls and the unbroken paint j parties in the United States,' and room has
of the arched ceiling. The only things never been found fora third. Wherever
and a large gilt frame enclosing the phot
graphs of the members of the Joel Parker
Association that hung behind the little
plat form. The latter is the property of the
regiment, in whose quarters the conven
tion met and was simply permitted to re
main.
While the sound of the master work
man’s gavel still echoed, footsteps were
heard approaching the entrance doors,and
a moment- lateKlcn. Fitzbugh Lee, govern
or of Virginia, entered. As ho walked up
the central aisle leading to the platform,
escorted by William II. Mullen, tlie master
workman of the Richmond district, and
Tom O’Reilly.of the telegraphers’ use mill v
of New York city, the governor w us
greeted with enthusiastic cheers,which re
doubled as be stood on the platform
bowing in response to this greeting.
When the applause had subsided
and Mr. Mullen had presented
Governor Lee to Mr. Powderly, the latter
stepped forward and introduced him to
the members, announcing that Governor
Lee was to deliver ty them the address of
welcome and through them to those they
represented throughout the entire coun
try’. When tire applause that again broke
forth at the mention of his name, permit
ted him to do so, Governor Lee said:
“Fellow Citizens: I am here this morning
in response to an invitation from a com
mittee of the Knights of Labor
of Richmond for the purpose of
uniting with them in meeting
and greeting citizens from other stales
who come within the gates oi this com
monwealth to confer with a portion of her
people—a conference which we earnestly
hope will be productive of great benefit to
all concerned. We are always glad to w el
come strangers within our walls; giul to
extend to them the hospitality ior which
Virginia’s capital has been so widely known
in the past; glad that the opportunity :«
afforded for them to meet our citizens face
to face and to see this beautiful
city and test our genial climate. We
are pleased that such numbers
of them have an opportunity of ascertain
ing tor themselves that this old state is
marching on in the new era of prosperity
in which she will credibly maintain her
position in' the world’s race of progress
and civilization.
“Virginia, as you know, had much to do
informing this great republic, in whose
successful mission and future destiny we
are all deeply interested. The hall of rev o
lution which rolled from colony to colony
and proclaimed liberty, freedom and inde
pendence to three millions of people,
started from Virginia’s colonial capital,
but a short distance from this spot, and to
day we have a great country inhabited by
nearly 00,000,000 of people, and
stretching from where frozen
fingers are laid upon the icy lakes
of the north, to where the father
, , of
labor and commodities docs not come
: within the province of political parties,
but the battle we are told is one oi' labor
j against capital and capital against labor.
Why, some capitalists ' are dem
ocrats and some republicans,
and the Knights of Labor belong to both
ol the great political parties of to-day.
j Will democratic knights fight republican
ctip.H ilists, and will republican knglits
| tight democratic capitalists? What a
; mixed com hat that would be. Let us fol
low your chief’s adv ce and keep politics
out, and let the contest be as it was origi
nally staled, between the capitalists of
either parly on the one side and the
Knights of Labor, be they democrats or
republicans, on the other. Rid what class’
| of capitalists are oppressing you, and whose
: course is injurious to the lines marked
out by the founders of the republic?
I I divide capitalists into two kinds ur '■ I!
j go with you and give the command, ‘For
ward,’ and fight b.v your side against one
| of those classes. Make war agai nst incor-
- poraterl rascality and we will help you to
ride it down. Combat the great moneyed
corporations that seek to control your
leg:'!atuivs, federal and state, by bribery
: and corruption in order that they may get
votes in the federal halls of legislation to
j perfect and f.vben noon the whole country
j legislation for their benefit and not for the
benefit of the people at large. We will
I march shoulder to shoulder with you
I on that,. Draw the fangs from "the
i money kings who seek to take possession
J of tlie great telegraph lines of the coun
try and deflect, them from their legitimate
purpose by controlling them to defeat the
j will of a tree people in an attempt to de-
i fraud the whole country of their oonstitu-
: ti inal right to elect rulers, and we will
j order to your support, ‘horse, foot and
dragoons'in that. Organize against capital-
: ists who iur.iisn money to oarrv elections
i and then cl ii.ii as their reward the selec-
j tion of men upon whose shoulders shall be
throw n tiie purple robe of the,judiciary,and
ws are with you in that. You will feel tiie
touch of our elbows in assisting to keep
down any men or set of men who seek to
depart ' from the lines marked
out by our forefathers, and set up in
this * country a strong central
government to control the people whose
fathers formed a government to bo con
trolled by the people.”
“But ail capital, my friends, is not used
in this way nor for such vicioui purposes.
Let us make no v.ar upon those who use
their good fortune to alleviate the suffei-
iugs of mankind, and whose eulogies are
written in the hearts of thousands on ac
count of their generous donations and lio-
bie deeds and whose money is employed
to whiten the ocean with sails and cause
the wharves to be laden witli commerce;
not against a class of our fellow-citizens
of whom it was so eloquently
of waters rolls his tribute to the warm I said that philanthropy would sing m ring-
gulf and from ocean to ocean, the throb:-- lug chimes of their public charities■; that
of whose mighty heart-beats are connected sorrow would find solace in then-deeds;
by the breath of the iron horse, whose j thnt despair would be lifted up into hope
shores are clo'-ely bound together by great by their voices; that there would be
continental tines of railroad, and whose i churches whose heaven-kissing spires
future glor and greatness Will indeed be | would chronicle then donate
assured
good
The government fr — , ..
fathers will then prove a blessing, and will
demonstrate to the wandering world .tint j pro
the problem of a free and constitutional t.n-i
’uture glor and greatness will indeed be would C T' ,
insured if justice and order, peace and j schools would claim themat
r 00 cl will shall always abide m our midst. hospital benefactors .that sliuh
fhe government framed for ns by the fore- j even lean on them w role her visior
•others will then prove a blessing, and will [ mhmU-ty, a. c, th.. 'cij
4-.-v aU,. w’n in I iicr wnrttl tlllt i tH'Ot* I'CiSS \V 011.(1 Ot. Jiiiiiu.lii
, that
patrons and I
e would I
is swept I
very footsteps of
andalled by |
satisfacton
Ti
my opiti
employe
coinn*') i
what t!
not
government has been at 1
worked out on this continent.
“The constitution under which we live
has now become a test ot war. I rouble-
some and unadjusted questions were sub
mitted to the sword, and by the sword
they have been decided. We, ot the sonic,
placed a different interpretation upon i •
terms of that instrument tro.u
that held by the north, but
bow in submission to the settlement * »m:»
decreed, and now having with all others
accepted the common Hag, a common
country, a common government and a
common destiny, are as much intoresteu
in the prospecting grandeur ol those
United States as they. The action ol the
founders of the republic is vindicated to
day by the verdict of the nations ol ivarupr,
where the power of the privileged classes
are being gradually transferred to tin;
hands of the people. Formerly, as one oJ ^
Richmond’s most eloquent divines mis , vour business on the law of the king-
said, loyalty to a king was a nobler thin* 0 ‘f heaven: ‘Thou shall love, thy neigh-
than loyalty to a constitution. Men we ^or as thyself.’ That will lead you in the
acknowledging now no master but equi- j tJl G f peace
table law, giving allegiance to principle;
rather than to a prince. Freedom ae- - have a right by combination or
velops its truest manhood and patriotism j ^at jou^ ^ vent others working upon
attains its noblest growth , the terms and conditions you have rejected,
ernment aptly defined as of the people, > ..... desire to do so. The people of this -
thepeople and for the people. • country can never be satisfied until liberty j
“And now. what part are the j-epre , ^tiycan^ c ^ nceded to ail. Sampson |
w against benevolence. and charity,
^rights of all men ure going to be pro-
tedla this cou utry*. Employers, as b is
n well said, have no right to lock oul a
do. shop full of hands to brin" a few
viking ones to terms, nor have they, in
”,n, a right to engage with ot her
s to fix a rate for them to pav or
l to remain idle, but they have a
verei.se their just judgment as to
dealing and justice demand and
y would be willing to give for
they want, and afterwards, if
; a hiss, to say that they would
e to give so much. Vou can have
•our factory, says Washington
:jv you can have heaven there,
sh. I fir is hell, you want to
si ness in the law of hell, which
•y m in for himself and the
: hindmost. Out of
savings) and dig the chasm
separates the employer and em
a great deal deeper and wider than It how
is, and to sow seeds of jealousy and spite
that will yield a woeful harvest through
many generations.
“It is a great mistake to think that all
classes are hostile to the laboring classes.
The national prosperity is not promoted
by having in our midst a degraded class of
laborers. How can the manufacturing
and mercantile classes be benefited by
reducing the laborer to the verge of starv
ation. The laboring man rents
and buys houses, purchases food and cloth
ing, and money with this class means
money to those from whom they purchase,
and the better the condition of the work
ing man, the greater the purchasing power.
The better, therefore, the state of the
laborer, the better the state of
the whole community. We are
all interested in the laborer
getting property and becoming
anxious for a stable government,
so that his aid will be required in building
up liia fellow men and not in pulling them
down, and your organization, whose aims
claim to be the maintenance of order and
the enforcement of good laws, should have
no sympathy with those whose aim is to
break down and destroy those laws. The
employer will never be allowed to press
the conditions of employment and exact
service on his own terms, to
say ‘I will give a sum
and you shall take it,’ nor will the laborer
be permitted to dictate his own terms of
service, to say ‘1 will work for a certain
sum and you shall employ me.’ A 11 things
whatsoever ye would men should do to
you, do unto them. If a man cannot
legally do an act a combination of men
cannot do the same act. It is
wiser, therefore, gentlemen, to have
peace between conservative capi
tal and the laboring classes on the
issue between them. That which cannot
be adjusted peaceably becomes an electric
sword and paralyzes and transfixes both.
It is wise to find remedies for the existing
troubles. The divine law says six days
shalt thou labor, and do all that thou hath
to do and makes the sevent h dny a day of
rest. The governor of the great Empire
state stated that he would be willing to try
the experiment of live days shaft thou
labor, making Saturday a holiday
for all working classes, and
gives good reasons therefor in the over
crowded cities of the country. A candi
date for governor of tPennsylvania would
place the wage-earner on a dead level of
legal equality with the wage-payer at
every stage and in every particular of tlie
several transactions between them. De
mand must regulate the supply in all
things, and I see trouble only where the
latter exceeds the former. If there is not
work enough for everybody to get, there
must be idle men, but the hinds in many
rural districts are inviting and a remedy
cou! be found by men in the over
crowded cities, working over more space
where more room e:tn be found, room to
movejaround in, and to breathe andjto be
free.
In tlie differences between capital and
the army of discontented laborers seek ar
bitration, formed and controlled by regular
and legally constituted tribunals, and both
sides submit to their decisions. Do not
let us increase our troubles in this world.
We have already enough. Sorrows’s cloud
has stripped our mountain tops; desolation
has swept over our plains and valleys;
the earth itself, even in our fair land,
has been shaken, and amid the ruins
of cities and in the shadow
of human terror we are taught
our insignificance and how weak and help
less we are and how small our hold on hu
man life. It behooves us then to be eirir-
itable towards e i :h uttier, to be willing o >
compromise differences in the line of the
motto which I have recommended to float
from our flagstaff— ‘Equal and exact just
ice to all men of whatsoever persuasion,
religious or political.’
“And now, gentlemen, permit me to ex
press the hope that your stay in our city
may be pleasant, and that you will carry
back agreeable recollections of your vise.
I hope that your deliberations may oe har
monious, that these old men around you.
who, like Itecla, wear crowns of snow, and
yet like Hecla, have souls of flame, may he
temperate in their counsels and judi
cious in their speech, and may
young men here remember that
upon their shoulders future peace
or war will fall, and act their part
wisely and well, so that it may be said of
each and every member, as the years roll
on and the days darken into nights, and
nights in their turn brighten into days,
that this meeting was made to contribute
to the prosperity of their country, and to
the promotion of the happiness of you
people. Tlie ship of the republic !
was launched over a century ago (
in the presence of the world. May
it be the duty of all to see that her .
sails are filled with friendly breezes and I
are not spread to catch the breath of pas- |
sion, and that she is manned by united and i
contented crews. Then ind. i a, will she j
safely ride over the stormy billows rolling 1
in the path of her destiny until she is at j
last anchored in a safe and constitul.on.il !
harbor over which she will forever shine'
in the greatness of peace, in all the splen
dor of unclouded majesty.”
large audience listened with cl
j he replied to Governor Lee’s address of
welcome.
Powderly began by returning thanks for
the reception they had met with, and
pleasantly alluded to the fame of southern
hospitality. “The fight in which the
Knights of Labor are engaged,” he said, “is
not a war of labor against capital, but a
war iu which the manhood of American
labor is fighting for its institutions. This
was it: 11 must bo determined which shall
rule, monopoly or the American people,
gold or manhood. A popular disregard of
political duty und tolerated continued polit
ical corruption will weaken our govern
ment and destroy our liberties, for
a worm can eat its way through
an oak which a storm or tempest could
not beud, and political dishonesty will
strike where the lightning could never
reach. If this land was worthy chat brave
men should die for it. it is at least worthy
that unselfish, thoughtful men should live
and work in grand devotion to veal, true
democracy. We come here not alone to
settle the question of dispute iu regard to
wages or hours of labors. We come
here partly to study and learn some
lessons of the head and heart
in practical citizenship. To rescue the
toiler from the grasp of the selfish is a
work that is worthy of the noblest and
best of our race. It is to the accomplish
ment of that grand object that every
Knight of Labor should bend his every en
ergy. A lack of success or encouragement
must not dishearten him. Fancied friends
must not turn him aside from his purpose.
A love of liberty must not prevent him
from work.
“ The question is asked : ‘Why have you
such an organization os tlie Knights of
Labor?’ We are Knights of Labor be
cause we believe that tlie declaration of
independence means more than mere
words and beautiful sentences. We are
Knights of Labor be a use we believe that
*it is wrong for a monopoly to oppress t lie
people and rob them. It iw also wrong for
any other man to oppress or rob his follow
creatures. We are Knights of L ibor because
we believe that the rights of the poorest
and humble
should stand
treated with mor
con ferns
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e We are Knights
dans and political
•graded and de-
mse I bey have ton
tgh deception and
t he confidence re-
civ deserted
i tu ntion, and
on
J. Fa
>f the delegation of di
jociatos refused to take
in i he hotel in which li
pphiuse marked
>f the principal poinl <
ae governor had taken
the- platform Frame
a colored member
IT
tlie common people and knelt at the
mu iie of gold. We arc Knights of Labor be-
c.ius-t we helieva that, law and order should
prevail; that both should be founded in
equality. We are Knights of Labor br-
cau. wo believe that a thief who steals
dollar. - * ij worse than a thief who opens a
home or vault, and is no worse than the
criim.otl win.) destroys or orders the de
struction ofjhe property of a railroad or
telegraph goia^.m.v, and we believe that
the same JfUy.sXmdd reach out wit-ha firm,
unsjiuketji -qpftlHi and punish both
criminals) according to the magnitude
of their guijjB It is also wrong to steal
land wheroofctho grain was raised, from
which bread iyas made, and if the land
was stolen according to a law made by dis
honest, time : saving politicians, we believe
that tho law "nould he repealed and the
laud restored to the people. We are
Knights of Labor because \yn believe if an
article munuhietured by the hand of an
American—made labor is worthy of pro
tection from foreign competitors, that
hand whose skill lendi-j v iiiu to the. articles
should bo protected, and we have deter-
min. d to protect our labor independent of
politicians or political parties.
“.Slavery, thul died twentv years ago,
was terrible, but bad as it was, it never de
veloped millionaires, but many of them
are developed nowadays. It dictates not
alone wh.it the price of labor shall lie, but
regulates the price of money as well. This
new slavery counts among its victims the
servants of the state, who have been
chosen by the people to ex
ecute a people’s will. Not alone
does it control the legislator
at the state capitol, but in the halls of
national congress you will find its most
willing, cringing slave. It reaches out
even farther,and holds in its iron grasp the
judge upon the bench. Not that alone,
but it has the power and does confer the
judicial ermine on its most subservient
creatures. l)o I overestimate its power?
Have I made a single misstatement? If
my word is not sufficient, turn to the
pages of the history of the day, the public
press, and you will find testimony to prove
that what i have said is true.
“ The lash was stricken from the hand
of tlie slave owner of twenty-five years
ago, and it must be taken from the hand
of the new slave owner as well, fhe mo
nopolist of to-day is more dangerous than
the slaveowner of the past. Monopoly
takes land from the people in million acre
plats; sends agents abroad and brings
hordes of uneducated desperado men to
this country. It imports ignorance and
scatters it broadcast t hroughouL the land.
It, and it alone, is respon
sible for every manifestation
of anarchy that our country
lias watched. All may not be willing to ■
admit this statement is true, but when i
monopoly does wrong, no more anarchists |
will be born unto this country, for anarchy
is the legitimate child of monopoly.
“While. J condemn and denounce the
deeds of violence committed in tlie name
of labor during the present year, I am
proud to say that Hie Knights of Labor,
line than their brothers would not find a
place in some of the hotels. This was in
accordance with what had long been the
custom, and old customs and prejudices
do not readily vanish. There nad been
particular mention made of one instance
where a delegation numbering sixty mem
bers had only one colored member among
them. He was refused admission to the
hotel where they intended to go, and the.
delegation standing by the principles of
the order which recognizes no distinction
of creed, nationality or color, went with
their colored brother. That, he said, was
why he made the selection of that brot her
to introduce him to them, so that it might
go forth that they practiced what they
preached.
At the close of his address Powderly re
quested that all those present who w.ere
not delegates should retire, and thanked
them for having came to the opening
session.
Mr. Bonnot, of the Richmond district,
moved a vote of thanks to Gov. Lee, and
after this was heartily and unanimously
given, it was followed by n burst of rousing
cheers for Virginia’s governor. All but
the delegates then left the hall and the
convention settled down to practical work
together, and in which they bid fair to be
engaged for the next two weeks or more.
In tiie secret session the only business
done was the appointment of a committee
on minor credentials.
An adjournment was then taken to 9
o’clock to-morrow morning.
The committee on credentials of the
delegates will probably work till early
morning. The contests are not numerous,
the principal one beingthat of the Brantly
Montunk Protective Association, which
claims to be entitled to a charter for the
local assemblies separate from District 49.
A delegaiiou of tho can makers unions,
Baltimore, with a brass band, marched to
the governor's residence and serenade him;
then to Ford’s hotel to serenade Powderly.
B >!h the governor and Mr. Powderly were
absent. Tlie governor accepted a box in
the Richmond theatre to-night with Mrs.
Lee, Miss Winnie Davis, daughter of Jeff
Davis, and other friends. Powderly, with
Messrs. Hayes and Bailey, of the executive
committee, and ol her knights, sat in the
opposite; iiox. 'Pile audience cheered
Powderly and his parly when they en
tered. Uheers also greeted the entrance
of the governor and Mias Davis.
Tlie Situation nl rimi'h'slon.
OfiAitrjKMTON, October I. The day
passed without the slightest shock, and
the feeling is that tiie disturbances have
entirely ceased. Tlie weather lias been
cloudy with rain indications, the tempera
ture higher and the conditions generally
la\ orable for i he work of repurntion,which
is being energetically und generally
prosecuted. Applications for relief
in repairing property are still
coming in slowly, and as fa/.!
as examined and the houses inspected tho
money is advanced and the work of r
begun. The committee ha
her 9 as the last • .ty L.r n
priations, when the work
rapidly. Preside.. 4 . ’U
to the confederate home, u
a sympathetic letter.
fixed Oct.
vi.a*; appro-
anpaniect l>,y
••hir.
Baltimore, October 4.-—The steamship
Anchoria, of the Alienor Line of steamer 1 ',
has not yet arrived at this port. She lo!\
Glasgow on September 10 and slopped nl
Londonderry to take on 1J2 passenger.?.
In all, she had about 400 passengers n .
hoard, and was dm at this port Weduc
What is Transpiring on the Other Side of
th« Waters.
An KxHthif Mooting In Solls—Tlir People lie-
voltinur Alist KhnnIh's hcniumj*—ImligtiHiit
Irinl* lUirristtrs OMoT Mutter* of Interest.
Sofia, October 4.—All but seven of the
officers who were under arrest tor com
plicity in the deposition of Prince Alex
ander have been released.
AW EXCITING MEETING IN BULQARIA.
Sofia, October 4.—Five thousand per
sons attended the meeting held yesterday
to hear from Dr. Voultcheff his report of
tho conference last Thursday between Gen.
Kaulbars and 714 Bulgarian notables, head
ed by the doctor, who called upon the
Russian agent to request modifications in
the Russian demands. The audience
cheered Dr. Voultcheff during his narra
tive, and uttered a groan for Russia. Dr.
Voultcheff proposed and the meeting
adopted a resolution declaring confidence
in the government and assurance to it of
moral and national support so long as it
continued to maintain tne independence of
Bulgaria and the constitution an<J laws of
the country. During the proceedings a
Russian arose and shouted, “Long live the
czar” and “Down with the government.”
He was at once set upon by the audience
and roughly handled, and would probably
have been killed had not the police con
ducted him to a place of safety, While
the proceedings were in progress
General Kaulbars suddenly and
I unexpectedly appeared and ruount-
j ed the tribune. His appearance
made a sensation. The audience became
1 quiet and respectful. He addressed them
j and said lie was there to express the czar’s
1 desire. He was at once loudly interrupted
by shouts of, “We want no desire!” “We
will listen to advice if it is good!”
j Kaulbars, when order had been restored,
continued, saying: “I have heard that a
Russian has been beaten because he cheer*
| ed for the czar.”
I Here there were fresh interruptions and
. shouts of “Was not beaten for cheering lor
the czar, hut because he cried ‘down with
i Bulgaria!’ The same fate will befall all
' saying the same tiling !”
Gen. Kaulbars then attempted to explain
three paints in the Russian demands. The
crowd cried out that they would receive
no orders. Among the shouts were “The
state of siege has already been raised!”
i “Political prisoners will not be released!”
“The people will stir them if'lhey are
free!” “The election will not bwadjourn-
, ed!” “The law must be respected, othor-
1 wise progress is impossible !’’
When the crowd had ceased shouting,
Kaulbars declared that the czar would re
fuse, unless the elections were postponed,
to recognize the great sabranje elected to
chose a successor to Prince Alexander.
Tho audience again became tumultuous.
They shouted at Kaulbars. “We don’t care;
i we will stone who ever violates the con-
i stitution!” Kaulbars’ patience finally be
came exhausted and in a menacing tone
lie throw the responsibility for refusing to
listen to Russia’s advice on the country.
‘ ! : .any as a nation,” lie said, “do not
'de-in *i constitution; only a few men in
. Hi" • • ■ .try want one.”
1 T 1 uting here became most violent
and K i.ilhars was compelled to withdraw
n the tribune. A popular orator im-
day
profes
last. The
to I
com pa:
ilici.i
'.■he
*pk
has occurred beyond ti
breaking down of some machinery. TI: -
would necessitate the steamer having u>
resort toiler sail ; from the fact that hea’.
weather has prevailed lately. Fa irs ur
entertained for the safety of the Anchor!
Friends of the passengers on the over-du
steamer are at the ofiice daily inquiring
for news. ^ ^
At, InimciiNi* iniiiimstration.
Pittsburg, Pa., October 4.- Tin* traders’
demonstration to-day was the largest and
finest display of its kind ever witnessed in
this city. The procession was twelve miles
long and occupied three hours in passing
a given point. The affair wound up with
a grand picnic at the Home Wood Park..
The day was auspicious and business and
private houses along the route of the pro
cession were tastefully decorated. It h
estimated Unit at least 40,000 strangers ar.
in the city. To-morrow the annual parade
of the Grand Army of the Republic wib
take place, and fhe city is still filling up
with persons anxious to participate in the
demonstration, which promises to excel
any previously held.
ON THE TRACK.
Tin- Uii
•if f (ilonfti Fiirlt IVsfcnfu).
| Gladden, or ;
just as you w
build your bu
is simply eve
devil take the
will get figliting, parential and unrelent-
iu«r. "if it is heaven, you ^ want ^then to
It i
! that
) dui*J
I will
Gov
tin-
up their qu.u h
was refused (
equal footing, ascend
tnd taking his stand beside ti
dfiecr’s table, said:
:eeii nc.y, the Governor of Vi
i lentl"iV;en of t lie Conventim
(1 gratificntic
respe
of’ til*
isib
/.at ion, is
tv,
such
light
the other
id t hat it
i any way
duct. lie
>f Labor
anarchy by
strangles
lut
•II v
hi 1
l.l
Mr. T. V.
ins.ylvunia, wh
of welcome e
eh is one of th
of political i.'
it be admitted on your side j
right by combination or
ocuiativcD vuv. *=* . | • __ .
Knights of Labor going to play j but it is instructive, says a wise writer, to
ssssss^rss jsassfjsKWS j
b» wztaepssSi k, .sir 1 gas. JSJssi rsrsssuss
Knights of Labor,” says Mr. lo «dtrlj, , tri | )Ute to it with their heads,
“whom I am glad to see arid meet here , P )aw „. jt j protect both capital and
gov’erenmenl! “surely telnM&Sted i labor, and behind the statute law is the I
I Breat bodv of the law which has existed
in that. One of Virginia s greatest states j g at o civilized life and which is
men has said: ‘It is proper you should ion- *“™“^" mra on Jaw. Each state in the
derstand what I deem the essential punt J t he union inherents this system
pies of government.’ What wet-o the prm- croun or the ^ enforce It * The
oiples of government laid down by t, ° Students of political economy are um versi-
wise man? ‘Equal and exact justice t v irereed that the right of the working
all men of whatever persuasion, ally agree^tha^u ^ que3Uoned)
religious and political. ( . Fr , 0 . 1 ?A h ® ™vs Gladden, and he adds that the com
ing folds of your flag unfurl t >at sentenc ■ ■ . . bfjth gldea are so strong that
and the ground on which you maith wi mudit. to be aide to do each other
•^SfflssslSSt. .*.*8;, sSt-S* ‘jrtsafi
u-p repT.""' -■ ,j .-j gL£i».
of thi.- state, w
oldest states iri tlie arein
ftuenc& of our country. He is one of tin
men who recognizes the importance <>)'
this gatheiirig 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
of congratulation in our modest efforts to
improve the condition of humanity. It L.
therefore, that tiie welcome of Virginia is
so gratifying to us all. As Virginia has led
in the aspirations of our country in the
past, I look with much confidence that she
will lead in the future to a realization of
the objects of this noble order, which in
cludes the abolition of those distinctions
which are maintained by class, by creed,
by color and by nationality. I believe I
present to yob a man whose mind is above
the superstitions which are involved in
these distinctions. Here we should stand
as brethren and as equals. My experience
in the noble order of the Knights of Labor
and my training in the district to which I
belong, has taught me that we
have advanced very far to
wards the elimiqaAitft
unfortunate and r«. B,, v ** “
As we recogni'
deuce in all w
to society, so
fidence in
labor, T. A'
to you.”
Mr. P'
was race’
head in our co
that because of tiie in
eigners’ manric rs and
wealthy we have forgotten
constitutes a true eitizi
has si
Rather i
lportat io
it trim
of for-
hy the
hat it is t hat
republic
Men who still believe in the
little red school house on tlie
hill should take one holiday
and visit the mine, the factory, tiie coal
breaker and tiie mill. There doing the
work of men will be found the future citi
zens of tlie republic breathing an atmos
phere of dust, ignorance and vice. The
little red school house must fail to do its
work properly since the children of the
poor must pass it by on the road to the
workshop.
“It is the duty of every Knight of Labor
to assist in creating a healthy public opin
ion on the subject of labor and the justice
of its receiving a full and just share of the
value or capital it has helped to create. In
this work, the eo operation of all right-
minded, honest men is expected. We work
not selfishly for ourselves alone, but ex
tend the hand of aid and fellowship
to all mankind. Lower down
in the scale of poverty and oppression,
the greater the need for our extended
hand. The sentiment which prompts
man to proclaim to the world that we
amalgamate with none, finds no response
m the heart of the man who properly in
terprets his obligation as a member of the
order. Every true Knight of Labor be
lieves that the divine teaches that ail
mankind of every description is his neigh
bor.”
In conclusion of his speech Pow
derly said that some of the members of
visiting delegations who were of a darker
Cincinnati, October 4. The first race at 1
Lutonia park, there being so many starters,
was divided.
First section, for two-year-old maidens, i
?. of a mile; Cora L. won by half a length,
Nina B. 2d, Hussion Hd; time 1:04,L
Second section, Rose won, Linda Bayne
‘2d, Violette close third; time 1:04.
Second race, seven furlongs; Wahoo j
won, Dawn of Day 2d, Skooelotf 3d; time'
1:30.
Third race, 1 mile; Little Fellow won,
Kirkland 2d, Emmu Johnson lid; time 1.46. i
Fourth race, ti furlongs; Jacobin won, i
Donny Brook 2d , FI are mo re fid; time 1.17'.
Fifth race, 1 J . mile; Berlin won, Panama
2d, Ilattie J. Iki; time 1:51.
Tin* l oliiimi Trade.
Danville, Va.. October 4.-The annual :
report of the Danville tobacco association
shows that the sales for the year were HI,- ;
1553,942 pounds, at an a erugo of9-41 peri
hundred. This does not include the sale
of SjOOO/XX) or more pounds purchased in
this market and not bandied by the ware
houses, thus making a grand total of more
than 43,000,000 pounds.
Lynchburg, Va., October L—The To- ,
baeoo Association reports sales for the ;
fiscal year just closed of 49,332,000 pounds ,
ol loose tobacco, 90 per cent, more than
was ever sold before in one year.
.Join** and Small.
Boston, October 4.—The Baptist minis
ters at the meeting to-day refused to co- |
operate with the Methodist Episcopal
ministers in furthering the appearance of
Revs. Sam Jones and Sam Small in a series I
of revival meetings in this place.
Texan Fever. j
Harrisburg, Va., October 4.—J. P.
Swank, a cattle dealer of this county, a !
short time ago purchased about thirty-five i
head of cattle in Baltimore and brought |
them here to graze. Some ten or twelve j
have died with what is called Texas fever. I
A Supposed Suicide.
NEWARK, N. J.,. October 4.—At 8:30 |
o’clock this morning John Schmidt, who i
shot liis wife about a month ago, and who '
was indicted for murder in the first degree,
was found dead in li is cell in Essex county
jail. It is supposed to he a ease of suicide.
Frost in South Carol inn.
Auguta, Ga., October 4.—Specials to the
Chronicle from Edgefield and Newberry !
counties, South Carolina, report frost with
slight damage this morning.
nded it and asked the
it were true that they desired
the constitution. Tiie crowd
loudly protested that it was not true and
made' (meats against any one who should
a' le'iipt. to tamper with the constitution.
I A committee was appointed to go to
i Pn ..iLt Uadostovoff’s residence and pre-
i sent him with a copy of the resolution
adopted, and the meeting then adjourned.
The premier received the committee and
i listened to the resolution. He declared he
! would always follow the policy he had
; hitherto adopted and maintain the laws
• and constitution of Bulgaria in order to
j assure its independence and liberty. This
I declaration was received witli great ap-
| plause by the committee, and when com
municated to the great crowd which had
followed the committee the people became
extremely enthusiastic. They crowded in
upon Radostovoff and carried him about
' in their arms, cheering wildly and singing
I national anthems.
I rein ml#
Journal warns Lord Randolph Churchill
that if he really believes bis st atements
that the! Dish difficulty h solely agrarian,
lie will flounder fr m lui.'Jc.k. sintocrimes.
IND'GNANT AT A MAGfSTK .TU.
Belfast, OctoU.r ^
appointed to inventbyile t i
causing and atb riding I lie >
to-day. All the !>amsb-r;
t end ; he ie vesl i .n. ex
sled
irmte s. fib.
an
nurse !»> adopt. Ju
.*(1 to grant an adjournne
dd be a waste of time.
ii despite t,
ster.-
pr.
amission
:»j.stances
ri ds met
/ i to at-
;• two, in-
>r a few
to decide
Day^re-
. The justice
protests of
:<l to ex
amine witnesses, whereupon the barristers
present rose and left the court room in u.
procession, taking their bags, briefs and
hooks with them. Several solicitors,
priests and Orangemen interested in the
investigation followed the barristers,
Barrister Oshaughnessy said that lie was
indignant at Justice Day’s conduct, and
adde d : “Tlie Irish bar is not used to such
treatment.”
’Plie only witness examined by the com
mission was Inspector Carr. Several meet
ings were held to-night to draw up the
indignant protest against Judge Day’s
treatment of the Irish barrister, it trans
pires that Messrs. French and Adams,
Irish members of the commission, sup
ported the request for an adjournment,
while Messrs. Buller and M. C. Ilaidy sup
ported the chairman. It is rumored m
legal circles that Mr. Adams will retire
from the commission. Those acquainted
with the true state of affairs are of the
opinion that the whole thing will end in a
farce. It is thought that the constables
will he the only witnesses.
Hnplaml.
A GREAT PETITION.
IL\warden, October 4.—Gladstone and
his wife to-day received Mr. T. D. Sulli
van, the lord mayor of Dublin, and a depu
tation of Irish ladies appointed by the
women of Ireland to present the ex-
premier with a mammoth petition in
favor of home rule. September 21 had
been appointed as the date of the recep
tion, but it had necessarily to be postponed
because of the serious illness of Mrs. Henry
Dew, Gladstone’s daughter, who is at
present almost recovered. The petition
bears tlie signatures of500,000 Irish women.
Great crowds flocked hither all day in
view of the event.
Culm.
THE TWO ELEMENTS UNABLE TO AGREE.
Havana, October 4.—In consequence of
the striking cigar makers and the manu
facturers being unable to come to an agree
ment, the latter with the exception of six,
have resolved to suspend work, thus cut
ting off the aid the strikers have been re
ceiving from operatives working the Vuelta
Abojo leaf.
