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WORKING WORLD. BY WORKING WORLD PUBLISHING CO, Knlrre'l nt 'hr |n*l<iffl«* ♦«> *• *HU««mltti>d »• •reonfl *)»•< m«lt in*tt*r. TKHMR «•» *1 IWHIFTIIIMi For ni» jr*«r < • • • • • ■ For «U month* Mi For thn'r month* . • • • • tt| ATLANTA. <IA.. MAY M. 1«H«. UE DMIHK TO HMIIBII Th* Itervle** »t ••• H**p»n*l- *!• Afoul in ovorr Oily unf Tuwn In Ororal* •»< AAlolulna MMM>-| -Ono who will Wako a Huolnooo at Ob> I talnina Aukornrlboro ilßvHrmonu flood' for TH ft OOIIKIM WOHI.II, Atlanta. Ha. SPECIAL NOTICE! We urn making arrangmuMita to visit and apeak at various plws'i In the sur rounding country "" she character and objaeto of tlu* Knlghta ,nf lohor. It fa' contemplated, afterwards, to ®*twnd th* tour, ft* the snui* purxo**, to other parts of Hie Hlute. Person* wishing Information on the; subject will please communicate with ns, so that wo can arrange dates, «to. W<> wish, eapttcdally, to meet the far mers. _ w A GROSS IMPOSITION. Something less titan a thousand ntilee I swat Os (not. In> Atlanta is a large and I prosperous manufacturing establish merit employing quite a number of hands. Its proprietors are highly esteemed Chris tian gentlemen. The Htip'rlntendcnt owns entire, or is interested in a store near by, and the workers have to trade al that store, 'I he average pay is ahoiit five dollars a week, one-half of widt h they are exported to trade ait. If they refuse to buy from that store some excuse Is found for dis charging them. 11 la also said that If he knew there was a K. Os L. In the employ of the works he would discharge him. Now, while the lx*t flour can Im bought in the city for Hf» to Wl cents per 9A pounds, tills store charges |LIS; and while good clear side bulk meat can Im bought In the city for 1 and H cents, this store charges 10 cents |*r pound and taller rsawwiarios iu projs>rtlon. It will be potwlvod by this that the la borer has about twenty-flva per cent, ex torted from him above what Is right In Oilier word*, really gets Init <4 for $5 earned. It Is more than prolstble that the proprietors know nothing about this msrciless extortion, and it makes a case like those described by Mr. Powdariy in the tetter wo published last week. Thia is the maaagnment that breeds discon tent and strikes. Can any just minded, Christian citizen wonder that wage earners are restive "f Should they submit it ? Powderly la Annoyed. SCMIAFTOF, Pa, * General Master Work man Powderly expressed great annoy ance over the pubHoaHon of his secret oiKUlar when a reporter called on him this afternoon. Tn reply to the question as to whether the manifesto was genuine, he said I Yes. it i« genuine and la correct, except In one sentence. I see the types have taken the emphasis out of that sentence and made it ridiculous. lam represent ed in saying : ’ln the hand of men en tirely great the pen la mightier than the sword.’ To this I add I 'ln the hands of men entirely mouth the gnu is harm less as the sword.’ In my original ml drees I quoted the words of Ihdwer as follows i •Tn the hands of men entirely great the pen in mightier than the sword,’ and supplemented them liy saying to this f add : ‘ln the hands of men entirely mouth the gun la harmless as hie word/ ” ■ " Have you any knowledge as to the action token l»y the K nights of I ahor throughout the country in regard to the anarchist riots In Chicago?" "I have. Tn all parts of the country ■ resolutions have been passed denouncing the actions of the men who disgraced the streets of < ’lilcago/’ " Is the next meeting of the general as ermbly likely to take cognisance of the < ’hies go disturlmnoes f •• Probably not directly, but some leg islation la likely to lie adopted far the spredy expulsion from the order of men who would advocate or uphold such law res methods as those of the aaarehlata." _ » a» e SIGNIFICANT, Ata recent gathering of a conaidera bln number of rttisen*. comprising all shades of political opinion, the guberna torial question was broached. As the .discussion progressed and got warm. It developed that as between Ikwon and Gordon those |>re**nt were equally di vkled. Hut it further developed that all, except one wore ojqweed to both, and If they had the chance would vote for aontebody else That somebody else proved to bo WIL y,iam ;U Fai.to*. i—- -**■*■* ———— H'UI «M(M> owe define th* difference be- IWMD wow at a faro tank and tlw earns amcawst made on the stock ex. < hangs in street? I. It not a case pf twcedlfduto And tweed lode-dee. THE BUCK LIST INFAMY AGAIN W* puhllshwi two Hters, and com menfol on Htani al mma length, In a late tesua of the WoMlfl* W<oun T?w to<t* develop'*'* **? ♦*’"* *»P'*’ , f p . togwher with th# forma of contmctej used by msnufacturers In Atlanta when employing labor, devalopidthe sordlnoM and Iwrlmroiis ealfohneaa of aggregatod j capital. Now mms* the Information that the '■blacklisting’* of all railroad nmchan- Irs and shop workers who h*long to Ute Knights of l-nlmr, and have been mit during the j.r>»cnt strike on the Gould * system has la-gun, It kt reported, on other i roods ln|tho West. Printed Hats of striking mechanics, have been MNm in tlie f«s -wsmlou of superiatendento sod hire men. Men wlwse nsnus are -found on them cannot olAaln work, Hrmdmastor Rock well, on the (fould rosuls, directs tl»e dis charge of all Knights of Latsw. It kt wlmittod that the Wabash sy<em has lsw-n administered by Mr. Talmage so as to practically exclude all Knights of I*- lew from scrvica therarm. The employee boycott; the blacklist is mA extensively denounced, however widely applied. In New York the Third Avenue Railway have nlremly anmmnml a boycott i against ths executive affirm of tba En»-1 pirn Prob-r-tiva Association." We have come into powimeiou of the ; following infm-matk-n m to tie- Yard: Master's Benefit Awxsialion of the ■ Hnitod Htab*a ami l-anada. We in , vita special attention to it, end earnestly ■ In vita ami urge all our readers to read it carefully, and then j<a*« it their rodgh bors. Article M-vnr>t<-en, section 1 <»f tMr (Jonstltiitlon roads s " Any member who shall engage in a strike, <>r shaii encmirags othara ta en gage in one, shall lx- expelled frrwn this Association,and shall 1* f'/rever detswred from is-r-omlng a member. His name shall be sent to each division and placed j on file; also a list shall lx, kept by the Grand Hacratsry, whose duty it shall be bi notify ail Illvlaions." Under this article circular letters exm taining the information were addr*sa*l to and receipt m:knowla<lgsd by each : Yard Master. A Division could he organized at pointe | where there ware five or rwsre Yard! Masters. Another section, [Hissed xuhaM|U*ntly | to the printing of the Constitution, we i saw frt-ovides that each Yard Master shall: Immediately notify the Htqx-rintandent' of the road, also. This was promtrad try i the monopolies by rn-ts and mettaxls t*st known to themselves, and mm verted thia Assrxlation originally Intamted as a Mutual Benefit organization into an in famous detective agency, A (though op [xalta U> strikes, as the starve extract: proves, it did not go far enoogh to suit monopoly, so nrionopoly prmmred tegisla- Uon that would forever shut the striker out, and to make it aura rd accomplish ing its inhuman work, not only shrmld the Yard Master be informed, that the | party might he btoc.klixtsd, tait the Hu perlnterulent I* notified, so as tr> shut him off entirely frmn employment in any other ca|>acity. Yet lata* must nrd orgardre for its protection. ffiteww iinixiiiiitiia.iiin pi iiiuiKMinniM.iaai.f r I The New Legreea in the South, (>rgan I ration is taxaning at Atlanta, Ga, and there Is aeorj <4 it. f Yiild iaix< Is one of the curses in the great cotton fa< trwias there and these children are treated If anything a little worse than slaves. The Wokmino Woar.o of Atlan ta, which is doing BObie work in that ; field, has Just Iswm showing up the infa : moue contracts enfortsad by some <jf th* * factories there, whereby parents of the ! children bind themselves not to " hrdd i the Mtepany responsible in damages f/< ; any Injury »x> the child through any ae ! ddent from machinery or otherwta*,** I etc, AH adult employee are also forced to sign similar czmtracte atatoiving the comfiany from all liability for damages resulting "u> said employes from what are called acoidento, whether tr»tn ma chinery, th* negligence of any Mher em ploye or jwwsons employer! by the rx/rre pany, or for any cause whaterver.” Wives whrs* hustands are employed, and huslxsnds wbrxw wives take work in the slave pens of this " New fiouth." must likewise sign away ail right to rer rrvar damages In case of the death m injury of their spouses thrmigh the negligence lawn of -<*porate greed. A more dam- j nabfo system of industrial slavery never existrsl than thia which has developed in hell’s cotton mills at Atlanta. Wore power to the arm of the Wrrggiso Wcai.n, that it may I* enatdsxl right speedily |o "knor fc mit ” the of I the new slave system.—j We thank r«r aide contemporary, the Workman, Grand Rapids, Mich., for the kindly mention of the Woßgiso Woat.o and umptalifiad Indorsement of ita rsewae,—W. W. f T|* Walker county Maanenger to «► ported to have accused Gen Gordon whb hav|hg eriM hie Mwnataxrtal seat for "Joe Broeti's gold.'’ Tl|n<»ridicubme ' •' pw teown " tfon't pass his “ g«dd " arrnnel that way. He might disfday and dtofsae of »<»« trrwe> He "cabbages and keeps all Uam get of " gold ” and other like valttalitee, and vegeteidra, Tltc Im stur HI lahor Bulteiosatote *' If everytasjy h M a right to gat laimr where R can Ist bad cheapest, what ob jectton to there to a revival of the slave trade ? The Arabs can eateh '• mgg«r*' clwapontbs "costet" and they would r>4 be trouhted with the hrr.siss of the Knighto of Iss’or f,< wawtime." [’ URAL LAW VI. U. 1 f’RACTI'F An "alleged Interview between a United Htotes ->fH**r se i a r«q*eter is l<td,l)*hed tn the Oitadibillon r<f WedrGp 'lay, IWh, HomctaiW nr uth*r. thte artb cle, and many others—rdlps and wprllw i evince esnltetton at any prrnjiwtive col lision between the jmdilMtlonleta and the antis, and th* sw«*««i of th* latter wh*n ' they achieve any. There is evidently a latent sjdrit -a strong under tow—pee* <-nt In editorial mind <4 th* f>>nstit*rti</n. which, at times, crops out in spite of Its usually well guarded reserve. W« are try no means spfeebensive of any collision between the city and United Htates aiitta/rities althougb it must iw confeawl our " bx-al option ” legislation mustdirsctly /xmfikt with United Htates« " rights * in the matter. The short way out of the difficulty, and away tlrnt would aid the temper- j aw* <XMM* and lie a ix-nefit to the poofde, would lie to empty ail the whisky now in fxmM<»i<*« of th* government, or that may w/me into ita |xxst*ssimi, on to the ground—dewtrrxy it. Its total value to the g'zvemment is insignificant and wmdd never he miseed ; if sold it grew on ! ita mission of dentru<-tton, after lining sold where Um jieople have by vote de l tlieir opposition to ita sal*, arxi ' forbid<b-n it. -.-a.— <wvn— Reductio ad Abssrdum. MaMw/d>iM«l4« funiisliss, among otiier ; luriosties, a man from Boston wtai says that "tits of a well-conditioned life" in that city " for Reel, shelter, dotliing, fuel and laowlry, may I* eov ered by Gt* wrw 'if |l7i a year, tearing witldn tire limit 'X fW) per annum; tZb for stmdrtes and luxuries.’’ “ Tie- firoie lem," lie says, "is to fxevent tl-e waste rd f/xxl, for the prir*'if GxxT to half tlte price of life, a .'id half tite fwice of f'xxl !is wasted for want 'if the knowte*lg* j of how to Ituy it arxl how to c/x/k it.” " tadve the pr'dAem,” says this ivxirxe j mist, " and you solve th* lata* question, ,f« if a man knows ixiw to live he rwn live toda) at a very low prkw, sml if h* I ta intelligent, he may earn the prle* at | tli* cost of very little labor,” A man can live without any hmo* at all, and it# i needs n/> garments or fuel, or IfHNUiryt ' h* can stay in a dug 'sit awl rdotb* him j self with skins, and wash hi* person in a j stream, and do without fire; arel a* to I his fare I* 'aan live on r'xita arid iwvte ! and such fleah as be '*n tatein from an i Imais JfT<f nutur<f. That atari would i wdve the lata* question, arid io ad'iiti'*i to that, th* proMem 'if ctvilizatom as well. But Us* H'wt'm merchant and the New England manafa'torev w'*dd have a jvetty dry time in taMinsan if peopfo generally were to adopt the BtiOon plan of <S''*x*rry. -TT»e flay Htar. -we- What Is Money t Mi/ntry is a legal instrument cr*a»*d by law power* and properlies c<*ifa*re*l i>y law. Uke a note of hand, rts powers and ! pr/qx-rtiea depend entirely ori fte term*, and do not, need wd, and md, de pend on the value of the paper or metal upon which said term* are recorded or expresaed. On th* contrary, it ts improperly a»- eumad that '*>!y goto or silver is or can ie m'siey, '* some suietitate eouwwtibte into said gold'Midi ver. The fact tlsat there ta not one thousandth part a* mm.-h gold soil silver a* to ne'esnary to do tlw busi ness of the world to not vlmitted as a Just 'Aijerdton to thto theory. It is assume'i by these wonbiH*ws 'if th* goiden calf that gold end silver ar* money iiy divine right, rsgardias* of hu man ena''tment. If thto aemmfdion to admitted, it to highly prMwlte tfcat the final Judgment awl end of the w/*id will Mime when try wane nnknowu agen cy Its entire gold and silver are deetmyed, Furtlier wmtlnoane* of man's extotevxw would lav fmjxswdite. The fire tut and avsrlr* having no longer gold or wit v«v to feed upon, its flames w'mld of ne cernity '-onsooi* all suMunary things, Alas, what supreme wmsease thto to, and y*t, in some rMpects, ft is wlv'xwUxl try men who should have •»'** Ismevotere e and mor* senseßs, The Special Session. •fay Gould to very busy (xwting tlae public on the work 'if the M*nmg semwm !of the K. of at f.’levetaad, He says it to a ertoto in the history of th* order, »wi tti*» iw goes '«■, s*ys tie T-4edo IO.) : News, b» concoct a coritast between Few 'terly and Irone f'< suprema/.-y. Tn this the month spenk* fr'im the follnewf of the heart Mr Gould hopes that such a contest estate and that the old, <44 far'w of wrekmgmen quamding among them wive* wiH he amneted. Os ««i». every Knight of TeJxir knows that thto talk to all oosmwmw, but outsider* don't know it and Jay hopes that such a contest can te W* are happy to inform the enemies 'd ths 'Oder that there will i* no wrang . ling or factions ui the <<*>v»nt»oo. The order has tewn growing lately Iwyond ail esfisctations. and prwisiruw must he mad* for the organising sod sxtacateng 'if Um new material now in and k«x» k mg tur odmtMoiim. The tendency to WMue time on little nonsensical boycott* and strike* must fas turned to the hercu lean t**k of era* J* ate ng awl i caasas. Th* convention pronsam to be haraso niou*, and when HW tabun <ta*e «t wiU be dtacovemd that it to mmtofxdy and not the K. of L, that b nearing a erase. —■im i i m A Georgia hunter, M years old. says that anas be begun haattag he baa kilted tel deer and 147 aMtgatan. TMI CONVICT LRABt NVBTBM < I The ’’Olsed Bw*at ’’ «< Labur Drip- 1 II ping into the Coffers of Mo- nopoly < | Th* workingmen alt over thto Union J pr«tesili»g against tho use 'if convict j' tabor m antagonizing free lalxw. H*r» ' In Gwegta and around Atlanta you ar* heavily burdened with this monopoly. The " aoined sweat" of th* workers in 1 your Order, to coltacted into the Ntate Treasury, larol tl»'«s tax** will come, If , you are oM out of your herne, to get it*. ' Then this money to pa»d '«t to jwigee, oolirit/*.. Kberiff-, deputtes, juries and jailors, to captan, connct and turn over to the convict lessees the criminals, who J titan become the belptes* slave* 'X pri rate iwlividuals-eto be worked for all they are worth for tlieir own individual interests. The vitest wretch imprixonwl for life to worked no harder tiian the J pix* tanner who tool* a middling of meat and if the murderer w aiite-taxlied and useful, be will tie made txim over the 1 pcx* creature who has tanned in the slight transgrestaon and tallen into the dutches of the law. You have not for-, 1 gotten that leutal murder on tiie CTiatta- Imochee river, and how convict money saved the btack brute from the halter. Tltere to the great wrong of the present convict teww. Tlieretono puntabment! inflicted on ttie alite-taxher villain, who ewasje* the gallows by a plea—white the young, and feeble connete are ctebaaed U> the deptlM of degradation by amstant Mintact and brutalization. The MXivk-t te*v*s have m<mop<,Jize'i the brick work of Atlanta. Even tbe State is nr A allowed to use tier convicts t/, ixfiid tier Htate Capifoi, but slie to forced totary the brick made by her own I convkto, ami pay die “ coined sweat ’’ of : your laix*, into Ita: fx/ kete of tliese con vict ixuMw - wlrnn tlw labor of ttawe eon victs lietoogs to tlx tex-payers—and not Pc those wi/*iopoh*ta. How long will you stami it? The signs 'X tlw times are ominous, and these ouivta.-t taxises see ttie band-1 writing on lite wall. They know tlie | Mate will not endure iit'ut n/rong and j enormity much Jonger, Ttie ery of- I" vrated right* ” will uiA maintain in the I face 'if " vmted wrongs." To eva<te and : proUmg tlieir power, they propose U> put. one <A tlieir «wn c-rowd into tl»e Bxecu-1 ’ tire chair. To taiid these uprighteous gains, they j pr'ijxise to elect John H. Gordon—him seif a tawee in days just, end most likely a tense* now. He texA a share in IK7fi— for which he ptM nothing. He drew out P*ty-five par cent, profit in one teas'- Mxnjiany. He made walls around a siiesp rarxdw, ami he cultivated cotton and whatever else be jiteased to do, with thase stavm Ndrns, the keeper, turned over to him HW, at <*ie time. No won ter he could live In style, and build a liatetial residenoe go to Eurojie and Sfxewl himself In New York Oty, Now It to fw'iposed to etect him ftov-1 mor, tlrnt th* convict teweee may con tinue U> depren* the prices of free talx*, wxl give a m'*»'4»<dy Pi 'xmvk4 labor. 'Dm "coined sweat ” of the working men •A (ieotnie to drawn out by law, that a supply of staves may be kept up for the use nt thto man and bi* convict tease '■onfrentMMtd it has been <Un»t sinrw lH7fi The Mate of Georgia gets only twenty j five tbotnand 4<iltar* rental from ail iter convicts—and she often has aa high as fifteen hundred and over. Out of this | the Htate pays the sakrtes and traveling espersws of • Prindpel Keeper—and all the tawda 'X offP.-iata under him—a keep er, in earn* only—whose only duty to to handle the <xmvfets as they are turned out >A the jail U> the lessee*, and for j which service, many ttanMawls of tlie \ I " coined sweat ” 'X talx* is jxud out. ' • Yss, you are taxed on your work to pro-1 • vid* j/ta' ** for a Brini ijad Kesqier and , his un'terstrapperx whose work'ut to run up and 4own the railroad now, and. etec- j to*j*er for Gen. J<dm B. Gordon. The The Ktate |uy* the Keeper * espenxes— j ’ u»A the tessees, and yet you ami the j men <X Georgia must now be driven to the i>oih Pr eitslave yourselves, and to forever fevten coavitA tewees on the State •A (h-orftn. Are you goinr: P> do it ? let us we bow badly we fare in Geor gia enmfuire'l U> Tennessee. I have in ] my posusMiion a tetter from the Comp- j troUer of that Mate, who in answer to a ; quest am replies in tliese words : "There are generally on an average IVH> c'Uivi'.te in our State priaon. We rent tlswa out on W* years tease, at the rate of f<er annum. Very reapuetfully, F. P, PK’gAlUl. Comptr'dter. We often have UM in Use prisons of Georgia. We get |2S,<XX) for them, out •A wltach we pay nearly half to Ute Prin cipal Keeper—tab deputies, physicians, , etc. We get literally nothing, if the cod - (A the mpture and conviction in deduct ■ sad—in fact, many t)sxu>ai>k worse Utan nothing. Yet we are Udd yo can t alter , this wrong— you shan't alter it, because the convict ring 'onixote the State of (teorgia. Even the otaored people are mad* to vote for the Miovict ring, and hind ibemsebe* and their unfortunate ' hibireu to these master* who are so re gsrdtem of justaw and decency, as to sos-H the women with the rite men. awl to pt® U»e<r young children with the' tusraMl viHait *of sarth. There can be no running around to colored churches in Uta ounpeign, to preach and sing, to make fiegroe* vote another convict teaae Governor into Use guhernstorial chair, j That fa* '4ay«d out. There will be no jmnA* t s of such a thing, unless the rvm<h f 'andMatsstaatM g*< • rhun h teen** In th* n*st t* n »**»♦** **• *»*f angwe th* f*vo Mtaired pwqil* Into ♦ 'ding I he th* »unvh-1-ring randHtt* int'» he **vke. There will h* r»» tern psren'e “ rm k*i“ to Pill the poof colored jwopl* lnP> th* toile 'X lh* oowvfcl ring . I —for temperan** do** not parttcatariy sffiitt thta remvtet ring candidate, and | th* clean, naked issue Is prewntel. I " Will you vote a ivmvUA lessee inU> th* • gubernabwial chair, or will you refuse to vote for him 7 ” 1 He grew so rich In a night's time after ; he left the Henate, and spread himself j like Jonah's gourd, that he cannot need ( the ottke to live upon at this time. The Omstituiion declares he has made enough nxmey lately to come back to Georgia to live {xomanently. So he has arrived —a self-acting attachment to the Jeff Davis excitement, and he is now going all over the State 'and every convict lessee whoop ing him up) crying out, "I intend to hate the office, because I want it,” which, in terpreted, means “ I’ll put this convict ring into full power; I’ll collect the "coined sweat” of working men into the pocket* of my convict friends. I’ll twist the Railr'iad commission into con venient shape, until somebody gives me a big pile of money to resign, then I'll go to Europe, then IU live high—then I’ll spread myself into fat offices for myself and all my friends, and my kin, and you men Uiat work for your daily bread, what are you going to do about it?” Working men, all over Georgia, are you going to allow yourselves thus enslaved ? Mbs, W, H. Felton. P, B.—lt is rumored that money is to be used to fxmtrol the Kniguta of La bor. Spurn it, ye freemen ! A Straw. Six of our town and county voters met at Cartledge’s drug store in this place a ! few <lays ago. On motion, a vote took i jhux as between Bacon and Gordon, j which resulted as follows; Bacon 4; ' Gordon 1; neutral 1. A further canvass resulted in disclosing the fact that nei ther <A the candidates was the first choice of any one present.—Dahlonega Signal. We copy the above simply as a “straw, ’ atai to add that we publish twocomtnun i'Mions to-<lay suggesting a third party, and to say—two farmers came to this of- I flee on Wednerday (one from Gwinnett, i and another from Clayton county) who said they did not want Gordon or Bacon, ■ but were entdusiastic for Dr. Felton. P, S.—Sin'-e the above was in type, we : liave revived a business letU:r from ; Home, in which the writer asks—“ Why can’t we have Felton for Governor ? ” And one dated Rabun Gap. May 18th, nays—“ We Wool Hat Boys of the Mountains in Northeast Georgia want Dr. , Felton for Governor. We want some i body in that <Xfice who is not and never has been a corporation lawyer or director, or in any way connected with railway schemes and monopolies. Won’t Felton ' run ' ” • T It is refiorted from Washington that more than 5,000 private pension bill* have been introduced in the present Con’ gress, and that recently the Senate pass ed 500 of them in one afternoon. The President lias begun work of vetoing them. Thus we go. No steps taken to pay the public debt—while hundreds of mil lions of dollar* lie idle in the Treasury— whereby money will be put afloat and labor be employed; and no steps taken to liberate labor from the thralldom of monopoly. Why can’t the labor Committee, on which so many members sought to be ■ appointed, make a report? The pwipte must take the management jof affaire—State and Federal—and them selves ueiect the men to represent them, instead of allowing the few men of a 1 cli/pie or ring to get in a small back ; room and nominate, and concoct schemes to ele*t, men who will legislate for their benefit, regardless of the people's inter- I ert. • If the people do not secure good men they are to blame. Use the ballot to ; firotect yourselves. We understand that General Gordon proposes to be a candidate for gubernato rial honors, irrespective of the actions of , any primary or convention, Take off j the bridle (by the way, who put the bri dles on ?) and turn the racers loose. Let us—for once —have a free for all—“go as you please” race. Give the people a chance to chqpe, untrammeled by the edict of a self-instituted, packed conven tion. The farmers and thousands of working men want their influence “ Felt-on " such ; an occasion. Grand Master Workman T. V. Pow derly has most emphatically declined,to allow the use of his name as a candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania. He pro ' poses to devote his lime and attention to the cause of lalior. “ Three cheers for Powderly,” says the Trenton (N. J.) Sun day Advertiser, "the grand leader of a mighty movement for the elevation and unjirciement of America’s sturdy toil ers!” . ' A Woodville. Green county correspon dent writes : “ Our people do uot favor either Gordon or Bacon for Governor— as they consider both to be “ ring ” can didates. As Felton is known not to be connected with any “ ring ” and hated and opposed by the corruption ” ring leaden, they have confidence in him,and will support him.” CONVICT LABOR AGAIN Mr. BtattM’a "Stark u<| WWta” Knight* •( Label, Awafc* | M>m*fay. in th* City C<mn< il. the fal lowing wim offered, and referred to Mr Tyler <»*q»>r‘a committee, who h*» pledged hi* licet efforts to get th* legu iature to adopt it: •• By I'cnncihnMi Angier: IGwoI.VFJx, The Oommittee on Special legislation of the City Council publish the usual notice, and memorialize the legislature to enact the following bill as an amendment to the city charter : TITLE. "To amend an Act entitled an Act to es tablish a new' charter for the city of Atlanta, approved February 28th, and the several acts amendatory thereof, conferring upon the Mayor and Gener al Council of Atlanta full power and authority to exclude from all contracts In which the city is interested, or from all public work the city does, or has done, Convict Labor, or arty materi als, or other articles, that are made’by or are t»*e product of convict labor -, and that in the paving of streets, lay ing of sidewalks, building of sewers, or other w ork, authorizing the Mayor and General Council to exclude from any such work any bid of any contractor who doe* not stipulate in his bid, and obligate himself by contract with the city not to buy or use any materials, articles, Or products that are made by CoMvrCT Labor ; and for other pur poses : The Senate and House of Representa tives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, do enact: Section 1. The Mayor and General Council of the city of Atlanta shall have full power and authority, and they are hereby empowered, to exclude from all contracts in which the city is interested, or from all public work the city does, or has ordered done, Convict Labor, or any materials, or other articles, that are made by or which are the products of Convict Labor ; and that in the mate rials used in the paving of streets, laying of sidewalks, building of sewers, or other w*rk, fully authorizing the Mayor and General Council to exclude from any such work, or contracts therefor, any bid of any contractor who does not stipulate in his bid, and solemnly obligate himself by contract with the city, under a heavy penalty, not to use or buy for such pur pose any materials, articles, or products which are made by Convict Labor. Sec 2. Repeals existing laws. At the conclusion of the reading of his bill, Councilman Angier stated that, as he construed the City Attorney’s opinion on the petition of the Knights of Labor,. District Assembly No. 105, presented by Mr. G. K. Woodward, Secretary, the City Council did not have the chartered power to forbid Convict Labor from city work, but that it would require additional leg islation to do so. ~Tle offered TheT'pro” posed amendment to ask the Legislature to give the city express power to out law Convict Labor. Mr. Angier said a similar bill was before the Legislature at the July session of 1884, but that it had been smothered in the Judiciary Com mittee by members from Fulton county, Captain Ellis being our only Representa tive that battled for it. Mr. Angier stated the Knights of Labor and the vo ters generally would see to it the com plexion of the next Representatives from Fulton county was different, and would be men favoring this bill. Here Mjr. Beattie sneeringly interrupted—" What complexion? White or black?” ,Mr- Angier retorted: “No man, whijte or black, would get within fifty miles of admission to the State Capitol in thKnext General Assembly who did 'not pledge* himself against Convict Labor.” We want our readers to clearly under stand that the victory the Knights of Labor achieved in the City Council a few meetings ago, was more of a moral tri umph, the recognition merely of a prin ciple. Now’, the Angier amendment goes right into the camp of the enemy, and proposes to reap substantial, practical real benefits and results. We print the Angier amendment entire, and want our people to read it, and show it to your neighbors. Don’t vote for any candidate who won’t pledge himself to support this amendment, and make it a part of our ■ charter. With the Angier amendment a law, you will see brickyards, rock quarries, and other industries run by free i labor flourishing, employing many hands i at good wages. Let the Knights of Au gusta, Columbus, Macon and Savannah get their City Councils to move for simi lar amendments to their city charters, i We have the substance in sight now, not a mere shadow. ANXIOUS FOR LIGHT. ’ The demand for speakers to give infor mation oral'y to the people as to the aims and objects of the Order, as well as in ' structiuns as to how to proceed to organ ize assemblies of K. of L., is in the high est degree gratifying and encouraging. ‘ The outlook is exceedingly promising, and we shall be much disappointed if within the next few months there are not more than a hundred new assemblies organized in Georgia. Correct and full information and instructions from well posted and properly authorized members are all that is needed to secure this re sult. 1 A lock-out by the association of cloth • ing manufacturers, in Chicago, has 1 thrown 20,000 to 30,000 sawing people out of work.