Frostburg mining journal., 1882-11-25
Mr.. PownERLY's MAsTERLY AD-

Mr.. PownERLYs MAsTERLY AD
DREss--' The Mss on of the RaiqhtS
Of Labor. .'--Qmts a large audience
including u nunber Of ladies' Assem-
bled in Old Fellows Opera House
thls pi.cs. W instd+y evening, to
hesr aon 7 V PowierIy, of ScrAn-
ton, Pa, deliver his lecturs en- tied
TIE Nilsson Of the Knights of La
boz A .pooi.l tram VS. run from
Pc mont, bringing number OF audi
tors from various poilts alang ihs line
After ieVarsl FIN. airs from our
Fgo4iburg bands Mr.. R D. Rees cal
I'd the assemblage TO order aud lnvlt-
Ell the following gentlemen to take
seats upon tie stage; Msssrs. WIN.
B. Baird. VIM Mcmillan, Charles
Herry. Andrew Patrick, P A. Crowe'
John Chambers, Max. Hamilton, ir
George Fl. Wittig, D J. Williamp,
Isaac Arderton, ]. M. Zlmmorly and
N F. Fiannipan.
Upon being introduced by Mr..
Rees a. the chief officer of the organ. /.
ization Mr.. Powderly was received
with arpl.uae. He plunged ut once
into a discussion of his subj jsct, the
very few preliminary remarks Lead
ing at onca to comments upon the
fidelity of lstorers to organizations
succeeding or failing in struRges for
the right. 1t hsd been f uud that
n en- had gusged the strength and
efficiency Of labor unions in loca !
cases ty success or failure in wages
battles; that the membership had
been multiplied or diminished accord
ingly aud cited instances in proof.
This Order, huwever, teaches some
thing new, in tina; it iiscouuter anced
strikes. etc, until every other poasi-
bls m ans Of avoiding differences
were exhausted. 1t must be remem.
bered, in this connection, that SOU e.
times employers STRIFE. When they
don't want your labor they strike
against you. He spoks Of coal nine
owners who never knew what a miner
was--w heth.r h. WAS man or b.sst-
a being with two leg or four.
r. ference was made to several la.
Dor organizations, each with good
purposes of it's own, tut inetiscIlvs { r
want of larger sreas OF iLh 'ence.
Ultimately thu wiser heads OF each
met in P. lladelphla end the KLignts
of Labor estsbis ell. Hence, Its
growth was trac.d eloquent terms.
Uncon6ned by the onnds If our own
conatry it had cirs c-i isto Canads.
L. had also ttksa rot /, London,
L,eis Sonth Va es, aud other por-
u ts Of tiis"t Bian. Cooperating
Y, ! us, m-n tsy nj the l.krs an;
utse 'ns Ca, pIeig i By sacred
car t,r each 9th
- 4 81 F.. P 'k"r "as led u
b ees ,.nC.t..ip That labo c - and
lsSt ,.t t,wh un.ted 1t WAS
t0 90 ~ Il that n t man who creased
'oe A l,ltlc take yoaI places bat
did rot know what you ere rug
s'ira i"r. A | were mlly intorme ! of
lii m-r.sr Of ur defe ce So that
1t vast NJ Kmg IS ol Labor wnJ took
your pl ces
The speaker did not understand that
ali that was one here under the ST. ess
ol u" extts"rdin.ry pr,ssure WAS right
1t wonld be strange, however, If no
N stakes were maze. One thing he
did know-thst had the companies
Topped off wahes at the top and gone
down to the miners with the tame
ratio all along, the latter would 1--we
much less 70 complain of. But to re-
duce the miners " ole reeu arly and
systematically every time expenses
must be cut down, is wrong.
This speaker then read letter in
the Cumberland Ne,os ngaed E Pa
Ttbls Uium The author had for
tsited notice by failing to sign his own
name stlll ne was no doubt sincere.
But appeared unfair to ask ran
Ger questions concerning this region,
and he h.rbored the suspicion that
the sutho; feared 10 cate echlss any
body familiar With the merits and de-
merits of the late struggle. In ge :
eral terms, however, he denied tae
boasted supremacy OF goverum~ mt
and tree institutions" The very ps-
per which this gentleman employs sa
his medium ssnnot publish dlspatch h
from New York without the .mplied
consent Of Jay G uid. But suppose