The Indianapolis journal., 1883-07-26

and little operators expect to derive 6heir s.
or $40 per week. Here is the record of the
proceedings of the sixth regular session OF
the General Assembly, Knights of Labor,
held in New York, September 5-12, 1882
As appears on page 373, the total member
ship, as reported was 42, SIT Oh July 1, 1882,
but in fact, owing to the strikes in the
Maryland and Pennsylvan ia coal
gions, the strikes among the East
Liverpool glass-workers and the strike of the
iron and steel-workers, the membership in
September, 1892 was only about So 900.
Since the time of this official report the
membership of the order has been augment
ed by accessions mainly from the telegraph
ers, but what has been gained from them has
been lost by secesSions on the part of shoe
makers, iron aud steel-workers and glass
blowers. The Knights of Labor to-day can
not muster more than IS, 900 members, and
of these one-sixtb are telegraphers, who will
have to assess themselves for support if they
are TO get any from the Knights. Here is
the official report and roster of members at
the time of their last General Assembly in
this city in September. 1882"
"How about the Knights of Labor having
$40 600 in their treasury, which they can de-
vote to the support OF strikers like the tele-
graphers?"
''Such statements will do we'll enough for
the women and children who have been led
into striking, but Campbell and Healey and
Price and Traphagen and McClelland and the
remainder of the executive board of the
Knights of Labor, who nave made post
mortem Endorsement of this strike, know
better. They have gone beyond their consti-
tuition, but that's no matter Here are few
figures: As appears from the Journal OF
United Labor, the secret official organ of the
Knights of Labor June number 1882, the
total receipts for the year preceding from the
whole order were $S, 917; and the balance on
June 1, 1882, in the treasury OF the order was
81, 143 In the October number OF the Jour
nal of United Labor, 1882, it appears that the
total receipts for the year preceding and end
ing with September /, were SIG, l55, and that
on the date last named the balance in the
treasury was s7e6. In the January number
OF the Journal of United Labor, 1888, find
the balance in the treasury of the order to be
1854. So. | do not speak from hearsay. Here
are the official papers and hgures-they
speak for themselves. So far from having
$40 900 in the treasury of the
Knights of Labor, as the telegraphers
claim, doubt very much if there is $500.
In May, 1892 local assemblies, X. of L.,
Nos, 1897, 1919, 1926, 1929 1888, 1912,
1.94S we're organized, and they were tele-
graphers. In August 1882, local assemblies
of telegraphers were organized as follows:
Nos. 2,114. 2.119, 2.129 2134. 2135. 2.136,
2 l83 and 3 19l. In January, local assemblies
OF telegraphers were organized as follows;
Nos 2,S7i. 2,377. 1880 1881 2,39f, 1892,
$3.50, 2, 402 2,407 2408, 2.420 and 2,421.
Many of these assemblies were and are in
Canada. From the returns of District As
sembly No. As, Knights of Labor-the main
assembly of the Brotherhood OF Telegraph
ers-wherein is found the sum of their liber-
ality, it appears that during December, 1882
they contributed toward the general fund of
the Knights of Labor the sum OF just two
dollars. What can or will they contribute
now2 Other assemblies during the same
month contributed 81. So"