Morning journal and courier., 1885-10-07
Got the Best of the Vigilantes.

week vigilance committee went to the house of man named Conklin, said to be living with another mans wife at Mountain vile, this county, for the alleged purpose of riding the couple on rail and ducking them in neighboring pond. They got the door open, but Conklin closed it and cut the hand of one of the party. They gave him twenty four hours to leave the village. He went, but has returned and caused the arrest of nine men on the charge of fhousebreaking and riot. pefore the grand jury. The evidence was considered insufficient to hold the other four and they were released.
 THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR
 Seeking Many Changes In The In-
 terest Of The Workingman.
 HAMILTON, Ont. Oct. 6.-The general as- sembly of the Knights of Labor was resumed this morning. G. M. w. Powderly de- nounced convict labor. He had prepared the draft of bill to be presented to Congress which prohibits the employment of inn ates of State or county prisons on government work of any kind. He recommended that Congress be asked to incorporate all labor associations in the District of Columbia and the territories and to amend the bill pro- hibiting the employment of foreign labor under contract. The enforcement of the law as it now stands is difficult if not impossible The matter of the employment of idle men on public works should also be laid before Congress. He charged that at certain places where the postmaster is an employer labor communications between the officers of as- semblies are intercepted. He saw but one way of putting stop to such irregularities and that is to have law passed by Congress prohibiting an employer of labor from holding the office of postmas- ter. The working people of the State should demand of Congress the passage of law ere ating postal savings bank in which people may have some confidence, which they can not be expected to have in savings banks as at present managed. The passage of MT. Oates bill introduced at the last session of Congress prohibiting aliens from holding large tracts of land should be insisted upon and assemblies should go further in demanding that all lands now held for speculative pur- pose be restored to the public domain.
 A great mass of propositions were present ed and referred to appropriate committees. Hearings will be held on several matters on which differences of opinion exist Most of them will doubtless be settled in the commit tee rooms, but one or two important ones will have to be fought out in the assembly. A number of matters were referred to commit tees, among them the Chinese labor question, ike Wabash railroad difficulty and the prepa- ration of general policy to be pursued in respect to boycotting. This afternoon re- cess was taken and by invitation Richard K. Trevelyck, the veteran labor agitator, made a speech. A complimentary social gathering in honor of the general assembly will be held tomorrow evening under the auspices of the Hamilton Knights.
 THE CONVENTION AT WICKLOW Severely Denounced By A Leading
 London Journal.
 LONDON, Oct. 6.-The activity of the Irish Nationalists and the certainty that they will hold the balance of power in the next Parlia- ment has caused considerable alarm among certain classes and presages troublesome times for the government in the near future. The Telegraph foresees an Irish war and de- mands the enforcement of the laws respect ing the rights of property by whatever means may be necessary. The Wicklow con- vention is denounced as conspiracy to para lyze Parliament, to enable the Irish com mons to tax British goods and in other ways to harrass the government and menace the peace and security of the empire. It regards MT. Parnell's speech violent threat to England and urges timely precautions against the rebellion which the Nationalist leaders utterances were designed to foment.
 The Special Delivery Working Well.
 WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.-The Postoffce de- partment has received a number of reports from postmasters as to the first three days working of the special delivery service. The reports show that the system is receiving support and indicate that it will be fairly