The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-12-28
KNIGHTS OF LABOR.
rue TROUBLE IN TuElR RANKS,
The Threatened Disruption of the orgauira.
tion-Powdsrly Severely Condemned.
The General Master Workman Not
Worried Over the Matter.

New YoRK, Dec. 27,-Ths Tribune says:
oEganizM labor seems to be in q bad
Eangle, which grows worse instead Of bet.
ter, The dissatisfaction in the Knights OF
Labor 10 growing more widespread, and
some members Of the order are afraid that
the present difficulty can only result In a
split, There seems to be little doubt that
legal requirements for q special session
Of the General Assembly will be fulalled
within short time, or that the call will
be signed by District Assemblies in at
least hall q dozen States, perhaps twice
that many, Among the dissatisfied ele-
ments, however, the feeling Ia that no
matter when the call is made out accord.
ing to the constitution there is no GER
tRlnty that the session will be held,
One Of them said yesterday; zone OF
the principal things against which we pro,
test 10 the assumption Of dictatorship by
the General Executive Board aud their
evident intention to override the Consti-
tuition whenever 1t conflicts with their
own ideas. II Mr.. Powderly should refuse
to call the special session what could we
do2 The General Worthy Foreman, the
next highest officer would not take any
action. General Secretary LllChnRu Ger.
tAiply would not, nor would the Ext culivs
Board, for with the single exception OF
Barry, they are all in accord with Pow.
derly.
THE ONLY RRNEDY.
Our only remedy would be to call a
separate session ourselves and then all
who attended 1t would be in open revolt
and would be either expelled or sus.
pended. This would mean split, and
whether or not We are prepared Tor this |
am not able TO say, but II may some to
that ! should be exceedingly sorry to
see II, but II the order is to continue 10 he
OF any use TO the labor movement some.
thing must be done pretty soon.
The same opinion was expressed by
many other Knights. Some Of the mem.
bers Of District No. 40, the leaders Of which
arc In thorough accord with the general
officers, show signs Of disposition TO kick
over the traces, aud only the iron digci.
pline maintained by L B. Mcclure, the
lSIAOA GhAaeSA hOAALAaIt NdS 10 luW w
the General Executive Board, keeps the
dissatisfaction from being shown. The
local fight between the Knights and the
open unions grows in bitterness, and the
time 10 not far oti when open warfare will
be proclaimed. The action ot tho Trades
Unions in Columbus in the formation Of
the American Federation ot Labor has en-
couraged the Trades Unions.
1t is said on good authority that ]. e.
Cassidy, one of the most prominent mem.
bers Of the American Society Of Carpenters
and Joiners, announced publicly at the
Central Labor Union last Sunday that no
intended TO declare war to the knife
against the Knights Of Labor. The
Knights show no disposition to shirk the
fight, and II they and the Unions do not
tnd some common ground on which they
can sand the chances are that no strikes
will be won by the carpenters for somo
time, for the Knights will take tie places
ot the striking Trades UniOnists and the
Unionists the places OF tho Knights when
they strike,