Morning journal and courier., 1886-05-27
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR In The Congress Of
 Churches. THE PARADE AT SPRINGFIELD A Procession Nearly
 Four Miles Long. MAXWELL TAKES THE STAND. An Ingenious Story Of His
 Crime.
THE K. OF L.. CONVENTION.

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 Henry George and Others Address the | Congress of Churches-POwderlyD De.
 cltnes an Invitation to Do Likewise CLEVELAND, O., May 26.-Since the arrival
 of the delegates to the special convention of
 the Knights of Labor, number of plans ir addition to the five causes of complaint emu.
 merated in Mir. Powderly's call have been
 conceived. One of the plans, emanating from
 a member of the order from Allegheny, Pa, | who has prepared an address upon the mat | ter, is to agitste the subject of government | regulation of railroads. The address also deals with the project of an arbitration | board. An effort will made to secure hear ing for that gentleman. Mr. Harmon, a
 prominent Knight, in speaking with dele gate this evening gave it as his opinion that | the only solution to the labor problem is the | division system. Sailors, when they go out ! on whaling or fishing expedition, receive a | certain percentage of their proceeds. They | know when their contracts are made that l they stand the same chances as the owner does, and if the cruise proves failure they l know what to expect and accept the inevita- ble without complaint This same system is, he thinks, practicable to considerable ex- tent in factories and other industrial institu- tions. He is in favor of arbitration, but does not think that Congress will ever be able to formulate bill to successfully arbi- trate differences between the employer and his employees. There are SO many different
 branches of industry that no man or com mittee of men appointed by Congress would be able to deal inteligently with them. MT. Harmon also believes in the one man theory. "Give him all the assistance he may need, :" he said, "but let the head of the organization have supreme power. This having around where there are so many heads is never pro- ductive of the best results"
 MT. Richard Trevelyick, chief organizer for the Knights of Labor, when asked to-day what he thought of the recall of the organ izers' commissions said: fMuch of the trou- ble in the order arising from rapidly 1nereas- ing membership and the installation of our assemblies is due to poor organization. I met an organizer few weeks ago under the Influence of liquor. On my inquiring where he was going, he said that he was going to organize an assembly of striking Poles and Hungsrians. Now this is positively forbid den and told him that under the rules of the order no man could be admitted to mem bership while on strike. He organized the assembly, however, but owing to my know ledge of the affair it never received a char ter. Much of this kind of work has been done of which the executive officers had no knowledge, and to this source can be attri- buted much of the existing trouble through out the country. MT. Powderly alone has the power of recalling these commissions and to har6 bo bas6 ed to call them all in from the chief organi- ger down.
 The grievance committee was employed all the afternoon in hearing complaints from the Pittsburg cigarmarkers' union. Efforts have been made to merge this union into the Knights of Labor, but strenuous objec- ton is being made by the Pittsburg dele gates. No decision was reached. scheme is also on foot to take the typographical union into the fold of the Knights as district assembly. This movement is meeting with the enthusiastic approval of the local union and their delegate has been instructed to vote for it.
 The committee on credentials is having quite controversary over the admission of the delegates from the new assembly of car pet weavers. MT. Powderly says that all matters must be strengthened if it takes month.
 John Jarrett, ex-president of the amalga- mated association of iron and steel workers, James Redpath and Henry George, of New York, are in the city. Their presence here at this time is regarded as an evidence of the popular interest taken in the convention. Messrs. Jarrett and George delivered ad dresses on the labor question to the Ameri- can Congress of Churches at Music Hall to- nj Sht. Ar. Powderly was also invited to ad- dress the congress, but declined. MT. Jarrett said: "I have spoken on the labor question 8 great many times, but I never addressed the workingmen before in 8 meeting of this kind. Workingmen are, as 8 rule, suspi- cious of the church, and 1 have no doubt they have had cause to be. I once heard of church where workingmen were paid very little attention because they could not contribute as much as rich folks toward the support Of the ministry and church expenses. The church tells these people that they will will go to heaven when they die, but they want little heaven here if they can get it. If the church will show the people that, the man who robs the poor man has no place in heaven you will gain the friend ship of the workingmen. Let them under stand that Jesus sympathizes with the down. trodden and the oppressed, that he cursed every man who did not devote himself to the welfare of others and say to them we are brothers"
 Henry George said among other things "The world is moving and nothing shows how rapid this movement is more than gathering of this manner. The active spirits among the workmen, the men who are hop ing and struggling almost without expecta- tion everywhere, distrust the church, distrust it with a bitterness that almost grows into open hostility. Anarchists and Nihilists are fighting for the same end because they saw the kingdom of God on earth. They are not going at it in the right way, but they have all the same end."