Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-01

head az master workman. Stevens
was firm believer in secrecy, aud
for some years the proceedings of
the society were shrouded in mystery.
The name of the order was not
made public until 1881, the members
calling it The Five Stars (#*%**l.
But most of these mysterious
features have now been removed.
The founder died in 1882.
Membership in the order is open
to farmers and all wage-w workers
over eighteen years of age, except
lawyers, bankers, professional gam
blers, stock brokers, and persons
deriving income from the sale of
intoxicating drinks. Women are
admitted on an equality with men.
The local assemblies form district
assemblies, and these unite to make
up the General Assembly, which
enacts laws and elects the executive
committee Of five at an annual
meeting in October. General Mas
ter Workman Powderly, the present
chairman of this committee and
chief of the order, receives a salary
of s. 500; the secretary-treasure is
paid 81 200, and the other officials
are paid mechanics wages-three
dollars a day--for the actual time
expended in the service of the
society. The funds are produced
by tax Of two cents a month, which
is levied upon every knight. The
expenses of the local assemblies are
met by initiation fees and monthly
dues, the former ranging from fifty
cents to twenty-five dollars, and the
latter from ten to twenty-five cents
per month.
With the motto, can injury to
one is au injury to all, +" the Knights
of Labor have put forth a lengthy
declaration of principles in which
they demand among other things:
The establishment of bureaus of labor sta
t'tics, reservation Of public lands for actual
settlers; the abrOgatiOn of an laws not bearing
equally on capital and labor. provisions for
the Leath and safety of wOrkinW-mep: laws TO
compel corporations To pay wages weekly in
Lawful money, and 20 give mechanics and
Hborers first lien on the products OF their
labor to the extent OF their wages; the aboi-
ton OF the contract plan in national. state and
city works; legal provision for arbitration be-
tween employers and employees, and for en-
forcing the decisions reached by arbitration:
the unemployment of children under is in
workshops, mines. and factories the prohibit
ton OF the hiring out Of convict labor; the
laying Ct graduated income tax. They op-
pose national banks, and favor government
HI p4fI
roads. They pledge their united efforts 70 tine
establishment of cooperative stores and fac
tories; TO secure for both sexes equal pay for
equal work. 20 shorten the working day to
eight hours. and to persuade employers TO ar
hltrate differences between them and their en-
ppyees in order That strikes may be rendered
unnecessary When arbitration fails they
make use OF the boycott and the strike TO
cocrCe employers
Al the beginning of the new year
the knights of Labor numbered
about 100000, and the success of
recent labor movements has had the
effect of largely increasing this
membership. The marvellous growth
Of this order and the strength which
always accompanies large and well
organized combinations make this
national labor union an important
factor in the present social condition
of America. ON. Youth.
The average length Of life is on
the increase The science of medi-
cine has made great progress; many
diseases are now controlled that
were formerly thought incurabIe.
The greatest discovery is DR. Bge-
lows Cure, which cures consumption
IN stage that other remedies are of
no benefit. Coughs, colds, Group,
whoopiug cough, bronchitis, and all
throat aud lung diseases speedily
and safely. Price, so cents aud 81,
A VERY distressing accident oc-
CURED at Mann's camp near Glen
Haven last Friday afternoon. They
had been blasting into the side of
the bluff, and the men came with
the loose dirt and rocks Wbils