Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-10-19

patch says: Shortly before adjournment
tbis evening an incident occurred thai gave
rise 10 a temporary excitement. Powers.
OF Chicago. Labor candidate for the State
Legislature, stood upon bis table and
shouted out IN sfenforian tones
''GeneraI- Master w orkman. rise to q
question Of the very highest privilege"
Powers j. about six feet four in hrs number
twelve boots, and stood upon table. His
remarks caused much laughter. Being re-
cognized, be said: II am about to depart
Tor home, and (putfing one hand in the
o.her and shaking them) ] want 70 givf
hearty baud-shakc and godspeed TO every
delegate present. except one" (Iiere be
hesitated, and pin-drop could have been
heard.)
INTENSE INTEREST.
''1 mean," be continued, Mr.. Pike. of
Massachusetts, who claims to be a repre-
sentative Of the hboring.man, who is
q s0-called labor candidate, but who
comes here 10 Richmond and takes the
stump for Wise, a partisan Democrat Tor
Congress. against Mullen, the editor OF o
labor paper, and the nominee OF The labor
ing.men for Congress. want 1t TO be dis
tinctly understood thst this hand-shake and
godspeed docs not include him."
Powers's rich brogue and thunderous
voice made the declaration all the more
emphatic. There was n storm OF applause,
above which few Kisses from Pixies
friends could be heard. Then Burns, OF Ala
hama. who has been trying 10 make repu-
tation as a Knight who Is a negr0-hater.
spraDg up and shouted that he was proud
10 say thst he was in favor OF the election
Of Wise. Those who had appauded before
row hissed, and those who had Kissed now
applauded, and Chairman Litchman had
almost exhausted himself shouting for or
der and pounding his gayel before silence
was T'st0r6d.
The Knights as a body are very indig-
cant st Pike for taking the stump against
The labor candidate, while his district is
paying his expenses as 4 representative OF
iabor-interests. He is promised the liyeliest
Kind Of q settiDg.down when he returns
home, and in the mean time all sorts OF
stories are afloat in regard to the influences
which led him to speak for WISE. On the
other hand. many delegates have spoken
from the stump for Mullen, aud tonight
Treyellick and Beaumont and others viii
talk at Inass-iDeeting and denounce Pike
for his course. Many Democrats say that
Wise j. in very close quarters, and VIII
baye TO employ every means at his COM
mand to accomplish his election.
TMr. Pike said TO a Dispatch reporter yes
ttTday that be never took any part in the
canvass here until he was solicited to do 50
by members oi the order oi this city; that
he never has said anything against Mr..
Mullen a. Il KNIGHT OF labor. He states
that in all his speeches here he has confined
his remarks TO this point: That 1t will do
the workingmeu no good 10 try to form
third party. He says that he is not an as
pirant for any office and never saw the
Hon. George ID. Wise until he was intro
dueed TO bin by Richmond knights OF
Labor; nor docs he consider that his OBJ
lieation a. a Knight OF Labor prevents him
from advocating the claims Of any man he
deems 1T for office.
Mr. Pile was instrumental in settling a
large strike OF shoemakers at Spencer,
Mississippi. Just before he came 10 Rich
Uord, and the newspapers OF Boston
sreak Of him as well-known and inilu-
tntial Labor leader in that state.l