The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-28

try to reach an agreement concerning jurisdic
tion. An agreement may be formulated by which
neither side will lose anything of its prin
ciples and enable each to work in harmony The
members of the committee on the state of the
order say that nothing antagonistic has beer
discovered, and that their only task is to make
minor dsagreements impossible in the future.
The committee may report the result of their
deliberations to the assembly az early as to-
morrow forenoon The committee met again al
the Weddell House this evening to dispose of the
routine work of the assembly referred to them.
A delegate, speaking OF the differences be-
tween the Knights and the unions, said
"The spirit of the trades-unions is debating;
the spirit Of the Knights of Labor is arbitra-
tien. The trades-unions say to the employer,
Come to u.s. The Knights of Labor say to the
employer, Wen meet you half way Much
better results can be accomplished by arbitra-
ton than by dictat;on. The working people Of
the country are beginning to realize this are de-
serting the unions, and enrolling themselves in
the Knights The unions are constantly de-
creAsing and the Knights constantly increasing
in membership. The presidents and secretaries
of the unions are in dismay, as they realize that
If their unions thin out much more the unicns will
be too weak TO longer pay them their COM
Portable salaries. It is from these presidents
and secretaries that the opposition to the ab-
sorption arrangement largely comes Now, all
the Knights propose is that these trades unions
come into the Knights of Labor, not disor-
ganized mob, but as separate assemblies, each
union to still retain its organization as to mem
bership and general outlines. but to be an as
sembly within the Knight of Labor instead Of
an isolated organization on the outside. The
Sailors Union has already adopted this course,
has ceased to exist as a union, but has in
stead entered upon new and more pros
porous career as an assembly of the Knights
of Labor. All that the Knights require of a
trades-union coming into their ranks as an
assembly is this: that when that assembly pro-
a n g mr. 1us-
try, before resorting to that desperate and final
expedient, the grievance shall be laid before the
district executive board of the Knights of Labor
If the decision of that board be unsatisfactory
then the aggrieved assembly shall have the right
to appeal to the general executive board of the
Knights, but the decision of the general board
must be final. Ii the general board should de-
eide against strike the assembly is not to order
Its members out. If, on the other hand, the gen.
eral board should deem the grievance. of sufficient
gravity to warrant such course, then the
Knights of Labor all over the land are bound to
morally and financially sustain their brothers in
their strike.".
There was liyely scene in the Forest City
House, about o'clock this afternoon, In which
Secretary Turner and ex-Secretary Robert
Leighton of Pittsburg, figured. Leighton was
Turner's predecessor, and charges were preferred
against him by the present secretary, and Turner
was elected to fill the vacancy Leighton, it is
stated came to the present convention to be
'iuoichseo, outs uot DelnR ueieRate, no couiu
not obtain admission to the hall. AS Turner
passed through the hotel TO the Office, on his way
to the dinine-room. he espied Leighton, and,
walking toward him with outstretched hand,
said, How do you do, Bobf'
Leighton refused to shake hands, and replied
to the greeting in most offensive language.
Turner walked away. but the encounter had
been witnessed by many, and was the talk of
the afternoon. Leighton left for Pittsburg on
the afternoon train.
Speaking of the work before the convention
this evening Secretary Turner said that he did
not believe the delegates could get away before
next Wednesday. General Master Workman
Powderly, Worthy Foreman Griffths, Secretary
Turner and another gentleman took a long
drive out Euclid avenue this afternoon, the first
relaxation from work since their arrival on Sat-
urday.