Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-06-05
sI1rH pAY's SESSION.

SIXTH DAYS SESSION.
CLEVELAND, June 1.-The Knights or
Labor convention reassembled at s:So
o'clock yesterday morning. A letter OF
greeting to the Convention of Amalgamated
Association of Iron and Steel Workers that
conyenes in Pittsburgh to-day was read and
adopted and ordered sent to the secretary OF
the Association. The special committee on
legislation presented a partial report mat
was adopted. Ii was decided TO send a
committee of three to Washington to pre-
sent the demands of the order to Congress-
A resolution asking Congress to declare
election day legal holiday was passed.
At the afternoon session the report pre-
sented by the Committee on Strikes ana
Boycotts recommending that all authority
be vested in the Executive Committee, was
taken up and after discussing the subject
until 1880 o'clock the convention adjourned,
without having arrived at a settlement of
the question. 1t is limited that other bust
ness was transacted, but what II was could
not be learned,
Robert Schilling, a delegate, formerly OF
Cleveland, but now of Milwaukee, comes
forward with the statement that Cleveland
was the birthplace of the order of the
Knights of Labor. at happened in this
way" said Mr., Schilling to a United Press
repOrter last evening. 81 was chosen chair
man of a committee appointed to prepare a
constitution for the Industrial Congress,
which was to have met at Rochester In 1874
The order was so volatile, however, that
before the time set for the convention there
WAS nothing left of it. When the Knights
of Labor held their first General Assembly,
at Reading, Pa, in 1878, | was chosen a
delegate. When the question Of a constitu'
ton came up | offered the one | had pre-
pared for the Industrial Congress, four
wears previous, and it was adopted, with but
slight amendments"
Delegate Kaufner gave it ont last night
that the Knights of Labor came out of their
fight with the Amalgamated Association of
Iron and Steel Workers in better shape than
they anticipated. When the convention
opened, he says, the Amalgamated men
were very radical, but after reviewing the sit
uatiOn they waived the objection concerning
men who we're not obtaining the union scale
of wages and moderating their tone toward
the men they designate as ''scabs," 1t was
agreed at the conference between President
Wiehe, Secretary Martin and Mr.. Powderly,
last Tuesday evening, that every rolling
mill emplOye applying for admission to the
Knights of Labor shall be thoroughly inyes-
tigated as to his past conduct and If
anything especially obnoxious to the
Amalgamated Association is found against
him he is to be ''blackballed' by the
Knights. The settlement is satisfactory TO
both organizations. A committee of Knights
was appointed to attend the A~malgamated
Association Convention in Pittsburgh next
week, to make arrangements whereby the
two orders may work tremendously in
rolling mill districts,
Among the various addresses with which
the different delegates are prjmed is one
that, it is claimed, will shortly be adopted
by the convention, asking Congress to pass
a bill to establish a Government training
school at which boys may learn trades of
all kinds. 1t vii be asked that the school
be conducted on the principles governing
the West Point Military and Annapolis
Naval academies. The Knights claim that
it is Just as necessary that the youth of the
country receive an industrial as well as a
military or naval education,
The Blue and Gray, an organization of
the old soldiers, who fought in either army
of the rebellion, now belonging to the
Knights of Labor, held a meeting at the
Forest City House last night. An address
prepared by l.. H. Shay, to the old soldiers
in the Knights of Labor stating that the object
of the order was peace, which must prevail,
if they had to fight for it, was adopted,
after which the election of officers took
place. Thomas Green, an eX.C Confederate,
was elected Commander; l.. X. Shay, Fed
eral,) Vice Commander; d. II, Patterson,
Federal,) Adiutant; the Quartcrmaster
| elected is all old Union soldier, and the
officer OF the Day and Otncer OF the OF
Guard are eX.Coufederates.