New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-05-11
oowDERLY TO THE KNIGHTS
.,nocrn TO BoYCUTrs AND DYNAMITE
NECESSARY 10 SOLVE THE PROB
ms OF LABOR AND CAPiTAL-A SHARP

-x,r NECESSARY 10 SOLVE THE PROB
MS OF LABOR AND CAPiTAI-A SHARP
sEyUKE TO BRAGdAnrs.
Nav lO-The following secret CIR
,o. been received by the Knights OF Labor OF
S ,,aso and will bs roadIin tho various assemblies
1m.ng TIE cciins "0'~' Nav q 1896.
o,,- o,the Enichts Of Labor Of AMERICA
Ma,Gh r has 50
sers e'i tSs n.orsemen Of the sentiments CON
eenaS n il has been So unanimous thst feel eneopI
49, and strengthened In the work Nea Ky atv,ce
S,,ned IN the circular OF the 18th ut ee tnappt
sDy rcluites the coming to the Mont u S %yo hesn
90 Sr 10 set US right before the world we nave Veen
ground pablo opinion Is Sopesrned loi
one of tho causes mat o we e Kusnts Of
iaSSr Tor which the Organization was ~ w. WA,
Soinss Of the labor men who never labor and
Sen they charge any thing to our order III your oeay
SCI seal Of your @ nSn Of a. sber or
g. iccrs do not boycott It, and II you have any such
SSycotts on remove them Journal no, Long SnSe
aas %s,S%sa 81 the OF Labor and
Of GS mot nst every
whc IN the columns OF the paper wio Is 70
sns sse We must bear IN mind tina. the General
Master Workman Is only man ana Is ny. q, Sres
.nrch We cannot consistently deny 1t to others we
r tolerate fair open criticism II reply Is s as
male n in rertcmhnly dgnihed manner II we v nre
o,s or abused by guard sheet treat IL ~ you
,-antd the I,sckruari himseli-n silence ,r ,nv
TGSt oar SHOULD be regarded beings OF saPeH'
build material We are no o1ers Who do the work OF
shan ,rps In our dealiny with aborers ana S
We n" ,sstIce dons 10 us we turn must DO equally 70
oilers. This is the aim o. . rno hns"'' "a ''''''
NM, ~" ;rect yonr attention 10 few little abuses:
ind that Wherever strike occurs appeals Ior anu are
c c sch PURPOSES in future unless the
Genes your own District OF ,Iu rn them
l.o-ao mi geea
have III ny possession 400 boycott notces ne eS
scIt TO assemblies with request that lhey 10 ac'eu
uuon let me mention some OF then' ,, ,
member is editing paper lie tn ear nm b"nc on"
Kim and then the order TO carry It OUT certain
paper influential in Que or the other oi .ne p Sn
battles members of the opposing party conceive eGe
lea OF getting rid OF tue paper and they lnvoKe we au
OF tue Knights OF Labor. drst taking the preoaon 70
have the paper i'll question say something uhcomph-
etafy OF tie knights of Labor. In iact our order has
been used as tai FOR hundred oi M e them S'i hate
,e ,rn- boycott" was bOycOtted ten years ago ana
could not get work at my trade ioI months ~ ii y va"
practice II has heen handed 10 us py ne t ts
have no for 1t only when everything else dais
Arnoals Cor aid circulars, petitions. advertisements oi
every kind are scat cred every Where tHtous nc
! cory a letter which comes to me on the saplecl: "A
nt1s and appeals aid, keeping us until IL O'Clock
W led to believe the kiighs oil lano, W 20 an
rrodnr-iye Of good We have no tune Tor instruction
What do you advise us TO do. advised mem ~, 10
e,fer burn or table these matters aud now ask OF inc
secretar; OF each assembly to 10 INC same >,
If your ourna! were bOycoted by our mem erS IL
coilG he maze the medium OF communication between
10 Se,rr,I @'icers ana The oder but the journal is not
,c IN cne0nnrter of the assemblies. some assemblies
.end ON documents in envelopes addressed to secre-
larry Assembly No. - Ia many places VIC seVio
Ties have been discharged because OF this practice
No member ha- the right to address another III ta way
and If 1t pric-ed again the ohen1eu wiz pe pun
ished future tine General Executive bohlu mus H9s
be nterfered with in the Performance OF s duty IL
you have conhdence III them sustain ne" WI oI JH
board wascndcavoruc 10 settle the southwestern trouble
H. doubt were passing and publishing resolutions con
GcuEing jay Could These things ga 10 sonu' on la9
' beones the dnty Of the Executive Board
meet eVerybcd ana 20 everywhere "hlIe thc9 dI .
Ie ,,io ~" nor Iov what th,r task is. Keep quiet;
lei your officers 10 their hest ana u you cannot nun
tons DO not prevent snI Sad INV mind
II ale up 10 bank AT midnight astrng OF resolutions
a. long a. the moral law protesting against my conem,
plated acton would not influence me paI..e' Du' a.,
M The question and woud imsess TO my right
y.ult would rob 1t AT midnight If he dld hs unty.
resolutions about our rights. We know we have rights
without passing resolutions Men who think and study
Ihe General Assembly viii meet in special session on
;he 18TH ~ May city OF Cleveland FROM the re-
oolrt OF ms letter you must not address any conu
have thousands Of letters piled mp around me nov.
hI ' T,rr sri since nv illness the mail delivered at
iny hous has exceeded four hundred letters day Iney
come from everybody and every where must pay tne
mart Of wheelhorse instead Of leader OF great
movement and our own members are re,poi i
one shonld send letters to ne. am tod ny some 10 Se
hell, II had htty assistants II would 90 10 g3o lor
II takes my whole 10 read onehal OF me Iet'ets,
and the middle Of my Work am wal.eu on py sum-
committee who geneIa.y h,S,g nrt,ee Vii tell
different story. From now until the General Assembly
meets viii receive committees. answer no letters
must formulate plan for the nture ana Will not Dc IN
tcrfered with Let repeat Will receive no commit
tees DO letters, nor VII 20 auyWneIr a. o
request of members of assemblies This IS imperative;
! have chance 10 90 som tAn- IoI "
Tie order. and lcannot DO II am 10 SIT iof rs
hours day reading letters which have been ahsweret
and reauswered In tie journal ana cohstilntoa' no,
VIII 10 the General Assembly VIII 20 saiu 70 ' -,
entire Order aud you must give me time 10 prepare ~.
We have had some trouble from dIhsg ynatf. r.
from who talk about buying guns anu ny and
the men who possess money onoush To puy guns anu
nale would invest in some wesesete . "oln ON
labor they would put the money 10 Soou
need the guns or dy namiIe IN inns county
study inc politics of the nation and the wants
Of the people would make But nu!e use VI q
wDo will not watch the man he votes for aIter
lie elected caunot be depended on 70 use eiIAer gun Ok
ont the problems confronting us, MS hahd aiohe
Will never solve IT, If XIII my enemy siIence d. ~
vert rather than a corpse OF my enemy Men Wh2 oM.
NE workman OF to-day would he the OF bis fellow
toer on the for after al IL Is now 10 acquire
,P - " Irr No. The man OF capital not necessarily
The enemy Of labor. On the contrary they mus %
zone extremists viii say | advocating a
weak PLAN and will say that bloodshed anu desru'.on
o. property alone Will solve the propieM IL d man nan,
speaks such sentiments assembly. read Tor MN
he char.c which the master workman repeats TO me
newly initiated who Oins our "army of peace II no
reueas h. nonsense put him out. In the hands OF men
entirely great the pen mishtier than the sWOi
I'M. add: In the hands OF men entirely mouth VIC
gun il harmless the sword. To our drinking mem
bers extend the hand OF kindness hate the uses 10
winch rum has been put, but II my duty 10 leach
down and lift up the who has fallen NIcui 10 we
use Of quor II there is such man WITHIN s0uhu OF mo
,ecretari. voice when this paper read. ask him to
stand erect on the oor OF his Assembly rase ms manu-
70 heaven and repeat with me these "or.s' a., h
Kuipht OF Labor believe that every man shoulu DO
free from the Of slavery, whether me saFery np
lnfl =.
Inc frmes link IN the chain OF oppression Is me ohe
fore when drown manhood and reason III dIlhs. 40
man can rob me of tie brain NY Jod mas & ven nc w
les am party 10 the theft II drink 70 crown SiIe
hiring grief t. wife, child aud Borrowing r!ehas auu
NOT one iota to the sum OF human haPplhess
when I invite oblivion over the rim OF gitss.
II one moments fOrgefuDcss OF inattehlIou 10 uu'y
while drunk Lrngs defeat to the least OF dDois pans
lifetime of attention duy alone can repair inc oss
promise never again u put mysei !" Such p o9",