The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-05-28
THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR.
TIE GREAT GROWTH OF THE
ORDER.
POWderlJ's Plans for Its Future Gov.
ernment-PrOceedings OF the
Convention.

CLEVELAND, o, My 27-The Gen
eral Atssmb y of the Knights of La
Dor bean 1t session ct $50 O'Clock
this mo ming.
The 9 mmittee on Laws presented
rat al Vp)rr, embody ing a number
OF pr positions, oLly one If which was
iasen up
The first proposition was, in effect,
Il az the Executive Board should be
increased from five to eleven member.
The great gro WITH of the order since
the original Executive Committee wa.
de ci 'e1 IN demands that the work bs
distributed among mt re committee
men.
Tha morning was spent in discuss.
ing he proposition. There was gen.
erdl sentiment in favor of increasing
the membership in the board, hut the
question IS to whether it would be
proper for sp sciaI convention to take
sciiun in the matter met with some
diiIe eace OF opinion.
A numbtr If d leg ties wanted ihs
b aid constitut ID II ono delegate
from each Stats and TeTrit Ory, while
others f,vored a large board made up
in different ways Nothing was said
about remunerating the members OF
the board, ard it is thought they will
be pad as at present, only for time
ac,uSlly spent in the work Of the COM
mttee.
Alter a three hours discussion the
rep IT was referred back to The Com
mut4e on Laws without instruction.
A Committee on Legislation was
then appointed.
At2 o'clock recess wss taken until
tomorrow morning st s o'c' ock, at
which time the Committee on the
State Of the Order is exptc ed TO re-
port.
A large number OF local gran0ee, and
10 some cases tue body OF farmers,
have gone in the Knights OF l. ,b0r
assemblies Thr farmers orders ! rgtly
IS i,ted the Knights in TIE late stIises
in the South Ne,t. and to snow an ap
probation OF brotherly aid the general
assembly appointed committee to
prepare an address to the garages, to
bs presented at its national nveD-
lion. A committee upon legislation
was also Appointed, which will have
CT arg OF sll mstters that members
Won like to bring before Cong ess.
A lawyer named lawrence Harman
OF Peoria, ILL.,, prestn ed an elaborate
plan to the general assembly tbi4
morning, looking toward the settle
ment OF all lab, ronbles by a spt ciAl
branch OF he Unite d STATES Courts.
Tonight 1t is said that Mr.. Powder
ly's plan for the fu ure government Of
the order is the establishment OF a
State assembly. Tn "a will then be
fur assemblies. L cal atssmbl e.
will be sab ordinate t. districts, ola
tricts to State snd they to national.
The pan Is reported ~ b very popu-
lar among thrs, Of the delegates who
have heard Of It.
PowDRRLY's PLAN,
as II is called, will do awav with many
unneceseaI strikes. IL prov des,
among other thin o that NJ sssemb y
but the ala d n ,tional shall have
pow r to order either a strike or q
boycott. II q local assembly wants t.
order a strike it mus frs get the con
seLt OF the district and then the sta e
assembly.
THE YoNKERs STRIKE.
Several months ago the cIrpet
waaves in tbe vicinity OF Yonkers,
N. Y organized Local assemblies of
the knights OF Labor AMI bee, ms ut
acted to District Assembly No. 81.
This d sIi t, AREA ~ very la &c, made
vigorous prItts AGAINST tie addi-
tipDal local b lfs, as tn work OF
the district WIS very gcear Hencs tn
carpet wesvers or q IL d D tri It As
sembly No. lZo. wife o.
gan nV the district the weavers
weie prep ,ring for a strike, and
st the pres, mt time are striking. Thee
del-gltes were elected aud sent 10 the
Cleveland convention, the head Of the
delegation beiug Mr.. Morrison of
Yonk as There is an old rule o the
order that does not admit new dis
tricts to repr Asentstion in special con-
ventions Of the general assembly, and
knowing this the delegates from No.
l26 prepared a printed spoeal dis.
trlbudon emo & the members tf the
eneral asst mhly, ssking that
they be sduit ed 10 the con-
vent'on. MorIi'on and his dele
gstlon vera denied admist n, az III y
expected, and they made an appta
/ the Executive Board. All Wednes-
dav afternoon the de'e0at, on No.
1875 we're clcseted with tie Boa d, add
at the cone ence trucs was fgret d
upon. The Executive B a d prom
Used the delegates that their DI4ui t
should be represented at the Rch.
mond Convention in o tober, snd
t1at upon adj ,urnment OF the special
convention thu BIard would go to
Yonkers and invest gate the troubles
exlsiirg bet Feen the weaveis aud
their employers and try to fix up the
difficulty by art ton.
ONE OF THE Mrsr IMPoRrAN T SUBJECTS
uuder con Iteration by the as
sembly Is the D ca n between the
X lights and the trades un ons. The
Joint committee OF the trad, unions,
ss hes teen pnblahed, conferred wi h
the Execu'i i've Board OF the KniRhtstf
Labor before The ss,embly convened,
and it was stated by the trades unions
themselves that very little disagree
ment existed. The tu' ject was men
tiohed 10 the assembly, and early in
the Fession referred t. TIE proper
sanding committee, that on the State
OF the o dsr. To dav mt mbers ofthe
TIA les uni) commi tees, prominent
among whom were p ]. McGube, stcre-
tary OF he Brotherhood Ct Carpenters
and J iners; d P. Boyer, Oh ef organ
W Of the International TypogIaph-
zeal Ass citation, and A. Strasser, pres.
| mt OF the Iotern a,ional Cigsr.Mak
ere' Union, h I'D a meeting. T Sea-
sion was for the purpcss OF
hearing the views and the sugg estions
OF the trades union reprel ent itiv
and tNe de ais OF cases where ouhl-
has isen between Knights Of Labor
and members OF the union'. Mr.
Boyer had but little TO off r, the
Typ graphical Union having but few
G -ievances. This org n zAtIon also
contains fewer Knjgnts OF La
Dor in proportion to the siss
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