Daily Republican., 1886-05-31
General Assembly OF the Knights o
Labor.

General Assembly OF the knights OF
Labor.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, May % When the
General Assembly of the Knights of La
Dor sdjourns next week its general Ex-
ecutive Board, composed OF T. V. Pow.
derby, Frederick Turner, j. W. Hayes, f.
B. Barry and w. Fl. Bailey, will go to
Philadelphia, make its headquarters at
Fifth and Locust streets, and re main in
almost continuous session, transacting
such business as may be laid before II
until the annual session of the General
Assembly, to be held in Richmond next
October. The General Assembly author
lied this at its session to day.
1t was decided to select before the adj
journment of the present 81 ssion six ''as-
sistant members" of the Executive Board
who will be located in different parts OF
the country and have In many respects
the same powers as are vested In regular
members OF the Board, though in a
measure the assistants will be under the
Jurisdiction OF the Board. They will not
sit with the Executive Board in Phila-
delphia, though from time to time they
may be summoned to the Board for con
sultation and advice.
A question having arisen as to the Gen
session to increase the membership of its
Executive Board, the plan of choosing as
sistants was agreed on. These will act
only until the October meeting, when the
six to be named will probably be made
full fedged members, aud 1t is not i'm
probable that, at that time, the memb-r.
ship will be still further increased. The
assistants will probably b. elected on
Monday. One of them will be A. A..
Carlton, of Boston, lecturer of the
order, who will receive the united sup
port of the New England delegation.
Among others named for plac on the
Auxiliary Board are George Murray,
printer, of New York City; Alderman
Patrick Owens, of Poughkeepsie; j. B.
Buchanan, editor of the Denver Labor
Enquirer, and Samuel L. Lefiingwell, an
Indianapolis printer. Inasmuch as Penn
sylvania already has two members of the
Executive Board the State will not have
representative among the assistants.
1t was decided to name committee of
three on revision of the Constitution.
This committee will have an import ant
duty to perform, and will not report I'M
til the October meeting. 1t will be in
session, it is supposed, most of the sum
mer months.
General Master Workman Powderly
was instructed to revoke at an early day
the commissions OF the organizers of the
order, numbering between 900 and 200.
These officers have heretofore been APP
pointed on the recommendation Of dis
trict assemblies. The principal cause of
complaint against many of them seems
to have been their neglect to properly in
struct raw recruits on the principles of
the order and disposition TO influence
new members against the trades unions.
Among PhiladelphiaEs whose commits
sions as organizers win be revoked are
James A, Wright, Harvey j. Fink, VIM
II. Barrett, James McFee'y, Harry Tay-
lor and John Bradley. Some of these
will doubtless be recommissioned under
the new rules which are now being form
uldted.
1t was found necessary this afternoon
to appoint Committee on Grievances. and
a large number of complaints were re.
ferred to it. The report OF the Executive
Board, relative to the strike on the Gould
Southwestern system OF railroads, the re-
lation of the order to trades unions and
other matters of importance was sub
mitted this afternoon, but its contents
were not made public. Most OF the ses-
sion was taken up in discussing the
document, and pending a motion to refer
thai portion relating to the controversy
with trades unions to the Commission on
State of the Order, the Assembly ad-
journed until to morrow.
During the day telegram was re
ceived from the Ohio Women's Suffrage
Association, in session at To edo, sending
greeting to the General Assembly. ere
cognizing In the Knights of Labor legit-
innate effort to build up large and most
deserving part of humanity" and asking
the Knights to promulgate to the world
that they recognize the ballot for women
as well as for men as the mightiest lever
for upholding humanity that can be OBJ
tanned. The telegram was referred to a
special committee.
Mr.. Powderly sent to Speaker Carlisle,
of the House of Representatives to-day
despatch stating that no person was
authorized to speak for the Knights of
Labor upon the bill regulating the sale
of oleomargarine now pending before
Congress.
Mr.. Oppenheimer, Secretary of the
Cigar Manufacturer Association, of New
York, which is in conflict with the Cigar
Makers International Union, arrived in
this city to-day, and will be heard in
connection with the trade cOntroveraV