Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-26
THE KNIGHTS
The General Assembly In Session,
But the Members Are Not
laxative.

EvRRrrnINa nApNoNIoIrs.

EVERY THING HARMONIOUS,
CLEVELAND, ONO, May 25. -Eyery
train entering the city last night bore
among its passengers representative
worklngmen. They came singly and In
pairs, and during the evening the corrl-
doris Of the Forest City house presented
a lively apps arance. The headquarters
OF the Knights Of Labor con
yeniion are AZ this hotel, snd Mr. Powder
~ was kept busy welcoming delegates and
answerin Qni stions. The number of
delegates is lac and they are almost
all present Delegates are here from the
District of Columbia, New York, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts.
Missouri, New Mexico, Nebraska, Min
nesota, Colorado, Indiana, Michigan,
West Virginia, Montana aud Illinois with
more to be heard from. Among the
prominent labor associates who are here
but not delegates, are John Mar
tin Of Pittsburg, president Of the
Amalgamated Association OF Iron and
steel Workers; y. Fitzpatrick of
Cincinnati, president Of the lnterna-
tionsl Molders' associations; Mr.. Gam
bert Of New York, president OF the Inter.
national Cigar-mskers' union; John
Klrschner OF Philadelphia, fourth vice
president of the International Clgar-mak-
ers' union,and David II. Boyer OF Column
bus, Ohio, organizer Of the International
Typographical union. The executive
board is here and held secret confer.
ence in Mr.. Powderly's room They
mapped out a preliminary work Of
the convention, and elaborated
on the more important ques.
tons which will be brought
TO notice Of the assemhlage. The meet
ing is said to have been very harmonious
The opinion was expressed that the
present convention will do more TO
strengthen the cause Of labor and re-
dound more TO the glory OF the Knights
than any previous one. a conference be-
tween the executive committee and a
trades union committee Of SIX was held
yesterday. The conclusion reached was
satisfactory to both committees. Reso-
luli0ns were drawn up, which Will be
presented to the convention for adoption.
A perfect understanding was agreed to-.
and both the trace -unlonists and the
Knights OF Labor are pleased over the
result.
CLEVELAND, Quo, May 25.--The gen
oral assembly OF the Knights of Labor,
which began its session here to-day, is
indeed very close corporation. Every
thing is done in secret, and all proceed
iugs come 10 the press through a
committee of Knights appointed for that
purpose. The first meeting opened at
O'Clock and closed at tonight At 4
O'Clock the general assembly took a re-
cess for the purpose OF hearing Mrs.
Mary Woodbridge, of Ravena, Ohio, the
recording secretary Of the National
Womsn's Christian Temperance union,
Mrs. Woodbridge read letters from #.
Willard, Caroline b Buel, l.. NJ. n Stevens
nud Esther Pugh, which contained the
following: owe earnestly urge upon you
the Importance Of retaining the rule by
; which all persons engaged in that me-
farious ifquor trade which renders nc
equivalent TO the value received,
are declared ineligible to member.
ship In society Of honest and hard
working men and women whose labor Is
The great magician OF the world, aud
makes the wilderness 10 blossom rs q
rose. We are glad that your society
proposes to defend the right of women by
demanding equal pay for equal work and
. we assure you of our hsarty sympathy
in the heroic efforts If the sober minded
! lOlltI5 W Improve luGiI uhn
and that OF their families through such
! reforms as are rendered peaceably possible
!, by cooperation, arbitration and the ballot
, box" Following Mrs. Woodbridge, came
Edward Norton for the manufacturers OF
Chicago, who read paper ON the subject
Of the formation OF an employers asso
] cation, TO be known as the American
Manufacturers union. The object Of tho
| 10 tN with lahnr ItotaDC nm "a II
questions arising between employees anc
employers.
The last circular of Powderly ex
plains the chief object OF the as
sembly. The organization OF tn,
Knights OF Labor has become too
heavy for him and the executive board K
carry uuaided. During the last tifteer
days Ia April 800 new assemblies were or
gained, and the present total number OF
assemblies Is over 1000 AT th,
same time IL takes about four weeks
to organize one Of them and invest II
, With proper name and number. Genera
Secretary Turner has twenty-five assist
ants who did nothing but open letters
Before issuing his circular declin
NJ 10 receive any more let
tiers, Powderly received an average OF
500 communications per day. The circu
lar had the effect Of reducing them &c
about 100 daily. A Knight said this morn
ing "eyery fool in the nation who had 0
question 10 ask sent him q letter, wber
In nine cases out Of ten answers could
have been found In the constitution OF thu
order. Powderly has no assistant He
, is probably the busiest man In the coun
try"
A friend asked Powderly what would
be the tenor Of his address tC
the assembly, and he replied that ne haC
not thought OF any address to lnak'
SO pressed had he been for time. He alb
solutely refused to see newspaper men OF
callers OF any kind, although many citl
! zens who wished TO shake bin by Tho
hand called AT the Forest City house 70
day. He Is even interrupted while a
meals
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