Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-10-05


efforts 81 death put an cut to his hbofs Oh
earth.
I'VE are Knights OF Labor said Mr. Pow
derby, because we believe to whom belongs
the soil, it Is his, even unto Heaven because
we believe that the rights OF the poorest man
or woman Of toll should stand forth more
clearly and lie treated with more respect
tiiai Tie privileges conferred upon OF s'oieh
by the Weaith'eSt III the nat'On Oecau54 poil
ticians an political parties have deceived,
degraded and de5aueha4i the people, because
they have TOO often gained power through
deception ana lrand anu IN return lof tiia
connie = fepos y vi them haNs ut9 iy ue'
serted the common people ana khtll at lhs
shrine 81 gold
Mr.. fo"de!ly asserted that the new slavery
was worse than the old, and that the power
oi the new slave owner did not end where the
ordinary day laborcr bent beneath its rule.
1t contro!lad the machlnlst, the farmer, the
merchant ami the manufacturer, and counted
among uS victims servants OF the state
CHOSEN 10 execute peopies Will Even Ill lhe
nails OF the national congress VIII Ire found
ts must "l'iih7, ciiiioih9 saw III .he pages
Oh the lupi'c press VIII De louhd tue PROOF
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slaVe-o"ner twenty-five years ago, and II
must DE taken from the hand OF
the new slave owner as well. Monopoly
alone Is responsible for every manifestation
| of Anarchy which has been witnessed. 1t i:
| the legitimate child of monopoly.
In conclusion MIR. Powderly SAID that II
was the duty OF every knight of Labor Il
assist in creating healthy public opinion on
| the subject OF labor and the justice of its
receiving full and Just share of the values
| or capital 1t had helped 10 create. knights
| of Labor had made mistakes, but being
| mortal they could not do otherwise. Thes,
| mistakes have been magnifiel into crimes
| Individual members have gone astrav and
| the order has been h'1d reeponsb,,
| for their oifen,rs. These things are wrong.
1t is not jdst to charge the order with wrong
doing because one member or one assembly
| violates the laws of the order or the land Nor
| is it right for Knights of Labor to hold all
employees responsible for an act of oppression
| by an individual employer. Here both side.
and Judge is a maxim worthy of remem
| brance
At the clos. of Mr. PovderIv,s ran,v- I'll,
| housa rang with cheers d.Iegats s.c,,ref
the floor and offered resolution q
thanks to Governor Lee for his speech, and i
was carried unanimously Mr.. Powierl,
announced that the visitors would now retii,
from the hall Hundreds of knights theI
| crowded around Governor lie. and shool
him by the hand II was some minutes be
| for. he cnuld make his WAY ont The assem-
| Div then went into secret session and Mr.
| Powderly delivered his animal address
| Mr. Powdcrh oirncd his address with tn,
statement that the most eveptful and trving
wear in the existence Of the order had ended
| and that the Knights of Labor assembled fo
| the purpas.. of reviewing what had been done
correcting thoss things that were wrong. an,
| lelrislatinu Tor the future, He then reyiewp,
| the rapid progress which had been made b,
| the order since thu. Hamilton session. Thou
| sands had been attracted through mere a,
| rjosity; others came from selfish motives
| yhil, The great bu k cam,, from the GOOD the
| could do. Quite a few ioined for the purpo,
of re,ireSsing wrongs and before waiting t
learn anything concerning their duties. ha
| plunged into rash aud ilI-considered strike:
| No notice OF the southwest strike was given
and nothing was known of its causes until
had been IN progress seven days.
Mr. Powdsrly then said that it had beef
asserted that he had condemned the me
while on strike. No such statement In
ever escaped him The secret cirrular G
March Is contained all that could I've 50 cor
stlued He believed that the railway con
panies had precipitated the fight when
would aIpear that the strike was for an II
significant cause Referring 10 the strike c
NAV /. 1884. he said that it was moi success
| i.
employed were citing in harmony. He ha
not opposed the eight-hour movement whic
was a factor in this strike. He was onprs,
to the men going out because he knew tina
neither the workingmen nor the employer
were ready Never was it more clearly den
onstrated that IAN injury to one is the col
, Germ of all - than in this movement Befor
a short hour system that will be Of any ben
, fit can be inaugurated. the relation whc
the workman bars To the labor saving mi
! chine must undergo u radical chang
The machine must become the slave of II
man instead of keeping the man IN atten'
ance To the machine.
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