Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-01-03

. ANA ~ NEEA ~ WV S0N
NAL, aud famous to7 his kn=ck b. repartee
"a Legacy from Irish parents. He Lever
drank liquor or used tobacco,
John ". HAYES, the handFomest OF the
three men who with Mr Pc Rnerly and
Mr.. Tuner compose the Ex. cutiye Board.
was born in Philadelphia on december 70,
lSAt. When nine years old b. was 'akru
10 Europe with his family, and remained
there several years Ga returned 10 tals
counrry he settled in NeE BruEBwick n
J and served as a braSensG on rhs Penn
-ylvRuial Railroad Cor eight years Ia
1878. while on dufy on Il ir-igG:
Train, the falling ont Of the end OF ore
Of the cara threw him upon The track,
and the train passed over his
right arm, which he was obliged 10 Lose
This compelled him TO seek another en-
employment. and he sooL became q tele.
graph operator. Ia l89% he waa o dole
gate 10 he Chicago T-legraPhers Conven.
ton which ordered tie well.kuoTn strika
il which he taob part, After iis failure h.
! Quilted ~teiesraphrng aud wec; into tha
groc"-J trsde. De now OWES two stores
a grocery and a tea store in New Bruins,
wick. His connection with the Knights
Of I.sbor began in 1874. In l-79 he aG1
otnera called the first New jersey Labor
Congress. He has sipce been its Pfesi-
dent twice, and is on the Legislative Com.
nittee NV.
VIA Z GREAT FIVE ,AS no.
What this Executive Board can do has
nst been seen in the lifting Of the boycott
upon Straiton i storm cigars. The hoy.
colt WA an old ore, put on When Local as.
sem5!ies could boycott any goods any
where. + had come to aU end here, where
K originated but was in full effect on the
seacoast d Massachusetts,. There is a BUS
picion that It was improperly put on in the
fret place in the lstercsts Of tenement ii,
garmakers. Straiton & Storm pay ;he
highest waves n the trade, employ union
lahci, saDGHtt their owRard their employees
Joint atFG:rs to arbitration, aud keep up o
bene!j' land for their help, 50 that 10 Il few
years $4,000 has been paid on sick aud
burial calls. This firm, oae of the very
last to be thus molested, could get no setis.
faction from the local assemblies Audi
tor John &. Caville, who said he did moi
investigate the matter when the boycott
wsq pat on. ordered it raised when he did
investigate it; but this " q Intellectual, and
the firm shut down work, throwing out
2,OC0 hands. avid saying that, since tn
employers could not Ind ont what WAS the
matter. The employees might do so. This
brought the Executive Board TO New York.
and they raised the boycott las soon as
their cercini methods permitted.
In The CoUr2e Of their trouble lie u-m
received a visit from a well known labor
ag,tato? in Ibis city who said that the boy
colt could be removed Tor $4,000. He
said that & recent noteworthy boycott upon
q brewer in town was pad for with -. 200
hY = competing brewer tad bought O. for
=. $50 by ,bo 5oycot ed brewer. Whether
this man spoke lac truth or hGd auv au.
thori'y Tor what he did are subjects Tor in
vtsiiJation. Nothing o:the kind has ever
been alleged sgainst the Knights OF .lnr.
ani nothing is more certain than that if
any hint Of corrRGt hehs Tor anywhere in
the order ever reached the Eyccuti2e
@1ard, CT, ia all probability, the ~oiicers Of
ary district assembly IN tie country, the
rortGn branches and limbs would be Topped
of summarily. .
Thus it was with the recent dil.cciry 10
w.. Louis, wherein the car conductors
we're CHIEFLY concerned, There aas o new
assembly here thst was named afer Pres,
'dsnt Cleveland, q thing repugnant 10 the
Leaders, who designate assemble! only
viz numerals, or if names Hre used, only
9Th names OF the famous deaG. This and
chr matters aroused ;ae suspicion that
professional politicians had entered the CT
der through that assembly, End it vas t2und
,h,.i several PinEectcG men were 10 II. ia
vas set forth il the newspapers. dynamite
Was used on the car tracks, and the PEE
Sijjlg oa,cer ct the Rssembly was arrested
Tee Executive Board took its time. aud
t:ri bed o thorough investigation By taxi
ing the charter Of the assembly away. The .
effect Of this in ST. Lo%is was that. the OF
de. took q gTea. lesp forward.
Manufacturers VINO q few yearsago would
nave had nothing TO do with-tbe Executive
Board aUd you'd lave resented any inter
ference ~ it. low send for it 10 asDitrate
Between their heip and themselves. For
instance in a potters strike in 1882 the
employers in Trenton refused to resume
work until their men quilted the Knights
of Labor. This year, in the face ofGnoth
er difficulty between their men and them.
;hey agreed to submit thei. difficulty
to the Executive Board. TIE men were
out CT atr.ke, and the Board declined to do
Sth!ng until the men were taken back
at the old prices. In three days they sub.
. new scale TO the employers and
the strikers. eau, as Secretary Turner Gays.
'succeelsd in pleasing both sides for the
first time In cur history. The Potters
Association passed a vote Of thanks 10 the
The capitalists used 10 think we were
demons or men with horns in our fore
said Mr.. Turner brl they t;ud,
q little party OF plain men who
have only uns aim, that OF making peace
ard t-ingiug about Justice. We are ali
30 well booked upon matter Of trade that
can talk one trade as veil as another.
Mr.. Turner seemed to share none OF the
dread OF that other Knight who feared that
tho order was becoming a mere striking
machine. He believes that il is fulfilling
its mission rs IN organizer, ngitator. ard
educator. aud that il enables workmen TO
concessions from capital, often with
out striking, and ia therefore a harmorizsr
and psac5maker, he seems very sure. lie
says that the dropping Of the mystery with
when the order IVES first invested was &C.
casioned b the public suspicion, ut the
time the Molly Maguires were horriiying
the nation, hat the Knights were some
how involved with the Mollies-which was
not OF oil the case. Gin that account the
Knights OF labor threw from their shout.
de.s the CLOAK Of secrecy and stood forth TO
the light as they never had grown
in the darkness
Mr.. Stevens favored secrecy, said the
Secretary, because Of the bitter antagon.
ism that corporations then manifested to.
ward all trades unions. Things are differ
ent now. The force OF character the
knights Of labor has lent 10 labor organ.
2ations has built up trades unions all over
Inc land The strength, op@nness, %e~tent,
aad aaerr; G. thc great order have
strengthened aii the Lesser oues. In le72
rot any were as strong financially " pu.
ne5ically as they are to-day
The bigges; tight the Knight Of Labor
seem to have on hand Just now IS that with