Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-06-16

The Home Club Not Opposing Him
How strikes and BOyc0tts will be
Regulated Hereafter-NOt = Candi.
date for Amything.

General Master Workman Powderly In an
interview at Philadelphia yesterday said, re-
garding the Home Club, which, 1t has been re-
ported, was antagonizing hint am told by
men who claim to belong to it that the idea
with which it was started was to purchase land
and erect homes for aged members Of the or
ganization and at the same time to establish a
school In which the principles OF the Knights
of Labor and the broader principles governing
labor In general were to be discussed. Il Is
claimed that the Home Club was opposed to
me some time ago. don't know whether IL
was or not. But am assured that it is not
now"
Passing to other matters, Mr. Powderly said:
will never more he nsed in orr Orders There is
no necessity for the boycott. The very ends
that would be reached through the medium of
two men face to face and talking q matter out
and explaining their differences without maxi
ing fools OF themselves That is the whole thing
In few words. But boycotting has always
been done, and is still going on in principle. I
have evidences now OF eight or ten boycotts
VINO are being blackfisted Boycotts are being
placed every day by employers of labor.
NO MORE ILL-CoNsIDERED BoYCoTTS OR
STRIKES.
ITO use the boycott for every trifing thing
that turns up now no longer rests with the
local assemblies, but the general executive
y,
boycott whenever just cause arises. No
strike, according to our new rules, when over
twenty-five persons are obliged to quit work on
account OF III, shall be entered upon or sane
TONED by any local, district or state assembly
when aid, financial or otherwise, may be re-
CURED from outside such assembly, until the
sented by one or more of It's members as
sistants in an effort to settle the pending diff
Guilty by arbitration, ana then only by order of
the general executive board
Mr. Powderly denied that there was any lack
OF harmony at the recent Cleveland convention.
Ihe warlnest feeling exists between the entire
board and myself. From the first day that we
met together until the present time we have
been unit on everything that has passed be-
ure except as unit, and, no matter what is
said TO the contrary, we will continue to be SO
while we are on the BOARD"
THE TROUBLE WITH TRADES UNIONS
Mr.. Powdcr.y then discussed the present at
titude OF the knights toward open trades
unions. "We never have had any trouble with
trades unions said he, land trades unions
have never had any trouble with u.s. except one
trade union, and that is the Cigar Makers In
ternatiOnal. We would have no trouble with
the Cigar Makers International Union except
for our cigar label. We have had lots of men
come to us for the sake OF the label. call such
men Knights for revenue only"
NOT A CANDIDATE FOR ANY OFFICE
When asked If he expected to be q candidate
for reelection as general master workman at
the Richmond convention in October, Mr..
POwderly said that was a subject he never
talked on. He said there was no cut and dried
business about these elections, and every dele
gate was expected to nominate the man of his
choice. Mr.. Powderly said he had no political
convention at all; he was not a candidate for
any office. al regard the position l now hold
as equal to that of Congressman, governor or
any other position, ana FAR above any position
with which my maine has been connected. The
general master workmanship OF the knights of
Labor Is a greater AMI more responsible posi-
Ton than that OF the President of the United
States"