The Labor enquirer., 1886-06-05
THE SPECIAL SESSION.
EnIargtng the Executive Board and
PhiladeIphia to be Permanent
Headquarters.

The report of the committe on laws,
the first section of which provides for
the enlarging of the executive board,
was adopted. SIX assistants are to be
elected, who shall have power to act as
regular mem bers of the board, but their
action is subject to revision and their de-
cIsons will not take effect until they are
approved by the board. The board is
to have permanent headquarters IN Phil
adelphla and, if necessary, will hold con-
tinuous session all the year around.
The general master workman was in
structed to recall the commissions of all
the 900 organizers in the order New
commissions will be issued to those only
who can be relied upon to use discretion
in taking into the order those qualified
to become good m embers.
A committee of three was appointed
to revise the constitution and report in
October, at Richmond, Virginia. It is
acknowledged on all hands that the time
has arrived when the order must be or
ganized on larger scale. Last year
state assemblies were provided for, but
they were not made obligatory. Now it
is apparent that they will be made a
part of the general plan. In the future
all strikes will probably have to be re-
ferred, first, to the district assembly by
it to the state, and, if necessary, by the
state to the general executive board. By
this means 1t is thought that strikes will
become less prevalent than at present
Then if strike is authorized the whole
power of the order will be used to make
it successful.
1t would appear that the Ohio Women
Sufragists have not yet heard of the
principle of the order in regard to the
women wage workers that it demands
equal pay for equal time and service,
and admits them into the assemblies on
an equal footing with the male members
The Ohio women are now in session al
Toledo, and formulated and telegraphed
resolutions asking the general assembly
to extend to the women workers the
privilege of organizing societies under
their banner and to promulgate the or.
der's recognition of the right of wome en-
to the ballot, (which Is the mightiest
lever for the upbuilding of humanity
that could be devised" A committee
was appointed to draft a suitable reply.
Among the candidates mentioned for
the executive board are the names of
A. A. Carlton, of Massachusett Charles
h. Litchman, of the same state George
A. Murray, of New York City; T. B..
MCGUIRE, of the same city Sam Letting
well. of Indiana Joseph R. Buchanan,
of Colorado; John ODonohue, of Tor
onto, Canada; l.. D. Reese, of Texas
P. Owens, of New York; Oliver Otis, OF
Maine, and w. Warren, of Montreal,
Canada.
CLEVELAND, June 2.-The only busi-
ness transacted by the Knights of Labor
this morning was the election of three
assistants to be members of the execu-
tive board. They are Jerry s. Quinn, of
New York; William H. Mullen, of
Richmond, publisher of labor paper.
and Hugh Cavanaugh, of Cincinnati, a
shoe salesman, but formerly shoe
maker. Tomorrow morning three more
will be put through.
Mr.. Powderly tonight said: I'VE
will leave this city after closing the most
successful meetings ever held, and all
the money that the enemies of the
Knights of Labor can spend in an effort
to break US up will be spent IN vain"
The following from the Cleveland
Pain Dealer of last Monday explains
itself:
The publication in the Sunday Plain
Dealer of Mr.. Joseph Buchanan's thrill
ing experience in Denver, where he edits
The LABOR ENQUIRER, was made the sub
ject ofsome malicious remarks on the
part of few delegates who lnsinuated
that the account was published with a
view to boom Mr.. Buchanan for men,
bershlp in the executive board. 1t is
due Mr. Buchanan to state that the facts
mentioned were casually obtained from
Missouri delegate who had no idea he
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