Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-04-07
THE RISE OF A WORKMAN.

so, 'o' 49, " a., s...., ,,nan I'm thu lipa of
iyo." Those words were - o'aen Sn ,,n ,v ,rn,ou, NJ
Terence Powderly, tho iAther oi .no Po'"".
general master workman OF the knights oi
Ianor Terence Vincent Powderly. When
.,.,ho,a, with his children around tho family
s.'.s.', no would talk to them of the I'M
hearthstono ,' n' Wv -. sa.I,.,, ,a,..,,a,
portance Oh ihporips nv" wo'N"s "so''
for common cause. hoioinR up p"no'e
of sticks he would exclaim ''See, how easy
IL IL 10 break these one by one and how dif
AL, ,,,., ali ,o.o,,.r u,a youoyest NON
,r... y,..a,,, 90. o.,so,.ii,, In,n,o.saJ
Ierehce '"oe". "ns "po."y
win 'nese "achings anu nis 'a'nei o''e"
said "Terry Will make his marx some
day."
MIR Powdorly's father came to this country
a., ison IIo 400, IN h,r a,,o,,t v AMI ~ n va .rs
III, ~ ''-' o W%anon "V.. ,,,s'' ,';,,m s,s so,
o',' ''o ""' Po"o''. '' '.' 90 ~
ta''' WIN u stfonR const'utoh' no "hrrieu
before he ieit ireland, anu MS hrst son WAS
born ON the ship coming up tho ST Law
renee Ho landed where The present town
al ofoSdenspufg, N. IL stands today. Two
Years we're spent IN ogdensburg, ana then
he started iuither south. He stopped NJ
Utica for "A few months and continued his
Journey, arriving at Carbondale, his future
home earlv 4, ,soa In those dsys tho coal
mo-. n,,.,n.,, ,, ,,.,,,i,,r ,ha o.y,h o,r and
as ., oo,'u ~ S'pp"s Wv a.,
hownig tne coai out WIN P,sh" ,an,f
cess oi INNING huSahceu, MI. ,.~ a,aa;y.t q
a. x..IS.
small store when was M inanAsou s., ~ ~ us ,n,
ne hau peen ntl,e acss s, uoa ,''a,, ~ T., paSS
na,e Ntoine ono y, :, saU n,,ar sn~r hmnarad acra,
syiNanh nv MN ~ " -, stnn ,rht. 80,
was oHefso 10 MN ,oi aoo. -. 'u.,,, 70 e',.ni
contained some o' .ne ~ 'p,,a4 =, coa.
IN the su.e. M ys y.', ,,,,s.na Sn,,sr. 90
gtea. gte,y hlauy in.r.,,h,o NJ pn.,aoai,,
% sun see.ps ~ in hnsrnr ops,,,a ,n,a Sah, "a
,' hoWen.,' ~ ~, ,o,,n.,,,,is w. IL ,hws i,%at
ne feius.u ms "pp"r'"''''y' ho u'"s i''ou
anu uieu i'' ,i,,. ,.,,,,,,., .,,, t., ,,.
go, ~ ,,,,'a lila ron .avan ~ ,.bn,n
Ia,ty y. '"o ~, ,na,ho., ,. U,tn. n, ".r
ho i,Nihs' i'oo pio'ho's , nio ~ ~ sSorit,'..
. ponua' anu v"o o ,na n,aa, hro,har.
.ouny. 'P,, oiy ~ .,...,ar w ~, e.
nas Jus' ''o' 'PPo'''" i"''' "
poiioa'e
THE Boy AT SCHOOL.
General Master Workman Powderly was
,o,, o, Ian % 1910 His studies were con-
s.as 80 ra,JI,. writing aritbmet,o and
nn,u W ~, ,tllr,onn h." sas .nnran,,naJ
seoslaPuy. IL, H. 80 q, :, N sonla n ,,,nSai
20 ,ha sen.a of his naver ae,,,na mt
" ,yhtot ~ % aI,h"n.h ba gene,aiiv 6ad ~. los,
M se"'yr e., "a s',,'aII1,,s,Iss ~ A. parnara NJ
sry.I. ,,,ain,ainea disc,niina and hn had oc-
casinn one aay 10 nunish youpu powderIv
severely. McTighe, who was a small man,
passed the place where Mr.. Powderly was at
work ON his way to school the next morn.
Ing, ana MI fo"aefiy caiieo out 'o MN anu
saiu - .,, .. -. -
heard you thrashed my poy yester-
day. "
Yes, was the reply, thought IL was
necessary
What did he 10 = ~,
Aher the schooimaster espiaiheu, sr,
foWneriy said lou vi" Po''ee'iy
right ,,,
Young foWuetiy st"ules u'u no, ei,u
WIN ms apPtehllcesniP 10 .he iiaciiiiis' ai
trsle ils was anaturaIy thousutui, inl"il
ing mlnd ana ms evenings Were lA:seu in
reading. lie earheu enough money 10 pu!
acopy OF ShakesPeare worhs ana WIS very
fonh oi ms achleIethenI -,,-,
Nhen no hrst entered uhe ihachlhe shoP
Powderly was SET 10 WORK Doring OUT hoies
ear wheels Notwithstanding ms reading
he paid close attention to his work ana was
advanced from uine 10 tlme untii ne became
master oi the trade.
In 1867 Miss Hannah Devers, ms schnoi-
mate and sweetheart leit Carpondae win
her parents Tor scranton
JOINS T'HE KNIGHTS OF LABOR.
Mr.. Poyderly left Carboncale in 1859. Two
yaars he,ore mo ioined the X Kniybts ot Labor
M, -, 600. ,Ia, in ~. ;ntancy q, ,arbou.
rue o,ue' was ,', 'uoi :" ,. ~, ,,,: -, 80
uaie, put soo,i eaineo iui'e" iil'ie io."i .o,o-
brity 10y the nteiiigent manner IN whlch he
discussed the future OF the organization. on
arriving In Scranton, Mr. Powderly entered
the machine shops OF the delaware, i.acka-
wanna q Western railroad company. lie
received g. 30 u day, spent his money care
fully, neither smoked nor drank and became