Telegram-herald., 1886-10-16
KNIGHTS Of LABOR
i Proclamation on the Color
tkLine Question
not l.sli 10 lal.Usa TT TO-DAY.
pe~ sg's Lao9s organ Schems the
suoleet Of Cons.asrabie Discus
son hsnaeap0 % Ds the
AeSl pace OF Meeting

HllHHr oat f3.-Ibe result ~ the
elections in tle Knights oi Labor oouYen-
tsa tbls forenoon was the selection of 2.
4. g. oellleter. ol Massachusetts. aad NJ
Ero4satoa. of Rslsish \ a.. as members
II tA~ Cooperative B9anl David H. Glib
s9a of Hamilton. Ont ~ a. elected e. Caiad au
.4ply agent The duties 0f This 0t.i err are
tu receive aud Distribute in Canada the con-
solutions and miscellaneous documents
irom Else order il the uited SAFES The
following preamt-es aao resolutions Hrte
Introduced and unanimously adopted with
olt discussion
"WnEREs- Reports have been circulated
aud Impressions have been conveyed by The
press 81 the couafry regarding The position
oi the order oi the Knights 0f Labor upon
tae question vi social equality. and
WHEREAS, We ueAeye iAe well
iare 0i The order In the South regions
ienauds that the General Assembly lske
-uch aciiou as sill d.spei these wrong
impressions. therefore
Eesa.st That the organ za-iou ol knights
90 Labor recognizes the civil aad political
equality % ali men. anl ~ lhe broad field
ut l4DOr lt recognizes uO distinction Oh
account nj color. but il ha. no purpose 90
interfere With or disrup5 the social relations
Wnicn may exist between different races ~
sarinu- rortion- OF the country
Minneapolis. Mimi. has been selected as
lhe place for holding the next annual con-
vention of the General Assembly. This was
determined On tins afternoon after a long
and tedious contest. Nearly every eligible
city in the u.ied States ~AS an applicant
through lis delegates ira thc convention.
The relative standing of the cities
which figured most prominently for the
next convention Wss Minneapolis Boston,
Washington. Kansas City. -. Louis Nil
waukee. II Is hoped by every one that the
representation IN the next convention viii
be- muca less than ia tins one a. the large
number Of delegates makes IL next to an
impossibilitv 20 90 good w0rk. The latter
part Of the afternoon session was
occupied in discussing the scheme
90 De.esate Dewey OF Detroit.
20 establish Central Labor organ news
paper. Tomorrow morning, the discussion
of the proposed newspaper viii &c con
uuued snn the appeals from the Executive
Board viii be taken up # possible Ad-
lourument tomorrow Is not thought ~ all
probable Members Of the Executive Board
antlc'p pate th<t th9 session viii run lnlO
n9xt week. Vet al the same time they say
TIE 0e.esats can aud are liable a any time
20 force an adjournment sine dis.
has SD far been done and that with 50 much
before the convention. IL would De a waste
of time aud money 20 adjourn now. 4
good deal OF qualification Is expressed by
delegates over the deci-i. Of the Circuit
COurf al Baltimore today IN favor oi the
union men ~ their ease against Links OF
the nou-union factory which initiated the
union cigar labels.
Delegates who have taken most interest
in the establishment of great labor organs
after the plan proposed by Mr. Dewey say
the scheme viii surely fail. bat that the
J4nraoi ~ LGior. the present official organs
published az Philadelphia, will be enlarged
and improved and issued weekly instead of
semi monthly.
AT $50 O'Clock tonight fire was discovered
in the upper story Of the Armory where the
Knights OF Labor Convention is being held
ard the general fire alarm was sounded
The seat OF the fire was soon found and the
ire extnguished with bat small damage.
The origin of the fire vas in the room where
the convention is held. The stub oi a
ciEar Was thrown on the floor against an
inner wall where 10 smouIGered until il
burned n hole and ignited the joisis There
viii oe no Inconvenience 90 the convention
bg the ire.