Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-11-20
LEXINGTON ASSEMBLY <. OF L. AND
The INTELLIGBNCER.

On Monday evening last, Local AS
sembly No. 1908, knights of Labor, of
this city, appointed a committee 20
prepare an address 10 condemn a GER
tain threatening letter, and the lntelli-
qenccr for comments made thereon in
printing said letter. The address is as
follows
To the PuJIic:-The assembly of the Knights
of Labor Of the city OF Lexington is composed,
Ike every mu ual aid benevolent and charita-
c " me :, KnishIs Of Labor of Lexing-
ton, with the honest sen e OF human RESPONSE
bIiiUy. that The c.t!Zen IS morally and legally.
required 10 protect he, MAINTAIN the Iients oI
property anj promote the general welfare 40
Ia, rtby denuunce the letter addressed to MIR.
joseph +. owen and others. publ she'd in me
IHteIlig - ncer OF The l3th, us an outrage against
deceucy and the well beng of soc iety, and as
an Infamous and dastaidiy libel against the
knights al LtbOr.
OF persons who wrote the letter to the city mar
shall snail { apprenended and SURRENDERED LOT
pubic indIgnall'n The assembly pledges
iIseIf as an Organization, and the Individual
members thereof have pledged theinselves 10
ascertain and bring speedily, II they can.
before the panllc such onending person
or persons WHO wrote the letter. With the evil
denc,. before Ito We trutliully say that We DO
not know that any knight OF Labor wrote or
sent the letter complained of. anu we mike Doid
TO declare that The InsinultInn5, lnnuenlOes anu
crafty reflt ciiOns ot the Intelligencer In its edi-
tnriaI comment on the letter, conn cting the
knights of Labor with the matter. and address,
ing them Il rcclly IN sa' Il editorial, was unwar-
rdnted from the evidence adduced. 1t was I'M
generous in its pirpose. and pusilianlmous IN
iIs assertions.
The .,curIain I~ecture'' AMI Gree .dvice'' of
the lntelligencer ut The time was based on an
unreliable and most questionable communlca-
tion-an anonyninus letter. The Lexington In
ialIIrpntpr womb bnle one believe That the let
ter was the invocation of u vicious Knight OF
Labor and irisnman. The truth Is mat
one of the gen ic;nGn named in the letter,
and threatene'. therein. is a knight oil La
Dor, and is highly esteemed by all the knights.
Jus, ,fter one Il tae mostexcitlng elections ever
held in his part of The state, when on the 2nu
day of November, 1856. the political fortunes
and hopes OF tn wicked and crafty did wAne
ard almost fall, can l. not now be as reasona.
blv urged that IL was not "a vicious Knight
OF Labor and lr.siIinan' who wrote the Letter,
but some political lrickster and mOuntebank
public and thereby produce prejudice IN the
public mind against the knights oil Labor, SO
that shrewd pOlIt.cal points would be made IN
1855? The following resolutions were passed by
the assembly and ordered to be furnished mere
with.
Resolved, That we condemn most severely
the Infamous letter published IL the Lexington
lntelligencer oil the 18th OF November, 1855,
entilled Your coffin, . and ad' dressed to DIR.
Joseph Z, owen aud others: and also we do
most heartily coGG INN The comment made Dy
that paper upon the same, rs Addressed to the
Knights OF Labor.
Resolved, That the assembly offer a reward OF
SlO0 Tor the person or persons writing the
| letter. r COLLINS,
WIN. Ii.
SIMON
Committee appointed by Local Assembly
No 1908 Of I'm ghts of Labor to prepare the
above address.
Let lis see what is the justification
for this attack. The article criticized
is given below, entire:-
AN ASSAsSIN's WARNING.
From the Lexington IntellIgencer, Nov. IL. ]
The following letter has been received by
MIrshai Jos. Z. Owen: -