The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-12-07
DID THEY PAY III.
POWderly'S Late Proclamation
ReneWs the Memory OF the
Southwest Strike.
III the Order Responded So NObly
;,s is Claimed Where Did
the FundSsGO.

Tuesdays BAZoo contained the late
proclamation or ''secret circular" of
POtenta'e POwGcrly demanding of his
vassals twenty-five cents per head 10
enable him To- 1--we in high style AMI
pr, secutc the laudable enterprise of
starving out the honest American
wOrkingmen and their families. In
the circular, mention was made Of the
liberal contributions furnishc during
the late southwest strike which threw So
many thousands out of employment
and converted into year of hardship
and business prOStratiUn season
whose promise was the brightest ever
known in the history of the West. lin
order tn ascertain if any OF this Glib
eral fund" Ind vet been distributed in
Se,lalia, the head center of that up.
heaval, BAzOO scribe Aas detailed
To interview seine OF It's late leaders,
known To he now in very close cir
cumstances. Of the 300 men enga =
ell in The strike about 30 remain In
the city, and Mt least two birds OF
that number are Vet Idle and una
bic to procure employment, simply
because no man dares trust them.
Il have mo- Use for the BaZoO or It's
reporters" said Il late prominent lead
er when approached, lit has spared
no opportunity to throw muG at our
order and refuses 10 see any good in
it"
THAT may be because no one has
ever sought to convince the Bazpo
there was any gool in it. Certainly
if yOu refuse To- let your merits be
known, Your dement's will DC easily
found and widely told"
''IOu are somewhat of philosO-
pher and perhaps there is some truth
IN what you say. Shall | give YOU
some pointers ,"
That is just what | want.
"What Is it you want To- know -
IL want to know, To
speak plainly, how much
of the money said t. have been
sent to Sedalia for the relief of the
strikers WAS actually distributed to
them or their tamilie,?'
"All of it, | suppose"
''DO you know that it wasZ'
Not personally"
Can you tell me who dJes??"
Martin Irons, Fred Page AMI the
other members Of the executive COM
mittee."
did you ever get any of it,"
Not a cent"
"DO you know of any one now in
Sedalia who did get any of it,"
81 could not tell you of a single
one."
care there none here who needed
it,"
"Oh yes, those who needed it most
are still here"
"Who are they:
That's question | am not at lib
erty TO answer, but what Is it you are
after"
81 am simply trying to find out If
the money claimed to have been sent
here was really sent and if so, whether
it was honestly and fairly distributed
by those who received ii.
''Well | don't want to be mixed up
in this matter. and il | were to say
anything you would give me away"
Being assured that he would not
the gentlemen said The plain truth is
there has been i good deal OF disSatis-
faction and lots of charges and coun-
ter charges over that matter
and it is still under inves-
tigation. the local committee
claim they did not receive but small
portion of the amount they were en-
titled to AMI that they distributed it,
while the general committee claim on
the other hand that the full amount
was sent. | know many who got moth
ing and Onl V two or three outside Of
the executive committee who received
anything and only one VITO got as much
"a 50 and he was single man who
vas given the money to get out of
town with. would not tell YOU this
much only that | think it may help to
bring about justice To Others, as the
matter is being investigated"
"What do you think of Mr.. Pow
derly's late assessment ,"
81 don't care To talk about it."
will the Sedalia Knights pay it -
That is their business"
Inquiry among others known to be-
long to the order failed to elicit any
information further than that they de
MED ever hsvmsfeceived any Of the
fund, or of knowing any one who
had.
In the same connection, the follow
Ing from yesterdays Globe Democrat
Il