Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-06-10
THE INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK.

There was q good deal of wrangling
during the sixth days session of the Knights
of Labor convention. The first open attack
upon Mr.. Il. V. Powderly was made in the con-
vention. His enemies charged that he was
scheming to become Governor of Pennsylvania
and that he was running the order on Roman
Catholic principles. To these charges the
General Master Workman entered a denial,
claiming that q clique backed by outside in
fiuences, was attempting to disrupt the order.
T. V. Powderly sent special mes
senger from Cleveland to Pittsburgh with a
letter asking the Amalgamated Iron and Steel
Workers Association to become district as
sembly of the Knights Of Labor.
The tenth and last days session
of the General Assembly of the Knights Of
Labor, at Cleveland, Ohio, was a veritable love-
feast, and every member who had said any
thing against any other member extended the
hand of fellowship. Before adjournment an
address was offered and adopted inviting all
labor organizations to unite with the Knights
Of Labor in the struggle against the tyranny
of wealth. The address, in closing, says:
We have received communication from q
committee of the national officers of some OF
the national and international trades unions,
requesting certain specific legislation at our
hands, but as we believe that the object sought
and stated in the preamble to the communica-
ton above referred to can best be accomplished
by conference between n committee Of this
association and n committee of any other or
ganization, and as the propositions contained
therein are inconsistent with our duty to our
members we therefore defer action upon said
propositions until conference OF committees
can be held.
Il
ment can be reached would necessarily in
clude the adoption of some plan by which all
labor organizations could be protected from
unfair men-men expelled, suspended, under
is..ie7s.~ Is--so.
locked out from work-and that, az far as pos.
sible, a uniform standard OF hours OF labor
and wages should be adopted, SO that men Of
any trade enrolled in our order and men of
trades unions may not come in conflict because
of the differences in wages or hours OF labor
We also believe that system Of exchanging
working cards should be adopted, so that men,
bers OF any craft belonging TO different organ
iZations could work in harmony together-the
card OF any member of this order admitting to
work in any union shop, and the card OF any
union man admitting him to work in any
knights of Labor shop.
We further believe that, upon an increase OF
wages or shorter hours of labor made by either
| organization, a conference should be held with
the organized laborers employed in the establish
ment When the demand for increase Of wages
| or reduction Of hours is contemplated action
upon pIoPoseu reuuctoh Oh wages or oIIlor
difficulty to be agreed upon in like manner
and that in the settlement of any difficulties
between employers and employees the organiza-
tions represt nted in the establishment shall be
parties To the terms OF settlement.
An address was issued denying that
the @Home Club" was engaged in plotting
against the welfare of the order, and saying
that the very best Of feeling prevailed among
all the delegates An address was also is
sued to the Changers complimenting them, and
asking their aid
The boycott instituted at Milwaukee
against two cigar factories has resulted in the
indictment and arrest OF seven members of the
Executive Committee of the Knights of Labor
on charge of conspiracy.