Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-02-05

are remarkably strong in that mining
region.
The order is composed Of local assem-
tlles, district assemblies, a general as
scmbiy and en- executives hoard. The local
assemblies send delegates aud money and
are emenable 10 the district assemblies,
which 10 turn send delegates 10 the gen
eral assembly OF North America and are
subject 10 the executive board, elected by
the general assembly. The general as
eembly meets annually In October aud
I discusses subjects Of interest md I'M
portancc TO all Knights, az wei o. euacte
laws and elects officers, and three mem
bcrs Of the all-powerful five who compose
the executive board, the other two being
the president and secretary, Last Octo-
Der II elected the following officers
! General master workman, +. Y. Pow
derly, $50 North Main avenue, Scranton,
Pa. General worthy foreman, Richard
, Griiiiths, 2Sl Wells street, Chicago, III.
General sccrctary.ireasurer Frederick
/ lGLhGr, lock box s34, Philadelphia, Pa.
4 General auditor, John G.. Cayille, $50 Full
ton street, Brooklyn, My. Secretary OF
Insurance association, Homer l.. McGaw,
/ 2i7 South Main street, Pittsburg, Pa.
| Executive board, +. v Powderly, chair
man, 400 North Main avenue, Scranton,
Pa; Frederick Turner, secretary, lock
box s3i, Philadelphia, Pa; John w.
Hayes, box 27l New Brunswick, n. j.;
W. II. Bailey, box l45, Shawnee, Ohio;
T. u. Barry, $40 South Fourth street,
East Saginaw, Mich. Cooperative
board, John j. Mccartney, presi-
DENT i9s West Pratt street. Balti-
more, Md; j. l.. McGaughey secre-
tary, box 6GT, Minneapolis, MINI John
Samuel, 1886 Carr street, st. Louis, No
Peter ID. Cattanock. 1877 Fifth street,
Troy, N. y, Hugh Cameron, lock box
2Gi, Lawrence, Kas.; Henry Mente, box
1900, Ithaca, NJ. Y.
rilK SMALLER AID LOWER BODIES,
called local assemblies, are composed of
persons all following one calling so far
as Is possible, so that one l.. a. is com.
posed OF printers, another IS made up Of
car-drivers, another OF plumbers, another
OF ahoemakers, and another is what
Is called ''mixed district
or one In which followers Of
trades not represented In the others are
united In one organization. There are
1900 of these local assemblies. One great
secret Of the growth In popularity and
numbers of the organization is seen In the
cost Of membership. The initiation fee
may be as little ns - for men or 90 cents
Tor women, and very many local assem-
blies exact no more, though there are /.
3 that fix the foe at S25 on account Of
the value given TO membership by the ex-
lstence OF great fund In the treasury and
great strength IN numbers.
The dues at tiIst are apt to be only 10
cents month and even when district
mas attained such membership as 10 war
rant the salarying Of its presiding
officer, the cost In the local assemblies
is no higher than 40 cents, and is often
only 20 cents u month When the work
OF looking out for the interests OF Il great
district Is too great to permit an officer
10 continue 70 attend to the means bv
which he supports his family, the local
assemblies p9y a salary TO the master
workman OF the districts but the salary
Is merely the sum he was formerly able
TO earn at his trade. This is why the
monthly tax is q iuw cents higher In some
places than others, The only other out
lay Knight must make Il that of paving
the per capita tax TO the general MS.
sembly OF North America. which is "a
cents q year.
These pennies, that roll IN constantly
form great sum at the end OF
the year, With that motley strikes
are maintained, boycotting circulars
are printed, organizers and OF
iccrs arc paid, hall rents are met aud all
the lesser needs Of the order are paid for.
The salaries are modest. Mr.. Powderly,
the hGud OF the order, receives only Sl500,
aud for performing the duties of both
secretary and treasurer, Mr.. Turner gets
only $1,000. The members of the an.
powerful executive board are paid like
mechanics, So II day aud expenses, and
only Tor the days on which they are actu-
ally at work. The only other persons
who get any pay are delegates and the
"organi1' rs who teach aspiring bodies
OF workmeu how they may enter the
great order after the approved
fashion explaining fully what Initiation
implies and membership amounts to.
But even these men receive pay only
when duty has called them out of town,
as from this city to New Rochelle or
Peekskill, for instance. No money Is paid
Tor work at home. Nine knights ont of
ten In this city would rather pay for the
privilege Of organizing new local as
semhly than not be allowed to do IL at All,
provided they did not have 20 quit their
own places OF employment during bust.
ness hours to do 1t. Delegates from
locals to districts and from the districts 10
the general assembly are paid by the day
ut mechanics rates. There is no senti.
ment about any of these matters. Sits
all business, nas one knight expressed t.
IAN INJURY to One Is the Concern of AMP
Is the motto OF the order, and almost us
much may be said OF the words
''oRGANIIii, ACETATE, EDUCATED
which greet the eye and ear whenever one
ventures into tho meeting places or the
presence OF the knights. Those who saw
That no proselyting Is permitted by mem
bers OF the order always aver that the
only means used to get now members Is
the distribution OF the little "Declaratlon
OF Principles, - OF which full digest Is as
follows, First Messrs Powdcrlr and
Turner take up one sido ,t the sheet with
an explanation OF the aspirations Of the
order, little above and ueyond the con
tents OF the declaration ou the other side.
They say that "the highest motive that
us is the education of the masses
to that point where they will sec and
know, not only their own wrongs and dc. |
graduation, but full and final solution of |
the labor problem
Out OF the iruition OF this plan viii
come party of and by and for the peo.
pie, This party will not sit by and do
nothing when hundreds OF thousands OF |
men are seeking work; II VIII not permit |
politicians to SO manipulate the national
finances that lo,47S business men In one 1
year are made pcnpilcss; II will declare
sin tones OF thunder what kind OF metal
or paper shall constitute the money OF
the country 1t VIII establish labor hu- |
roaus: II will enforce n lazy deriartns, /