The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-05-25
MARTIN AS A WASHER.
The Sawed-0ff Chairman Appears
i'm Public With a Picca-
dilly Collar.
Contributions Have Been Large
and He Comes Out Look.
ing Like a Dude.
He Threatens Libel Suits With
out Number, but Will
Change His Mind.
He DenOunces Powderly Roundly
and Hopes to be His
Successor

The Knights of Labor of Sedalia are
invited to peruse the following from yes
ternay's Globe-Democrat in relation to the
sawed-of chairman OF District assembly No.
1Ol. 1t is rich in the extreme, and shows
conclusively that of all the egotistical asses
In the land Martin Irons heads the list
Says the Globe-Democrat:
/ Chairman Martin Irr rs was attired yes
terday regardless of expense, and wore
festive air appropriate to the presence of
the gay spring weather. The foundation,
so to speak, Of his costume was a black
broadcloth suit, with low-cut dress vest,
texposing a shirt front in which gli,tered
three enormous studs. From the bottom
button OF his vest depended colossal gold
watch chain, adorned with fob larger than
a silver dollar, and antique coin sleeve
buttons fastened his cuffs. He had on a
standing collar and newly blocked -oetmut-
ton-chop side whlskers OF English cut briss.
tied upon his cheeks. In his new rsiment
he was loquacious, and to friend, gen.
tleman from New York, whom he encoun-
tered near Hurst's, he said:
81 am going to sue the papers for libel
that have cast reflections upon my per
sonal character. I have been made the
scapegoat of the failure of the strike by
Powderly and others, and have come in
for little more abuse than i am going to
stand"
allow about the story that you are a
candidate for Powderly's placer was
asked.
MODEST, But A CANDIDATE.
"Well," replied Mr.. Irons, with an Lam
e-hands-of-my-friends exp preston, 81
have received great many letters urging
me to be candidate, and there seems to
be general feeling among the knights
that i must make the race. OF course, my
duty is to serve the order in whatever ca
pacity they may desire"
"Would you accept If nominated?"
eyes, it would be an honor that / would
esteem"
at has been stated that at the next
convention of the order steps will be taken
to so amend the by laws as to place the
power Of ordering a strike out Of the hands
of chairmen OF district assemblies and
vest il in the chief executive, or general
board. What do you think of that"
81 know itp exclaimed Mr.. Irons, ex-
citedly; 81 know such scheme Is on fooa,
and shall fight il with all my energy, and
so will my friends. / don't believe In
centralizing the power on one man. / be-
lieve In difiusing il even more than il is
now, and making it impossible for the
chairman of a joint assembly 10 order .
strike unless each local assembly votes in
favor of It."
"What do you thing of Mr.. Powderly ?"
PowDERLY DIssEcTEp.
81 think he is an honest man." replied
Mr.. Irons, with considerable feeling, "but
believe that he has acted unwisely In the
strike. Look at the effect of his judmenti
Why, as matter of fact, it is costing the
order more to-day to maintain the men out
of employment than il did to keep up the
strike. / say he is honest, mind you, but
he has acted mighty queer
"In what way has he acted queer%
ain every way. He began to talk about
arbitration the minute trouble came up on
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas. He
wanted to arbitrate with the Missouri Pa
ci6c officials, who had nothing to do with
it. Afterward, when saw that the roads
were combined secretly against the work.
ingmen and as a bluff stated that would
declare general strike, he stepped right
in and said no, that shouldn't do it. And
that isn't all He began arrangements for
arbitration without even consulting me.
was not considered in the matter Al all"
"Should he have seen you first %
"Ot course. am, by virtue of my po-
,ition, the chief of the order here. His
conduct in ignoring me was not that of
gentleman. It was discourteous In every
particular. Now, I'm getting the blame
or his management. But, never mind.
am going as a delegate to the next con-
7ention of the knights, and think /
hall be able to set myself right upon the
loor there. i think that it wiz be seen by
What is done there that the Knights will
ndorse my action"
LOOKING AFTER FENCES.
Mr.. Irons also stated that he would
cave shortly for the east, where he would
ecture upon the labor question. It was
in this connection that his er-
and would also include little looking
fter the chances in connection with his
for general master workman
ArnOld-Tilden.
The wedding of Miss Lottie Arnold,
au0htar Of Mr. and Mr. Themes ArnnId