Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-08-28
Chicago knights to Get Rid of 4mdrehist
Members.

CHICAGO, Aug. ZZ.--lhe DdttD NetCS
to morrow will say: The Knights of La
Dor in this city have finally engaged in a
battle with Socialism in their own ranks.
The fight began a month ago, butso we'll
trained were Mr.. Powderly's soldiers
that it has been kept from the public
until to-day, although known to therank
and file Of two entire assemblies.
The trouble began Immediately after
the Haymarket riot. Many of the Off
cials Of the Knights had before taken
counsel concerning the dangerous foot
hold the Socialists had obtained in the
order. The leaders in the two Social
istic assemblies, however, kept their
members aligned, and no reasonable
cause was given for attack.
The two assemblies most feared by the
administration of this district, which is
No, 2i, were the Coopers, No. 23O9, and
the mixed assembly, No. 1907. The
coopers had leader in Lingo A. Schil-
hing, pronounced Socialist; No. 1907
had Parsons, now under sentence of
death for murder, Joseph Gruenhutand
others. These men knew the advantage
of remaining allied with Il powerful and
respectable organization having the sym
pathy of the reading public.
When the bomb exploded in the Hay
market square, the Knights of Labor
everywhere demanded that the good
name OF the order be in some way re-
deemed from the taint ofdynamite The
result was the giving to the public ofthe
resolutions of July ? Anarchy was de-
nounced and the murder openly con-
demned So severely did they arrign
the perpetrators of the bomb Outrage,
that Schilling and Gruenhut could IA
longer restrain their followers in Assem-
blies No 2307 aud No 1867 and thetwo
assemblies most infected with Socialism
cot1plained Is tie genesaI officers
This gave j. b. Murphy, the master
workman of District No. q, an oppor-
tunity to do what he long desired to do
to suspend the two assemblies. This
he did with the utmost dispatch. He
cut them off from all benefits of mem
bership in the order, and sent notice Of
his step to the general officers. The
assemblies appealed the case to the
National Executive Board. That body,
it is stated, appointed Mr.. Carleton
their proper officer to proceed to Chicago
to take testimony in the case. He came
ostensibly to investigate the Mccormick
troubles, and gave that matter some at
tention
Mr.. Powderly himself, it is reported,
came secretly to the city and stopped
with friends that he might personally
examine into the cause of the trouble
and the remedy. None Of the persons
most interested would say anything to-
day which would pass as an indication
ofthe probable result Of the investiga
ton. 1t is quite certain, hawever, that
the Knights in Chicago mean extermi-
nation of Socialism.
On Wednesday next the election of
delegates to Richmond will occur. In
the canvass, which has been going on
for some time, the fight has been
between those who support Master
Workman Murphy in his movement
against Socialism, and those whose SYM
pathies are with the two ostracised as
and Indirectly with Parsons,
and Gruenhut.
The investigation, it is generally be-
lieved, will result in an emphatic
Endorsement of Mr. Murphy's action in
suspending the Socialistic assemblies.
MIGHT BE TRIED FOR 4 CHlNGE
There is one plan, one solution Of the
so-called Southern question, that has
never been tried. At the present it
seems to be the best in sight: Let the
negro alone If he were the best of
farmers and the most valuable ofcitlzens
he would be in fair way to be spoiled
by being made the shuttlecock Of politics
and the pet of every crank with a theory.
The negro is doing very we'll; is doing
just as well as could be expected under
the circumstances. Leave him to the
same laws that govern all, to the same
that obtain alloyer the land.
In his worst moods he is not an Anar
chist or bomb thrower; in his LATEST
hours, speaking ofhim as a race, he does
not threaten law and order, and conse-
quently society If the day comes when
he must be colonized elsewhere, let us
first look to his successor. just at
present we do not see where a better
laborer is to be had. Bad as many
people may think the Southern situation,
it may be made far worse. With a
like that which makes life
unsafe in Chicago the South might
quickly and gladly reimport its banished
negroes. Macon (GG.) Telegraph.