St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-30
TO HELP THE TOILERS.
With This idea in View, the Knights
of Labor Formulate Remark
able Plan.
Every City of Over 5000 Persons to Give
Work at ST Day to All Who
Desire 1t,
Thus Establishing the Rights of EN-
ploynent to Cure the Evils of
Over Production.''
The Knights Not in Accord With tho
Trades Unions--The Rccogni-
ton of Woman.
The knights of Labor.

ton of Woman.
The Knights of Labor.
few new delegates to the Knights of Labor
general assembly to arrive in the city to-day
was Frank Nj. Fogg, who was elected to
represent sixteen local assemblies from
Lansing, Mich, but which district has al
ready increased to thirty assemblies. Soon
after his arrival it was whispered among
the delegates that he had plan for the re-
organization of the Knights of Labor. He
said: The Knights of Labor now have
as you know, general assembly and some
state assemblies, notably in Iowa, Illinois,
Michigan and Massachusetts,, as well as
district and local assemblies. | propose to
retain all the different divisions in the plan
Of reorganization. but will somewhat change
the methods and manners of establishing
and conducting them.' The legislation
committee of the general assembly has been
one of the Understanding committees ap-
pointed, the members having devoted their
evenings to the duty before them. The
committee consists of John Fl. Shay of Ill
inoiS, chairman, ID. j. O'Donohue of Can
ada. A. II. Low of Pennsylvania, l.. II.
Patterson of Washington, d. c., James K.
Sovereign of Iowa, John O'Keefe of Rhode
Island and Charles FL. Litchfield Of Massa-
chusettS. The committee will report on
Monday morning, and will propose impor
tant legislation on railroads, public
lands, education, alien landlords and
money. A reorganization plan that has
been fayorably discussed and which will be
brought before the executive board Is out
linOd by William Dubois OF New York, who
takes as basis of argument that the right
of employment must be established to cure
the evils OF over production. MIR. Carroll
D. Wright of the labor commission" says
the writer, Estates in round numbers that
1000, 900 men in this country are out of
employment, who would not be idle if work
could be had. That number is about 10 per
cent of the actual voting population of the
country. l think to meet this emergency
the Knights of Labor should urge the estab-
llshment by constitutional amendments or
otherwise in every city or town of 5000 or
more inhabitants department of labor,
governed by commissioners elected by the
people. The duty of these commissioners
would be to devise ways and means in
their respective towns to give employment
to as many as 10 per cent. of the voting
population, There shall be an annual ap-
preparation by every city and town of over
5000 inhabitants sufficient to pay wages at
the rate of 81 day for 800 days in the
year to as many as 10 per cent of the vot-
ers, such percentage to be calculated from
the registry list of the last previous cleo
ton. An additional appropriation shall be
made to pay salaries to commissioners and
forenlen, and to purchase necessary sup
plies. Any able-bodied person who regis
tered at the last annual election preceding
the year for which the appropriations are
made, out of employ tlent by reason OF a
strike, lockout, depression in business, or
from any good cause, and unable to find
other work, may make application for EN-
ployment at the department Of labor, and
shall be given some useful work to do at
the rate of 81 per day of eight working
hours as long as he may choose to remain
and work for that rate of wages" Copies of
this plan are in the hands of several dele
gates and will be brought before the con-
vention as soon as possible.
The four hours session of the general as
sembly of the Knights Of Labor eais MORN
ing was passed i'll the discussion Of Que mo-
ton made Friday, to Fefer the report of
the executive board ON the relations of the
order to the trades unioss, to dhe commit
tee on state Of the order. Speeches were
made by a number of leading members, and
from their tenor 1t is certain that the trades
union will not get all they ask. 1t is more
than probable that the affair will remain
unsettled. After short discussion this
afternoon the whole matter was referred to
the committee. A few moments later Mrs.
Sarah M. Perkins of this city, appeared at
the door of the anteroom to the convention
hall and sent note to Mr.. Powderly. say
ing that she had been delegated by the Ohio
Woman'S Suffrage ASSOCIATION to present an
address! to the general assembly. A
recess was taken to admit the lady
and Mrs. Perkins was escorted to the plat
form and itroduced to the convention. The
committee on laws second proposition was
the Recommendation that where practicable
unattached local assemblies should become
part of the district assemblies and transact
business with the general assembly through
them, After short discussion the propo-
sitsoii was adopted, Tile secretary read a
letter from Galveston, Tex, relating to the
hardships of strikers who are
slss .i{t;sp CONFINED IN THE JAZZ.
of that city for constructive contempt and
asking the general assembly to do something
to obtain for them privileges given persons
similarly charged in other courts of the
United States. The following resolution
was presented and unanimously adopted.
Whereas, The jalls at Galveston, Dallas
and elsewhere in Texas are filed with brother
Knights, suffering for contempt of COURT
as issued by Judge Pardee, be it
Resolved, By the general assembly that we
petition Grover CT eveand, president of the
Uunited States, to exercise cemoucy in their
behalf, as the United States judges hage Or
dered a release OF all prisoners sentenced
during tho strikes on the Southwest system,
and thus be the means Of causing better feel
iDgS between employers and employees.
4 committee Of two was appointed to
draft suitable documents to be forwarded to
the president. asking him to exercise Glenn
ency toward the imprisoned members of
the order. The committee appointed on
Friday to respond to the telegram received
from the Toledo convention presented the
following address, which was unanimously
adopted and ordered to be sent to the sec
'retafY:
!; tEEEvELAND, o., May 27.-To the Ohio
Wornah's Suffrage association: The general
assent oily of the Knights Of Labor accept tho
greeting and recognition OF the Ohio Woman's
suffrage association, and retur n its thanks
withsfraterrial greetings and congratulations.
Tho order of the Knights OF Labor guarantee
to woman and man equal rights, protection
aud opportunities to the full extent of its
7rishtful authority. Its real mission is the
3cOinplete nctpotlOO auu enIruncnl5em9pt
of all those who labor. tits imbued with the
lofty spirit of the declaration of American
independence, which includes the whole
American family in the rights claimed by its
author for themselves. 1t would not bring
the noble lines and sentences of the fathers
out of tho disfranohised, out OF the sight of
more than one-half of all the most useful and
deserving Industrious people whom fashions
internal have misled, and whom a false pride
has intimidated. 1t reminds woman that she
must cease looking to partisans and cour-
tiers for Justice and the revival of that vital
spirit which alone can nourish
and sustain the republic, that she must turn
to herself, must respond in the proper spirit
to the rightful lender of protection and equal
ity. must earnestly cooperate with the pro-
gressive members OF the Knights of Labor,
who insist upon the guarantee of perfect
equality in the full and free exercise and en-
ioyment of all membership rights, Of equal
participation in the administration, and taat
the management of all tho governmental al
Es