The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-05-12
P0WDERLy on THE ANARCHISTS.
He Gives His Views on Their Recent MiScon-
ducr--Some Very sensible suggestions.

SCRANTON, Pa. May 5.-General Mas
ter Workman Powderly talked to-day on
the reign Of terror IN Chicago.
AT I time like this, said he, ''there Is Il
tendency among some wcllmcanlng but III
informed people to blame al workingmen
for the sayings and doings Of desperate
few Who are never 50 happy rs when they
are riding the crestwavc OF the tempest OF
pas ,:on. \ distinction sho,:il he drawn,
however. between the followers OF the red
ila2 ana those who owe allegiance to no
bai ser but the Stars and Stripes: between
the anarchists who preach ruin and the true
repre, ,entativeS CT labor who believe IL law
fl methods for achieving desirable re-
furr:.S
i'htn there is no at.iliation between the
H gntS Of Labor and the anarchists?
lost cmDhati>ally no. The scenes Of
bio ,liShcGl and disorder which have taken
place in Chicago are Gisgraccful, unca!led
fcr and deserving Of the Severest condemna-
toi. and punishment. The men who march
unGcrany flag but the Stars and Stripes are
no, American workingmcn, either native or
aatlralizcd. Honest labor is not represent
Cd IN the ranks Of those who array them
selves under the emblem Of blood and de
Scry ctio0 have no sympathy with the
meG who have inStiGated such deeds as
h&y2 been perpetratcd in Chicago. 1t is
tie duty OF every organization OF working
mcH in the United States 10 condemn the
oGt.uges committed in the name Of labor.
believe the man who comes 20 this coun-
tYv :ld who refuses to become q citizen OF
the United States after having sufficient
tim and opportunity 10 do 50. has no more
rim..: 10 be here than the alien land-grab-
hp: svho takes possession OF the acres OF
the Il eS; The workingmcn OF America
lilv2 4 more powerful weapon than the bull
let II the ballot and if they use their law
IL, rights is citizens iudiciouSly they will
l:lsr no occasion To resort to desperation.
krc the men whose names are given as
the leaders Of this movement in Chicago
Nn ghts of Labor
NO: and if Knights OF Labor have taken
par: in these murjcrouS proceedings, they
>ho Id; be promptly expelled ftom the order.
DuS organization Means 10 antayonlSm to
necessary capital. nor have We any conflict
w:ta legitimate enterprise; and when we
haze occasion to fake issue with illegitimate
enterprise. wc will do so under the law.
wh:cl protects rich and poor alike. 1t Is
the ,;utv "f every Knight of Labor TO sup
por;>:awS made 70 harnlonlZe the interests
of ia2o- and capital.
.to you speak with any authority as to
the attitude OF the trades unions toward
tAc,.e di>graceful doirgs in Chicago:
=: can. There is not trades union in
Me-. yica thai will countenance wrong do
;n@ or hold the men who have been en-
ga..S: in such scenes of bloodshed and de-
strac;ion of property asthose reported from
Chicago The aim Of the trades unions is
- protect and elevate labor and not to de-
grade and destroy it as the anarchists have
attempted TO do.
Nr Powderly spoke with feeling, and
was deeply indignant when discussing the
sccaeS Of the past few days in Chicago.