Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-28

to IL members. The great growth Of
the order since the original Executive
Committee was decided upon demands
that the work be distributed among mo re
( committeeman. The morning was spent
in discussing the proposition. There was
q general sentiment in favor Of increasing
the mem bership of the board, but the ques-
tion as to whether it would be proper for
a special convention to take action in the
matter met with some difference Of opin-
| ion.
REFERRED BACK,
After three hours discussion the report
was referred back to the Committee on
Laws without instructions.
The Committee on Legislation was then
| appointed.
At 2 O'Clock a recess was taken until
tomorrow morning at O'Clock, at which
time the Committee on the State of the
Order is expected to report.
A large number of local Oranges, and
| in some States bodies or farmers, have
| gone into the Knights of Labor as District
Assemblies. Farmers orders largely as
sisted the Knights in the late strikes In
the Southwest, and to show an apprecia-
tion of the brotlerly aid the General As
sembly appointed a committee to prepare
an address to the Oranges tobe presented
| at its national convention,
THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE.
! A Committee upon Legislation was also
! appointed, which will have charge of all
matters that mem bers would like to bring
| before Congress. 1t is said that Mr..
! POwderly's plan for the future govern
ment OF the order is the esta ablishment of a
| State assembly. There will be then four
assemblies. Local assemblies will be
| subordinate TO Districts, Districts TO state,
| and State to National. The plan is re-
| ported to be very popular among those Of
the delegates who have heard Of it.
SOME OF IT'S GOOD POINTS.
Mr.. Powderly's plan, as it is called,
! Will do away with many unnecessary
strikes. 1t provides, among other things,
that no assembly but the State and
! National shall have power to order either
/ a strike or boycott. IL a local assembly
wants to order strike it must first get
the consent Of the district and then the
State assemblies. Several months ago the
carpet weayers in the vicinity of Yonkers,
| N. Y, organized local assemblies of the
| knights of Labor and became attached to
District Assembly No. "a. This district,
already very large, made vigorous pro-
test against additional local assemblies,
| as the work or the district was very
| great. Hence the carpet weavers organ
ized District Assem- bly, No. 1875.
WORKING UP A STRIKE.
While organizing the district the
/ weavers were preparing for strike and
at the prefent time are striking. Three
delegates were elected and sent TO the
! Cleveland convention, the head of the del
| egation being Mr.. Morrison, of Y0nkers.
| There is an old rule of the order that does
J not admit new districts to representation
! in special conventions of the General AS
sembly, and knowing this the delegates
| from No 126 prepared a printed appeal
| for distribution among the members of
the General Assembly asking that they
| be admitted to the convention. Mr.. Nor
risOn and his delegation were denied ad-
mission, as they expected, and
then made an appeal TO the
afternoon the delegates from No. 120 Were
closeted with the board and at the con-
| ference truce was agreed upon. The
Executive Board promised the delegates
| that their district should be represented
at the Richmond convention in October,
and that upon the adjournment of the
special convention the board would go TO
YOnkers and investigate the troubles ex-
listing between the Weavers and their en-
plOyes ana try TO fix up the difficulty by
arbitration.
IhE TRADED DNlONlbISs
One of the most important subjects
under consideration by the Assembly is
the breach between the Knights and
trades unions. The joint committee of
the trades unions, as has been published,
conferred with the Executive Board OF
the knights Of Labor before the
Assembly convened, and 1t was
stated by the trade unionists themselves
that very little disagreement existed.
The subject was mentioned in the call
for the assembly. and early in the session
was referred TO the proper standing CON-
mIttee, that on the State Of the Order. To-
day members Of the trades union ad-
di essed the committee, prominent among
whom are y. X. Mcclure, Secretary of
the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Join
ers; ID. z. Boyer, Chief Organizer or the
International Typographical Association,
and A. Strasser, President of the lnterna-
tional Cigsrmakers' Union.
OBJECT or THE SESSION.
The session Of the committee was for
the purpose Of hearing the views and sug.
gestons OF the trades union representa-
tiyes aud the details of the cases where
trouble has arisen between the Knights OF
Labor and the members Of unions. Mr..
Boyer had but little to offer, the Typo
graphical u Mon havingnO grievances This
organization also contains fewer Knights
OF Labor In proportion tO the size OF its
membership than any OF the other unions
Mr.. Boyer reported the greatest harmony
between bis order and the Knights. Most
of the grievances Of the other unions were
oi a personal nature. Tho chief trouble
between the cigar makers and knights
arose through a disagreement among the
members Of the latter order in New York
and the uniOnsts concerning minor points
OF relationship and precedence, and the
recent lock out Of the manufacturers.
THE CARPENTERS.
The carpenters had grievances to pre-.
sent, owing ~ indiscretion Of individuals
on both sides Of different localities. The
hearing OF tacss and suggestions ended
with to.day'a committee meeting and no
Legislative action was taken. The CON-
mittee will probably again convene To-
morrow morning with The members OF the
Trades Union Committee, to try 10 reach
an agreement concerning Jurisdiction.
An agreement or treaty may be iormu-
lated whereby each side will lose
nothing Of its principles and enable each
other 10 work IN harmony.
Tho members Of the Committee on the
State Of the Order say that nothing antag-
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