Daily Republican., 1886-05-11
WoRDS OF WISDOM.
MASTER WORKMAN
ERaAwsprRLY's CIRCULAR

tIlnwpERLy's CIhoohA
u,,1b,s Of Labor-Boyeotfs'
the .rapoe nr and violence Do
nouneed.
,,.,rg circular has been pre-
'S, NV General Master Woansn aa,,. ~
Gy and copies will be sent ns, 70
dsIly, mhIv dIv of the knights Of LABOR o 7
ASSENT ssse,aSs States, to be read 70 tne
[Ssrs, during the coming a ,,s Wo0 adme.
y. " VSseded by every tolief ,.n,hae ~ sse
gr,s awe welfare at heart;
I,roRpER THE KNIGHTS OF AN"oA
AMhT,IH, Si,T, ,nr1PHIA, May 8, 1885.
4 oder eyerywhe greeting:
,o.uopse to the secret circular rs
~ IN, March 10 has been 30 generous
,Sa ~ enforcement Of the sentlments
Ioe .d eDE IN II have been so unanimous
Il1oS ,esl a, encouraged and strengthsned
~ ''s, cork, Nearly 1000 assem- piles
UIedged themselves TO act on tns =
P'oo ooatai ned in the circular OF the
70 70, WI I ieeI that II only requires the
,ug % 70 The front of the real men o.
ns alasy AZ 10 net US right before the
We have bean losing grouna'
"a public opinion 10 concerned,
sams time. One Of the causes is
% we nave allowed things TO be done
,bs name OF the Knights OF Labor
mich the organisation was In no
,ssnonSible. / ask OF our members
.sn Jealous eye upon the doings
ks lsbor men who never labor, ana
4 tbey charge anything TO our order
gonr locality, set the seal OF your
IS@nstiop upjp it at once by deny
OPPOSED TO BoYCoTTs.
naner otiticises the Knights OF
~ or its officers, do not boycott It,
In Won have any such boycotts on
|pye them. A Journal not long since
4 ,ome uucompllmentary illusions
Il general master workman OF the
|phis of Labor, and ut the next
Einy of the nearest assembly o mo.
1 was cast to boycott the paper; not
alone, but every person who ad.
ssd In the columns of the paper.
rote to the assembly asking them
kmoye the boycott, and IL was done.
|uust bear in mind that the general
isr is only a man, and is not above
Clsn. We demand for ourselves
right O; free speech" We cannot
islshtly deny it to others. We mast
ax fair, open criticism.
a reply is necessary make 1t In q
enAuly, lignitied manner. Ii We
criticised or abused by q blackguard
b, treat 1t as you would the black
III himself, in silence. That our
and objects are good, is no reason
our members should be regarded
bugs OF superior build or material.
sfe no more the salt Of the earth
the millions OF unknown toilers
do the work OF the world. In our
ings with laborers and capitalists
must deal justly and fairly By
II we would have 1t equally
" US, We In turn must do equally
Asrs, This is the aim Of the Knights
pbOr, and must not be lost sight OF
1tnro. Let me direct your atten-
% "a few little abuses:
tld that wherever q strike occurs,
pals for aid are scattered broadcast
pig the assemblies. Do not pay one
Tor such purposes in future unless
appeal comes from your own diH'
assembly or the general assembly
pycltt notices are sent TO you burn
D. have in my possession 40(
ro,t notices which were sent u
nO.ies with request that they bt
q upon. Let me mention some o.
D A member is editing q paper
earS rival and proceeds to get In
% alteration with him, boyoottl
ard then asks the order to carrI
H. a certain paper Is infiuentia
Pc OF the other OF the political par
Members of the opposing part!
GelVe The idea OF getting rid of tn,
aud they invoke the aid of tn
8bta Of Labor, first taking tn
au'lon to have the paper In gues
'sy something unoomplimentar!
y Knights Of Labor.
lact our order has been used as
Iot a hundred different kites and 4
y !, must soar aloft free from all G
hate the word boycott. l wa
0'lea " years ago and could no
OsNs NY trade for months. 1t
practice II has been handed to U
y capitalists, | have no use for
saea everything else fails. Al
EAU ,u' alui circulars, petitions, I'D
,,"l oelnFhls Of every kind, are scatter
=. n!Slete through the order. l cop
&. "ulca Comes to me on the Buh
"a a large partOfour time has bee
sIa "a t.eallng boycott notices an
SoL otS i2r aid, keeping rs until 1
rh,. ~. we were led to believe th
,u" u'1 Vi Labor 10 be an educationi
n,oS I'ioh oat this kind OF education
p'CaugllFe ". OF good. We have n
iss M no instruction. !, What do 70
+'iaeu ,h, them to either burn {
Ie,a-r sr.se matters and nov ask of th
"a .. each assembly TO do IL
II Your journals were not boy
A. ~ oaF members, 1t could
re.n W. medium Of commupicatit
y, eIn Lhe general officers and n
St,sr ~ ~ .te m Journal is not read in OF
bbIiaa y. me assemblies. Some a
aSSIu S seun out documents in enyt
NH NufesSeq to secretary of asseu
/, 10. IN many places the seer
n ptaCaee. to .a5 No members have d
m, 'quFess another in that wa
Irde, r,S,, Is ever practiced again /,
uu'f will be punished. v
oL-oIIoNS BUT THOUGH
STUDY AND ACTION,
1. tie Eo, S the general executive boa
napcs os os inter fered with in the o,
elce ip IN ., ,t lts duty. II you have CO
hn: IL tuein, sustain them and oh
hile n,o Io', ASK Tor their resignatic
tle tba ,le board was endeayerinr
h. in o soa southwestern troubles. asss
hviop, 'One r places, with the best
bIishinnn no doubt, were passing a
bulj ling u Resolutions condemn,ns = =
coutrsry '9 ~ 'nlngs did no good;
settlemsn,,n ,ney were injurious.
nea The ht doa OF tho troubles, IL
meet evesuy eaey OF the executive hos
|hiie tSss body and 90 eYerywhe s
be bsTsy bbasy ar. are doing this, thew "nu m'