Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-05-12
The ABSORBING LABOR TOPIC.
Patrick Egan Cables Parnell Regarding
the Recent Anarchist Riots in
Chicago.
Grand Master Workman Powderly Calls
Especial Session Of the General
Assembly.
The Freight Handlers, Of Chicago, Seek
ing Compromise With the
Railroad Companies.

,,,wd of strikers who have been assem- BILE
waning decidedly.
E.. W Weight, the brewer, who had PAL
tally conceded to the demands of his men
to-day yielded completely. He paid bis me
So day for seven days. They were ou
five for five days boycott). The expens
of advertising the boycott and minor
items made IA total of $3.50. He also dis
charges eleven men who returned to his EN-
Dloy on the second day OF the strike.
EGAN ON SOCIALISM.
LINCOLN, Neb., May 9.-President Egan
Of the Irish National League of America,
was interviewed to-day by yyourcorrespond-
ent. regarding the statements in the Lon
don St. James Gazette, ,Standardan Daily
Telrgra ph, regai ding the Anarchists riot in
Chicago to the Irish element. Mr.. Egan was
very indignant at the charge. He said:
Those English papers in this instance, as
every other, where thev refer to ireland or
Irish people, display the most arrogant
iynurancc and barefaced lying. Ii there is
one feature OF the Soc alistic trOublts more
noticeable thai another. or moregratifying
to every lover OF Ireland, it is the fact that
up to the present not single lrishman has
been found on the side OF the Rcd Flag
While
WE CAN POINT WITH PRIDE
to the fact that about tbree-fourths OF the
gallant fellows who fell in defence of law and
order were of our nationality. Some Irish
men, he said, may perhaps have gone to
extremes in defending their homes and in
4 Ii IL
OF them will no doubt do SO again in the |
future if English stupidity and English pre-
ldice prevail to thwart the manly efforts I
Of Gladston. to settle the Irish question by |
constitutional means. But this = uch can |
say. know whereof spe k, that Socialism |
las that term is understood by the follow
ers OF the Red Flag never has found, anG |
never will find, any fOothold in Ireland or
among the Irish people. 1t has, however,
considerable strength in England. London
for years ha been its headquarters. and
by the Chicago papers OF yesterday l per-
ceve that Illinois can boast OF an English
section OF the order"
LINCOLN, Neb., May 9.-Patrick Egan,
president OF the National League OF Amer
ica has this evening forwarded the follow
ing cable to Mr.. Parnell:
40 Charles S. ParDeH, London: The
statements of th. standard, Globe, Daily
Telegraph and st. James Gazette charging
our cnurtrymen with the instigation of the I
Socialist riots in Chicago are unfounded IL
bells Not single lrishnan was among the
Anarchists, while most OF those who fell, I
defending public order were of our nation Il
atty. This latest evidence of malice, on !,
the part OF the English PISS, has greatly Q
helped our cause among the American peo-
pie. PATRICK EGAN." G.
A SPECIAL SESSION OF THE GENERAL AS - -
sEMBLY. n
ST.. LOUIS, May "a Baltimore, Mary q,
land special says: General Master Work W
man Powderly, Of the Knights of Labor,
acting under the uthority vested in him
by the General Executive Board, has issued
acall to various assemblies OF the Order for
a special session OF the General Assemblies, u
to be held in Cleveland, Ohio, Tuesday, May -
20. The causes leading to the calling OF the ~ !,
session are given as follows n
Flrst-Ihe erapidly-increasing membership =,
Of the Order requires changes in the laws ~
which the General Executive Board have cI el
no authory y to make. a1
Second-The laws l.. relation to govern " "
ment OF boycottng are wholly inadequate ~ ~
to compel the obedience on the part OF AS O. O.
semblles that believe in boycotting for y,
every offense whatever, great or small.
lMrd-Ihe laws in relation to strikes do
not give the General Executive Board power
to interfere in such matters until after a
strike has been inaugurated. The Order be
mas become involved in difficulties with
Trades societies, and an effort is being made ca
10 create rupture between these socities d''
ana the Knights of Labor. an
PIANO MAKERS ORDERED BACK TO WORK.
NEW YORK, May 9.-The piano-makers, ,
'ho are demanding ten hours pay for eight
esolutions Inv thn;r Grand iod,o aooi.m res
lp their tr;Le 70 la ~ f';i,,n 5.' % .So.: tie
ne men back to their shops tomorrow
forming
POWDERLY's SECRET CIRCULAR. s
CHICAGO, May 9.-The Daily News will &C
'-morrow morning publish IL free text of He
le secret circular from Grand Master ho
ofkman Powderly to the different Assem-
les OF the knights OF Labor, to be read
lring the present week. The circular Lon- .
ms a call for general meetings OF the on,
hio MoU o. an P''''e az Neve'anu: cit,
e interests OF the Order will be canvassed ,'a, n
III acton taken upon them; also, in the r''
|euIar Powderly t., kes occasion to rebuke
e tendency 20 drunkenness in some quar- r.
u.s. and adjures the members to forswear -:
ads ouire = te,,nero noo NJ ' lao+,,mo nu;+;a ~ Cay
'he TACT that drunkenness is a great e'e
cehtlVe to riotous methods. Attempting
gam given point he deprecatcs all talk
lpe use OF violence and illustrates the
"a iany abuses to which the boycott is put VIII
nate the word boy, oft" he says, "and
fold Its vse except as a last r. tsort, and -,
en oIlv upon the consent of the General
''eloly. MIR. Powderley then announces mol
a' ., hereafter he will receive 10 committee Ho,
~ ~ % answer no letters addressed to him, IN -.
nung the holding OF the meeting at e.
~ t,elahd. His mail, he says. contains 400 ''e'
..ers .e daily, and he has 1000 on hand au'
@ "a. are not, and never will be read. lie no
a'. a' nave time, he says, to pc. fect his que
"is ior the good Of the Order. is IN
CHICAGO FREIGHT HANDLERS. ties
.hnnAGo, May 9.-Near!y all the freight uIrs
'nulers employed or on strike here were unu .,
o', os.n1 at the meeting OF the Freight "H, OnH
VI J'her Union tonight. The meeting can :l.
~ mo sooner been called to order than II VIII VIII
a,ii N received from the Switch pre-
dar Ihion was read, wherein that W
a;ah. absolutely refused to uphold the pew
eS s". ~ workers in the prt sent strike, or selz'
M mn ~ countenance it. The read .ng of the crea
,hato WAS holiOWeu Dy warm Wv
aI G"'e, winch brought into view the gen. avo
,a;nss M sentiment n, that popular prejudice the
,a'.sI !, m the strikers undoubtedly caused sion
s;r .'t traged y OF Tuesday night, made but
r,h rt prospect of success exceedingly atoI
,uotul. o. Many of those pre- ent he q
b bsnG declared it their wish to OF l
M tou2n oa9 the principle for which they went leav
s,I. n,u 10 return to work. This feeling trea
!. ttu WI IN the appointment OF a commit has
fa, ..h ~ instructed to call at the offices we
on n ,oads Tomorrow forenoon and nepo- over
nssan' pr the most favorable settlement as
,warS II Is stated that there is a feeling The
Dads ~, Tr,ohcession on the part OF the way
scon.. Inc committee will authorize the the
rat;na ~ lance OF the strike on one consid- star
irs;oh'. iHh' that all men be allowed to return app
aid 'lv worker present at the meeting the
o. 1t believed the strike would trea
an end Tomorrow morning. brin
AyApcu,,r, ,.. the
n S"a,4oo, a,., May 9.-The Anarchists made nar,
everal u TO hold meetings to-day in will
'aces bn. .heir customary assembling eith
~ the nol;oo we're III such cases dispersed has
ound bv bp',,ce. At one place 200 men were to a
we're q ~ ~ detail of police. They said thew