Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-05-14
POW Derby PROTESTS
q Powerfully Written Circular
to the Various Assemblies 81
Of the knights o1
;5 Labor.

strengthened IN tho work. Nsiriy loo asssln-
sh!tss have pledged themselves 70 Act ON the adj
13sel that Il only Requires ths sonins 70 TIE
fEcni Of real man Of our order % ut IN right be-
IN the world. We hsvs bss4 losing Rround 20
One Of the csusee i that ~ have allowed things
u Labor for which the ORGANISATION Was in no
kssp : % lous eye upon the lsborine men Who
1svef lsbor. end whom they charge anything TO
eur order u your locality, set tho seal Of your
L paper csistcisss the Knights q Labor q it,
Smcers do not boycott IT, and II you
have any such boycotts on.s remove them- A
Journal not long since made some unc0Mpliment-
ary a,lnstons TO the general master workman
Of tho Knights Of Labor. and 1t the next meet
Ing OF the nearest assembly motion was cast
to boycott the paper, not that alone, but every
person who advertised in tina columns Of the
paper. wrote to the assembly asking that they
remove tho boycott. and 1t was done. We ).
MUST BEAR IN MIND * 49, IA
shat our general master workman II only man.
and Is nos above criticism. /. We demand for our
:sises the Iishet free speech We cannot CON
make i in I. xentiemaniy, diantasd manner
la.Ea AZ. sss. tes abused you by would bs
blackguard htmself-in silence. That our
aims and objects are good ls NO reason why our
Nor build Or material We arc no more the salt
Of the earth than the millions Of unknown toll
90 who do the work Of the world. In our deal
Justly and fairly by them. II we would have
:aaisy e others. Til. !, The the % aim q q
lost sight Of in tho future. Lot me direct your
attention to few little abuses. find that
Whenever strike occurs appeals for aid are
scattered broadcast among the assemblies. Do
not psy one cent for such purposes in the future
unless the appeal comes from your own district
assembly or the general assembly. II boycott
police. are sent TO you bum them. 7
have In my possession over four hundred
boycott notices which were sent to assemblies
With request that they. be acted on. Let me
paper He Fears rival and proceeds to get into
On altercation with him, boycotts him, and then
ss1s the order to carry it ont certain paper
parties Members Of the opposing party S eoa
ceive the idea Of getting rid OF the paper. and
they invoke the aid of the knights
the FIRST p. ssans in the aue52ea
something uncomplimentary Of the Knights Of
Labor In fact, our order has been used as a
Il must soar aloft. free from all of them. I hate
the word boycott. I WAS boycotted ten years
ago and could not get work at my trade for
have no use for it only When every-
thing else fails, Appeals for aid, circulars,
scattered everywhere through the order. copy
. letter which comes to me on the subject: "A
large part OF our time has been spent In reading
until II o'clock We were led 70 believe the
nniRhts OF Labor to DO an educational instiru-
ton, but this kind Of education is not pro-
ton. What do you advise us to do?s 1
advised them to either burn or table
these matters, and now ask OF the secre-
Il your journal were not boycotted by our men,
bers 1T could be made the medium Of commuui-
cation between the general officers and the
hrNf TN 1n1 Ia mi
Of the assemblies. Some assemblies send out
documents documents, IN envelooes addressed to Secretary
this practice. No member has the right to
ADDRESS another in that way. and
1t Is ever practiced again the offender
WILL BE PUNIsH-D.
In future, the general executive board must not
be interfered with in the performance Of its duty
Il you have confidence In them sustain them and
obey them II not ask for their resignation.
While tho board was endeavoring to settle the
southwestern trouble, assemblies in some
we're passing and publshins resolutions SOON CON-
demning Jay Gould. These things did no good.
on the contrary they were injurious. In the set
Element OF troubles it becomes tho duty Of the
60 everywhere. While they are doing this they
must not be hampered by, the actions
RESOLUTIONS do not prevent land stealing, stock
Watering or gambling in the necessaries OF life.
what we want from our members Is not gush
know we have rights without passing resolu-
t0ns. Men who think, study and act are re-
CURED The general assembly will meet in spe-
cial session on the 25th OF May, In the city OF
Cleveland From the receipt Of this letter you
must not address any communication to me, NOR
need yo pp expect an answer i you do From now
receive no committees, answer no letters I
must formulate plan for the future, aud will
Sss Be with Whf s1d TO the
time to prepar. it, We SaVs haa some si troubes
from drinking members and from men who talk
who possess money enough to buy guns and
dynamite would invest it in the purchase
Of some we'll selected work on labor, they
Tney viii never need need tn the SI gun 20. Of
dynamite in this country. 1t IL nv opinion that
ne man who does not study the politics Of the
but little use Of a rife The man who cam
not vote intelligently and who will not
watch the man he votes for after hs, is elected
dynamite. II the head. the brain of man can
n n T S out the problem now co n 9.
Iii NV 9aa enem1 Gn SILENCE nsve him Ielys trs
but '1'N''> =, - -
III lido NOT CONVINCE HIM
I would make convert rather than
capital ars not e oal enemies s'n t Sns
theory. held good the workman OF to-day
would be the enemy Of his fellow-toiler on the
ital and how to use il properly that "
are endeavoring to learn. The man Of capital 10
not NECESSARILY tho enemy OF the laborer: on the
an wol aware chat som os't extremists ss
viii say advocate . weak plan, and will say that
bloodshed and destr1ction q property alone will
extend Is hand of hadness. I hate tie nses !.
duty g reach down and hit IN. tho man
Honor'- II ths.e n annh man ,.fth. ~ th =.