The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-05-14
PowDERLY PROTESTS.
A Powerfully, Written Circular
to the Various Assemblies
Of the knights Of
Labor.

where dresttns:- TSe response 70 the sscret
oircular iasusd on March IS has besn % gsnsr-
Sns .s.. md .as s1Sos;snsnt e ths .snti-
stssnf.hsnea in tho work. Nearly 200 s.ss%- s
sdfsa Il .s e. e s. s. T s ss' a. a.
'front.' Of real men q our order 70 ct us rieht be-
far - public opinion 70 concerned for some time
Ono Of the causea 10 that Ne have allowed things
to DO done under the name Of the Knights
way responsible I ask Of our members to
never lsbor. end whom they chAxes anything to
condemnation upon i s onee by denying II. Il.
u paper crttictses tbs Knights OF Labor of its
oficers do not boycott IT, and II yon
iournsi not long since made stms % useonpiimsnte %
8 tho Kniehts q Labor; and q the next meet. meet
to boycott the paper, not that alone. bot every
person who advertised in the columns OF ths
paper. wrote to the assembly asking that they
remove the boycott. and 1t was done. We
MUST BEAR IN MIND
that our general master workman 10 only man,
and is not aboye critioism: We demand for our.
si.tently deny II to others. We must tolerate
fair, open criticism. II . reply 10 necessary,
+ x Il r n osises "a sbassa y ssr
si.ofsu.1d s' himss,-in s.nsos Thas oas ens
BE- @ being of
Of the earth than the millions Of unknown toll
s We ~ deal DEAL
Justly and fairly by them II we would have
equity equity DC done ,.ts,. to us. I'VE We in turn urn must DC
the knights Of Labor. and must not be
lost sight Of In the future Lot me direct your
attention to few little abuses. 1 find that
scattered broadcast among the assemblies Do
not pay o1e cent for such purposes in the future
unless the appeal comes from your own district
have in my possession over four hundred
boycott notices which were sent to assemblies
mention some of them: A member is editing
paper. He fears rival, and proceeds to get into
on alteration with him, boyeotts him, and then
is influential in or the other Of the political
parties. Members Of the opposing party con.
ssy the etass ass of sSs netting ga rid q The and
to have the paper in question say
Of the Kss
tail for hundred dinerent kites. and in future
i must soar "a aloft, free from all Of them. hate
the word % boySStt was boyootted ten years
hand handed to o.. us by the c.pitalists: I
thing else falls. Appeals for aid. circulars.
petitions, advertisements Of every kind arc
scattered everywhere through the order I copy
large part OF our time has been speht in reading
Sntil y o'clock. W. were led % believe the
tton,. but this kind Of education is not pro-
ductive Of good. We have no time for instruc-
tion. What do You advise US to do3a 1
tSs.s m.ttsss %d en esner .. ur n9 t table
tay Of each assembly to do the same
II yonr journal were not boyootted by our mem
cation between the geneEal officers and tho
order, but the journal Is rot read in one quarter
Of tho assemblies. Soma assemblies send out
documents in ENVELOPES addressed to Secretary
secretaries have ave been discharged % because s OF Of
this practice. No member has the right to
It 1t is ever practiced again, the offender
WILL BE PUNISHED
ln future. tho general executive board must not
II you have confidence in them sustain them and
obey them. II not, ask for their resignation.
While the board was endeavortng to settle the
places. with the best Of intentions, no deubt,
were passing and publishing resolutions con-
demninR Jay Gould. These things did no good.
on the contrary they were Injurious. In the set
tlement Of troubles it becomes the duty Of tho
wb T. tSsS and
Of those who do not know what their task is.
Resolutions do not prevent land stealing, stock
What we want from our members is not gush
or windy resolutions about our rights. We
know we have rights without passing resolu-
tions. Men who think, study and act are re-
cial session on the 25th Of May. in the city Of
Cleveland. From the receipt Of this letter you
need you expect an snswer II you do. From now
| until the general assembly meets I will
receive no committees. answer no letters. I
not 10 interfered with What viii soy 1 to the he
General assembly will be said TO the
entire order. and you must give me
from drinking members and from men who talk
about buying guns and dynamite. II the men
who possess money enough to buy guns and
| OF some well selected work on labor. they
Toed T1es wR Rns nsSer ssS ness t. the good san
J the man who does not study the politics Of tho
nation ana the wants q our people, would make
but but little title use Of Ie The man who can
watch the man he votes for after he is elected
cannot be depended upon to use either gun or
dynamite II the head. the brain Of man can
us his hand alone never solve it.
I'll kill my enemy silence him, It is true,
| but
lido NOT CONVINCE HIM
would make convert rather than
owl. exa capital ,i are no. our enemies. II sh.s
would be the enemy Of his fellow-t -toiler on the
morrow. for. after all. 1t is how to acquire cap
itai and how how to use y properly that We
not necessarily the enemy Of the laborer: on the
contrary, they must be brought closer together.
bloodsi;ed and destruction of property alone Will
solve the problem. TO our drinking members i
extend the hand Of kiudness; I hate the uses
duty to reach down and lift up the " mai, n
who has fallen . victim to the use Of
anHs Of + . sss Is ss1 1oe s I'll.
sembly. raise his hand to heaven and re-
evs Sash' man ssead 6s free fog The sss
curse Of slavery. whether the slavery appears In
snce The armsst link in the chain Of
oppression is the one I forge when
drown manhood and reason in drink. No
GOD has given anes. am a' party to
theft. II one moments forgetfulness or inatten-
tion to duty while drunk brings defeat to the least
Of lsbors plans,a lifetime Of attention to duty
alone can repair tho loss. promise never again
| 70 pnt myself In such . position. We have.
through some unfortunate misunderstanding.
While can find no excuse for tho unmanly at
tack made upon us by some Of these people at
time when we stood face to faco with
| most perplexinv question. neither can
see any good reason why there should DO any
cause for q quarrel. We
MUST HAVE NO CLAsHIN0
between the men OF labor's army. II ! am the
cause Of the trouble. stand ready at . moments
notice to make way for any one Of my rivals
whom the general assembly may select. Break
the power of the Knights Of Labor and
foot. over to its enemiea Years AGO.
L. extended an invitation to men OF
all trades to become . part and parcel OF the
Knights Of Labor To-day I stand ready to
make every honorable concession, to do any
thing In honor TO bring about a better feeling
between trades unions and the knights Of Labor.
At the special seasion OF the general assembly
the entire trouble can and must be settled. II
mistskes have been made. they must be
recttfed II wrongs have been inflicted,
they must be righted. But there IL
| ono thing that will not be done while stand at
the head OF this orRantEatton-itw will not be ussd
to further tn schemes of individuals, cliQues or
| parties, and 1t will be subordinate 70 no other
| organization on earth.
T.. PowDERLY, @. W. n
General Confersuos.
General Master Workman Powderly, Of the
Knights Of Labor, acting under the authority
| vested in him BY the general executive board,
| haa iRanad n Cnll In the vartnna aaaarhifaa ~