The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-03
A ROW IN The RANKS.
EXCITEMENT AMONG KNIGHTS
OF LABOR
Over an Attack on the Grand Master
Workman by the "HOme Club"
-POWderly's Statement.

CLEVELAND, Ju0eZ Inc hElKnte OF
Labor are In high degree Of excit--
ment tonight. To-day three tsgst-
ants to the Executive Board were
elected. Tomorrow the remaining
three will be put through. The three
men elected o-day were: jeremiah 3.
QninD, book-binder, of New York;
VIM. ii. Mullen, a printer nom Rich.
mond, Va, and Hugh Kavanaugh, a
shoemaker, Of Cincinnati. The "Home
Cub" so-called, of New York, are
ere diled with the election of Quinn.
Delegates to- might made serious
charges against some OF the officials of
the order, end declared that General
Master Workman PowdeIly was
siheming for political honors. They
ssid that Powderly wanted 10 be Gov
ernor OF Pennsylvania, and that he
was conducting the order on Roman
Catholic principles.
Mr., Powderly, at 10 o'clock tonight,
gave the following statement to the
pie5s:
Mr. PowDERLY's STATEMENT.
| know nothing about the "Home
Club" Lor do l know anything con-
corning its sims or methods / have
heard that its purpoee was to create
iund to build home for aged
member7 of tire order. Not being
member of it / cannot
say whether it ever inspired any OPP
pos ton to me. That l have been
opposed as General Master Workman
bv those who are said to be members
OF it is true, but that was years ago,
and heir opposition was not secret
to me. hey told me plainly and
empbatically that they would
oppose me. II such an ius j.
tuition existed, it mus have
b en- txpo7ed by member
OF the club. If it was oath. bound to
secrecy, the m n who exposed it is a
perjuIsr. 1t is rot exerling an Unfit
enoe in this convention, and the
CO umus of tia h ttas have been pub
lishsd concerning it are false. was
net opposed by any mem
Der, CLIQUE, ring or club
when ives elected Gerersl
Mast r Workman for the seventh
iima. TIE tame men who we're in =
! VI lAtdhGO az AlE dlC III alNNllh"
auce at this special convention. If
hey were aiming at Powderly's de-
feat why did they not attempt it
there l helieve this whole thing is an
at empt en- the Jait of the enemies Of
the labor movement to create distrust
aud discord. In that attempt the
miners will fail. We will leave this
ty after closing ons of the m St sue
,ssful meetings ever held, and sll the
money that the enemies ofthe Kpigh's
of l. ibor can spend in an effort to break
US up will be spent in vain. The events
with which the Home Club is cha ged
with dealing TRANSFERRED Yeas ago. II
they conspired against me, then il
seams to me that YVES the time to ex
press its workings, that might guard
this time against them. To bring il
up now seems lie holding Los'
morLem examination on four.y ear
old corpse, and IS in corpse
of such an age, thu exposers will find
only dust In all eges the informeI
has BEEN despised, even by those who
prof ed by his heachery, The first
question asked has always been, what
was the pr. ce paid the traitor? Men
who will leave their homes and coma
Lere to lobby the General Assembly
for such a disIepu'able purpos9 d.
serve the censuIeo OF every true Knigh
of Labor The Knights of Labor
ssk no mans biIthp ace nor the ALTA
at which he kneels. My religion il
my own and l will allow NJ man tC
meddls with it. Nor wi l interfere
with any religion. Members OF the
ol der everywhere know that l am {
Catholic, aud consider it beneath
my dignity to consider this mattel
further. l have no political sspi
rations, nor would l accept the
nomip alton for Governor of my Stat'
if it were rendered to me unanimous y
II / were a candidate, however,
would stand upon my merits as {
citizen and not upon my connection
with the labor movement, or my
religion. The workirgmsn Of thu
day and generation are TOO intelligen
to be deceived or prejudiCed by an!
such silly trash.
1T WAS LEARNED Tl-NIGHr
that the ballots for tue three ats cats
members OF the Executive Board re
suited as at frst-James P. Quinn o
New York, 65; A. A. Care 90 Of Bos
ton, 81, Second ballot: W. H. Mul
! len of Richmond, 70; George Murra.
of New York, 40. Third bsllo: hug
Cavausugh of Cincinnati, y; ]. B
Buchanan of Denver, 81,
Nothing WAS done to-day except tn
election. The General Assembly viii
; adjourn tomorrow. 1t is said thi
evening that the publication of to
sscret circulars issued by Mr.. Powder
ly to the order, was being investigated
, The majority of the delegates do no
believe that Mr.. Powdelly bad an
hand in their publication and eE
pressed themselves to that purpos
very forcihly.
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