Evening star., 1886-09-29

self when corsciousness returned, large stece.
oi fiesh still adhered to the stove. she died in
terrible agony this morning.
The knights Of Eabcr.
QUESTIONS To COME BEFspRE rnE .ESEp.t
AssEMBLr-PRoPusEp CHANGE IL TIE RASrs
OF REPRESENTATIONS.
Mr.. W. IA. Mullen. of the national executive
committee, knights OF Babor, stated 20 "A re-
porter In Richmond yesterday that he sun
posed that the methods and plans for the
propagation OF the orier would be discussed
and improved upon at the meeting OF the CEN
eral assembly next week, ana thai additional
measures would be adopted Ia eniig uten tne
puoiic as 10 the aims anu objects of the order
ohe OF the principal noasurcs Ia ue discussed
wouso W" oc q new pan oi ".gaHl9ation. This in
the nrst place, must invoi,e n reduction in the
membership oI the nstional assembly from its
present inmense pr"portious To something
IKE one hundred aud niiy Two hundred
members He could not say what plsn oT or
ganizatloh oi those proposed would 6c success
iui, out he was of The opinion that "A system of
local, district aud state a>semi,lles-the latter
eiecting the members TO the mai tlonal assemble
adopted.
Mr.. r. ID. Layton, ex-grand secretary. vas in.
terNewed ln f1ttsourg yesterday, anu il quoted
ss s say ing tnat among tue important Questions
10 be considered will be "A change in the basis of
representation. The convention at Ricbulond
VIII be attended by possibly 500 delegates.
order. ~
THE BASIS OF REPRESENTATIONS.
IAN effort said he. "wii Toe made TO estab.
lish basis SO as 10 prevent the meeting OF such
an unwieidy mass rs will be present this year.
AT present the basis OF representation is one To
1000 members or a major fraction. TIN, d,.
tricts should be represented i'm the ratio of oue
70 3,OoO members. The member. would than
oe as Wen represented aud the business could
pe better and more rapidly transacted than by
the present system. Another Important oues-
ton that will receive more favor than al anv
previous convention will be the necessity of oS.
gaEizing by states. At present the district ana
local assemblies throuxhout the country throw
an immense amount OF work into the Office of
the general secretary and treasurer That could
all DE done by giving the master work man of
each state enlarged power, and also making
nim member OF the general executive board
That or something closely similar will be
adopted by the convention. The conyentLoo
must either decide upon that plan or the gen.
eral executive board must be enlarged aud Ger.
tain portions OF the work laid out Tor eacn meIn-
directly.
STRIKES AND ANARcHIsrs
"In regard 10 strikes, the membership of ths
order Is being impressed with the idea that ar
bitration must be the keynote not Only In the
ory, but In practice. Powderly will be the gen.
eral master workman Rs hong as ne wants it
ana he Will accept the Office again. The Home
club Will plead not guilty to the charges thnt
against Powderly, but whether they viii cona
unue 10 do 80 is question. From my CORES
pondence with Chicago IN EN- bers OF the nights
OF Labor am led 10 believe that the Question:
OF The anarchists who have been sentenced TO
be hanged Will be brought before the coayen.
tlon oy tne Delegation from that city. IL will
be asked that the convention inquire into the
business OF the sentences. These ANARCHISTS
will have plenty of friends In the convention
are not dynamiters and who do no: believe in
dynamite. An effort will be made 10 get AN ex-
preston OF sentiment In iavor OF these men,"
THE TRADES UNIONS.
Messrs. William wehe OF Pittsburp. p. I. Me-
Guire, OF Cleveland; Adolph Strasser. of Buff
falo Christopher Evans, of New Straightsyilla.
Ohio, and L. j. Fitzpatrick, OF Cincinnati COM
prising the standing committee OF the national
and international trades unions, selected AT tha
convention OF that body held In May last were
In conference in Philadelphia yesterday with
the members OF the general executive board OF
the knights OF Labor for the purpose OF taking
steps toward securing some decisive action at
the hands OF the forthcoming general assembly
from Grand Master Workman PowderIy ana
the other members of the executive board the
most positive assurance that they would use
every endeavor at Richmond TO establish
proper and satisfactory relations with the
trades unions.
THE CHURCH AND THE KNIGHs
Mr. James A. McMaster. editor OF the New
York Freemcn's Journal, Catholic paper, said
in an interview in Baltimore yesterday that
the object OF the meeting OF Catholic prelates
IN baltimore next month will be To consider
the question Of labor associations-particulariy
the knights OF Labor-and their relation 10 the
church. Mr.. McMaster expressed himself ss
not in sympathy with the Knights OF Labor =
the Catholic church to the subject under dis.
cuseion," said he, "I will say that the entire
question Will be decided by the archbishops,
who Will SIT as q commission ordered by Rome
70 examine into the matter. During the con-
ference they viii carefully inquire Into every
detail, and whatever their decision may be- it
viii be binding on all dioceses; but there must
be unanimity. Should they disagree, the
q Question will be referred 20 Rome Tor adiudi.
cation. Ny opinion 10 that the order oil the
knights OF Labor AZ IL stands will be con.
demned by them, and then every Catholic
must leave IL, under pain of excommunica-
tton. The idea OF requiring the preates TO
unanimously agree upon the question at issue
- for the purpose OF doing away with the
dinerent practices for different localities, as
vas the case, for instance, with the Ancient
ORDER OF Atbernians I'm ST Louis. Some time
ago this order was allowed TO enter the churches
ol that city In full regalia, aud receive Holy
communion from the bishop himself, while
Just across the Mississippi, In East 81 LouiA
the eatne order was not only not allowed 10
enter any. church In regalia, but many Of tts
members were warned that in the event Of
death they would be denied Christian burial
unless they previously publicly renounced all
Allegiance 20 The order. Hence the importance
0f unantmfty among the bishops upon the
question OF the Knights OF Labor. The statement
that the eoict OF the pope 90 Cardinal Tascho-
reau, OF Canada. applied 70 the United States q
veil, II absolutely false"
A YoUNG LADY HoRsEwHTPs A REPoRTrR-
A reporter on the jersey City xDtenf,a0 .youyyox
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