Daily Republican., 1886-10-11
POWDERLY'S BOYCOTT.
STRUGGLE BETWEEN REPORTERS
AND MASTER WORKMAN.
Nervous Feeling About the Parade To-
morrow-The Color Line-Rev-
Citations Promised.

RICHMOND, Va, Oct 10.-There il
nervous feeliuR about to-morrow 3 pa
rade and many wish it was not cominI
on. 1t will be Q day of idleness ant
hence Of drinking. The mills will no
shut down, and whites and blacks vii
nave chance to drink and caIouse
They will also be thrown together. Til,
feeling here on the color line has beer
intense. The colored journals have re
taliated on the Bourbon editors and
promised revelations worse than thost
OF the Pail Mall Gazette implicatina
white men and colorsd women. Tht
feeling on both sides is wrought up and
an tnditcreet action, bsrroom fight
may inaugurate serious row. In fact,
Rtcbmond for the moment seems to me
like an American Belfast, both side,
carrying chips on their shoulders, and
q parade tomorrow.
The knights adjourned on Saturday
until Tuesday morning. Tomorrow
they will be on dress parade attending
banquet and ball given by the local
assemblies Of Richmond. Mr.. Pow.
derly is in hot water about the news
paper reports, some of which have been
prepared by Knights who are here as
delegates, and either sold to CORE
spondents or sent direct to newspapers.
Mr.. Powderly has furthermore exten ded
his censorship to such an extent that
Saturday night he refused to meet any
OF the correspondents or represen Ia tives
OF the Associated or United Press on
account, as he sent word, of the pres
ence of Mr.. Fielders, the correspondent
| OF the New York Times.
1t is doubtful II this attempt to boy
colt Mr.. Fielders will be successful, for
Powder!y's newspaper class reminds
one OF the Constantinople street cry,
"In the name of the Prophet-fgs, %
Perhaps 1t would DO more accurate TO
say dried leaves, for that is about all
tie prophet Powderly has ever given
| out. Certain it is that the news will
come whether Mr.. Powderly sees news
paper men or not. asked Mr.. Turner
this m morning why Mr.. Powderly sin
gled out the Times correspondent as the
l man he would not meet, when substan-
TALLY the same statement had appeared
in the Press, Ledger and New York news.
papers Of the same date, namely that Mr..
Powderly's speech in defense of the
Home Club WAS regarded by q respect
able number OF the delegates 70 the Con. .
vention as an endorsement of the most
| Objectionable element of the Conven-
| tion. Tho Secretary replied that 1t was
the offensive manner in which the cor
Respondent had put the statement ;he had
said that the Master Workman made o
speech in which he whitewashed not
only the Home Club, but the white
washing committee also. For saying
this Mr.. Powderly not only refused to
see the Times correspondent, but some
| twenty press representatives, who, in
the aggregate, probably represented
every daily newspaper ofimportance in
the United States.
He did, however, permit and depute
a man named O'Reilly, of District AS,
sembly 46, New York, to force his way
into the reporters room at Ford q He
tel, Saturday night, where the follow.
ing dialogue took place:
"Is the correspondent OF the Times
here?"
ST am the man." said Mr.. Fielders,
of the New York Times.
"Then, sir" said O'Reilly, "I want
to say that you have published a glaring
lie."
81 have done nothing of the Sort"
| responded the correspondent.
"Who did you get your information
from?"
"Taat is my business"
swell, sir, wish to present you with
Mr.. Powderly's compliments, and to
say that you have published glaring
lie, and hereafter he will not present
himself in your presence"
30 we are all boycotted.