Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-05-29
THE WORKINGMEN.
Meeting Of the General Assembly-A Bos-
ton Movement.

Meeting of the General Assembly-A BOs-
ton Movement.
CLBvELAEp, Ohio, May 26.-The Knights
of Labor met at 1O4O this morning and at
1.p'clock adjourned until tomorrow morn
ing. The first business transacted was to
admit new delegates vho were not present
at the General Assembly. No assembly is
permitted to be repres nted which was not
represented at that convention. General
Master Workman Powderly IN ade an ex-
temporaueous address, in which he referred
to tue order and It's growth, its strikes and
boycotts. He advised calniness and judi
ciousness in all the actions of delegates.
Standing committees were then appointed
on laws, strikes, boycotts and the relation
OF the order to all other orders. Special
commissions were appointed on the address
of the Women's Christian Temperance
Union, and also on the plan Of Edward
Norton, OF Chicago, who at yesterdays
meet ing. suggested that manufacturers give
il the Knishts q chance to get work. The
Conyention adjourned and the remainder
OF the day VIII be devoted to committee
work. A plan is on foot to call in all COM
missions OF present organizers, reissue
some and drop others. The injudicious
conduct of many Organizers, it is thought,
has caused The order a gr at deal OF trou.
BILE.
THE DAYS PROCEEDINGS.
When the call for the convention was
issued by Mr.. Powdsrley he only enumer-
ated five causes OF complaint that were to
be adjusted. These were, boycOtts, sti ik-
ers, Southwest troubles, Knights Of Labor
and other organizations and instituting OF
new assemblies. Since the. delegates ar
rived many OF them have plans that they
would Ike t. bring before the session,
whether these will be discussed or laid on
the table cannot be determined as yet.
One OF these plans is to agitate the subject
of a system regulating railroads. The first
business OF the morning session was the
acceptance OF the report OF the COMMITTEES
on Credentials. The new delegates were
then admitted to the hall and the obliga-
tions administered. Delegates were ad-
mitted only from such Districts as were
at the convention held last
year i'll Hamilton. Ontario. This being a
special session OF the General Assembly
the Districts since instituted are not
eligible to membership in the existing body.
Mr.. Powderley's address was then deliv-
cred extenporaneouslv. He referred the
to the call to learn what business
was to be brought forward, and taking up
the five subjects of strikes. bOycotts, labor
troubles, difficulties with trades unions and
membership one by one he ad-
vised the most careful thought and full
discussion upon all the questions. He
asked that harmony, prudence and dis
cretion should predominate in all matters
and that the affairs OF the convention
should be acted upon with consideration
and despatch. The best par OF the ad-
dress, treating OF matters entirely within
the province OF the order cannot be made
1v ,oI cnof
a mid prolonged applause, and on motion
appointed a standing committee OF. five
upon each OF the following subjects: Laws,
strikes, boycotts, relation OF the Knights
OF Labor with other organizations. A
special committee OF five was appointed, to
whom was referred the addrt sses OF the
President and Secretary OF the National
Woman's Christian Temperance. Union. A
committee OF five was also selected to take
action on the matter Of the organization
OF the american Manufacturers Union as
proposed by Mr.. Edwin Norton in his ad-
dress Tuesday. The convention took a
recess until o'clock tomorrow morning
so as to give ample time to the committees
to do work.
In his address Mr.. Powderly said: "The
OF strikes that have occurred
in the asst Elk months have greatly lowered
our Order in the public estimation: VI
course a great many st11k s are attrlDutea
TO us with which we should not be credited,
but on the other hand many are charged
to us we arej responsible for" In closing,
hs said, II will 60 nowhere, ! will see no
one, will attend to no other business un-
til the convention is over. l propose to
stav here and finish this business il it takes
all summer. want you to be prepared to
stay with me-"
LOOKING. FOR HIGHER WAGES.
BosroN, Mass, May 26.-The employees
of all the steam railroads running from
Boston, particularly the freight handlers handlers
have been quietly organizing themselves
into local assemblies Of the knights OF
Labor. This week genersl move was
made in the direction OF higher wage- along
the lines under counsel OF the Executlve
Board which caused letters to be sent TO
all the large corporations. Replies to these
letters have been received from several rall,
roads that the requests we're laid before the
Boards OF Directors OF their respective
roads and that when acted upon the Execu'
tive Board would be notified.