Telegram-herald., 1886-12-27
POWDERLY SPEAKS
6e Gives His Views On the
Order OF AnaICllsm.
WHICH he ORDERED 0fF A STRIKE
The True ir~ardnsss OF the Settlement
or the Stcckysfcs Sirike-f7is
Standing Win Barry ana
Cther Leaders.

S.sANr0S Pa Dee 25-Nr. q. 3 Pow
deuly in al interview last night was asked.
~D0 you knON anything o, the alleged re-
yot against you ia the order
NO. J don't know anything about il,
Wa the reply. There msy DE- q ieW Dis
satisfied people IL Chicago. i. woald BE- un-
reasonable 20 expect that / could yiease
every body There are few men ia Chi
cago who. up ~ last spring. had 40 use Tor
tie knights of Labor They did every
thing Ia their power 10 discourage the
paternal perseyering workers ~
tie order and when tie
boom began that brought as 80
many members throughout the c0uu-
Try Chicago was not behind hand ln fafu-
ishing her fan quota u recruits. Those
new men IN that city. who claimed 10 pe
leaders Of thought and radical sentiments,
seeing the rapid increase Il mem Hersnlp.
Jumped into cad that which they could not
throttle
Mr.. Posderly did not resard the inhu-
ence of these men a. belus OF psrtlcllar
moment, aud smiled he produced a large
bundle 0f correspondence marked "t hl-
cagO" and said see for yourself Z have
the the endorsement II nine tsnths
of the order ia Chicago, aud those
in their protestatiOns Of friendship 10 the
organization II tae order OF the Knights
Of Labor were handed over 10 The men vho
profess 10 be leading the revolt against me,
rine hundred and ninety nine out Of every
thousand woulG desert il, rather than fol-
low su.A leadership
rs the anarchist element crow ding yOu'
was next asked.
NO" was the reply, there has been no
hough certain uniriendly newspapers have
endeayored to make il appear SO. some
persons have represented 10 Iaraons that ]
attacked anarchism since his trial, / have
never mentioned his name. ] know moth
Ing about he details of his case, aIl 4 feel,
rs every other fair-mioded man should.
thet if passion or prejudice hat any
thing 10 do with his convictions
or hat ofhis associates, il would be nothing
more than fair 10 give them another trial.
Justice has nothing to fear from a searching
| vest'gatiOn into every case. / have never
regarded the actions OF the anarchists Of
Chicago during the early days of May as
having any hing TO do with th, Knights Of
Labor, no matter how much certain people
may have end ,ayored 10 identity that
! movement with our order The
men who threw the bombs in
! Chicago did not receive their
| teachings in an assembly OF the knights OF
| Labor. nor did they act in accordance with
any law. legal summons OF command OF the
order. or any of IFS officers, in committing
any acts Of violence As 2 consequence
| our order cannot in any way be held re-
| sponsible for any OF their actions ] know
| that certain meD COZ necte1 with the anar-
! chist movements in Chicago are endeayoring
| TO create q feeling against me, because OF the
1 ordering of Of the strike on the 10th OF
! last month, and they claim that | over
! stepped nv authority They also claim
that Messrs Barry ani Carlton arc OppOs-
| ing me for the action | took. IL this they
are mistaken. for neither Of the gentlemen
named has expressed himself in any man
ner calculated to give out such en-
| impression. !. is true that
| Barry and Carlton We're both
IN Chicago when the order 10 declare the
s.rike OF vas sent from Philadelphia. Be
| fore ordering that strike OIL had the
| opinions OF tour members Of the Executive
| Board Of the Knights Of Labor in addition
TO my own views. These were Messrs.
| Haves. Bailey. McGuire and Aylesworth.
| They were unanimous in voting 20 put an
| end 10 strike, and gave as their reasons
thai the order had not decided il
proper at the time 70 strike for eight hours.
| They also held that il was an aCt Of inlus-
tice for people who were receiving good
| " ages 70 strike for shortening the hours OF
labor al certain point while men engaged
iu ;he Same line Of business throughout
| the country were competing with them on
the te,i-hOur system. have the assurance
of number OF men engaged H. that line a
! business that they are willing 10 establish
the eight hour system lusi as soon as Il can
| be made uniform throughout the country.