The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-10-05
KNIGHTS OF LABOR.
Their Convention in Rich
mOnd on Monday.
GERONIMO AND HIS CAPTOR.
Failing Cattle Kings-EarIy FrOsts-
Military MOvements--sale of a Rail
road-Fatal ExplOsion-Etc.
The knights in Convention.

RICHMOND, Va. October 4.-The
tapping of Master Workman Powderly's
gavel at 10 Is o clock this morning gave
signal Tor opening of the first session Of
the tenth annual convention Of the
Knights of Labor, in the armUry Of the
FIRST Virginia Regiment in this city.
He stood SlOne upon a small plain pine
platform at the further end OF the
spacious room, and looked out upon the
faces of thousand of delegates assembled
from every part of the country. White
and black faces, the faces OF men and
women bound together by common
object, met his view. The session was
to have Deen an open one, and IN addl-
ton to a large body of delegates there
were as MANY others not Of the order
as could find seats, or shared
what little standing room there was
With its members. Governor Fitz Hugh
Lee was introduced by the Richmond
delegates, and made an address OF vel
come, in which he cited that 1t had
been claimed there was an irrepTeSSlble
conflict pending between capital and
labor. He said ali good men would
support the present movement If II
fought against incorporated rascallty
and combatted the great money cor
porations that sought to control the
legislature by bribery and corruption.
He declared that all capital was not
employed for such vicious uses, and
that any differences between workmen
and employer would be settled as the
great Constitution had been drafted
by conCil; alton and fair compromise.
2oWderly, in response to the remarks OF
Gov. Lee, expressed his qualification at
the welcome which had been given the
Knights by the people of Virginia, and
more especially the deople of Richmond
PoWderly, continuing, said: Men
who owe allegiance to the Knights OF
Labor are engaged in a conflict, but 1t
is in the war of truth against error. 1t
is not, as many honestly believe, and
many more dishonesty assert, war
of labor against capital. The war in
which the manhood of American la
borer is fighting for, is recognition. In
this war it must be determined which
shall rule, monopoly or the American
people, gold or manhood; our battles
are not fought for the purpose Of deter
mining whether an individual shall
rule State or an empire, but to decide
whether the people who are entitled TO
life, liberty and happiness, shall live in
the full enjoyment of their rights and
as becomes citizens of q repub-
lie. The monopolist of to-day is more
dangerous than the slave owner of the
past, monopOlists take the land from
the people in million acre; plots. 1t
sends its agents abroad, and brings
herds of uneducated desperate men to
this country. 1t imports ignorance
and scatters it broadcast throughout
the land. 1t, and it alone, is responsible
for every manifestation of anarchy that |
eyer the country has witnessed. All |
men may not be willing to admit that; |
this statement is true, but when monop |
oily dies, no more anarchists will be |
born in this country; for anarchy is a |
legitimate child of monopoly. While |
l condemn and denounce the deeds of |
committed in the name of Ia
Dor during the present year. l am |
proud to say that the Knights of Labor !
as an organization is not in any way re-
sDOnSible for such conduct,