Morris tribune., 1886-06-02

Which Practically Takes Away the Power
of tho Knights Over Trades Unions-AI
Alliance of Knights and Changers Pro
posed-Other Labor News.
CLENELAND Ohio, May 3l.-The Phila
delphia conference of trades unions sent il
Friday proposed treaty between them anC
the knights, which was the subject of muct
comment 1t is as follows:
81. That III any branch of labor having
a national or international organization the
Knights of Labor shall not initiate any per
son or form any assembly of persons follow
ing said organized craft or calling without
the consent of the nearest national or inter
national union affected.
~ That no person shall be admitted to the
knights of Labor who works for less than
the regular scale of wages fixed by the un-
ion of his craft, and none shall be admitted
to membership in the Knights of Labor who
have ever been convicted of scabbing, rat
ting, embezZlement, or any other ofense
against the union of his trade or calling
until exonerated by the same
"3. That the charter.of any Knights OF
Labor assembly OF any trade having q
national or international union should be
revoked and the members of the same be
requested to join mixed assembly or form
a local union, under the jurisdiction of their
national or international trades unions
IL That any organizer of the knights of
Labor who endeavors to induce trades
unions to disband, or hampers with their
growth or privileges, shall have his COM
mission forthwith revoked
a. That whenever strike or lockout of
any trades unionists is in progress, no as
sembly or district assembly of the knights
of Labor shall interfere until settled to the
satisfaction of the trades union affected.
&c That the Knights of Labor shall not
establish nor issue any trademark or label
in competition with any trademark label
now issued or that may hereafter be issued
by any national or international trades
unions"
The presence of a number of prominent
Patrons of Husbandry at the knights of
Labor convention Friday was explained in
a conference between Delegate Shanahan
and Delegate Cameron, of the grangers and
knights respectively, looking to an alliance
of the two in Ohio. Mr.. Powderly wired
Speaker Carlisle that rumor to the effect
that the knights had acted or would take
sides in the butter controversy was untrue.
Henry George lectured to the delegates at
night
The entire morning session Saturday of
the Knights of Labor convention was
spent in the discussion of the clash between
that order and the trades unions. The dis.
cussion arose over the presentation to the
convention by the executive board,
of a report setting forth the at
titude of the knights toward the
trades union in reply to the ultimatum of
the union, as set forth in the address pre-
sented to the convention by the committee
of the trades unions appointed at Philadel-
phia- The discussion was technically upon
a motion to refer the executive boards
report to the commit on the state of: the
order, but it in reality, had the whole ques-
tion as its scope and was especially designed
to draw out the sense Of the convention on
the issue for the government of the commit.
tee when it is finally referred.
1t is now pretty certain that the conven-
tion will not adjourn before the middle of
next week, as only about one-third of the
business to be transacted has thus far been
acted upon. The difficulty with the trades
unions is the sticking point.