Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-10-07
KNIGHTS OF LABOR.
The General Assembly-Danger of a Dis

The General Assenbly-Danger of a Dis
ruption.
New YORK, October 6th.-An evening
paper says 1.-THE action of Pow6erIy. IN
appointing snch notorioGsIy partisan
conraittee as the Committee on Credentials.
| at h5ebmond, IS severely criticised, and the
Dehef is quite general among leading
hnigISs that there will be a split in the
| Order. II is predicted that u5aDyinde-
| pendere Unions now attached to the
Knights sill withdraw. The conservative
Unions say they are tired and tjiscour-
aged III their attempts to create reforms in
the body, where the cliqe,. has schemed
| until it has obtained absolute control and
seeks to drive out its honest opponents for
fear that its scheme will be thwarted.
Some wondered why Mr. Powderly was so
bind to the movements of the home clubs,
! but now they declare that he has deliber-
ately iavored the home club men, right in
| the very face OF the EXPOSE made at Cleye-
land, and also-in the face of blunSiers made
| by the home club in this city. Powderlys
hint about Trades Unionists and
the subordination of knights of Labor
! to any other organization. is
| looked upon as an indication of
| his feeling regarding Trades Unions and as
| quasi Endorsement of the breakup of the
open Unions policy, which No. 30 at
tempted to inaugurate by crushing out the
Progressive Cigarmaker's Union and forcing
its members to recognize the Order OF the
knights of Labor only. If the home club
succeeds in keeping John Morrison ont it
will have gained a great point. for he is
| prepared 20 make very hot battle against
his opponents, and will stir up things in
| the lveliest manner if he is allowed TO re-
| tain his seat. Morrison is said to be pre-
pared with facts and figures to make a
| telling argument against the present man.
agement of the Order and the conduct of
No. 49's Executive officers in this CITY. If
be is not admitted the matter will be placed
in the hands of competent men and
speeches be made that will shake the Order
to its very foundation. The fight will be
kept up until the Convention adjourns. and
those who are posted believe that it will
be a very bitter one. The home club
| leaders are not willing to relax their grip
| on the management of the affairs of the
Order, but if it insists in carrying out the
| policy of subordinating open Unions TO the
| Order and breaking them up whenever
| practicable, Withdrawals will be numerous,
and in time none of the skilled tradesmen
will be left in the Order
| THE CONVENTION RLocKED.
| RICHMOND. October 6th.-Brown. Dobb
and Miller, of the Brooklyn Montauk As
sociatien, Morrison, of District Assembly
| No. 26, of New York, and six of the st.
Louis delegates, are claiming to have been
| elected instead of others, said to be Turner
men. The delegates from District No. 40,
according to the same unofficial reports.
are fighting Morrison and the Brooklyn
men teeth and nail, but the long contin-
uance of the battle shows that the opposi-
ton is as fully determined as they. There
can be no doubt of the fact that the battle
is bitter one. This afternoon the voices
of opposing delegates could be heard in
the street without Armory Hall as they
argued the questions at issue. Until this
discussion is ended, the Convention will be
| at a standstill, and no work can be done.
Meanwhile, many delegates here are grow
| ing impatient at the prolongation of the
contest, and are anxious to get at the work
| they came here to accomplish.
| THE ROW STILL IN PROGRESS.
| RICHMOND, October 6th-P. M.-The at
| ternoon session, beginning at 2 o'clock,
lasted nearly an hour beyond the regular
time for adjournment, 6 O'Clock. Matters
then stood where they were this morning.
Mr.. PowGerly, through whom all official
news of the proceedings is given to the
press, told the reporters that he had moth
ing in the way of news to give them. The
Convention, he said, was still considering
tials, and had not yet acted on it. This
means that the fight over the admission of
the eight or ten delegates whom the conf
mittee referred to the Convention is
| still in progress. Who these delegates are
| Powderly and other leading knights still
refuse to say. The burden of rumor. how
ever, seems to favor the statement that they
are the three Brooklyn delegates
DARK KNIGHT.
RICHMOND, October 6th.-P. Mt was
rumored to-day that delegates of District
| 49, with their eolored brother. Farrell, in
! tended going to the Richmond Theater this
evening, and if the latter was refused ad-
mittance, to force their way in with him.
Mrs. Powell, proprietress and manager of
the theater, heard of the rumor, and gave
| instructions that Farrell should not be ad-
mitted except to the gallery reserved for
negroes. She called on Chief of Police Poe
| to afford protection in case of trouble The
Chief called on Mr.. Powderly to request
that he use his influence to pre-
vent any attempt to force the admis-
sion of the colored delegate, as it would
cause trouble. Mr.. Powderly sent word
| that he was too busy to see him, but sent
| HAYES, of the Executive Board, instead
| The latter said he thought Farrell would
not try to enter the theater, but he could
1
the theater opened Chief Poe and thirty. five
policemen were on guard there At the
| hour for the opening Of the theater thou
sands of people had assembled on Broad
street. The colored delegate and his fell
| low members of District 40 did not, how
ever, appear, and there was no disturbance
The crowd remained about the theater until
nearly 10 o'clock.
PARTIAL AGREEMENT.
LATER.-lt was stated officially tonight
that the report Of the Committee on Gre
dentials had been accepted in all the COR
| tested-seat cases, excepting those of Nor
rison, of New York, and the ST. Louis del
| egations. Brooklyn's Montauk delegates
| were refused admission on the constitu-
tional ground that where there is mixed
district another district cannot be formed
without consent of the existing district, un-
less it has obtained charter. Brooklyn
seeding district has neither such consent
/ nor charter