The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-25
TIE KNIGHTS ASSEMBLY
PURPOSES Or THEk OF l. MEETING
Al CLEVELAND.
The Order To lie Placed Squareiy Before
the world-A Good Word for Martin
Irons-A Denver Socialist Who Is Down
On Bomb Throweis and the Like.

Irons-A Denver Socialist Who Is Down
On Bomb Throwe,s and the Like.
CLEVELAND, May 25.-The following
call issued by Mr. Powderly to tile knights
of Lator gives list OF the causes for con
vening the general assembly in special sos
sion at Cleveland this week, and Of the mat
tiers that will be brought up for action:
SCRANTON, Pa, April II, Iss6.-To tbs
ORDER WHEREVER FOUND, GREETING
Acting under authority vested in me as
general master workman | do hereby call
the general assembly together in special
session. The causes leading TO the calling
of the special SO sion are:
ii. The rapidly increasing membership
requires changes in the laws which The gen
eral executive board have no power to make.
So The laws in relation to the govern
ment of boycotting are wholly inadequate
to compel obs dience on the part of assem-
lilies that lelieve in boyo citing for every
oifense, whether great or small
-; The laws in relation to strikes do not
cover the ground necessary to give the gen
eral executive beard power to interfere in
such matters until after a strike has been
inaugurated.
II The order has become involved in
difficulties with trade societies, and
an effort is being made to ere
ate rupture between these societies
and the knights of Labor. These and other
matters which will help to perfect the
discipline of the order will require the care
full deiberation and cool Judgment of the
members of the general assembly. | be
lieve that the most critical period of the
orders history has been reached and do not
feel that it would be best for the order to
allow any more time to elapse before tall
ing The representative men together so that
we may devise means whereby the machin
cry of the order may be improved The
present executive board can not attend to
one tenth part Of the work that pours in
upon them and some means of distributing
this work must be thought of ani put into
practice"
The call promises that the precedence
established at the special session held in Phila
delphia on June q, 1878, will allow all re
representatives. who served at the session held
in Hamilton, Ont, last October to sit as re-
representatives. i'll the Cleysland convention
| that no election shall be held until The
| delegates to the regular session are chosen
| and ends as follows:
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| III 81 ST.. =. ,t.oi,,tar,, -
s,rv m call this session | would net Loy.
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| er,,araIp hafors tho uorll ~, sa,-,r,I i,,,,a.
i,I,,,t 10, that NO ,,I,,,.,., M,
con nossihIv arise in thu futpra
| Tho Forest citv house WHARF tho da,a
,,o+os 70 tba cnoc-aI oon,or,io ~ e.,
| -, ,1a;,;Is, -. ~,
on an;natad ar,aaranea Mondav ,Cr,,inc,
NJ powdarIv va mn a,,lr ont mas 10
eai,,a5 ~, al sida. Nv noyrs,,ar,o ,o,,r,.tl,.
~ i.oa,,,i,,, daIarro,o' a., dr,,-il,,l ~.
- Of ,ha lana AMI a n.orJ tro,, ~,
master workman MIR PowderIv in con
versst;on with n ranortar sa,a ~ bay,
,r,a+ honas fl,r this ,.or,,a,tirn l,t nj
NOT ,,resant any view of NV own mil
| haar tho o,inio,s of otbar dola,,,tos y,h,
/ nav have hett.r man. than min
.vin Martin Irnns IN. ,,ro,.nt -
| AZ hinl- NOT Mr. irons il n1t q a,rato
and he could have no Iusiness here ntbe
| than hecoming arnuaint,d with the dele
,,atas 7 ia moi AIM, Mr. Irons 10 conIi
| Jota for caperaI master wo,.lma, Ua ma
g. h,,at as he j. n,inta, ami ba hos n,a.,.
81 very good eyecuti,ya officer in his district
| and / think was onnosel 10 tine strika in III,
| sonthwastr
| H. Tho,nas porr,, .h, Ioa. ,,,,,,,t,o, u,
tho ayocutiva ,.,n,m;tta, 70 orriya ont !,
nm onnasranca at M n,clocL MopIay fora
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