San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-05-28
K. OF L. IN COUNCIL.
WORK WELL BEGUN AND UNDER
WAY AT CLEVELAND.
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Politics Criminal Kinks.

CLEVELAND, O., May 2-The general
assembly Of Knights of Labor began its
session at $50 o'clock this morning. The
committee on laws presented a partial
report, embracing number of PROPOSE
tiOns. The first proposition was to the
effect that the executive board should be
increased from five to eleven members
and the morning was spent in the dis
cussion of the proposition. There was a
general sentiment in favor Of increasing
the membership in the board, but the
question as to whether it would be
proper for the special convention to take
action in the matter met with some diff
erence of opinion. After three hours
discussion, the report was referred back
to the committee on laws without in
structiOns. The committee on legisla-
tiOn was then appointed, and at 2 o'clock
recess was taken until tomorrow morn
ing.
In view of the fact that a large num-
Der of local grangers, and in some states,
the body of farmers, have gone into the
Knights of Labor as district assemblies,
and as farmers have sympathized with
and assisted Knights In numerous late
strikes to show appreciation Of their
brotherly aid, the general assembly to-
day appointed a committee to prepare
an address to the grange, to be presented
at its national convention. A commit
tee upon legislation was also appointed,
which will have charge of all matters
that members would like TO bring before
congress. A lawyer named Lawrence
Hartman, of Peoria, Ills, presented an
elaborate plan TO the general assembly
this morning, looking toward settle
ment of all labor troubles by special
branch of the United States court. To-
night it is said Mr.. Powderly's plan for
the future government of the order is
the establishment of a state assembly.
There will then be four assemblies. LO-
cal assemblies will be subordinate to the
districts, the districts to the states and
the states to the national. This plan is
reported to be very popular among
those of the delegates who have heard OF
it.
Pawderly's plan will do away with
many unnecessary strikes. 1t provides,
among other things, that no assembly,
except the state and national, shall have
the power to order a strike or boycott.
If local assembly wants to order a
strike, it must first get the consent of the
district and then the state assemblies.
Several months ago carpet weaVers in
the vicinity of Yonkers, n. y, organ
lied local assemblies and became at
tached to District Assembly "a. This
district, already very large, made Wig
Orous protest against additional local
assemblies, as the work of the district
was very great, hence the Weavers or
ganiZed District Assembly l26. While
organizing the district the weayers were
preparing for strike, and at present
are striking. Three delegates were
elected and sent to the Cleve-
land convention, the head of the
delegation being Mr.. Morrison, of
YOnkers. There is ar old rule of
the order that does not admit new dis
tricts to representation at special con-
ventions of the general assembly, and
knowing this the delegates from l26 pre-
pared printed appeal for distribution
among the members OF the general as
sembly, asking that they be admitted to
the convention. Morrison and his dele
cation were denied admission, as they
expected, and then made an appeal to
the executive board. All Wednesday
afternoon delegates from l26 were closet
ed with the board, and at the conference
a truce was agreed upon. The execu-
tive board promised the delegates that
their district should be represented at
the Richmond convention in October,
and upon adjournment of the special
convention the board would 60 to York
ers and investigate the trouble there be-
tween the weavers and their employers,
and try and fix up the difficulty by ar
bitration.
One of the most important subjects
under consideration by the assembly is
In1 pleacn Ie."ee i .he hnights OF
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ments The session of the commitsee
was for the purpose of hearing
views, suggestions OF the trades
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ported the greatest barmonv bstween
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most OF the grievances Of the unions
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