Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-27

the hands OF employer IN patience for a
while longer-oide wen your time--inakc
no display Of organization or strength Il
until you have every msn and woman Ia
your department Of industry orgaulxcd,
aud then do not strike but study not only
your own condition but that OF your EN-.
plolcr Find out how much you are
Just, entitled To and then the tribunal
Of arhitratlon will settle the reSs or. /
ganixcrs who publish an account Of tholr
work TO the world, assemblies that
publish an account of their strength 20
the world and members whether public
or private who speak boastingly OF over
strength TO the world are very
iudlscreet mind your own business,
keep your own council, II the
world wishes 10 learn anything concern.
Ing US, let It ask for Information, u Il IL
proper to give the Information we may
do u. Where we win a victory let ne be I,
fnagnanlmouS aud not boast OF II or speak
sngatlngly OF the yanquish0d; he who
does so Is u coward. Zach district assem-
/ bly, and each local assembly must appoint
/ a competent committee on Instructions TO
teach our members what the order was
Intended for. have no advice as so
how much they should ho taught-slet
! them learn all they can. The Knights of
4 Labor are not opposed tothe employer Of
/ labor, but st was not intended that the
order should harbor unjust employers,
/ In many assemblies the employer aud
manufacturerhavo q controlling influence
the men who work for them viii express
! themseyesas thoy feel, aud, n my opin-
ion, Il would 30 best 10 treat with an
employer as nc Is, rather than as brother
Knight We can deal Just as fairly hy
him beyond The ven az wlthiug the sane.
tuary.
Take In as few employers as possible,
the name OF the order and its principles
are published everywhere and men who
stood openly arrayed against Us two
years ago are now orr triends-boware
Il oi thom.
Take Thorn in II you will, hut watch
them, the politician is planuing night
aud day how to catch the Knights Of
Labor for the advantages " himself or
, party, and rest assured he has adverse.
rivs Ia our ranks. We must expect this,
and we must stamp out every effort OF
: the party .man--it matters not OF which
party, who attempts TO uscus for political
purposes To these assemblies which
} drag the name OF the ordcr
J into the political action ut any party
say We are greater than any party on
American soil To-day and we must remain
/, So Every reform that could possibly
o come through the organization ot now
d party can be obtained without one We
: are pyery day gaining concessions from
5 state and n6tlon, thus the lie Is given u
( these who urge The formation OF ueW
4 party. 10 use tho name Of The order IN a
/ political contest Is criminal aud must mover
d occur again lt isUyldent TINT our NOM
4 hers ARE not property instructed else We
o would not iind them pa slug resolution,
b ndppf0yiig az The h6tion OF oui
. executive officers 10 1xlng the isI
g Of May az the day 20 strike
}. for eight hours, the executive officers oil
!, the knights OF Labor have never ixod w
]. the LIST OF May Tor strike OF any kind
j, Assemblies OF the Knights Of Labor must
!. not strike for the clght.hour Hystem on
i May | under tho Impression that they
d are obeylng orders from headquarters ioi
% such an order was not and Viii not BIZ
y given Neither employer nor employ
y are educated TO the needs and necessities
+ for the shori-hour plan II one branch 0
" trade of one assembly 10 ia such condl
!. ton remember that there are many who
10 are In total ignorance. OF the 90, 900 600 o
i people the United States and Canada gu
II order has possibly 100000. Can We monit
n the sentiments of the millions In favor OF
a the ghort.hour plan before May "
e IL is nonsense 70 think OF n, Let us learn
II why our hours Of labor should be re
4 duced and then teach others. Nearly
Il every state assembly tbathas been formee
u since the general assembly met has been
l. organized amid discord aud contention
q fear that the struggle Is not 70 serve th'
% order so much as 20 serve personal ends
l. Nearly every assembly ia the states O
l. Kansas and Michigan has complained e
10 me about the attempts helng made 70 on
~ ganlza atste assemblies TO attemp
Il TO elevate labor by starting out an rs
II sembly oi any Kind with fgh
&c is folly, II be far better e
II stop work In these states nov
:. and begin gain In practical way tbai
q TO carry the work forward under the pref
N udlces and animositiea now resting II
IA the breasts OF the disappointed ones
TX Our order IN business institution, !
IL must be run ON buslucss principles, an'
CT II IL Is not managed IA this way II viii g
&c on the road Of all mismunaged concerns
al In selecting officers 20 manage q banklni
n concern the men best qualified ar
Y, chosen, the rash, ineonsiderate man !
~ set aside, the man who Is quick Of TEN
IL per aud hasty " speech II passed over
~ and the man OF mature Judgment an
be- business qualities Is selected. ! NJ
re palDad 10 witness the quality some parts 9
sit OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Important work Thes
Is words OF mine must be needed Q
iir this order goes down 9s surely as nigl
al- follows day. Elect no man because {
re his iue speech or impctuOsity Put non
TO but the coolest men in positions 81 an
ur kind keep them there and uphold thcI
Zip Ia their work. IL Is not the duty % an
ed officer 10 picture the wrongs Of man mt
IN, he excites his assembly 20 fcyer-hca
10 Heaven knows, the indignities while
cir LABOR complains Of ure grieyous enoug
We aud require no painting. We must loo
se At them as they really exist, aud set
bic them as best VIZ can While ! write,
nd dispatch Is handed me, IN which l req
Is these words: "They discharged o.
lea brother and we struck, for you know OF
IS; motto n, IAN Injury 20 one Is the concei
r. Of all - Yes; an "iuiury 70 81
1cs II The concern Of all But Il snDt vii
zee TO iniare Oh for the sake Of one. II wou
lut have been far better 20 continue az VOL
en- and properly Investigate the matte
st- bringing IL before every known trlbuni
raj than 70 have struck The thousands
as mca now e3ining nothing could ha
We given 10 cents apiece 10 support Il
"a 1 brf,ti,nr for a. tuaak much Qaalpr than