Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-10-05
TIE KNIGHTS OF LABOR
Their Tenth Annual Cen.
vention at Riehmond.
Governor Fil1AssA lee Asissas- -Malt,E
weEkmAa rowdsrly Delivers a.
Exhaustive Address The
ElEAs Hear systsn.

9@N 49, NH9tN4s
RIcnM0ND fvA.), Ooa. A.-The tapnine
% Masaer Workman Powdsrly'a rarsl a
lois O'Clock tAi1 narninz save The nin-
nAi for she opening uk tha aFsi assaion
0f TIE tenth annual oouwenfion az tha
KNIGHTS q Llahor II tho armaEF of ehe
kiFat Virginia ReEimnnf In thia aify.
Mr.. PoUdeElY slood alone upen . email
Pima platform a. the further end Qf the
spaei0us room and looked cut npon tha
faees q tie tao1aand delaQa1ea nzssaa-
bled from every paFt af ne 0ounlry.
white aud hlaak faces, tAe facea of men
and women bound Together ~ q eam.
man object, met hia Viow. Tha SESSION
vas 30 have beea "a open one, and IL
addition 20 the large body of dainnntne
we're as many others n0t ef The OrdoR
as could and SEATS o. standing room.
eovEnEoa FrTzuUon Enn
Was introduced hy the Riehmond dsls-
Ratea and made an address of 0alanma
IN which be sid Il haa been eiaimea
thai there vas an ifF8prasaihla oumGiua
pending between eapltal and labor. kEe
said that al Rood men Woald slppola
he present moFemeBe, N tk f0aQha
against Incorporated faao4lilg and oom-
batled the great m0nag oofparAkiona
that ecorht 20 control legislatures hV
hEibery and corruption. He declared
thai ali capital was not employed Fer
Euch WILSON'S uEel and that anF difoT-
enoes botaeen uorkman and ennnlayern
should Be settled as the great Oonafita.
lion had been drafted-by oonolliation
end fair compounds.
Nh. PownRnxT.
II responss 30 The remarks of G0varnor
Lee, expressed hia eratiaoationa a tke
welcome which bad been aivan tha
Knights By tie people of Riahm0nd.
PoWdoFly continuing, said, afhe men
Who oae allegiance 70 the Kniehta Of
Labor are engaged h Q eonfiet, bat 4
Is IN = var Of truth against eEEoF. n
is not, IS many hoaeefly believe and
many mora di8hoaoatlF aasart. q waf
Of labor against capital. It "a q war In
which the manhood of tie AmeFtoan
laboReE Il dRhtinz for reeaRnition. In
this var Il must be determined which
ahall fuIe-mouopoly o. tho American
people, gold or manhood. Oar battles
are nos fouRht for The puFpose 81 deter
mining WhetheF individuals nhall rula a
state on an empire, but 10 decide whetheE
the people, Who are entiiled % life,
liberty and happiness, shall live In aha
full enjoyment Of theif rlghta and iib-
eFty Is becomes citizens o. lhe Rapab-
lic. The naonopolist of today "a moFa
dangerous than the slave owner of ths
past. Monopoly takes tho land away
from the people IN million acre plnta
Il sends It's agents abroad aud hrinra
herds Of uneduoatad, desperate man %
this country. II imports tQnoFanne,
aud acatters q hroadoAst ahreunhaut
the land. Il, aud Il alone, "a respectable
for every manifestation of anarchy that
cur country has witnessed. Aii man
may not be willing 90 admit thae this
statement Il true. but % long na man-
opoiy exists. anarchists wtli he born IN
tbs country, fer anarchy IL the logiti-
mate child u monopoly. Whila con.
domu and denounce The deeds of vio-
lence committed il the name Of lahoH
during the present year, I am prnud 70
say that the kaights Of Labor a. an
organization are not Ia anF war 70
sponsibie for such osndnet.7
rHn kpDAEss oF rHK MAsrnn WORKMAN.
The Master Workman then adarenued
the Assembly, reviewing The woFk of
the ysaF. He declared that q waa tha
most eventfui and trying one n ths ex-
istonca af she order. "if ~ are Ruidad
by the expsEiencs Of the paat. said the
speaker, and aot accordingly, ua can
place the oFdor UPON foetina 90 safe
and sound that 90 assault from its enc
miea can ini1fe lt. IL We ara not guided
By that experiences II We fnil % read
Alright she signs Of the times. We fail %
propefly represent those who sant ua
here.h he cited the fast that % one
year more than 1000 noW assemblies
bad been osRaniEad, and said that uuito
q few had entered the order and a onos
entsFed ints rash strikes aontFary 20 TIE
policy Of The order.
He spoke OF lhe Southwestern rail-
way STRIKE 81 great length. he aaid he
did nos approve q that strike, but 4
waa only whan tha threat wns made 30
stop every wheel IN the uaiioa states
that be raised bis voice against H. He
did that IA defense Of the order and the
country. That she Southwestern erik
and Il vas hia Arm belief that tie rail-.
uay company, with fall knoWiedge of
what the grievances wofe, pFeeipitaee9
The fight themselves at 3 time % make
Il appear 30 the world thae the strike
vas for en- insignificant oanso.
THH EIaHr HoUn sssTHE.
The eight-honf strike was rot sac
oessful beoanss neither woTkmem noE
employers were ready for f. A Fodue-
ton Of TIE hours Of labor was = neoes-
sitys and ssoneE o. later musa b. hadi
but the Knights must not forget that IN
many places lhe eight hear plan had
net get been adopted The speaker said
hoara aau1ed millions of dollars worth
- 49, Ia
done booanss Of uneeEtsinty IN regard
20 Tie taking Of contrasts. Never was
Il more oieaFly demonstrated that an
iniuFy 70 one u the oonoefn 81 al than
10 the moyament be mentions. The
move VS. in the right direction. but ne
time and circumstances we're NOT nait-
able. Plans ah0nid BE- adopted. suoh ao
some suggested 81 the Cleveland mea1-
inR. which ~ ihs evaporation nf the
uoFkinQmeue oraanixaliaHa and manu-
fneinrers' associations could be pmf imio
pfacties without 3 strike o. unaatfIinQ
bnainess. He deoiased that befaEo She
short hour system w9uld 81 81 any
benefit, che Fslafion which the uofkman
bore 10 lahaf-laHinQ mnc0inmfy maa1
undergo . radical ehanaa. The ma-
ehineFg must bocoms tho alavo q mas,
instead of man being Subordinate 10 ne
maohine. A pian u eo-opaFnticn
through which workmen may souiRol
he manhinsfy mast sugeFcede NE pres
snt system.
hsfsFring 90 child labor. be aaids 10
should Be tbe daiy q ogefy Assembly
% aae thai all ehildFsa should attend
school. The 0pposition % child labor
u . insure that be saoult aoqalfe 90
edueAiinn ls eqaip him for the 0utia8
vhioh uouid fali uD0n him aa q man
and citi1sn.s Hs asked thaf . spooiai
60 d mittee on eduontien be appointed
% prepare and fscommend q plan foF
the educatisn 81 Ameficzu ygufh.
He ciosed by troaiinE of tho relations
between the kniRhts and ne tfadea
nniDns and Fseommsnded oo-operation.
lie declared thai hs hs4 been unsbie 70
reply 20 . tenth uf the ietiara ADDRESSED
70 him. He alid ~ had raffainad ffom
replying 70 criticism, and Wills ~ had
BEEN aeeased u q iaak of she nsFTe
necessary for % large q mogsmans.
sfisl g million men and w0msn Of naFyo
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