Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-10-18
Mr.. BARRY EXPELLED
A Report Full of Damaging
Charges Against Him.
EXECUTIVE BOARDS STATEMENT

he Is Accused Of Sowing Dissension i'm
the Order Throughout she Country, OF
WroHgfuiiy Obtaining Money and os
Drawing Salary when Not "a Member.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. fs.--A statement Of
y B Barry's connection with nnd expulsion
irom the knights Of Labor has been pre-
pared Tor the members Of the order by Cen
efhi Mester Workman Powderly and General
Secretary Hayes. 1t is In part as follows:
shortly after the close OF the general as
sembly, IN November last, complaint was,
received by the general executive board from
Augusta, Ga, IN regard 10 the working OF
District Assembly No. l76, and requesting that
member Of the board be sent to that section
ia order TO bring about a reconciliation be-
tween the inharmonious elements Unfortu-
nately for those most interested, r. B. Barry
was chosen FOR this important duty The re-
suit Of this work can be better understood by
reading the following communication, writ
ten by an officer OF District Assembly No
ltb, than anything we can say
AUGUSTA, Ga, Dec 8, 1887.
john W. Hayes, Secretary General Executives
Board:
DEAR SIR AND BRorHrR-Mr. 7. b. Barry. Of thm
FNtNtNt 'AfANAlft Nouus mas itiL mere, anu i
would beg leave 10 say for the good Of the ordss
nationally that Il would be wise 70 keep such
men out Of the south, as he is devoid Of common.
sense and ordinary discretion. His visit 10 this
place has greatly injured the order az he took a
biased and preiudced view Of business matters
His address before the district assembly on thss-
eve Of his departure was unmanly uuwise ana.
ungentiemanly. He made statements that we're
absolutely false and protected his carcass under
The shadow Of the district assembly, Thes
result Of his visit will result IN the destruction
OF the order IN this section While here he in
suited the negro members and antagonized them
without cause or reason. The opinions Of many
are that he is unit and incompetent for the posi-
tion lac occupies, and be IL deficient in education.
the common Ideas Of gentleman and utterly
ignorant OF tho common pgoprietes Of life. Be-
sides, he Il full OF Ignorance, born OF prejudice.
deficient IN the powers of analysis and state
ment, has no sympathy for decency and Is in
love with 'indeeency.n . For Gods sake
get rid of such man aud nll his place with
gentleman, even with ordinary education and
discretion, aud not be compelled to disgrace the
order BY sending out such man as Barry
mIcHAEr j. DAvERN
In April, I. b. Barry was sent 10 To-
ronto, Dnt, IN response 70 a request from d.
A. 125 for a member of the general executive
board TO visit our members in that locality.
That the result Of his visit there was almost
rs disastrous TO the order as his southern
trip had been will be seen by the following
letter, signed by the executive board of d.
A. 125.
10 General Master Workman 7. v. Powderly.
DEAR SIN AND BRoTHER. The
executive board Of d. A. l25 would therefore
strongly advise the withdrawal Of Brother
/ Barry from the lecture field as IL Is Of the
4 opinion that, whatever his talents may be az
an executive officer, the tone OF his lectures.
f4Hs lstlt sl.Itt
sort calculated 20 inspire confidence ia the
order, or arouse the zeal OF the faint hearted
20 renewed sense OF duty.
SAMUEL. TwEEDm.
This communication was intended to De
presented 10 the general executive board az
its meeting in june but before the time ar
rived Barry was stricken with paralysis.
He recovered sufficiently, however.
70 be able TO attend the meeting Of the board.
when consideration for his physical weak
ness prevented that body from taking any
action that would tend 20 excite or annov
4 him, fearing that shock Of any kind would
/ have serious results. AT his own solici A.
tion at the close Of the meeting no was sent
1 10 Michigan TO lecture. He spent several
months in that section at the expense OF
! the innocent masses, to whom he 50 pathet-
ically refers in his letter of resignation.
electioneering in his own behalf and vilifying
the order he had been deputed to defend and
regenerate. As soon as he quilted the terri
tory the general officers were, as usual. in
constant receipt Of letters complaining Of his
actions, and begging for bis recall from the
lecture field, as his presence in any section
was a deadly blight to the prosperity Of the
4 organization.
'These letters were read to I. B. Barry
Aug. % He recognized the truth Of the
charges, and, while tacitly acknowledging
that bis statements were false and ground
less, yet refused TO retraOt them, on the
ground that he would appear to the order in
the light Of a falsiiier,' as he expressed il.
Every effort was made to induce him to
cease in his evident determination to dsrt,pt
the order, and reserve his alleged grievances
until the highest tribunal Of the order could
hear and decide. II was all in vain. The
board had no alternative but to pass a mo-
tion ordering him 20 stay at his home till the
next session Of the general assembly.
IS. b. Mcclure was deputed to 60 through
Michigan and Canada and investigate the
charges against Barry. While he was coma
Barry came 70 the general Office and, during
the absence Of the general treasurer. prs
sented to the chief clerk a bill for salary and
/ expenses during the time OF his suspension
orders Of the general executive board. and
was paid the sum Of S2IS 25. Direct from
his plundering expedition he went TO New
/ York city and secured tho services Of soma
Of bis friends 70 write his letter Of resiana-
ton, which has already been published.
| 'On Oct. IS the general executive board
received the report of Brother McGrire. and
to our intense astonishment we learned that
the local assembly TO which T. b. Barry had
been attached had no legal existence since
April last; that Barry had never taken a
transfer card, and that he has not been a
member Of the order for seven months: con-
sequently the money drawn by him as a gen
eral officer since April had been fraudulently
| obtained.
''Brother Mcciuire's report showed that all
that had been written Of Barrys actions was
true, and the following motion was carried
unanimously;
That T. b. Barry be and is hereby expelled
from the order of the Knights of Labor. and
the reasons for this action given at length to
the order through The Journal of United
Labor. as well as by circular.
''Thus terminates the official career of
Honest Tom Barry JOHN w. HAYES.
Secretary General Executive Board"
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