Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-20
Kniightly Rulings.
They Don't Seem to Agree
with Precedent.
A COUPLE OF APPEALS DECIDED,

Leaving Schiiling In Disguised State Of
Mind-A Chicago Labor Editor Raises
Commotion-PowderIy VIII Take Charge
Another Term on CoDditions-A Voice
from Rome-The Order To Be ToIer-
ated if 1t Listens Thereto.
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov 20--At the meeting
of the general assembly OF the Knights Of
Labor yesterday morning the report on the
appeal case of William Gleason, Of the Chi
cago district, was considered His appeal set
forth the same cause of complaint upon
which Barry based his contest, that MEM
Der could only be tried and expelled by the
court of his local assembly The assembly,
going back on the precedent set in the Barry
case, held in favor of Gleason. The matter
now goes back to Gieason's local assembly,
when trial will be had
Tie assembly then took up the appeal Of
Joseph NJ. Boomer, of Toledo, o. 1t also is
like that of Barry, Boomer having, without
trial by his local assembly, been expelled by
the general executive board The commit
tee reported in favor of Bloomer, holding
that he must be given a trial in his local as
sembly The debate indicated to Powderly
MS Iittuuo lL1b iHtii OppOhchbo "Ould
not patiently bear more mistreatment, and
the port of the committee was voted down
by vote Of 45 to IS; SO Boomer was ex-
PEELED as Barry had been. There was more
dissatisfaction among the delegates at noon
than at any time since the assembly met.
George Schilling of Chicago, was particu-
larly iucensed because the convention "put
aside,' as be said, aall methods of decency,
and framed new law to meet the require
ments in every case that came up"
AT the afternoon session the oft-repeated
charge that the assembly is in the interest Of
Powderly was brought up by the genera
master workman himself George E Det-
wiler, member of District Assembly No.
"a, of Chicago, and editor of Labor paper
in his city called The Knights of Labor, al
though not delegate to the Assembly, came
here and remained few days inquIring as to
the workings of the assembly. He returned
to Chicago on Thursday night, and, on Sat-
urday, his paper came out with column
article on the Powderly administration. The
article stated that the assembly is placed in
| the interests of Powderly, and
| that Litchman and Powderly, fearing each
| other, had become reconciled. Copies of
the paper were distributed among the dele
gates Saturday, and Detwiler was roundly
abused Powderly, in the assembly, de-
nounced the article as false in every particu
lar, and criticised very severely any
member of the order who would
attack the administration. Litchman fol.
lowed Powderly, and also pronounced the
article false so far as it related to him This
discussion brought ont the fact that reso-
luton had already been introduced and re-
ferred TO the committee on law, providing
that any member of the order who makes
charges against the order through the press,
whether they be true or untrue, shall be SUBJ
Jet TO immediate expulsion by the general
executive board.
Powderly has consented to accept the posi-
ton of general master workman at reduced
salary if he is given the right to appoint his
own advisers. A quarrel is imminent be-
tween Lewis, the master workman of the
miners, and Powderly, on account of a cir.
cular sent by the latter TO miners assemblies
urging them TO remain with the Knights.
Lewis favors their union with the Fedora
ton of Miners and Mine Laborers