Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-11-17

An Important Question settIed-OBe Day
OF Rest wanted-Agitation OF the Eight
Hour Question Proposition to Bar News
paper Men-chinamen Ineligible.
INDIANAPOLIS. Nov. 1.-THE entire first
session Of the General Assembly Of the
knights Of Labor was taken up in the dis
cussion Of one Of the grievances. In August
OF this year George A. Schilling, the master
workman Of District Assembly 30 Of Chi
cago, granted to a member Of the local, but
suspended, Assembly 400 a transfer card
The minority OF Schilling's constituency
protested against the granting Of the card ON
the ground that when local assembly was
suspended the order applied 70 individual
members, and therefore no transfer could
be made TO another assembly. An appeal
was taken from Schilling's ruling, which ths
committee on appeals and grievances sus-
tnined. After the three hours discussion the
assembly voted a master workman had ne
right to grant a member OF a suspended
assembly transfer card. In addition TO this
action the committee on laws was instructed
70 report an amendment to the constitution
embracing the action of the ass anbly
The only other business of the session was
the introduction by Delegate Benoit, Of Mon
printing in German and French Of the an
nual address Of Mrs l. NJ. Barry, the gem
eral lecturer and investigator OF womans
work 1t was passed. The address, after
being printed in the two languages, win be
circulated in Germany and France with the
hope Of bringing about an agitation of re-
forms that will IN the end improve the con-
dition Of the working women OF those coun-
tries. At the beginning of the afternoon ses--
sion Rev. Wilber f. Crafts, ID. d., Of New
York city, wns introduced TO the assembly.
DIR. Crafts Is the advocate OF national Sab
bath reform, and by request he addressed the
delegates on this subject. He said Sabbath
reform needed naturalization, as 1t had beea
treated too much as a local issue. A national
evil needed a national remedy. He then, for
an hour or more spoke upon the bad exam
pie the government was setting by work In
It's postal service ON Sunday. He was par
ticularly severe on Sunday trains and milf
tary parades Of the regular army at the var
ious posts and garrisons throughout the
country.
The committee on the state Of the order
submitted a repors recommending the au-
pointment Of q special committee 70 endeayor
70 bring about legislation for an eight hour
law. The report was unanimously approved.
and the committee win be appointed later ON
IN the session.
Unexpected trouble arose in the assembly
by a delegate from District Assembly 40. of
New York city, submitting a proposition
that newspaper men be made ineligible to
membership in the order. After severnl
speeches had been made pro and con the
proposition was defeated, only six delegates
voting for IT,
A resolution providing for the organlxa-
tion OF local and district assemblies for
Chinese was discussed for nearly two hours.
Those favoring the proposition claimed that
in large cities like New York, Boston, Phila-
delphia and San Francisco, where there were
great many Chinese lhborers, great good
could be done by taking them into the
Knights Of Labor and allowing them to or
| ganize local and district assemblies Of their
own. The resolution was voted down by a
decisive majority.
An officer high in authority says positively
that Puwderly win not accept a reelection as
/ general master workman, partly because the
salary Of the position is to be reduced. and
! partly because he has under consideration
two offers Of liberal salaries from New York
newspapers for work Of q special character.