Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-11-21
POWDERLY THE NAN.
1t Is Said That He viii Surely Be
Reelected at indianapolis.
MINERS AND THE KNIGHTS.
Considerable Anxiety Is Felt as to what
win BE Their Future Relationships
ulating the Probable Makeup
of the Executive Board.

NEW YORK, Nov 2.-The Evening
Worlds indianapolis correspondent tele-
graphs his paper as follows: In response tc
special call the delegates to the general as
sembly of the Knights of Labor were in early
attendance. Owing to the fact that James
T. Quinn, of ID. A. 40, New York city, who
had gone to Chicago ON Sunday, was moi
present, the committee ON appeals and griev.
ances has been unable to submit report,
but as all the evidence in the case was heard
at an early hour this morning, the reconmen-
dation OF the committee viii be given to the
general assembly this forenoon.
The opinion is freely expressed that it
would be for the best interests of organized
labor in New York if the leaders of both fac
tions in the district were compelled to step
down and out of Office for at least two years
The following resolution viii be intro
duced to the conventions:
Resolved, That any member of the knights Of
Labor who ISLANDERS makes imaginary or real
charges against any officer of any other member
OF the order through the press i'm any public
manner shall hold himself liable to immediate
expulsion without any recourse TO any courts of
the order whatever.
This was occasioned by the conduct Of
George Detwiler, editor of The Chicago
Knights of Labor, who published an attack
upon Powderly and the representative of the
general assembly.
During the afternoon the committee on
law submitted its report and recommended
that the general master workman be empow-
cred to select his own executive board sub
ject to the approval of the general assembly.
Morris l.. Wheat, of Iowa; Alexander w.
Wright, of Ontario, Canada; Hugh Cava-
nagh, of Ohio; James Holland, of Florida,
and Henry Traphagen, of Ohio, are among
the prominent and popular candidates The
board viii not exceed four members, and the
successful ones will be found among the names
now given. Richard Griffiths, who has been
the general worthy foreman OF the order for
many years, has signified his intention of re-
firing from active service, and q younger
man will be selected to succeed him.
John w. Hayes is Mr. Powderly's choice
tor general secretary treasurer, and in all
probability he will be elected
There is the usual amount of wirepulling
among the friends of candidates, and the
busiest man is Frederick Turner, the present
general treasurer, who is working zealously
in the interest of himself 1t is not likely that
he win be elected over Hayes, as it is pretty
well known that he is the secret friend of
those who have declared themselves in oppo.
sition to Powderly.
the miners and trades unions with the
Knights of Labor is to be renewed 1t is
recognized that if these two important fac
tors are eliminated from the order it will
lose much of its strength. For some time
the miners have been considering the advisa-
bility of going into one organization, and
many trades unions take the position that
their condition would be improved If they
should sever their connection with the
Knights.
The mine laborers of the country are in
two great organizations, National District
assembly 1S5, organized under the knights
of Labor, and the National Federation of
Miners and Mine Laborers. The last named
organization viii hold its annual convention
at Columbus, o., beginning the 5th of next
month, and then, if at all, the National Dis
trict Assembly o Miners viii pull off from
the Knights of Labor and join the federation.
William T. Lewis, of the Miners National
assembly, and Martin ]. Hanley, of District
Assembly 40, are the choice of those who are
opposed to the present administration for
general master workman, but as neither of
them could secure half dozen votes in the
present assembly it is believed that they win
be withdrawn at the last moment.
Mr.. Powderly viii be the Ealnost .unani-
nous. choice of the convention, and he viii
be elected upon whatever conditions he may
be pleased to impose.