St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-13
ADVICE FROM POWDERLY.
The Master Workman Enters Some
Complaints.
NO DEAL [ ENTERED INTO.
He Winds Up by Giving the Laboring
Man Some Good and Sensible
Advice.

+ PHILADELPHIA, April IL. = Ills
weeks Journal of United Labor will
publish three letters from Master Work
man POwderly. In one of them he
complains bitterly of the treatment the
!. Knights of Labor receives at the hands
of certain papers, and says: San edi-
.torial in one of them takes me to task
! for entering into compact with the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
to conduct the present strike on the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy road. /
have entered into no deal and have not
altered my course particle. I simply
reiterate my statement made at the
beginning of the strike. Believing that
the man who will take the place of
another. while that other is on
a :. strike, is a scab, cam
not enter into any arrangement
which will countenance the handling of
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy road
by Knights of Labor. While | do not
approve of strikes, / will never lend my
sanction or aid to knights or others to
assist a corporation to break up any la
Dor organization. | am willing to enter
into compact with the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers and Firemen to
look after and guard the interests of la
Dor in the future. In this matter | be-
lieve the general master workman will
be sustained by the entire order, regard
less of what the past may have had in
the way of difference between the two
organizations, regardless of what pa
pers that are
UNFRIENDLY TO ORGANIZED LABOR
may say" In another letter he says:
1.-The future welfare of the toiling
masses of America to-day is centered in
the Knights of Labor more than in any
other order on this continent, and the
man or woman who would now destroy
the hope Of millions deserves the hatred
and Scorn of future ages. Now that
suspended and defunct assemblies are
reviving, old members returning and
new ones coming in, it becomes the duty
of each assembly to make the meetings
so interesting that interest will not die
out in the good work. Appoint COM
mitteeS to meet and study up the best
means of raising the standard of Amer
lean labor to its proper level; then when
the committee makes its report, dis
cuSS it temporarily and carefully so that
the best possible results will be reached;
de not make a motion to receive and file
the report of the committee and never
give it thought again-act on it at once
and keep on acting. Each assembly
should be able to answer
THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS
on call from headquarters: How many
children are engaged in the mills, shops
and factories of your place? How many
are working under the age below which
children should not work in your state?
A
they eXtOrtiOnate in your city or town?
man pay as high rate of
taxation for his improved lot as
the wealthy man? Does the man
who holds town lots, waiting for your
labor to increase their value before sell
ing, pay as high rate of taxation for
the property which your labor is max
ing valuable as you pay on your prop
erty? If not, why does he not do so?
Why should man hold piece of land
and refuse to sell it until population in
creases so that he can demand fabu-
! lous price for it? Is it his labor or the
labor Of the community which increases
the value of his lots? If the latter, why
should he not pay soma of the taxes of
the community which enriches him?
Should workingmen own stock in cor
porations? if not, why not?" In third
letter he refers to his recent questions
on special call ''for an assessment Of Is
per cent on each member to raise a
fund for the purpose Of hiring
lecturers for the instruction of MEM
bers of the order. He says the inten-
ton is to give the plan trial so that
the next general assembly may have a
basis to work on in deciding whether or
not to continue it. He says several
hundred dollars have already been re-
ceived for that purpose. but cautions all
other assemblies against sending until
the order has had time to vote on the
proposition and decide whether or not
the assessment shall be made.