The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-03-22
K. OF |. VS.. 8. OF |. E.
Resolutions Passed by the x. OF
Assembly Of EmpOFla.

Resolutions Passed by the x. OF L.
Assembly OF EmpOFla.
Whereas, ''The Emporia News has |
published certain articles condemning |
the action of the K. of L., as we believe |
Lnjustly, thereby placing us in false |
light before the public, and
Whereas, We believe the Il. of L. en- |
gineers would be perfectly justified in
taking the places of the SO" strikers,
since the L. B. Engineers took the
the places of the K. of L. Engineers on
the Reading road, and as the engin-
GERS, during the Southwest strike, went
into the shops and repaired their own
engines, though requested not to by
the striking machinists; therefore
Resolved, That we Z. of L. of En-
poria through our committee desire.
express our sympathy with the B. L.
Engineers and 3. L. Fireman. and
wish them success in their present
difficulty.
Resolved: That these resolutions be
presented to Mr.. Harris and that he be
requested to publish them in The
EmpOria News"
(Signed) FRANK A. BACON,
j. NJ. HYDE,
RoBT. j. KNITTED,
j. W. EASTMAN.
Committee.
The above resolutions were handed
us by the committee whose names are
signed to them, with request to pub
lish them. Also a request to retract
some remarks that have appeared in
these columns, concerning K. of L.
men who had taken the places of
e brotherhood men on the ''Q'' road
4 We have nothing to retract. But we
+ are willing, and consider it but right
e to state that any construction that
i can be put on what has appeared in
e these columns, which is calculated tt
t place us in the position of asserting
y that because man was K. of L. mai
S he must therefore be incompetent, il
Il erroneous. We were also requested t,
o state that we were incorrect in tn
e statement that the leaders of tn
e K. of l.. encouraged the Reading K. o
k L. engineers in taking the places of tn
G brotherhood men on the 20" system
7. This we cannot do, as it a notoriou
k fact that some of the leading K. of 1
l men in Chicago and elsewhere openl
e. advocated retaliation. and gloried owe
X the action of the Reading men VIII
n took the vacant cabs on the %" sys
{, tenn. Even Powderly himself, at first
k did not use his influence to keep tn
ID Reading men away, and ever sine
* then has played Marc Antony par
er suggesting, like resolutions above, tina
lie while they forgive. they cannot forge
lie the injuries, done them by b. of L. E. i
lie the past, and reaffirming that the
Ell are justified in taking I'll
n positions of the strikers as aretaliatiol
L If we had been hunting for positiN
lie proof that the general tenor and tor
Id of the articles which have appeared i
+. these columns on this particular sui
l ject, was correct and to the point, til
I. above resolutions would supply sue
It, proof. If the K. of l.. of Emporia wis
OF to place themselves before the public
I'd Ispponents of the B. of L. E., the abo1
to resolutions have most assuredly
to placed them, as an expression of syI
pathy and hope of success is but Pc
he salve for the vacant situations take
d. which these resolutions justify in tt
preceding paragraph. THE NEWS HI
" said nothing that the above resolution
RI do not corroborate.