Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-11-19
TOM BARRY'S BLAST.
swHRPING IDENTIFICATION OF iHB CON.
yRNTI0N.
Hs Says Il DOES No. Represent Organized Labar-
III. Charges Lsaisa Powdsrly Rsit-
Gatsd-Nsw Life IN
hs Order.

he Order.
INDIANAPOLIS, November ls.-Sunday
has been quiet day with the delegates to
the General Assembly Of the Knights Of
L,bor, although many Of them were &C.
lively and closely engaged in committee
work.
This evening lecture for the benefit Of
the poor Of this city w. given BY General
Master Workman Powderly in Masonic
Hall. One Of the delegates was selling
tickets to the Knights and Mr.. PoHdetly
aeked no Que.tionr, but invested and
found he had bought . ticket 10 his own
lecture. This lecture Wa In charge OF .
local Catholic church and the procxds
will be disbured BY it. The subject was
on the subject Of Temperance being appro-
pirate 70 the day and occasion.
BARRY's THUHDKRBLAsT.
Thomas B. Barry, the expelled member
Of the General Executive Board, va, hard
at work oil day in his room, and late this
afternoon gave TO the press long article
explaining his position and repeating his
former statements agsinst the Powdsrly i'd
ministrstion. He says:
THE General Assembly OF the Knights
Of Labor is not fair representative gath
eripg Of the industrial CLASSES ef the order.
The most unscrupulous methods have
been resorted TO In order 10 prevent men
who were known to be in any way opposed
to the administration from being elected ~
representatives 20 this convention. Rec
ords were manipulated, changed in the
general office and membership credited 10
administration districts, and representa-
tises seated in the convention Who had no
legal right TO seats therein, and represen.
tativss who were lawfully elected denied
Q se,t in the convention. Clerks in the
gent raj offices were engaged In manipulst.
ing records and seleciiug local saeublica
that were known To be opposed 10 the I'D
ministration, in order that steps might bs
taken to prevent them from having repre-
sentation at this convention" +"
APACKED CONVENTION.
10 proof Of his assertions, hs cites the
case OF d. A. "a, Of East Saginaw, which
he claims Was driven ont OF the order by
the administration and not by him, ~
has been claimed He claim, ID. A. !, Of
Philsdsl lchia, 10 represented here BY men
chosen by packed convention. He con-
,iures "tbi, Convention Is no mere free
from lobbying than the Miunesp2lis con-
vention. All these who depend upcn the
present gang who control the order from
Poverty Palace, are here looking after
their masters interests. IL IL more like .
political gathering than convention Of
labor rt formers"
He then takes up Powderly's general
denial OF his charges, and reiteratas his
ability to prove oil hs has said, claiming
that PoHdsrly knows this, and feais to
let him address the general assembly, ard
further remarkipg, "If my accusations
were false, (they hsd no opportunity 70
prove them 40 before the bar Of the order,)
would make me obnoxious In the eyes Of
oil honest men. i Iappreciats my position,
end would not exchange II for Powder
ly's"
Mr.. Barry then gives . copy Of the en-
velope addressed TO him - having been,
Expelled by @. T.. b." and says u is
''Ths only official notice have received
Of my expulsion.
UHLAwFULLY EXPELLED.
He recites the law Of the order 70 prove
that he had not been given . fair trial,
and says he proved his charges before the
Minneapolis convention, bnt was ruled
out by "ths caucus and ring rule prsc.
ticsd by them and their followers.
lie says Of the trial by the General Ex.
teutivs Board. that "ths Constitution dis.
qualities interested parties, and with ali
the brazsn effrontsry that they srs en-
dowed with they surely will not claim
that they were not interested, incomps.
tent and unfit 10 cit 10 judgment when
they themselves we're the accused vii
lsinso
He mentions another case and continues:
"Powdsily himself admitted that tbsre
WAS bat one way In which Q ptnon could
be expelled, and thst wS through the
court Of bis own local ASSEMBLY,"
Mr.. Barry neIt giy,s . review ofan sr-
iicle published in ,bs Journal Of United
Labor, Of October, 1sss, In which be is op-
posed by hicbsel Dayern, Secretary Of ID.
A. 176, OF Augusts, Ga. He explains this
attack by saying he prevented Dsysrn
from making money out Of the order. lie
next denied that he hAd sdyccstsd ttikss
before D. A. l25, of Toronto, % wss
claimed sg .inst him In . letter from that
assembly.
GENERAL REPUTATION.
He asserts that itemizsd quarterly n.
ports from the treasurer are not he given,
and continues: "Ifit Ia against tbs l.w 70
t.ll Knights Of Labor the truth, then sm
guilty. But that made any statentns
that were not true, 10 false" He cousid-
ers q charge that his clsins sgsipst ths
administration wsrs fslR, msds by
one John N. Decker. IL the work
tf the administration against himsslf. He
refers 10 Decker - . mental light
weight" hoping 10 bs rewarded fos his
perfidy with Q position ~ Gepersl Lee.
turer, notwithstanding his inco npstepcy
and lis igrorAncs Of economies" and sdcs
concerning him: ''In the State Assembly
he did not reply TO ny a.ement made
there but, like . skulkiDg coward, shielded
himself through bis wifs." lie ssys that
the same State Assembly osnsured the
administration and wsuted 70 run him
(Barry) - o candidate for GepefAl Master
Workman. He quotes the Boards Iep3ft
of bis sxpulsiop, and rsfers 70 10 - "In
kst ping With the ether nslieioes fabe.
hoods pablished BY the Gsnsrh Executive
Board"
He denies ever having bad snything 10
do with the Provisional Committss, and
repeats that be was "expslIed for telling
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