The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-11-19
BARRY'S MANIFESTO
A scorching Auaignment Of
PowdetIy's Administration.
PowDERLY IS INDICATED
BY the General Asscmbly-Endorse-
ment ofthc Expulsion of fBarry from
the General Executive Board.
Saturdays business.

the Genera! Assembly OF the Knights o
Labor, although many OF them wer'
actively and closely engaged in commit
tee work.
This evening lecture for the beneti
of the poor OF this city was given by
General Master Workman Powderly il
Masonic Hall. One OF the delegates wat
selling tickets to the Knights and Mr.
Powderly asked no questions, but in
vestigated and found he had bought q
ticket to his own lecture. This lecture
was in charge OF a local Catholic church,
and the proceeds wsll be disbursed by
it. The subject was Temperance, being
appropriate to the day and occasion.
Hon. Thomas B. Barry, the expelled
member OF the General Executive
Board, was at work all day in his room
and late this afternoon gave TO the press
long article explaining his position
and repeating his former statements
against the Powderly administration, he
says:
''The General Assembly oithe Knights
OF Labor is not fair representative
gathering OF the industrial classes OF
the order. The most INSCRIPTIONS
methods have been resorted to in order
to prevent men who were known to be
any way opposed TO the admins ration
from being elected us representatives to
the convention. Records were manipu-
lated, changed in the general Office and
membership credited to administration
districts, and representatives seated in
the convention who had no legal right
to seats therein, and representatives
who were lawfully elected denied seat
in the convention. Clerks in the gen.
eral offices were engaged in manipulate
ing records and selecting local assem-
blies that were known TO be opposed to
the administration in order that steps
might be taken TO prevent them from
having representation at the conven-
tion."
As proof OF his assertions he cites the
case OF District. Assembly No. "a, OF East
Saginaw, which, he claims, was driven
out Of the order by the administration
and not by him, as has been claimed.
He claims that District Assembly No. !,
Philadelphia, is represented here by
men chosen by a packed convention. He
continues: "This Convention is no more
free from lobbying than the Minneapolis
convention. All those WHO depend
upon the present gang who control the
order from: Poverty Palace are here
looking after their masters interests. 1t
is more like a political gathering than a
convention OF labor reformers."
He then takes up Powderly's general
denial Of his charges, and reiterates his
ability to prove all he has said, claiming
that Powderly knows this and fears 10
let him address the General Assembly,
and further remarking, "If my accusa-
tions were false they had an opportuni.
ty to prove them SO before the bar OF
the order, and then mete out to me the
censure which would make me obnoxious
in the eyes OF all honest men. l appre
ciate my position and would not eX-
change it for Powderly's." Mr.. Barry
then gives q copy Of the envelopes ad-
dressed to him as having been "Expell-
ed by G.. E. b." and says it is "the only
official notice l have received OF my ex-
pulsion." He recites the law OF the or
der to prove that he had not been given
a fair trial, and says heproved his charges
before the Minneapolis convention, but
was ruled out by "the caucus and ring
rule practiced by them and their fol-
lowers"
He says OF his trial by the General
Executive Board, that "the constitution
disqualifes interested parties, and with
all the brazen effrontery that they are en-
dowed with, they surely will not claim
that they were not interested, incom-
petent and unfit to sit in judgment
when they themselves were the accused
Williams"
He mentions another case and con-
tinues: "Powderly himself admitted
that there was but one way in which
person could be expelled, and that was
through the court OF his own local as
sembly."
Mr.. Barry next gives review of an
article published in the Journal of United
Labor, OF October, 1883, in which he is
opposed by Michael Dayern, Secretary
OF district assembly l7G, OF Augusta, Ga.
He explains the attack by saying he pre-
vented Davern from making money out
OF the order. He next denied that he
had advocated strikes before District As
sembly l25, of Toronto, as was claimed
against him in a letter from that as
sembly.
He asserts that itemized quarterly re-
ports from the Treasurer are not being
given, and continues: "If it is against
the law to tell knights OF Labor the
truth, then am guilty, but that l made
any statements that were not true is
false" He considers charge that his
claims against the administration were
false, made by one John NJ. Decker, is
the work Of the administration against
himself. He refers to Decker as "men-
tai light weight" hoping TO be rewarded
for his pertidy with a position us General
Lecturer, notwithstanding his incompe-
tency and his ignorance OF economics,
and adds concerning him: "In the
State Assembly he did not reply to my
statement made there, but, like skulk.
ing coward, shielded himself through
his WIFE,"
He says that same State Assembly
censured the administration and wanted
10 run barry hb canuluate lof General
Master Workman. He quotes the
boards report OF his expulsion and re-
fers to it as Sin keeping with the other
malicious falsehoods published by the
General Executive Board"
He denies ever having anything to do
with the Provisional Committee and re-
peats that he was Expelled for telling
the truth" Being charged with "plun.
dering," he says, II invite an investiga-
ton OF their actions and q court Of law
would be a good place for them TO prove
their charge Of plumber against me-"
He closes with a denial OF the charge
that he had not been member OF the
order since last spring, having been q
member Of a lapsed local, and that he
had frardulently obtained money from
the General Treasury.
Although Bs.Ty's future actions are
not yet clearly known, the delegates
and close friends OF Powderly profess to
have no fear Of anything he may attempt
to do. Il he undertakes TO start new
order, 1t cannot be predicted how strong
it will be. He believes he will have a
big personal following and says the one
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