Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-15
KNIGHTS OF LABOR.
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gated the work dcEe and wages received
by women End girls in various Industries
all ever the country. Sac recommends
the adoption OF more speedy ameliorasion
of oppressed humanity, g clearer defining
! Of the duties Of Cffl3lrls OF the order,
sctivs snd earnest Efforts for the relief
OF working women and more effective
child labor Laws.
Mrs, Parry gives tie prizes paid women
ana girls in various part5 Of the country
visited, and describes tie Disadvantages
uDoer ysh.ca thfy work. She found mach
TO critlcise and c0ndsmn. at Cincinnati
she says the organization was in q de.
plorab!e disruption, and after expressing
ner inability In the time TO detail the
womsn>employing Industries, she says:
But Of one or two classes Of toi!ers l
would lika TO speak, in hope that
tie Knights of Labor, ere this
convention closes, may devise some
Way or means to overcome, prohibit or
restrict BY Legislation Cor compulsory use
Of the label on fair made goods, which In
my judgment Ia the most prtc!ics) one
OF tee most oppressive. poisonous and
to-dsy. l speak Of contract, the swear
plar, which works ruin, misery,
death or failure 10 Legitimate
HaoG il completes. Instance the follow
Ing: Mems pants that retail st prices
from $40 to 81 per pa are taken by tae
CONTRACTOR 81 Is cents per pair. Opera
tIVes are then employed and huddled
together in Z close, stiflng back room,
where the machine operatives furnish
taeir own machines snd, in most cases,
thread, and DO all the machine
work on pants without bastipg
for cents pair. They are then passed
over to the fGisher who puts on the but
tons, makes the button holes and puts on
buckles for 8 cents per pair. SIX pairs is
an average days work. Surprising five
operatives 20 BIZ employed, and there are
ottener more or less, the contractor
makes so cents pair, which nets him or
ner 81 90 pr day, WhileEhis or her vic
tim gets 50 cents per day. Mems vests
are contracted out at 10 cents
each. the machine operative
r. eeivlng q GEMS snG the nn,sheI
% cents each, making cents 6 vest for
Completion. Twenty vests is a days
work. Here again with the five opera
tives he or she nets 81 per dsy for doing
nothing, while his unfortunate victim has
30 Gems for eleven and twelve hours Ct
her life's erergi These women are re,
CURED By society to. meet Gil
the requ rements Of nature in 40
honest Womsn Think of their ability
to do SO under euch opportunities
Oh, brothers Of the Knights of Labor, l
implors you by.your love for mothers,
sisters, wives and daughters, these sweet
little innocent girls who to-day gladden.
your heart and brighten your hesrthSsone
unite as one man on come cause that will
nave tendency 10 remove this curse Ct
our ir land, this blot upon American
liberty; and independence, ere the tender
feet of your loved ones are compiled 10
press this LIES pG'hEsy on thorLs, And
In the manufacture Of Women's UNDER
wear this hellish mathod is carried on
with eqIsl force. Ga Central 6Venue,
Cincinnati, Ohio, undergarments are
made for 25 cents per dozen, trimmed
with either lSce or II ffi 8, while skirts
with II aiss, lscs snd tucks are 80 cent?
per dczan, the sVersge weeks
wages Of esch smploye run
ming from 81 80 to IS per week
The report Of the general executive
board is yeluminous document contain
ing sn account Of all matters touched o.
by the board. T e case Of Thomas B
Bsrry Is No. 1922, and the record is {:
"Phe expulsion Of Thomas 3 Barry from
the order of Knights CT Labor in conse-
querce Of complaints coming TO the gen
erGl master workman and the general
executive beard from the order in ali
parts OF the country charging T 3. BArrV,
st that tire member q the general ex
ecutive board, with incompetency and
violation OF his obligation as general OH
Ger and member Of the order. A fair and
impartial Investigation WAS male by me
general executive beard, q: Whish SD
T. g. BsrFY, sithOugA acknowledging g
guilt, refused 60 retrsct his fslseRGoGe II
even to refrain from pursuing q ike
course in the future and the general
executive board Wss compelled to issue
tie following circulsy: The cirCulsr is
formal announcement Of tbs decision.
The next document, No. 1923, Is the
Gaze OF A. a. CSl;cD, who resigned and
submitted 80 expense account which was
considered sxorbitant, and as he would
not give any explanation he WRs relieved
from duty, These two cases IRE the Last
opeB considered,
The ms;ter IN the report OF the general
executive bosTd consisted Of statement
OF action tsker in various cases Of ap-
peals and cUmplslnts. The cases Gre
mostly CT local nature and included the
settlement of strikes snd l0ckouts in all
parts of the county. Where members Of
The Dosrd were sent to Investigate, tdeir
reports snd recommepd ations and the
action OF she beard Uere given in full,
hut in other cEses bfief note OF the di-
cIsion wss made.
Tbs afternoon session was brief and
like the morning session consisted IN the
Introduction Of resolutions and other
matters for reference 10 committees. No
more reports were made, but the reports
OF the general master workman and the
general secretary are looked for to-mor-
row. Barry's GpPeEl Is sis expected to-
morrow. He now thinks he will be
ard.
To night most OF the committees are
st work on matters assigned them and
their reports will be made from time tG,
time during the meeting Of the General
Assembly. The question Of tha els ction
ntiuues one OF interest, but Powderly
will probably be prevailed upon 20 accept
orce more and a;Ser the size Of tie boSrd
hiss been reduced, the remaining CfiNSls