St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-15
FINANCIALLY SHAKy.
Treasurer Turner, Of the K.
of l., Makes a Bad
Showing.
The Order Seems to Be on
the Verge of Bank
ruptcy.
PoWdePly Claims That All Is
Serene, and His Say
So Goes.
He Will Probably Be Reflect
ed Without Much Show of
Opposition.
Special to the Globe.

Was uStu Ill UCdTtHS reports Oh btlt gen
eral officers. That Of General Treas
urer Turner was the first submitted,
and its showing did not satisfy the dele
gates who are opposed to the Powderly
administration. The report covered
the transactions of the treasurer from
July IA, 1856. to June so, 1888, inclusive,
and set forth that on the first named
date there was a balance of $5.972.17.
The receipts for the year, including
this balance, were 1922, 50709, viii lie
the disbursements were 1922,
1928, leaving balance July /,
1888, of Sl64.S6, 1t was further
reported that the educational ASSESS
ment on baud July l, 1883, was $l6,-
1888, and that the insurance fund gave
a balance July l, 1888, of S670.7S. The
receipts from applications and assess
ments were $2,510.S5: by transfer from
class B, 800; total, SS3,21l.39; eXpendi-
lures, $50, 46491, leaving a balance of
$SO6.4S. Glass 3 showed balance July
l, 1887, of S1,660.4G: and receipts from
assessments, S6S3.l1: expenditures,
S1,7l469 leaving balance Oh hand OF
$63l.S0. Of the amount expended, Gen
eral Master Workman
PoWDERLY Is CREDITED
with eXpendlng S5,955.02; General
Worthy Foreman Richard Griffiths.
S42S.16: eX-General Secretary Charles
III. Litchman. S20S1.25. The expend-
lures of the members of the general
executive board were as follows: John
W. Hays, as secretary, 81, S07 Sc !;
Thomas b. Barry, S3,574.o5; William H.
Bailey, 81, 403.54; A. A. Carlton, ST.
1907; Thomas 3. Mcclure, IS, l02.4G;
Ira B. Aylsworth, S3,654.9l; general
investigator Woman'S work, Mrs.
L. NJ. Barry, S2.97G.43. In addi-
ton, the expenses of the various depart
mentS were: General executive board.
S2,320.62: general secretary's depart
ment, $50. 717.46: general secretary's sup
ply department So, 1871 general treas
urer's department, 81, :S9J.S9; postage for
revenue departments, IS, l5l.0l; Journal
of the Minneapolis convention were
$17.453.07, and the lectures during
the year cost the order s., 293. Sa:5.
These figures, it is claimed by the anti
administration men. give an excess over
all expenses Of 15,049.W over receipts.
How much the deficiency has reached
since June so, no one, they say, outside
the general officers know, but there is Il
belief among many that when the as
Sembly closes there will be debt of not
less than $4,000. This, too, with the
membership constantly decreasing, and
the assessment sum consequently grow
ing less every day. On the other
hand, Powderly's friends say there
could have been no saving without ma
terially iniuring the work of the order.
After this report, which further stated
that efforts to establish a cooperative
business had failed, was out of the way,
that of Mrs. l.. NJ. Barry, the head of
the Woman'S department, was taken up.
1t referred to her Investigation of the
condition of tile working women i'll
Chicago, Cincinnati, Toronto, Phlla-
delphia aud other cities. In. Phila-
delphia the women are better Off than
anywhere else, but Improvements can
be made there. She recommended that
there should be more SyStematic-and
practical way of carrying out
THE LAWS OF KNIGHTHOOD.
That the duties OF the officials of the
order should be more clearly and con-
uisely defined: and that more active an
earnest endeavor be put forth on be-
half of the working women. She also
recommended that more effective child
labor laws be passed, aud those already
i'll existence be enforced more rigidly.
The report OF the executive board as
submitted is very lengthy and is simply
a compilation of all the documents, to-
gether with the action taken thereon that
were before the board during the Year.
The afternoon session to-day was brief
and, like the morning, was devoted to
the introduction of resolutions and
other matters for reference TO the com
mitteeS. No more reports were made.
but the reports Of the general master
workman and the general secretary are
looked for tomorrow. Barry'S dppc Il
has not yet COME before the assembly,
but it is also expected tomorrow. He
now thinks that he will be heard. and
that the treasurer's report will have
much to do with it if such is the case.
The two delegates from the Michigan
state assembly, against whose admins
tration there had been protest, were
both admitted to-day. Tonight most
of the committees are at work on the
matters assigned to them, and their re-
ports will be made from time TO time
during the meeting of the general as
Sembly. Many of these committees are
given all the room they want for APP
proving or disappearing of matters III
part or whole, and in some directions
LIVELY TINES ANTICIPATED.
one of interest, but PoWdcrly will prob
ably be prevailed upon to accept once
more, and after the size of the board has
been reduced the remaining officials
will speedily be chosen. A public
speaking was held tonight in the court
house. The report of J. ". Hays, who
succeeded Charles II. Lichtman as gen
eral secretary in September. will be pre-
sented in the morning. lie gives tabu-
lated statement of the membership,
showing 5,666 local assemblies in good
working order with a total reported
membership of 259.5lS, aud $1,000 not
reported. July |, 1887, the membership,
according to this report, was 45i, 119,
showing loss i'll one year of not less
than 153. Isl, the exact number depend
ing on the mot reported membership.
Amendments to the costitution have
been offered from number OF diff
erent district assemblies, and they will
be
ACTED ON IN DUE SEASON.
Among these are amendments pro-
viding that the per capita tax for each
assembly be reduced: that the offices Of
general secretary and general treasurer
DC combined; that the general executive
board be reduced in number: that leg
iSiatlOn looking to the better education
of members and the public be enacted;
that officers be elected annually; that
strikes and boycotts be supported by
general assembly only to the extent Of
the money specially secured by appeal
for such purposes: that the salaries of
the general master workman and tie
general secretary-treaSurer he $1,000
per annum, ami that the salaries of the
general executive board shall not ex-
coed So per day. hotel expenses not to
exceed 81 per day, railroad fares as
now. General Master Workman Pow
derly's address is expected at the same
time.
A Trust Will Bust.
BRADFORD, Pa, Nov. 1.-THE Pro-