The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-11-22
PowDERLY RULES THERoosT.
The Convention Ready to Give the EsstsF VOrl
man all he Demands.

The Convention Ready TO Give the faster NorE-
man all he Demands.
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 20.-''Spyism, -
is the theme of I. b. Barry's second
chapter in the serial story he is publish
ing about the actions of the Powderly
administration of affairs of the
Knights of Labor. He goes over the
actions of various delegates at Rich
mond, at Minneapolis and this city and
accuses them or spying upon the ac-
lions of all delegates suspected of OPP
posing Powderly. In this installment
of the story which was given to the
press late last night, he also gives the
names of members of the order whom,
he says, the Powderly board discharged
to make places for nun-union men who
were their pets. Barry and his friends
are expressing great Indignation at the
action of the general assembly at the
report of the Greenwauce committee
They say these cases are similar to
that of Barry and that the
action is very inconsistent. William
Gleason, of Chicago, had been expelled
by district assembly court instead of
by local as the laws of the order direct.
The general assembly SO held thereby
went exactly the opposite to their ac-
ton in Barry'S case and Boomers
case was identical with that of Barry.
He was expelled by the general execu-
tive board as Barry had been, and
claimed that only his local could try
him as Barry also had claimed. The
committee reported against Barry, but
favored Bloomer and the general as
sembly by vote expelled both. Barry's
l fvSn INDIGNANT
this and are feeling sanguine of sue
cess in the new order. Already tele-
grams of sympathy expressing desire
| to Join him have been received fr0m
many parts of the country by Barry.
These come in several instances from
officers of local assemblies of Knights
of Labor. Barry counts on their sup
port in the new organization; however
| his following is still uncertain and
time only VIII develop how strong 1t
| is.
That Powderly is the ruling mind in
1 this general assembly has been evil
dent for some time and it was more
than ever apparent at the morning
| session to-day. AS stated in dispatches
yesterday, Powderly signifies his will
| ingness to continue in office under GER
| tain conditions, and the report OF the
committee on law was submitted Ok
| actly in accordance with the conditions
expressed by Powderly.
The lone man power" advocated by
| him in his annual address is having
its effect. Section Is of article 8 of the
constitution, was amended by the COM
mittee to provide that the elective
officers shall be general master work
man, general worthy foreman, general
secretary, treasurer and gen. director.
OF Woman'S work, the general execu-
tive board shall consist of four men,
bers besides the general master work
man; the general cooperative board
shall consist of two members, the gen.
eral worthy foreman and all except the
general executive board and the gen.
eral cooperative board shall be taken
from the floor of the general assembly
and when elected shall serve two years.
This is a reduction of two members IN
each board besides the union of office
of secretary and treasurer, and is that
much of saving in expenses. But
the place where POWderly'S influence
most appeared is in section IS of the
same article which shall hereafter pro
vide that the general master workman
shall be chairman eX-officiO of the gen.
eral executive board and shall as soon
as practicable submit to the general
assembly the names of eight persons,
eligible under the constitution from
which the general assembly shall select
soon as possible and at the same session
at which the general master workman
is elected. This action further provides
that the general worthy foreman shall
be ex-officiO chairman of the general
cooperation board, that he shall sub
NIT to the general assembly four names
from which they shall select two who
will constitute that board on the floor.
A prolonged debate followed the in
PRODUCTION of these amendments. 1t
was desired to reduce the term OF Office
and to change the size of the board,
but such propositions were defeated
and the report of the committee was
adopted by more than the required
two-third majority.
General MISTER Workman Powderly
and General Worthy Foreman Richard
Griffith, of Chicago, will probably be
retained in their present positions and
will under these new laws select their
own advisors.
The committee on laws still had the
floor when the dinner recess was taken
and it has enough work cut out for the
convention to take up all the time for
the rest of the week if not longer.
The afternoon session was taken up
by the committee on law with minor
changes of the constitution. Contrary to
the Recommendation of Powderly the
time of meeting is unchanged which Is
the first action yet taken against his
will. The general master workman
shall hereafter fill ali vacancies on the
board by appointment this being new
power added to- the Office. The COM
mittee reported the approval of Pow
derly's denunciation of the provisional
committee and by formal vote all de-
cisions of General Master Workman
Powderly since the general assembly
one year ago are approved.
Barry, the expelled member, issued
another open letter tonight, complain
ing of unfair treatment and charges
| PoWderly with various offenses. Among
them coercing a printer in the general
Office to vote as the administration de-
sired or leave the Office. Mr.. Barry
proposes to agitate until the general
assembly of the Knights of Labor ad-
journs. He will then put out his
organizations and look after the form
alton of his new order which will be
called the Brotherhood of United
Labor.