St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-18

SlderS IN that case have allied themselves
with Barry, and are announcing with
him that action adverse to their appeal
will bring down all the terrols of their
wrath upon the Knights of Labor. The
uncertain strength of those outside ele-
Importance of their defeat, which will
probably be effected. They claim a
large following, but the Powderly crowd
asserted that it was neither large nor
desirable class of people who would
follow Barry and his friends. The
whole matter seems to be fight
for leadership, in which the cool,
careful mind of T. V. Pow
derby controls and directs the
movements of the side which has won
the Barry case and will win others as
they come up. This case was the sec
ond matter considered at the afternoon
session. First came an ddress by a
repi esentative of the w. C. T. u, and
the committee on appeals and griey-
ances then got the attention of the
general assembly and reported
THE CELEBRATED BARRY CASE.
Thomas b. Barry, of Michigan. a
member of the general executive board,
was expelled from the order by that
board for circulating viliifying reports
claimed in various interviews, and
notably in his speech last spring in the
Cooper Union in New York, that T. V.
POwderly and his close advisers were
extravagant and corrupt. and, by dire
Acknowledgements, were fast destroying
the Knights of Labor as an organIZa-
ton. The other members of the board
expelled Barry from the order, and, as
he claimed that he had not been given
fair trial according to the laws of the
order, an appeal was taken from the
decision of the board. This appeal
came from an assembly at Dayton, o.,
through l.. s. Bosch, and was made by
that assembly because of Barry'S claims
OF unfair treatment. AS has been al
ready said, the matter was under con-
sideration by the grievance committee
last night. and by unanimous vote they
decided in favor of the general ex-
ecutive board. Their report was made
and the debate then began. Although not,
strictly speaking, follower of Barry,
George Schilling. of Chicago, took the
floor In his behalf and made a strong
speech in favor of the expelled member.
He took the side of Barry for constitu-
tional reasons, and argued the matter
very strongly, bringing up point after
point OF the law to show why Barry
WAS not legally expelled. These points
were given ON the appeal published in
these dispatches from Barry earlier
in the week. General Master Workman
Powderly resigned his chair to
Secretary Elliott, of the grievance CON-
mittee, and made careful statement of
his side of the case. He had stated at
the start of the debate that no applause
would be allowed. so that the delegates
expressed their approval of what was
said by their votes. The report of the
committee had included the proceed
ings of the board on the case and also
Barry'S Cooper Union speech, and
PoWderly's remarks included
REVIEW OF THE WHOLE BUSINESS.
His chief points on tine matter were
the same as those made in his annual
address. Hugh Cavanaugh, of Cincln-
mali, and many other able speakers fol-
lowed, and the debate was at times
rather VAIN, but for the mo st part in
good temper. At the end OF the debate
the roll was called and the general eX-
ecutlve board was sustained by vote
OF 122 to "a. 1t is claimed by various del
egates that those figures do not exactly
the relative strength of the
Barry and Powderly forces, for, ''of the
twenty-four," they say, mot more than
half dozen are actually Barry's close
friends. Others place the number at
three, and all agree that many voted |
against the board for legal reasons, and
would support Powderly or any ques-
ton of policy. This matter being set |
lei. and abundant means being at the |
service of the order, the deleg ties to- |
night are feeling 100 per cent better /
than early in the week. 1t is clearly i
seen that
PowDERLY is GROWING STRONGER
hourly. and will probably meet with |
little opposition from Inside the general !