Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-21
HOME AFFAIRS.
BARRY KEEPING UP HIS FIGHT
AGAINST POWDERLY.
The Haytian Trouble-California
Success in Building Steel YES
sels-A Drop in Wheat.
I,rzo1AL DISPATCHES TO THE asoonD- us1os.l
LONE MAN" POWER.

The knights of Labor show Their Faith
in PowderIy.
INDIANAPOLIS, November 20th. = That
Powderly still has control of the Knights
of Labor Convention was shown this morn
ing when the Committee on Laws submit
ted report recommending amendments in
accordance with Powderly's recommends
tions. 1t is intended to carry out the +" one
man power which he advocated, and pro-
vide for General Master Workman,
Worthy Foreman, General Secretary, Treas
urer and a General Director of Womans
Work. The General Executive Board con-
sists of four members besides the General
Master Workman, and the Cooperative
Board shall consist of two members besides
the General Worthy Foreman All except
the General Executive Board and General
Cooperative Board will be taken from the
floor of the General Assembly, and when
selected serve two years.
This is reduction of two members in
each Board, besides the union officers Sec
retary and Treasurer. But the place where
Powderly's influence most appears is the
article which provides that the General
Master Workman shall be Chairman ex-
officio of the General Executive Board, and
shall, as soon as practicable, submit to the
General Assembly the names of eight per-
sons from whom the General Assembly
shall select four members. This will be
done as soon as possible, and at the same
session at which the General Master Work
man is elected.
1t further provides that the General
Worthy Foreman shall be ex officio Chair
man of the General Cooperative Board !;
that he shall submit to the General AS
sembly four names, from which they shall
select two, who will constitute the Board
After debate, the report was adopted.
The afternoon session was taken up by
the Committee on Law with minor changes
of the constitution. Contrary to the rec
ommendation of Powderly, the time of
meeting is unchanged. The General Master
Workman shall hereafter fill all vacancies
on the Board by appointment, this being
new power added to the Office. 1t is
now proper for any member of the General
Executive Board to approve the report OF
the Secretary and Treasurer, although that
was formerly permitted only TO the General
Master Workman.
The General Assembly, so desiring, may
hereafter declare vacant any place on the
Board, and it can do SO without, at the
same time, expelling the officer so re-
moved. Before appointment Organizers
must pass proper examination.
This same committee reported the ap-
proval of Powderly's denunciation of the
Provisional Committee
The Mileage Committee reported the
total mileage of.the General Assembly to
be 1S9, ,S29 miles and the amount to be paid
81, ,593.
By formal vote all decisions of the
General Master Workman since the Gen.
eral Assembly year ago were approved.
BARRY ON THE wARPATH.
INDIANAPOLIS, November 12th.-T. B.
Barry tonight issued formal open letter
to the Knights of Labor delegates. He saws:
In violation of all law of Knighthood and
justice, you have denied me a fair trial or an
opportunity to be heard in my defense and by
your action placed yourselves in full accord
with the unlawful and unwarIanted action of
the General Executive Board, whom | had
charged with irregularities, and who. being un-
able to answer my charges and fearing TO meet
me, resorted TO all manner of intrigue to over
ride the constitution and deny TO me the right
OF fair trial, such as is guaranteed TO every
Knight of Labor. Your action is contrary to all
law and decency. You have outraged Justice,
lowered your manhood, and misrepresented
your constituents by your votes, and you depend
on false reports and burying yoIr actions in
silence on your return home, as has been done
after past sessions of the General Assembly.
This time your constituents will be given the
truth by those who have the courage of their
manhood. Since you have refused to give me
an opportunity to defend myself, now publish
few of the charges made and defy you, or
those whom you have sustained by your votes,
to prove them false.
He goes on 10 enumerate the charges
already published. Barry proposes to agi-
tate until the General Assem- bly, of the
Knights of Labor adjourns. He will then
put out his organizers and look after the
formation of his new Order, which will be
called the Brotherhood Of United Labor.