Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-15
DEFIES POWDERLY.
Inside Methods of the Knights OF La
Dor Revealed in Publ C Meeting
Lashing the Home Club.
Charges Tha' the nasts- Uorsmsn Bas
Useo By Gould-Dishon.st5 and Decsis-
Flpsncial Condition.
New York Herald.

to listen to Thomas B. BSrTy, who has
recently resigned from the General Exec
utive Board, e1plsin the Causes Of the
dry rot In the organization.
There were plenty Of Kisses and cheers,
ont there were no disturbances. The
meeting was arranged by the anti q ONE
Cub wing Of Distr'c. Assembly g, and
all OF its well known leaders we're pres
ens. II WAS thought before Tia meeting
hat there might De trouble made oY Inc
friends OF James z Quinn, 80 Captain
McCullsgh was ca hand, snd rad tity
big policemen scattered tnroTgh ne m
dlence. The crowd however, 7gss Fsry
orderly one snd the c-ocssaia IS pissed
Il smoothly.
BY those in charge il v7sg sail tnat toe
| meeting wse held WITH tia .1te2:io2 oil
bringing shout reform n tas order. Tho Sc
posted said that /: mean. il justice Tgss
not d3ne at the ntx. meeting o. the Cen
eral Assembly there would Be o nolt at
Indianapolis.
The meeting was called 20 order Dy
George W. Dunn, who introduced Philip
Meg 18th. Master Workman c. District
Assembly 40. es chairman. lie made 5
brief speech shout the necessity !or zee
present movement, aud in.rod1:sd
Michael Breslin a. first spesker.
| GOING FOR TUE HoSx CLUE.
Mr.. Breslin said: "Soms sIz vears
sgo District Assembly 10 vas fo1nded,
and hks silcs become famous or ms
nous. At Nc. 80 Stanton street iitssn
Knights OF L,bor met spd formed the Dis
trict with a membership Of 500 u crew
so rapidly that st the Redmond session
Of the General Assembly IL had mem
bership Of $4,000 l. was~such q large
mogslncnt that 5 number CT persons go.
together to guide it. Many members did
! not want few men to control It, bu. the
few did. Those who wished to control
consisted of seven men, and were known
IS the Home Club. They started 4
school Of Thought and put q tool in
charge CT 1t.
| "Tae Richmond COW 3ntion WAS where
the first fleets Of the new school we're
felt. S yenty delegates were sent there,
end the delegates were made to woe FOR
thiugs the district Instructed them 10; TO
vote for. Ole Of the home cub vas pa
OF tie general executive board. Gas will
Of the disiric3 and the misses Ys5 Du,
aside.
"The hcme club made arrangements
to get home for itself. Laughter
Inc home wss purchased aud the claO
got possession CT it. Ia meEirg fl lal
arrangements for the control Of the home
they lost Py!bsgoras hsN. and not only
that, but thsy lost taeir nkme, and are
NOW wanderers Gu the face CT the eartn
NOV FOG PowDERLY.
"Mr. Powderly," Kisses and cheerP
"Cheer on" cried the speaker. 81
cheered him myself three months sgo
What do you think ct the decision CT Mr.
before 1t reached tae DISTRICT The mat
Of "He sold IL"
"Well, after that he made new decis-
ion, and put 8 new clause IN the constitu
ton that ne never SAW there before. This
is one of the reasons why we desire re.
form. One of the men who para1ed with
Us in Union squarc, aud put Us in Pytha-
goraa hall for tee public to look st Us, is
now shouting for secrecy. Honest laoor
wants no SECRECY, but burglars a1d sneak
thieves do. [CaseIs
ave are ttIed of losses, and in the
future we will be our own"
MR.. BARkY's ATTACK.
Thomss 8. Barry Was introduced as
| JDSSk u , LeCtlNcu Su OVasIUl
snd WAS repeatedly cheered.
81 Is with feeling Of Sadness" he
said, IL appear before you under the cir,
cumstances watch have brought US to-
eelher. l have been recognized IS 6
'z!ckec'-1ot az Kicker Of a few dsys
out Of years age, and tonight will give
you some Of rne reasons why kick. ]
defy T. V. P0Tderiy Or sny one else to
prove that in all my twenty-five years i1
the labor movement l WAS evsr false to
! ny trust.
"I have been sll over the country lock
ing after strikes OF from 100 TO %, 0OC
people and not, as the Journal OF Uoitso
L Dor ststes, travelling at the expense OIL
the ,erder ana sowing the seed Of dlsccri
RaSif he ordsr sgrees to pay Mr.. Pow
sf6erly SIG q dsy Cor studying law and
Languages, and says it is all right, will
let what the mutual admiration orga.
ssy5 pass"
Mr.. Barry then took up the question Ct
the great S )uthwsst strike, and said its
failure was due to Powde,ly and the gen
eral executive board, who had been used
by J.y G luld In the interest Of stock
speculation.
MIR. Barry next took up the strike oil
the curriers' at Peabody, Mass. There
was st that time Sl37 900 In the treasury
and not a dollar was sent to the s.arvir E
men and women Then demands came
10 from the big districts, just before tbs
meeting Of the General Assembly. snd
wishing to secure their votes, MI Pow
derby ordered $4,000 to be sent to Pea
body. "Oo you call thst honesty2'
shouted Mr.. Bsrry.
"In the strike In the Mohawk Valley T
B Mcclure hsd said the strikers could
not hsve relief, because they voted
ags!ns! the administration"
| LIVING HIGH.
In regard to finances, Mr.. Barry said
"Tbe expenses of the order are between
$4,000 sud s72. COO year. Nine of Us,
SO fsr this year have drawn IN sslsriee
and expenses s32 600 Wnsl have wa
given 10 reiurr? Living Ia the palace q,
the expense Of poverty. Members Ct the
general executive board come to pills
delphis In pslscs cars, hang arouud, catch
flies between meals, aud GO home again
in palsce cars, sitter living in q fcs.-clsss
hotel Mn are brought on to Pniladel-