Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-10-18
MR. BARRY EXPELLED
A Report Full of Damaging
 Charges Against Him.
EXECUTIVE BOARDS STATEMENT.
He is Accused of Sowing DissensiOn in the Order Throughout the Country, of VrongfulIy Obtaining Money and O. Drawing Salary When Not a Member.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct lS-A statement of T. B. Barry's connection with and expulsion from the Knights of Labor has been pre-
 pared for tine members of the order by Gen. eral Master Workman Powderiy and General Secretary Hayes. It $ i'll part follows:
 'Shortly after the close of the general
 semhly, in November last, a complaint wal
 received by the general executive board from
 Augusta. Ga., i'll regard to the working oi
 District Assembly No. 176, and requesting that
 a member of the board be sent to that section
 in order to bring about Il reconciliation be tween the inharmonious clements Unfortu-
 nately for those most interested, T. B. Barry
 was chosen for this important duty The re suit of this work can be better understood by
 reading the following communication, writ ten by an officer oE District Assembly No. 176, than anything we can say
 AuGrsrA Ga, Dec. 5, 1887. | John w. Hayes, Secretary General Executive Board:
 DEAR SIR AND BRorHER-Mr T. B. Barry of the general executive hoard. has left here, and would beg leave to say for the good of the order nationally that it would be wise to keep such men out of the south, as he is devoid of common sense and ordinary discretion. His visit to this place has greatly injured t9e order, he took biased and prejudiced view of business matters. His address before the district assembly on the eve of bis departure WIS unmanly, unwise and ungentlemanN. He made statements that were abSolu ely false and protected his carcass under the shadow of tine district assembly. The result of his visit will result In the destruction of the order in this section. While here he in suited the negro members and autagonZed them without cause or reason. The opinions of many are that he is unfit and Incompetent for the posi-
 tion he occupies, and he is deficient in education the common ideas of a gentleman and utterly ignorant of the common proprietieS of life. Be sides, he is full of ignorance, born of prejudice dehci"nt in the powers of analysis and state ment, has no sympathy for decency, and is in love with "indecency. For Gods sake | get rid of such man and fill his place with a | gentleman, with ordinary education and discretion, and not be compe led to disgrace the order by sending out such man as Barry. * a | MICHAEL J. DAvERN.
 ''In April, T. B. Barry was sent to To 1 ronto, Ont, ill response to request from D. 1 A. 125 for member of the general executive ! board to visit our members in that locality. l That the result of his visit there was almost l as disastrous to the order as his southern trip had been will be seen by the following l letter, signed by the executive board of D. l A. 125:
 ! To General Master W orkman T. Y. Powderly ] DEAR SIR AND BROTHER: * The
 executive board of D. A. 125 would therefore
 strongly advise the withdrawal of Brother Barry from the lecture field as it is of the opinion that, whatever lis talents may be as ! an executive officer, the tone of his lectures, ! judging by the one delivered here, is not of a
 sort calculated to inspire confidence in the
 order, or arouse the zeal of the faint hearted 1 to a renewed sense of duty. * * SAMUEL TwEEDIE 1 This communication was intended to be ! presented to the general executive board at
 its meeting in June, but before the time ar.
 rived Barry was stricken with paralysis. l * He recovered sufficiently, however, l fO ha ebla fn attend the nBcatipr of tha hoa rd
 when consideration for his physical weak | ness prevented that body from taking any
 action that would tend to excite or annoy
 him. fearing that shock of any kind would
 have serious results At his own solici a.
 tion at the close of the meeting he was sent
 to Michigan to lecture. He spent several
 months in that section at the expense ot
 the innocent masses to whom he so pathet
 icallY refers ill his letter of resignation
 electioneernS in his own behalf and vilifying
 the order he had been deputed to defend and
 regenerate. AS soon as he quilted the terri
 tory the general officers were, as usual, ir constant receipt of letters complaining of hi.
 actions and begging for his recall from the
 lecture field, as his presence in any section
 was deadly blight to the prosperity of the
 organization.
 'These letters were read to T, B. Barry 1 Aug. % He recognized the truth of the
 charges, and, while tacitiy acknowledging , that his statements were false and ground | less yet refused to retract them, on the ground that he would appear to the order 1T the light of falsifier,' he expressed it Every effort made to induce him tt l cease in his evident determination to disrup . the order, and reserve his alleged grievances l until the highest tribunal of the order coulc hear and decide. It was all ill vain Tn, board had no alternative but to pass mo
 tion ordering him to stay at his home till tn,
 next session of the general assembly.
 IS. B. Mcclure was deputed to go through
 Michigan and Canada and investigate tn charges against Barry. While he was gon Barry came to the general office and, durin. the absence of the general treasurer pre- \ sented to the chief clerk a bill for salary ant
 expenses during the time of his suspension ; from official duties, ill direct violation of tn orders of the general executive board, ant
 was paid the sum of S24S. 25. Direct iron
 his plundering expedition he went to Nev York city and secured the services of som
 of his friends to write his letter of resigna tion, which has already been published . "On Oct 15 the general executive boar
 received the report of Brother Mcclure. an,
 to our intense astonshment we learned tha the local assembly to which T. B. Barry ha, . been attached had no legal existence sine
 April last; that Barry had never taken . transfer card, and that he has not been g . member of the order for seven months; con e sequently the money drawn by him as gen eral officer since April had been fraudulent
 obtained.
 Brother McGuires report showed that a
 that had been written of Barry's actions wa
 true, and the following motion was carrie ], unanimously:
 l. That T. B, Barry be and is hereby expelle d from the order of the Knights of Labor, an j. the reasons for this action given at length t the order through The Journal of Unite e Labor. as well as by circular.
 e ''Thus terminates the official career C T Honest Tom Barry JOHN W. HAYES, n Secretary General Executive Board.n if The Worlds Potato Crop. T SparSGEIETD Mass Oct 1s N,