Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-06

awaits you and yours, while those victims that
are paying their pro rata share of the expense
OF feeding you and yours are homeless and
without supper"
He saw the mistake he had made and said he
was not laughing at them. The $500 was not
sent, however, and no excuse was offered Tor
this action. Powderly's only answer to NY
charges against him and his colleagues was to
cry anarchism and infidelity against me. He
lies and he knows he does whenhe makes these
assertions / am citizen of our common coun-
try and am proud Of 1t, and owe allegiance
to no flag but the stars and stripes.
1t would be more honorable in him
and his colleagues to tell what was
year, than to be constantly appealing to popu-
lar prejudice against one whom he dare not
meet before the bar of the order, the bar OF
public opinion or IN the court of law to defend
his position as against mine.
had protested constantly against the illegal
and reckless extravagance in the expenditure
OF 1abor'S money, and SO did w. ii. Bailey, but
to no avail. The board is on record as voting
to deny Bailey and Barry an itemized account
of the money expended in the general office.
This information we should have to enable cs
to do our duty as the custodians of the orders
property and It's money. When we were re-
fused this information, Bailey remarked that
he would have it If he had to 60 through the
courts of Pennsylvania and hell up to his eyes
to get it III NGtwithstandng this we MEYER
have letters from more than 500 local
assemblies of the Knights Of Labor and some
districts requesting me to come in person
or send an organizer. as they are tired OF the
deceptive methods practiced by the Powderly
regime, and are anxious to come into the
Brotherhood of United Labor
CANADIAN CENsURE.
At Amherstburg, Ontario, the two local as
semblies at their meetings this week passed
resolutions censuring Powderly and his col
leagues They folded the Knights of Labor
bander and unfurled the banner of the brother
hood. These locals number about 700 mem
bers.
Powderly quotes one Dovern, of Augusta,
Ga. as authority to prove that my work was
detrimental to the interest of the order in that
section while / was there. Notwithstanding
the statement, have letters from the people
Of the district that did good work and that it
was bearing fruit. We had several
Augusta contracted by the General Executive
Board. This debt is still owing, but not re-
ported in the General Treasurers report at the
indianapolis Convention. This man noxern
told the merchants to whom we are indebted to
send all bills to his Office as the General Exec
utive Board had made arrangements to pay
them through him, and that he would expect
10 per cent discount for his trouble in collect
lils tut odIllc. lnttIltItu, anu bOlu LILO uol-
chants that all bills honored would be
paid directly to them and no money shark
would be allowed to come between the order
and them. Those bills, however, have never
been paid and some of the merchants have
been driven into bankruptcy. The order still
owes that money
Mr.. Barry will leave this morning for
Beaver Falls, where he will be the guest of
the ak makers of that place, and will ad-
dress meeting in the local assembly this
afternoon.