The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-10-07
4 GREAT OVATION
rendered to Mr. Powdedy BY
Chicago Workingmen'
a REMARKABLE GATHERING
And 4 Satisfactory one In Many
ways-sunday Closing of Saloons
tho Topic on Which he Spoke
Another Refutation'

CncAGo, OFT, 6.-Five thousand peo
rle assembled this afternoon in Musll
Hall at a meeting, the feature oI whlrl
w,,to be an ailres, by General MasIe
Workman Powderly, Of the Knights o
Labor
II Sir, Poglerly was counting upon
,erelying u popular endorsement. hi
eoull scarcely have gone away disap
poinfed, for the gathering was remark
sble for It's cosmopolitan character ant
enthusiastic feeling, "a well as for III
upmbcrs sunday closingoIsaloo wa
tbetopic announced for discussion.
p,S,lrrIy was greeted with such .
,smnr,l Of applause as seldom Is given
N any man. Tie began by referring 70
tbc cTiticisms that bud been launched ut
lin from Chicago and said that a few
months ago he would not have expected
snch nm audience or such hearing. Ills
Temarks on Sunday closing were en-
phatic and pointed enough 10 elicit IT,
heated outbreaks OF applause from even
the most radical Of his hearers.
Mr, Powderly continued: "You have
been told that the chief officer OF the
Knights Of Labor Is q most yillainols
character. lie Is not going TO deny y,
But will agree that the citizens OF CHI
cavo. NOT rontentcd with labor organlza'
inns. may select q committee OF three
honest men and | will place before them
the records OF the order since the organ
iy1tion. Iithal committee does not say
thSt Wha. they have heard on the streets
ISLANDER Of the order, then will sub
init that 1t is a just verdict. II the re-
Eppclable, decent citizens Of Chicago do
moi care 10 accept this oGer, | feel that
they do not believe the slandes."
Mr., Powdcrly is accompanied by A. NJ.
Wright, Of Toronto, with whom he left
this evening for Hamilton, Ontario,
where he speaks tomorrow night. On
the lI,h, Mr.. powderly will 80 to Phila'
delphia to hold a conference with tho
chiefs and secretaries Of the Federation
of Labor Unions. "They insist" said
MI. Powderly in an interview this even
ing, "that We shall present the eight
hour question to the General Assembly
We have our views on this question and
they have theirs. The object Of the
conference is to learn what they want" /"
"Does that imply that the eight hour
question: %ill be submitted by you to the
Assembly as tho Trade Federation desires
III"
ut means that we are willing to dis
cuss the question but the strike will not
be recommended. Possibly | should
not attempt to speak for the Knights oI
Labor, bnt know this Is the feeling.
believe In shorter days; have been
quoted on that enough TO make 1t plain
But II will never be done by strikes,
Arbitration Is all that can bring 1t about
The stock yards strikadn this city ls
good illustration OF this. We will bring
the question before the Assembly in
way agreed upon in the coming confer
encp, but 1t will not lead to q verdict in
favor Of a strike May !, or any othel
time.
Regarding the alleged financial straits
Of ithe Knights OF Labor, Mr.. Powderly
said: ave arc clear Of debt, we have Z
balance in the treasury and we shall
hold General Assembly in few weekt
oiwhich each delegate will receive hi'
expenses, aud then We will have money
Left. Our condition is better than eyel
before"
Regarding the Seamen's Union mat.
ter, Mr. Wright denies that there is any
probability Of any trouble arising be
tween the Board and the Seamen'l
Union.