The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-10-05
REPLYING TO ATTACKS.

Turning to a Childin the audience, he
spoke Of the efforts OF the knights to
put IN end to child labor. From this he
turned to the demand OF the Knights for
eoual pay for equal work to both sexes.
The Knight Of Labor who denied to
W oman her rights was no Knight. Out.
side the Christian Church women were
treated nowhere with such cousidera.
ton as In the order. He said that he
regretted that II would not be possible
for him to devote the whole evening to
expounding the platform, as other niat.
ters must be touched upon.
1t was asked why he did not advocate
prohibition. Simply because the order
had not declared for 1t. Why did he
not advocate the single tax, though per.
sonally he believed 10 1t. Again because
the order had not yet In general Assem-.
bly, announced In favor OF it. He told
Of the educational work done by the
general lecturers, work which lie be.
lievpd the order would approve OF, but
tho fruits OF the work done could not be
expected to befmmediately reaped.
He then addressed himseli to reiu.
tation Of the charges made against hiuI.
He would reiulO every charge and bis
audience should be his jury whose yer.
dict they would accept,
FURLoNo ROASTED.
lie then detailed tho circumstances
connected with his protest against the
appointment OF Furlong, He first pro.
duced batch otletters which bad been
carried to him by Shaw, most of which
bore on the envelope the "recall"
Of Marshal Mcdonald. Constitu.
ting all the reporters present u com.
mittee, he submitted all the documents
to them. He then read Shaw's letter
and then turning to other documents he
showed how Shaw had garbled aud
falsiHed the evidence he pretended To
submit. Furiong's letter Ia the morning
paper was next oVerhauled, and from thH
records Of courts sworn 10 at the time,
he proceeded 10 demonstrate that Fur.
long had ConSpired with p. MCKeagan
and others TO Gntice Martin Irons and
others to attempt TO tap the wires 30
that he could make criminal case
against the strikers, The letters carried
to Powderly by Blake were then taken
up, aud one after the other the men
whose names were appended came for.
ward and pronounced them fOrgerles.
No less than ten iorgerius were thus
proven.
Powderly then rVpelled the charges
that hD had made public tue private lVt.
terra Of Russell Harrison. Ills letter TO
Harrison had been peddled around ~.
Louis, II was tho duty OF all good vlli.
Eena TO prevent the appointment OI
sGouildrcls 10 positions such as tho onu
FnrlDng sought, and In lodging his pro.
test he but performed hls duty.
CONVINCING PROOF.
The story told by Blake aud Mac
Donald that powderly was In Kansal
City last Sunday, was dIsproved bytelo
grams from the Forest City House ii
Cleveland, and Atabley 4 CatUw, Of Gin
Clnnali, stating that Powderiy was II
those cities OH Sunday and Monday
From the published Official reports Ii
yIndlCated bis position on the stool
yards strike In Chicago aud the grea
Southwest strike.
Referring TO Martin Irons, hV tleClaret
that ho ever found him square and hon
al. Az bic invitation and that Of Mi
Neabaum, Of Denver, he attended th
convention At Kansas City. lie the
aud there frankly told the men Of th
danger and probable results {
strike, None Of the men vii
bore the btunt ever blamed him an
uulll they did he cared nothing for III
attacks ol soOppdtgls now assall! ng hin
J, | His Interview with Gould and Hppklr
was described and uonld'S tfeaChetot
J fepudlAtlon Of Ills solemn promise VI
. told in graphic phrase, After diSpOSln