Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-26
1T WILL BE ATLANTA.
The Next General Assembly OF the h
of L. Convenes in November.
ONE OF THE LARGEST EVER HELD.
What Executive Boarder Costello Says Of
Miners outlook.
TWO CONVENTIONS OF COAL DIGGERS

The time and place for holding the next
session of the General Assembly of the
Knights of Labor have just been arranged
by the General Executive Board. Hereto
fore this has been fixed by the Assembly,
but at the Indianapolis session last fall the
matter was left to the G. E. B., with At
lanta. Ga, New Orleans and Albany, n.
Y, to select from.
Mr.. John Costello, the Pittsburg member
of the G. E. B., arrived in the city yester-
day and, in speaking on the subject said: I'VE
have decided on Atlanta for the next General
Assembly and the meeting will be held on the
second Tuesday in November"
Mr.. Costello says it will undoubtedly be larg-
er than the last G. A, and may be as large as
any ever held. The order is growing rapidly,
and in some trades the membership has
doubled. This will give them more representa-
tives in the General Assembly than any they
ever had before.
Robert watchorn, National Secretary of lS5.
composed of coal miners and John Costello
had a consultation yesterday, and. in speaking
of the condition of affairs in the district, the
former said: 1--WE will have about II delegates
in the next General Assembly, which means
that the membership has doubled, as we only
had six delegates at the last convention. and
these represented 5000 members"
STRENGTH OF THE MINERS.
Mr. Costello said: 'I would not claim more
than 10 delegates sure; but we may have Il or
more before the next national convention of
miners is held"
The annual convention of n. 7. A. lS5 will be
held at Wilkesbarre the third Wednesday
in September. At this meeting the strength of
the miners in the district will be known and the
representation in the General Assembly liked.
There will be one delegate for every 5000 menu
bers.
There will be two miners conventions to-day.
One will be meeting of railroad diggers which
will be held at Knights of Labor Hall. The OBJ
ject is to get better plan of action in the store
order business. Since the decision made re-
Gently to fight the '-pluck-Ine" stores, busi-
ness man of this CITY has offered to contribute
$50 toward fund to aid the miners in their
tight against company stores Other contr1bu-
tions. il is believed. can be obtained, and for
this reason another plan will adopted to night
the store system.
TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION.
.ISome mines have already suspended opera
tions; but the leaders of the movement TO abol-
ish the stores claim that this was not author
ized. At the convention to-day the plans will
be fully explained and arrangements made to
continue the war on the company stores.
The officers of subdivision 5 n. T. A. 135 K.
of l., composed of river miners, have called a
convention to be held to-day at Monongahela
City, to consider the action taken at the West
Elizabeth meeting, agreeing to reduction of
one-half cent per busheL The miners in the
Fourth pool are urged to send delegates. The
following points will be taken up and dis
cussed:
First-Price per bushel for mining coal.
Second-What steps shall be taken to abolish the
stpluck-me'' store.
Third-Shall a difference of price be paid for
mining where ''pluck-me' exists and where 1t
does not?