Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-07

46 cadet organizations, 5,7S5; 81 ladies' So
cieties, 8, 1893, and 16 girls unions, with an
enrolment of !, 4S9 members. The applause
was deafening as Mr.. Logue continued
THREE THOUSAND NOT COUNTED.
"This is about one-third the total member
ship of the organization, ana does not In
clude about 8, 900 persons who are in arrears
on the beneficial feature. We are extending
the work through the Schuylkill coal region
and soon expect to have every little country
church studded with society. have also
the honor to present Sc, 160 as Philadelphlas
contribution to the Father Mathew chair
fund. This is 4S per cent of the amount
collected so far, and we expect to do oetter.
Letters of regret were read from Cardinal
Gibbons, Archbishop Ryan, of Phlladei-
phia; Bishop Foley, of Detroit; Bishop
Macs, Of Covington; Bishop Mcintyre, OF
Prince Edward Island; Bishop Curtis, OF
Wilmington; Bishop Bradley, OF New
Hampshire; Bishop Van Dyver, OF Rich
mond; Vicar General Sullivan, OF Wheel
ing; Bishop Katzer, of Green Bay, Wis;
Archbishop Elder, of CINCINNATI; Rev.
Hugh O'Donnell, of Boston, e1-President,
and others
While the reports were being read, Fran
els Murphy, the well-known temperance ad-
vocate, appeared in the hall and was
ushered to seat in the parquet. \ He lis
tened closely to the proceedings and showed
much interest in the work of the delegates.
PowDERLY ON INTEMPERANcE.
General Master Workman Powderly, of
the knights of Labor, who was elected
delegate to the convention did not appear
but sent his paper on "Intemperance and
Workiigmen." He said:
''On one of the streets of Pittsburg will be
seen a saloon, the plate-glass front of which
is worth $1,000. the bar and fixtures
$4,000; the paintings and other dec
orations are valued at 81, 900. Stand guard
at the door for "a hours and you will see
thousands of men passing in and out. Nine
tenths of them will wear the garb OF labor;
they will be workers in the mills and fur
naces that make Pittsburg famous, and fore
most, in the history of manufactures in the
United States. If workingmen can build
palaces where liquor is sold, why can they
not build respectable homes for themselves?
II they can afford time to ruin body, intel
lect and family in the saloon, why can they
not devote part of the time to studying the
question OF industrial emancipation? Why
can they not study how to become a power
in the land which their labor makes great
and wonderful?
Our temperance men are not aggressive
enough. They pat the saloon keeper on the
back and tell him he is not such bad fel-
low after all. They will not hesitate to en-
Ter a saloon with friend and take soft
drink or a cigar. Every act of the organ.
lied temperance mans life should be in the
direction of uprcoting that which makes his
society a necessity. There can be no three
directions in the temperance cause. There
are but two; one leads to sober life, the
other leads to q drunkard's grave. The
sincere reformer will work as hard to cause
his fellow man to lead sober life rs he will
to prevent him from filling drunkard's
or pauper's grave"
The report of Secretary Nolan showed
there were So, ,219 members in the organiza-
tiou in good standing. Since the last con-
vention the unions in Baltimore, New York
and Chicago ceased to exist.