Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-27
Window Glass Workers Association
Threatens to Pull Out of
the Knights of Labor
TO HAVE REVENGE ON POWDERLY.
Will Not Endure Affiliation With the
Farmers Alliance if 1t Destroys
Protection.
An EVIL POWER SEEN IN THE FUTURE.
Jchn Costello Tells EUw BE Was Laid OF the General
Executive Board

The evident determination of General
Master Workman Powderly, of the knights
of Labor, to draw the order into politics,
threatens to have the effect OF driving its
strongest mainstay out OF the organization.
]. A 500 composed of window glass work.
ers, will not remain in the organization if
an affiliation is made with any party that
will not afford the same protection that they
now enjoy.
1t was reported in labor circles last night
that L. A 800 will withdraw from the X. of
L. il POwderly and his committee succeeds
in coming to any understanding with the
Farmers Alliance next Tuesday, by which
the two organizations will join hands. The
knights have been gradually growing
weaker oi late years. through repeated de-
feats, and Powderlv believes the only thing
he can do to save his organization from alb
solute ruin is to link arms with some other
order, and proposes to try the Alliance first.
On the other hand, the officials and men,
bers of L. a. 800 see in the Farmers AL
lance power that will be welded against
their fundamental principles.
CAUSED CosTELLo'S DEFEAT.
This power assisted in the election of a
Democrat 10 Congress, in 4 Republican
State, and this same Democrat displaced
the local member, John Costello. on the
Executive Board of the General Assembly
at the recent meeting in December.
The Farmers Alliance people boast of
having elected several Democrats through
out the West, and the members of L. A. 500
see that if this proceeding is TO continue
and the Farmers Alliance gains majority
in Congress- the protective policy upon
which their organization stands, is to be
knocked into smIthereens.
The Window Glass Workers Association
is a healthy organization of itself, and many
OF the members feel that they would be bet
ter of by themselves anyway than to be
clinging to an unsuccessful organization,
and assisting TO fight battles that result in
failures.
An unsuccessful attempt was made to get
from either President Eberhardt or Secre-
tary Cake verifcation of the rumor that
immediate action would be taken in the
matter But members of L. A. 300 spoken
TO said that their organization would abso-
lutely not endure anything that promised
destruction of protection.
PowDERLY'S MAIN OBJECT.
John Costello. the ex-member of the Gen.
eral Executive Board of the X. of L., who
Just returned from Denver last night, was
seen upon his arrival in the city and was
asked what he thought about the matter.
Il do not believe" said Mr.. Costello, 'that
1. \. SEQ will withdraw Immediately; nor
l. III; ,rf4l,Jrov-
the present policy of the X. Of L. is main
tained. If the order becomes affiliated with
any party or other organization that does
not provide the same protection that is pro-
vided now, they may leave US.
In regard to the Farmers Alliance, Mr..
Costello said Mr.. Powderly's only object IN
having the committee 20 to Ocala next
Tuesday was for the general good of the or
ganization, to build up its membership and
increase its power. He had many interest
ing things 10 say of the meeting Of the
General Assembly. According to his
theory, it was the miners who defeated him
Ior reelection on the Executive Board.
In the first place, the miners made fight
against Costello because the latter refused
10 aid in an opposition to Powjerly. Then
they tried TO have W. B. Wilson, OF Tioga
tello. Mr.. Powderlv ruled Wilson's nomi-
nation out, and then the miners Topped to
the support OF Davis, from Kansas. Co.'S
tello was only beaten by four votes, any
way.
DEwEY'S CASE STILL UNSETTLED.
Speaking of the Dewey case, Mr.. Costello
said it was not settled definitely yet, and
that the board of officers might take it in
hands and make Dewey's expulsion perma-
nent. As TO the meeting generally, Mr..
Costello said Il was one of the best the Gen.
eral Assembly ever had. 1t was composed
of Z! better class of people, and there were
many able debates during the session. Mr..
Costello travelled considerably while on the
trip, having covered over 5000 miles since
he Jeff Pittsburg. Patrick Mcbride, a
member of the Miners Executive Board
came home with Costello last evening.
II is thought by some that MIR. Powderly
will have some difficulty in making a deal
with the Farmers Alliance, as that would
give farm hands an opportunity to call upon
Mr.. Powderly for assistance to secure the
granting o: any demands they might make,
but Il has long heen feared that the General
Master Workman is determined to take his
organization into some political party, and
il IS against any rash movement such as
this would indicate that L. a. 800 is kick
ing.