The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-27

led to the defeat Of the strikers. the fall Of
Irons. and the discrediting Of the knights In
the southwest. lie Is not that KIND OF
a man. az d that is why competent judges Of
( such matters say that he Is a coming man
and thar the United Brotherhood Of Labor,
OF which he is the head, IS likely % bee me
a formidable rival to the Knights Of Labor
and the American Federation OF Labor.
Just now it is OF course much smaller than
either. Most estimates would put them IN
about this order:
Members.
Federation Of Labor 20 J.pIU
Knights Of Labor -.--........ ---- 1871
Brotherhood OF Labor 4OO'O'O
That Is a pretty good band Of wage work
ers, but it is only small proportion OF the
[ whole, the entire army Of l2,OUO,OOO or
/ 13.OOO.OO0 leavi z a large surplus from
which any one OF all three Of these big or
I CARNATIONS can draw recruits. In the night
that is to come many think that the new
/ organization stands tho best cnance Inc
| Federation Of Labor has about reached its
| full growth, 50 the experts say The
Knights OF Labor are struggling to hold
their own and are not succeeding Mean
while the newer organization is gaming
men as fast as it can take them in. Ii Is an
organization so far as its aims and scope Is
concerned as the knights Of Labor were
before the trlcksters, in that once wonder
full organization. to an extent ruined IL.
1t is against strikes except where they
cannot be avoided In the matter OF
shorter working hours, Of restriction of
child labor, rigid factory inspection, its
position is similar to that Of the other or
CARNATIONS. II is not one Of its aims 70 put
extraordinary power into the hands of its
general officers. Chief Organizer Barry
remembers that il was this that enabled
clique to obtain control Of he Knights of
Labor and to drive him and thousands Of
other good men out of that order.
Now the question is is there room for the
new organization! Is there need for itl
Those behind 1t say that there is both need
and a field for it and that it will certainly
succeed. 1t is expected to hurt the Knighh
OF Labor rather than the federation of
labor The latter is made up of members
of trades unions and is strongest in the east.
The new organization is doing what tie
leader of the knights did to their
sorrow. So it is likely to attract trades
union men at the west, and in this way it
may. to some extent, interfere with the
federation. But it is from the knights that
they hope to z lin. At the west and uth-
west Powderly and his aids are thoroughly
discredited, while in the same locality the
popularity of Barry is immense, 1T having
been won for him by his clever work on the
occasion of various strikes there, Of which
he to a certain extent had charge. All
the Disconnected knights are hocking
to the new brotherhood, and it is
for that reason that the members of the
latter hold that within a year it will out
strip the knights. Then again Barry is
doing yeoman work among the farmers of
the west. These, too, are discontinued, as
is evident from the course of their farmers
alliance. Barry is trying to some extent to
pool issues with them and with considerable
success. lie is persis ent, tlrelesS worker,
and he not only believes in his work, but he
has in addition an old score TO settle with
Master Workman Terence Vincent Pow
derby, and being human he wants TO pay it
up by building up better organization
than that managed by Mr.. Powderly,
thereby depliving the latter worthy of some
glory and profit too.
1t is not easy to build up a great labor
organization aud it is still harder to keep it
gol successfully after it has been built
up. Some very able men have gone into
such movements, have spent both time,
money and labor in them only to lose all
that they had invested, and to emerge from
the struggle broken in health spirits and
finances. II any one doubts that let him
consider the case of that eminent and honest
philosopher, John Swinton, or any one of
half dozen others VINO might be named
However, the new organization starts out
we'll. 1t has become instantly popular.
The struggle will be between three giants.
Paradoxical as it may seem, Barry is at
once the weakest and the strongest. He
will draw from Powderly, and then the
duel to the death will be between Gompers
and himself.
And no man can say which will win.