Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-05
eight-hour law on Government work, and
ask that O penalty clause be added to the

Pinkertons Get It Pretty HarI.
sixth-Resolved, That We regard the main.
tenance of large standing army of mer-
cenaries, known as the Pinkerton system. as
menace to our liberties and we demand its
abolition, and we condemn the recent in
vasion of the Territory of Wyoming bv the
hired assassins Of plutocracy, assisted by
Federal officers
seventh-Resolved. That we commend to
the thoughtful consideration of the people
and the reform press the legislative system
known as the initiative and referendum.
Eighth-Resolved, That we favor consti.
tntS1a K;ns the "fe
and providing for the election OF Senators OF
the United States by a direct vote of the
people;
sidY or national aid to any private corpora
tion for any purpose.
The immigration plank and anti-Pinker-
ton plank were loudly cheered.
The Applause Continues Liberal.
When the first paragraph, that relating to
the force bill and the Australian ballot
system was read a delegate moved to lay it
on the table. They already had the St.
Louis platform, he said. His motion got
second, but was beaten most decisively on a
vote, nearly the whole convention voting
no. The immigration plank and the anti
Pinkerton plank were applauded loudly.
Mr.. Branch introduced Hugh Cavanagh,
of Ohio, Secretary of the Resolutions Com
mittee, who read the following resolution,
unanimously adopted by the committee:
Resolved That this convention svmpa-
thizes with the Knights of Labor with their
righteous contest with the tyrannical COM
bine of clothing manufacturers of Rochester,
and declares 1t to be the duty of all who
hate tyranny and oppression to refuse to
purchase the goods made by the said manu-
facturers or to patronize any merchants
who sell such goods.
Peters, of Texas, moved to table the reso-
luton, and Dean, of New York, to divide
1t. The first part expressing sympathy, he
wanted to vote for, but not for the boycott.
Delegate Gator of California, earnestly
supported the resolutions as presented.
The Texas Cyclone For the Boycott.
"Cyclone" Davis, of Texas, was for the
boycott. He belived in that principle of
nature which binds every living being to its
friends, and the enemies of labor are not
our friends. There is NO such thing as
boycott, he said. 1t only consists of letting
your enemies alone and staying with your
friends. He wanted to boycott the pluto
cratic Senators who spent about 5000
year of the peoples money for barber
shop, pomade, lavender and rose water. He
wanted this boycott kept up till every ves-
tige of this is gone and the people again
have their rights.
A Texas delegate declared there was one
business that should be boycotted-the
liquor traffic. [Cheers.]
Then came the important speech of the
night On the question, one by Ignatius
Donnelly. The resolution he declared was
in keeping with the spirit of the preamble
to the platform adopted with so much una
nimity earlier in the day. s'The Rochester
clothing manufacturers have said to 16, 900
of their workmen and workwomen that they
could not gain means of livelihood with
out yielding their rights as American citi-
zens, Mr.. Donnelly said; ION this there
can be no compromise.
The Boycott Made a Go.
At this declaration the cheers rang again,
and again the voice of General Master
Workman Powderly, of the Knights of
Labor, made itself heard above the general
din. 'If this resolution were simply to
express the prejudice of class" said he,
81 should not support it. 1t is declara-
tion that freemen will not clothe their
limbs in the goods of the manufacturer of
this slave-making oligarchy. Loud cheers.
1t is war to the knife, and the knife to the
hilt [Cheers. I trust that those who
have staggered away from this resolution
because Of the opprobrium that hireling
press has applied to the word boycott, with
draw their opposition, and that the
resolution may be adopted by rising
vote" Tremendous applause.
At the conclusion of Donnelly's address
Mr.. Powderly, Mr.. HAYES and number of
others rose and grasped him warmly by the
hand. A Kansas delegate moved the pre-
vious question, and on rising vote the
motion to strike out the boycott clause was
overwhelmingly defeated. The resolution
was then adopted by acclamation.
During the morning session, which was
brief, the permanent organization was COM
pleted, Mr.. Loucks taking the chair and
making speech Of thanks The convention
adjourned to allow the Committee on Reso-
lutions to complete the platform.
General j. 6. Field, of Virginia, was
nominated on the first ballot for the Vice
Presidency.