The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-18
D. A.N0. SO, K OF [. MEET.
officers Elected at 0lneyville and
Other Business.
MASTER WORKMAN'S REPORT.
The Rhode Island Congressman Will BE
Asked to Secure an Extension of the
Chinese Exclusion Act for Ten Years
More.

At the meeting of the Knights of Labor,
mt Olneyville, Saturday evening, the fol
lowing officers were chosen: ID. NJ. W.,
+. l.. Cannon of Burrillville; ID. w. F.,
p. j. O'Connor Of Newport; ID. secretary.
and treasurer o. II. Quinn of Phenix; ID.
statisticiau, Edward McCaffrey of Olney-
Vile: ID. w. l., John Il. Sullivan of
Westerly.
A committee consisting of Secretary
were appsanted to wait upon the Rhode
Island members of Congress and endeavor
to have bill passed extending for at least
ten years the Chinese exclusion act-which
expires, by limitation. May @, 1892 A
legislative committee comprising Messrs.
McCaffrey, Dill and Griffin was appointed
TO guard uhe interests of labor III the State
Legislature.
District Master Workman Edward L.
Gannon's report was in part as follows:
To THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE
ID. A., 99-Another year has gone for
ever and, contrary to the predictions of
our would-be journalistic friends I'VE
still live," add in 1892 finds the knight of
Labor vigorous, hearty and stronger
numerically and financially than we were
one year ago.
I'VE who are organized to aid the suf
fering poor and who realize what influence
the corruption of the franchise has upon
the institutions of our country should
work with untiring zeal to hasten to
time when the ballot will be held sacred
by every citizen. At our last annual
meeting resolution was passed, asking
the legislature TO enact into law bill
creating factory inspector and to pass
an amendment to the ballot reform law,
extending the same to all the elections
held in the state, also law to compel cor
porations to pay their employees weekly.
"The only force behind the above meas
ures was the ID. A. 80, h. of l.. and the
locals attached thereto. In two of the
above we have been successful, the amend
ment to the ballot reform law and the
weekly payment are now the law or the
state. The demand for the factory inspec-
tion has become so strong that III is only
n question of time, and that a very short
time, when it will be made law of the
State, and the health, safety, physical and
intellectual development of the human
being will be held at least as sacred as
that of the animal. This has been, / un-
derstand from the report of the secretary
and treasurer, a good year financially and
numerically; no rapid growth has come to
us, but we have grown with gradual and
healthy growth which means a member
ship. The membership OF this district has
been subjected to the taunts of the capi-
talistic press that we were dead or about
to die. but with true courage and heroism,
knowing the justice of the cause they
were engaged in, and the necessity of the
work they had organized TO perform, bore
up bravely under the sneer and threat
of the capitalist and have proved
themselves victors in the good fight and
now with hope renewed and ranks undis-
mayed, we start onward determined to
continue the battle until poverty shall not
afilict people willing to work."