The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-11-17
KNIGHTS OF DOODLE.
Labor Leaders Absorb Relief
Money Meant for Strikers.
BIG SCANDAL IN THE K. OF L.


Treasurer Hsves presented the report OF
the financial affairs OF the order for the
gear. in wh ich he fatty accused the gen
srai executive board with having missp-
proprizted aGi or part of the funds sub
scrsbed for the benefit Of the strikers
nj Homestead aud Cssar d'Aiens.
This report. o direct flag a.
the Powderiy faction, became the
subject Of acrimonious debate. report
vas also presented By tbs general execu-
tive COMMITTEES. the exact nature of which
cannot be learned, bat it 10 understood
counter-accusations were made against
ssat 10 known as the Hayes faction.
According 20 Hayes report. t3.6l6.u
Vas received for the Homestead and
C0ur d'Aieno affairs and sIgo.5t for
ths defense Of Dempsey. Amount
paid out to Homestead and csur 'Alsns
strikers. tgo7.20. or q. 70s. 81 less than bad
been received for the purpose. The order
Teeeiyed for the fiscal year s5l.Sl7ao.
while the expense. amounted to Sc. 256.sZ.
From the preceding year there was a bal
snee Of Ss85.S7. which enabled the order 10
finish tue fiscal year with t426.5i Ia the
treasury.
The report OF the general executive
board vas given out this morning. II
opens with review Of the years work
and justification OF the boards course. rs
follows: The past year has been one OF
trial to organized labor. When your
board has been appealed to and asked for
their advice In eases Of despair,
or when reduction Of wages have been
proposed by employers. they have
felt IL their duty to counsel
cautious and action, even in
instances where there was justice in de-
mands for increased wages or where re-
sistaBcs Of proposed reductions would
have been proper and right. The steady
stream Of iu migration which. in spite of
legislation, continues 20 flow TO the shores
OF this continent, makes 10 compare
lively easy for employers to fii the
places Of striking worknen. Ii
addition labor has had this year TO reckon
with the fact Of financial panic and indus
trial depression. The cause Of the panic is
q question that would DO unproiitabls
10 here discuss. Whistler IL was
oecasioned by operation of the So
called Sherman act, as some assert,
90 uncertainty regarding the tariff
legislation, rs others maintain, or whether
IL was part of a deliberately planned con-
spiracy, having for its object the doubling
OF the values of the worlds funded debts
through contraction of the worlds
money, which would be the in
evitable consequences of the demone-
tization Of silver, as an increasing
number believe, need not here be dis
cussed." Reference follows to the report
Of the secreiary-treasurer and the falling
off of the per capita tar. This was as
eribed not to failing belief In the orders
principles, but 20 sheer inability of the
members to pay their dues.
The row in the ranks was continued
with great bitterness today and tonight,
and there are no evidences Of m amicabie
settlement. Bitter addresses were made
by A. w. Wright and John DevIin,
OF the general board. disclaiming
the Hayes charges. Wright accused
Hayes of having q false system OF
bookkeeping. and said IL any unlawful ex-
penditnres were made 10 was owing TO that
fact. He intimated that Hayes had been
carried away by his enmity of Powderly
TO the extent OF deliberately classifying his
accounts so as 10 mislead the delegates.
Tomorrow the executive board. 1t Is said.
will formally demand Hayes resignation,
but Hayes. ii Is said. will have documen-
tary evidence 70 back up the charges be-
fore the general assembly.
A strong effort Is being made TO
save the organization. I'm order TO
make IL the pivot in the proposed consols
dalton with other labor organizations.
That Powdcriy aims 10 be the leader of
the amaIgamated orders there Is no doubt.
Important questions referred TO commit.
tees today were amalgamation Of all labor
bodies into one powerful organization and
recommending political action of organ
iced labor.