Evening star., 1893-11-21
HAYES MAKES NEW CHARGES.
Progress of the Fight Between Him
and POwderly.

and POwderly.
A United Press dispatch from PHILADELPHIA
says that John W. Hayes withdrew his
charges against the executive board Of NAL
feasance in Office yesterday afternoon at the
session of the knights OF Labor General
Assembly. The Philadelphia Times, how
ever, declares that Hayes renewed his
charges and made another one. This charge
is as follows:
THAT within this secret order there ex-
listed an inner secret order with secret
agents in every great center of the order
throughout the country; that this inner
secret order was originated by the execu-
tive board for the purpose of perpetuating
in office the officers of the order who pill
fered its treasury for years"
SecretaryTreasurer Hayes then proceeded
to submit to the assembly original and
signed documents to prove that funds ap-
propriated for the relief of strikers in vari-
Gus parts of the country during a period of
years had, as heretofore charged by him,
been appropriated to the personal uses of
the general officers.
Hayes was interrupted before he could
finish his charges and the reading of the
documents to sustain them by Mr.. PowGerly,
who took the floor 10 explain.
He said: THE funds alleged to have been
mlsappropriated by the executive committee
gardless of the original intentions of the
order They We're not needed for the pur-
pose appropriated and were used to paw the
salaries of the general officers of the order
The executive board had the right to divert
the surplus of these appropriations in the
manner named, and no delegate has the
right-understand me, the right-to question
that action upon the part of the board"
AT the close of this explanation Mr. Hayes
arose with new documents in his hands to
continue his charges. The entire assembly
jumped to their feet with him. For a mo-
ment the motions and anti-motions made a
babel, In which both factions were indis-
tinguishable.
The motion was made and carried that
each. Messrs. Powderly and Hayes. be given
another hour to conclude.
Mr.. Powderly occupied his hour in a
wholesal denial of the charges made against
him.
Hayes" he said among other things. 'fs
an ungrateful rascal. ] need no proof for
what / say. My long and effective service
In behalf of this order is a sufficient refuta-
ton of the charges of jealous subordinates"
Mr. Hayes occupied his hour with the
presentation of additional documents signed
Terry" and additional charges founded
thereon. Closing he turned to Powderly and
exclaimed:
Terry, all that 1 have charged you with
you are guilty of. and / defy anybody to
contradict it. My books prove it. These
documents before me prove it. DENY 1T IL
you can. The civil courts of the country
meF'
The assembly in general will today take
up the Debate upon the charges Of Mr..
Hayes against the executive board.
Delegates last night were confident that
the debate would be finished this afternoon
and vote be taken on the motion to vacate
the seats OF the general officers
The finance committee continued its ses-
slons last evening, and IL was exepcted by
many delegates to report today on the
Hayes charges in regard to the executive
boards financial methods
Ihree other committees-the grievance
constitution and press committees-lahored
all night at the headquarters on Broad
street.
The Hnyes-PowderIy Fight
Holland" the New York correspondent
of the Philadelphia Press, writes as follows
regarding the Hayes-Powderly fight in the
Knights of Labor General Assembly at
Philadelphia:
The story published in a Philadelphia
paper on Sunday morning, and reproduced
here this morning, to the effect that on Sat
urday the knights INDUCED in a disgraceful
row eliminating in the throwing of chairs
the striking of blows, and a final adjourn
ment in wild disorder is not true Neither
Is the statement that one member was so
Dadly hurt that IL was found necessary to
take him to the hospital. 1t is true that a
bitter fight is being made against Mr.
Powderly, whose deposition as chief of the
oI"Si 10 edIIeSlN ueSlreu by Secretary
Hayes and his friends. But neither Mr..
PoWderly nor Mr.. Hayes has acted i'm the
manner described in the article to which I
have referred. Their contest has been who'll
ly one of discussion. 1t is believed here that
the story as printed was given to a reporter
by James A. Wright of Philadelphia who
aspires to the general master workman's
place, or by some of his friends 1t is the
plan of Mr.. Powderly's opponents to either
make ii so uncomfortable for him that he
Will resign. or to bring about action on the
part of the assembly declaring all offices
vacant. After this is done 1t is hoped TO
muster enough strength on the part of the
opposition to elect Mr.. Wright to the post