The Coconino weekly sun., 1893-11-23
KNIGHTS OF LABOR.
A Warm Session at Philadelphia What
 the Organization Proposes to Do.


 the Organization Proposes to Do.
 PH1LADELPHIA, Nov. 1.-The row in the ranks of the Knights of Labor, which started Wednesday with tie filing of the report of Grand Treasurer Hayes, was continued with great bitterness. There are no evidences of an amicable settlement. The morning session of the convention was taken up with routine business. Then in the after noon the Hayes friction was renewed again and very bitter addresses were made by A. ". Wright and John Dev- lin, of the general board, disclaiming the charges Mir Wright accused Mir. Hayes of having false system of book keeping and said if any unlawful ex- penditures were made it was owing to that fact. He intimatcd very strongly Mir. Hayes had been carried away by his enmity 60 the general master work man, to the extent of deliberately fal- sifying the accounts so as to mislead the delegates.
 Mr. Devlin continued in the same strain, reviewing the circumstances at tending the knights ass stance to the Ceur d'Alene and Homestead strikers, and said even if all the money collected had not been sent them, the balance was simply held as loan to the organ ization, to be used hereafter as part of the strike fund.
 At the morning session the following resolutions were referred to appropriate subcommittee:
 Recommending political action by members in The interest Of organized labor.
 Advocating the restriction Of immigration, so as 10 shut out undesirable persons.
 That the saloon clause of the constitution, whch prohibits saloonkeepers from becoming mem CTS Of The order, be modified so barkeep- CTS may be admitted under cer ain conditions. Concerning the relations Of the order with several establishments upon which boycotts have been declared
 Favoring the Swiss method of legislation or Initiative or referendum
 On political action
 On the question of the amalgamation of all labor bodies into one powerful organization
 Providing general officers be selected from the four parts Of the untry-north, south, east and west
 On tho special work in New England. and providing for the consoli alton of the order there into one dist jet
 Urging the enforcement of the contract labor law
 Asking or an increase in the pay Of letter carriers
 On he organization of the women shirt workers
 Protests against the Comstock law following agents Of lhe society for the suppression of vice to open maiD as unjust
 On the organization of the coopers
 On ihe extension Of the jurisdiction of Dis. ict Assembly No IL
 Proyi ing for the organization Of political body to be known the Industrial Army.
 A strong effort is being made to save the organization in order to make it pivot in the proposed consolidation with other labor organizations. That MT. Powderly aims to be at the head of the analgamated orders there is no doubt. It is said the outcome of this assembly will be the beginning of the greatest movement for organized labor this country ever saw. Whether or no Mir. Powderly will be the head of the movement is not known. But it is thought no one man will again possess the power held by Mir. Powderly.