The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-19
(From Sundays Second Editirn.)
Suit Against the n. of L..

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. T.-If a bomb
camp local Knights of Labor could not have
been more surprised than they were to-day
treasurer ea STno of the order orders' issued s1efft the folloWiHg
notice, addressed ITO the order, wherever
found, greeting:
master workman; A. w. Wright and John
Devlin, of the late general executive board,
Knights Of Labor for balances of salary
which they claim are due them. This no
tiee is published to prevent any credence
may be made in the public press. If by
decree OF court 1t is learned that the order
the order is and will be fully able to meet
any Just claims"
The notice was the first intimation that
Powderly. Devlin and Wright had contem-
plated entering suit against the order, or
would in any way openly attack it. 1t was
an open secret that the defeated trio were
covertly endeavoring to create disSension in
the ranks of the Knights, but in view of
their past expression it was not supposed
that they would ever come out boldly and
show their hands. 1t was ascertained that
Powderly ct al, in bringing their suits, did
Within the past month Powderly has pre-
scented bills to the order for salary and
expenses amounting to $1,000. 1t is stated
as the belief of those in a position to know
that he will not confine his claims to the
bills he had presented. but will make a bold
claim for an enormous sum for the purpose
of creating CONSERVATION in the rank and
file. The bills presented by A. w. Wright
and John Devlin amount to about $500 each.
each for advertising Powderiy's tintic
mine scheme In the Journal of the Knights
of Labor. Wright and Devlin both ac-
knowledged the justice of these claims on
the floor of the last convention.
In reference to the suits, Secretary-treas-
u Hsr HAYES says a The notices OF the suits
Sovereign before he left for Washington.
Tn claim of two of the members is so small
that they very we'll knew that they could
get their money whenever they wanted it.
In fact, they have come in here from week
to week ever since the convention and got
whatever they asked for. Powderly Gid not
present his bills until a snort time ago, and
then six months in a lump. He should have
presented them monthly, and knew il. There
was nothing left for us but to refer them
to the general executive board for audit. 1t
looks like a scheme, and a very futile one,
TO disrupt the order"
Witnesses for the Defense Testify,
LEXINGTON, KY, Feb. lin the ex<
animation of witnesses for the defense in
the Breckinrid ge-Pollard case, two witness
es were examined. Major Mcclellan. prin-
cipal of Sayre Institute, where Miss Pol
lard attended school from the fall Of 1854 TO
February, 1885, said she was frequently abb
sent from school. She left the institute in
February, 1885, and did not return until
September, Of the same year. Then she res
manned until April. During this time it
was not uncommon for her to be absent
for one or several days at a time. If she
naQ any ACQUAINTANCE WITH 1CIOnel BreCk--
inridge at that time witness knew nothing
of 1t. One OF witnesses daughters was Miss
Pollard's teacher and three OF his daugh-
terS were schoolmateS of Miss Pollard, so
witness thought that If anything had been
wrong with Miss Pollard he should have
known il. He had no knowledge of any one
communicating with her at the time
she was in school. Her tuition was always
paid in cash, and receipts were given as il
the money had been paid by her mother.
Witness did not know why she left school
either time, except for lack of funds. and
if she was in a delicate condition in April,
1856, he saw no indication of IL. He had no
information concerning Miss Pollard's rela-
tiOns with James g. Bodies till about the
time OF her leaving school in the spring of
1856, when he learned that Bodes had been
paying her bills up to that time because
she had contracted to marry him when she
finished school, and the payment of her
board, tuition, ETC., was part of this con-
tract.
The next witness was Mrs. NJ. A. Ketch-
UNI. She stated that Miss Pollard entered
her house as a boarder in the fall of 1884,
and remained in her house till about Febru-
airy, 1885. Miss Pollard was absent several
times. During her stay at Mrs. ketchum's
house Miss Pollard's room could be reached
from the street. If there was anything UNI
usual about Miss Pollard'S condition when
she left her boarding place either in 1855 or
1886 il was not discovered by Mrs. Ketchum.
Dispositions for the defendant will be
taken in Danville, KY, Monday, at Frank
fort Tuesday and Wednesday, and again
here on Thursday or Friday of next week.