The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-11-21
SOVEREIGN IN FAVOR OF IT.
The Master Workman Ad-
dresses the Delegates,
Speaking in Detail of the
Organizations Work.
Reviews the Pullman Strike and De-
nOunces Gen. SchOfieId for AdvO-
eating An Increase of the Army
Report of the General BOard-The
Prohibition Against Miners as
Delegates.

Delegates.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 15.-The
Knights of Labor met again today. The
morning session was consumed in listen
ing to an address by Mr.. George Howard,
vice-president of the American railway
union, who had been specially invited to
attend the session Of the convention. Mr..
Howard presented a proposition for the
consolidation of all the labor organiza-
tions Of the country into one vast body
under a single board of management and
with an amalgamation of interests. He
believed that if such plan were adopted
labor would be benefited and would be
in position the more completely to have
its wrongs redressed and the more
speedily to obtain its rights.
Communications were read from Vice
President H. c. Robinson of Vigo county
assembly, F. NJ. B. A, which stated that,
same order, they were in sympathy with
the efforts Of the K. of L. to '1iberate
labor from the thralldom which now
overwhelms them"
telegram was also read from Miss
Frances E. Willard stating the w. c. T..
u. would convene tomorrow.
Grand Master Workman Sovereign then
delivered his annual address, which was
an exhaustive and elaborate resume of
the work of the order from its incipiency.
He attributed the decreased membership
Of the order TO the depression in busi-
ness circles, prevalent bankruptcy, low
wages and forced id.eness of laboring
classes. He stated that he had Travelled
36,464 miles since his stewardship and
had organized eleven new assemblies and
made ninety-seven public addresses
he reviewed his action of last January
when he secured the services of Judge c.
G. Cole and filed a bill in the district
court of the District of Columbia, setting
forth special grievances Of his order and
protesting against the issuance of bonds
by the secretary of the United States
treasury. He characterized the writ of in
junction from the United States circuit
court of the eastern district of Wisconsin
as a despotic injunction.
Referring to the A. r. U. affiliation he
advised q coalition with this as we'll as
all labor organizations.
His resume of the Pullman strike ter
minated in severe criticism Of Maj.-Gen.
John NJ. Schofeld and the recommended
uonS Of that officer for an increase of the
army, together with the action of Chi
permitted to present a stand of colOrs TO
the Fifteenth infantry" was an indication
of an uneasy desire to subjugate labor
through the military powers of the ma
ton" He urged that the assembly take
strong grounds against an increase of
the military force of the nation and that
they advocate a decrease in the regular
army and the abolition Of the state mill
tia, for from them are coming to the sur
face the sentiments of a military despot-
ISM
He contended that too much of the or
der's time was taken up by minor ques-
tions and read correspondence of last
month between himself and Secretary r.
M. Easily of the Civic federation of Chi
cago. He also made n sharp criticism of
the banking laws. He advised a few
minor changes In the preamble of the or
der.
At the close of the address the report
of the general executive board was print
ed and referred to the several committees.
1t was a vOluminous affair, but contained
much that was of interest to the dele
gates. The meeting adjourned to meet
again at a. m. tomorrow.
The order of business of the morning
session will be the roll-call of the dele
gates for the reading of the resolutions.
All of the committees have organized and
are down to business.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 1.-THE
Knights Of Labor were in session for nine
or ten hours today and there is good
authority for the statement that the press
committee has been suppressing facts and
that the real work of the sessions is not
being very fully given to the public. There
have been many clashes in the meetings,
but the committee has striven to suppress
information respecting them. The prin-
cipal business transacted at the evening
session, according to the press committee,
was consideration of the cases of fifteen
subordinate assemblies, which had been
suspended and referred to the general as
sembly. This created the necessity of
prolonging the session from to $50, when
adjournment was had to p m.
Master Workman Sovereign stated that
it had been intended to elect officers for
the ensuing year today, but that the cleo
ton had been deferred to Monday on ac-
| count of the hearing of the cases mention
ed above.
From good authority it is learned that
the afternoon session was taken up with
the hearing of the Pennsylvania miners
cases, no conclusion being reached when
the regular afternoon adjournment was
taken. The miners have not concluded
their statements and five of them have
been given fifteen minutes each TO pre-
sent arguments and facts. The Sovereign
! contingent has been reinforced by the ar
| rival of two delegates in response to tele-
| grams and who were admitted without the
formality of having to go through the Gre
dentials committee to test their eligibility.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 19.-At todays
convention of the knights of Labor the
miners delegation from Indiana, Ohio and
| Pennsylvania were unseated despite their
/ claim that they represented many thou
| sands of knights.
| The miners propose to report back to
! their organizations recommending seces-
! sion. The miners are in tine Powderly
| camp and Powderly himselfi proposes to
! lead vigorous fight and keep the con-
| Enf M
| they expected Some Of his friends.
! familiar with his plans, say that he will
| file an injunction restraining the officers
/ from continuing to control the property
| OF the knights of Labor. The miners
| were unseated by vote of "a to q, which