The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-16
SESSION OF The KNIGHTS.
Annual Address Of the Grand Master
Workman.

Order Attributed to the Hard Times.
He Advises Consolidation With other
Labor organizations-A Severe Criti-
oism of Maj. Gen. schofield and Pro-
test Against Any Increase of the
Army-He Wants the state Militia
Abolished.
New Orleans, Nov 15.-The Knights of
Labor met this morning at $3.50 o'clock
and adjourned at 1880 o'clock. The time
of the convention was taken up in listen
ing to an address by Vice President
George w. Howard of the American
Railway Union, in which Mr.. Howard dis
cussed the principles of the union and
urged the amalgamation of all great la
Dor organizations of the country into one
association and under one management.
He believed that such consolidation of
interests and of members would be of
the utmost advantage to the laboring men
of this country. and that through such
means labor win be in a better position to
obtain its objects. Mr. Howard's re-
marks were listened to with close atten-
tion and provoked much applause
Grand Master Workman Sovereign re-
Piled expressing his approval of the plan
advocated by Mr.. Howard, and trusted
that a means might be found whereby
the plan could be carried out
The rest of the session was taken up
with a discussion of the proposition of Mr..
Howard.
The afternoon session convened at ?
o'clock and adjourned at $50 o'clock.
Immediately after the opening of the
session, communication was read from
Vice President H. c. Robinson, of the
Vigo county assembly of the f. NJ. b. A,
which stated that while the f. NJ. b. A.,
was not of the same order they were in
sympathy with the efforts of the knights
of Labor to "liberate labor from the
thraldom which now overwhelms it,"
A telegram was also read from Miss
Frances f. willard stating that the Wo
mems Christian Temperance Union would
convene tomorrow.
General Master Workman Sovereign
then delivered his annual address, which
was an exhaustive and elaborate resume
of the work of the order from its incip-
iency. He attributed the decrease In the
membership Of the order to the depres-
sion in business circles, prevalent bank
ruptcy, low wages and enforced idleness Of
the laboring classes.
He stated that he had Travelled 49, 154
miles since his stewardship and had or
ganized eleven new assemblies and made
81 public addresses.
He reviewed his action of last January
when he learned the views of Judge j. c.
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 treasury.
He characterized the writ OF injunction
from the United States circuit court for
the eastern district Of Wisconsin as IA
'despotic" injunction. Referring to the
American Railway Union afiiliaton he ad-
vised a consolidation of the Knights OF
Labor with this, as well as with all other
labor organizations.
His resume of the Pullman strike term
mated in a severe criticism of Maj. Gen.
John NJ. Schofeld. and the recommended
tions of that officer for an increase of the
army together with the action OF "Chica-
go's millionaire aristocracy. who were
permitted to present a stand of
colors to the Fifteenth Infantry" which
he said was an indication of an uneasy
desire to subjugate labor through the mil
itary powers OF the nation.
He urged that the assembly take strong
grounds against an increase of the mill
tary forces Of the nation, and that they
advocate a decrease in the regular
army and the abolition of the state mi
Iitia for from them are coming to the
surface the sentiments of a military des-
potism."
He contended that too much OF the or
der's time was taken up by minor ques-
tions and read the correspondence Of last
month between himself and Secretary r.
NJ Fasley Of the Civic Federation Of
Chicago He also made a sharp criticism
of the banking laws. He advised few
minor changes in the preamble of the
order.
At the close of the address the report
of the general executive board was pre-
sented and referred to the sew
eral committees. II was voluminOus af-
fair, but contained much that was Of in
terest to the delegates. The convention
then adjourned to meet again at a. m.
tomorrow.
The order Of business for the morn
ing's session viii be the roll call Of the
delegates for the reading Of resolutions.
All Of the committees have organized and
got down to business.
Plttsburg. Pa. Nov 1j.-"The true in
wardness of the shutting out of the
miners delegates from the Knights Of
Labor convention IN new orleans, says
the Chronicle Telegraph, lis well known
here. 1t was their plan to join forces
with the Powderly delegates, thus giving
them control OF the convention. James
Campbell, ex-president of the Window
Glass Workers Association, was to be
elected general master workman and Rob
ert Walchern, state factory inspector Of
Pennsylvania, was 10 be offered the office
of national secretary and treasurer, thus
completely shutting out the present ad-
mlnlstration. But Secretary and Treas
urer Hayes was wary and looking over
the books found that the local assemblies
composing National Trade assembly No.
1856. which the miners delegates repre-
sentod, had not paid their dues for two
years past. Armed with this information
he went into the convention ana defeated
the plans Of the opposition by unseating
the miners delegates on these grounds.
No MonROose Imported.
Asheville. N. c.. Nov l5-To quoil the
rising excitement. Charles McNamee.
George Vanderbits representative here.
wishes it stated that there are no mon
goose on the Vanderbilt estate. nor is