St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-15
PdWDFRlY Is VERY MAD.
HaRPiVc on THE CAUSES or HIS DE-
FEAT
GIVES soME INSIDE HISTORY.
He Alleges That a System of Es-
pionage Was Carried on
Against Him by General score
tary and Treasurer Hayes-Ee
Appeals to the Workingmen to
Look After Their Assemblies.

PHILADELPHIA, June l4.-Terrence
v. PowderlY. ex-general master work
man of the knights of Labor. has Is
sued for private circulation among the
members of the order statement con-
tanning the inside history of the move
ment which compelled his voluntary re-
tirement. 1t forms a,painphlet of thirty
four pages. In q review of the circum-
stances leading mp to the events of last
fall which have proved so momentous
to the Knights of Labor, Mr.. Powderly
alludes to the candidacy of John
O'Keefe in 1892 against Mr.. Savers for
the office of general secretary-treasurer
which was followed by Mr.. O'Keefe's
discharge by Hayes from his position in
the general Office. Mr.. O'Keefe's com.
plant to the general executive board
brought to light complaints from other
general Office employees, all members of
the order, of being watched. logged and
browbeaten.
"TheY asked for redress" says Mr..
Powderly, land the general executive
board gave them hearing in the gen
eral Office. The q. s. T.. who was pres
ent when the clerks and other employees
were called before the q. E. b., retired
and refused to be present at the hear
ing. The statements made at the hear
Ing were taken down in shorthand. and
disclosed a condition of affairs which
gave the members of the general exec
utive board no little uneasness. List
( ening at keyholes. picking of pockets.
watching each Insignificant move, read
ing OF
PERSONAL LETTERS,
and, in fact. such practices as would not
be tolerated in any factory or other in
dustrial institution in the land, were
stated to he of daily occurrence in the
general Office.
"When the general secretary-treas-
urer was requested by the board to abOl-
ish the system of espionage which pre-
vailed in the office, he denied that any
such condition of affairs existed. When
we pressed him too hard he said in sub
stance:
81 have information that will damn
the whole of YOU. l can go to the
world with statement that you are all
engaged in stock jobbing, land specu-
latlng, ami In eAery way neglecting the
business OF the order for personal af-
fairs"
"When told that that would not be
true, he said:
ut don't make a bit of difference;
once lie is told it will go, and will
lie whenever l want 10 score point"
Mr.. Powderly then takes up the pres
entation by Mr.. Hayes of charges
against the general executive board,
which he denies in every detail.
accounting the consideration of these
CHARGES in the last general assembly,
MIR. Powderly's statement says:
when 1 had spoken for four hours
and twenty minutes, all Told. and the
G. S. I. (Hayes) had concluded his
thirteen-hour talk, Hugh Greenan, of
d. A. 40, stood up and asked the G. S.
L. ii there was any truth
IN HIS CHARGES,
and he said there was not.
Did these men misapproprlate any
money of the order? Did they use
any of it for their personal ends? Have
they SquanGered the funds?' were the
words of Greenan as near as Can re-
member them. The answer of the g.
s. I. was No to each question.
NV hen making his speech, the q. S.
Il. said:
81 always wanted to get rich; want
to be rich, and will get rich if l can.'
''At another time. after explaining the
workings OF the gas scheme in which he
is engaged. he SAID:
~ ain the manager. the treasurer and
the board OF directors OF the company.
Imade $1,000 this morning. and l have
the money in my inside pocket now
When the st. Louis general assembly
was in session." continued the state
ment, flames Hughes told me that the
national Democratic COMMITTEES had
$1,000 there 10 defeat me for reelection.
paid no attention to his statements,
and told him it could not be true. He
said he had proofs. AT the banque:
given by the st. Louis delegates that
evening James Sovereign, who sat op-
Dosite Inc, wrote on card and handed
it to HE. From the card, now before
me, quote:
"'rhere is $1,000 here from the East
to defeat your election. Say nothing.
1t will fall
''ln conversation lie said he was posi-
tive the statement was correct, and that
he knew who had the money!"
The ex-general master workman
closes with an appeal to the members to
hold their assemblies together, and not
allow SO many paper assemblies" to be
organized that the gen uine ones will be
0ulyoted at the next general assembly
at New Orleans.
Mlnnetonka Beach, June %, eight
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