New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-16


DISTRICT ASSEMBLY NO. 22o "RESoLVhS'
IT SAYS THAT 1T DEPLoREs LAwLEssNEss. AND
THEN JUMPS on" PRESIDENT cLEVE-
LAND FOR PUTTING LAwLEssNEss DOWN
The seml-monthly meeting of District Assembly
No go of the knights Of Labor. yesterday al'el
noon, was an unusually exciting one IL was "'''
in a hall at Court ana State SITS. Brooklyn. Thomas
J. O'Reillv PRECEDED. The district has jurisdiction
over Long Island. over nifty 'ocal assemblies WIZ"
a membership which the leaders say approaches
1900 are under rs sway. \ warm discussion o''
the big railway strike led 10 tn" adoption o' r'sp
buttons, which passed unanimously ana re"u'
Resolved That District Assembly No. -2, 81 me
KNIGHTS OF Labor heartily ind0rses the ACTON OF
the American Railway Union In gong 10 ,ne We
OF the Pullman Car COMPANY enp'J}y'T no ,n az"
hereby pledges its undivided support ny All manner
and means in It's power IN an emersr"crS "a, ar
Co,npany's employees are now engaged H. am IN
district VII hold rs members IN cnssar Vhre
fend their brothers win ne II nec"sSa.> " ar
the district dcplorcs and deprecates violence OF AZ.
kinds, It emphaticaly declares tha the cormorais
10 violence are the only ones 20 Dame 10: Suc'
NJ Putnam ana his aiders and abetors with the
murder " those persons VINO nay Hs' .me' ~
ing and were iaunted WITH their helpless condition
by those whom their labor shrich,1 are No., "a
-, en,,'T rb1. District Assembly no go de-
.
President Cev,.and In sending intel States troops
t. provoke the peop.e - acts OF awicSsheSs ana
noin 20 President C.eve,and's action as proof that
Re and his Cabinet are owned body and soul by
corporate monopohes. ana thnt they wouid o.
traitors enough to the entire available military
forces OF the country 70 earn the rewlrir or such
corporat.ons and the district hereby declares them
ira ;ors ~ III. United States; and
Resolved That the District condemns the larg'
r'ioritv OF the United States Senators and Con
gressmen as willing tools OF the corporations; tho
excepfions in the United States Senate and House
of Representatives being the representatives, OF the
Peoples party, ana . -, 49,, .
warn The public OF the terrible danger TO free In
situtions that turks In midst ut present, which
danger lies I'm having National Executive. FIX
ecutiye officers United States Senate and n
House OF Congress who have SHOWN themselves
the executions already mentioned. and III" DISTRICT
further warns the public that such a condlloa on
affairs Slll speedily lead to worse II not ch'ckeu
nov and the best way to check II Is 10 mako "A
more sensible Of our ballots IN iutute py us's
them for the election Of from the ranks OF
Industry instead Of schemng lawyers ana men OF
wealth whose sympathics arc not "Npect'h 10 Dc
with the people In n crisis like the present ana
Resolved That while the Pullman car company
o,noloyes and the American Railway Union are
engaged IN the present conflict the District VIII
not lose sight OF the necessity for greater strkt
a strike at the ballot box, and That hencei"rtn
the man who will vote for any candidate thht - l9t
nominated by parties who have been proven friends
Of Justice shall he looked upon AZ an enemy OF
the human family. and further =, o,o
Resolved That District Assembly, 40, ~
drnounces the present ruling parties, hoth I'"uo-
cratic and Republican. equal partners IN tne
condition II now is I'm. and calls upon oil true men
to sever connection in fNur" with hpth o't p'I''S'
since they have both been fully tried and each IN
turn found sadly wanting.