The morning times., 1895-11-10
LABOR MEN OF EVERYl LAND
Preparations for the Interna-
tionaI Assembly Completed.
SESSIONS BEGIN TUESDAY
No Date Has Been Fixed for Ad journ-
ment as There Are Vital Matters
TO He Discus ssed-Progru III me Il
Emertainmeut-Pub Reception to
Be Held ut Builders Exchange.

All arrangements for the twenty sixth an
nual International Assembly of knights OF
Labor, which Will convene in this city on
Tuesday next are complete. The assembly
will be composed of the most prominent
members Of the organization. The member
ship Will reach nearly 200 and will in
clude representatives from all quarters Of
the globe.
The convention will he held at the head
quarters of District Assembly 66, at the
corner of Four and a-half street and Penn
sylvania avenue and will he called to order
by General Master Workman James r.
Sovereign, at ! o a. III.
Just here II is not out of place To say
that. although quite young man. Master
Workman Sovereign has seen great deal
of life and work, real hard work, the kind
that makes d man appreciate the trials and
tribulations of the workingman.
Mr.. Sovereign was born in Grant county,
near the Mississippi river, n few miles
above Dubuque, Iowa, about forty years
ago, Of Gcrraan-Irish parents.
When only two years of age his parents
moved to Missouri, at which time little
Jim" was placed in the care OF his grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. K. S. Sovereign who
owned farm near Elgiu, Ill. In 1870, on
the death OF his grandfather instead of re-
turning to the home OF his father in Iowa.
he struck out for himself. He landed in
Kansas and engaged in driving cattle on
the Gonzales and Abilene trail.
MIR. sOyEREIGN'S CAREER.
He continued in this business for only one
year, after which he went to Minneapolis,
where he worked on the first bridge con
structed across the Soloman river and also
in eXcavating a long tunnel through the
rock for the Marley water power at that
same place.
&c tn, faY 70 rrrN
near Cresco, i'll which city he attended the
high school. After leaving school he learned
the marble carving trade, at which he
worked for several years. He then engaged
in publishing a labor journal, advocating
the principles of the Knights of Labor.
He allied himself with the Knights in
1881 and has since been most successful
and aggressive leader. From 1890 to 1892
he served his native State faithfully and
satisfactorily as commissioner or labor
statistics.
As already stated, the assembly VIII con-
vene on Tuesday, but no time has been
fixed for adjournment. In fact, such a
thug at this time would be impossible.
Several matters of vital Importance to the
organization are scheduled for discussion
and there is every probability that the
assembly will remain i'll session for two
weeks or more.
IN the meantime the local assembly has
arranged a programme for the entertain
nent of the delegates during their stay in
the city.
The reception and entertainment com
Inittee on the part of the local assembly is
composed of the following members: Mes
DANES j. l.. Muuroe, W. H. Wilder, Misses
Ella II. Clagett, Kate Sage. Charles J.
Wells, ]. X. otter and f. ]. Rea.
GRAND PUBLIC RECEPTION.
The public function arranged is a grand
reception to be rendered the delegates at
the Builders Exchange on Saturday even
ing next from To $50 O'Clock. At S:15
the asseinblage will be called to order aud
several of the most prominent delegates
VIII make addresses. After the adjourn
iment light refreshments will be served.
A cordial invitation is extended to the
members and their families of all local
labor organizations.
Master Workman Sovereign, General Sec
retary and Treasurer john W. Hays, and
several other prominent leaders, were
busy until late hour last evening arranging
details of the convention and with ap-
pointment OF committees.
The advance working committees ap-
pointed are:
Credeutials-J. s. Schonfaber, u. A. Al.
Baltimore. chairman; Edward ]. Lindholm.
d. A. 8, Chicago; ]. H. Lester, d. A. las,
Texas.
Law-Thomas ]. o'Reily. D. A. 220,
Brooklyn; NJ. T. Judge, D "A. %, Alabama:
J. H. Bates, D. "A. 103, New Bruins wick.
N. j.; H. B. McCracken. d. A. 253, Build
ing Constructors, New York; ]. R. Robert
son. State Assembly, Arkansas
Finance-H. ]. Allen, Michigan, chair
man; Joseph R. Mansion, d. A. 147, New
York; r. ]. Kerrigan, Montreal, Canada;
A. J. Zoller, d. A, 1877, Jersey City; j. ].
Riefgraben, D. A, 4. st. Louis, Mo-
On the Track of Confidence Women
Detective Weldon Is at work on the clues
which he has obtained of the confidence
women who worked the town on the
benefit for the Hope and Help Mission.
or course, he refuses to talk very freely
as to what these clues are, but 1t is GER
tain that he has located the printing office
In which the tickets for the bogus benefit
We're struck off, and that he otherwise
perfected the description of the women.
They are not in the city. but it is thought
at the bureau that they Will return to
Washington whether they he willing or
not.
Benefit of Colonial Beach Chapel.
A musicale Aer the benefit of the chapel
at Colonial Beach will be held at the resi-
dence of Mrs. j. B. Hammond, goo Twelfth
street southwest, on Wednesday evening
next, at p. M.
ST. rs 70 Baltimore and Return $I.25
via Pennsylvania Railroad.
Tickets sold Saturday and Sunday, No.
vember 8 and 10, good to return untfl
Monday, the 11th, on any train.