The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-11-14
He Thinks the Country IL Going 20 the
Devil and the Deep Sea-
CAPITAL R0UNDLY BLANKED
THE REVOLT IN HIS OWN ORDER
CALLED .DEvILIsH TREACHERY.v
General Assembly Urged tn Give Force
to His Order that Notes Issued by
National Banks he Boycotted.

WASHINGTON, Nov 13.-The chief public
interest in the meeting OF the knights OF
Labor to-day were the addresses of General
Master Workman Sovereign and General
Worthy Foreman Michael J. Bishop. Much
of Mr.. Sove<eigns address was devoted 10
the alleged treachery Of those who headed
the revolt against the general officers OF the
order during the past year. He reviewed
what he termed their "devilish treachery'
and their efforts TO disrupt the order"
He claimed that they had exhausted all
their power In maligning the general officers
through the columns OF the press and In
discodraging the loyal and confding MEM
bers through secret agencies. They had
publicly boasted that $500 members had
joined their revolt. He explained the heroic
methods which had been used TO weed out
the disloyalists and said that to-day. for
the first time. the order presented to the
world a solid and unbroken front. battling
for the brotherhood OF man and the free
dom of labor from the thraidom OF greed.
Labor is now between the devil and the
deep sea- Mr.. Sovereign continued. "Capi-
tai has monopolized the elements Of produe-
ton and labor is I'm competition with itself
for the right TO live. A money oigarchy
is fast wiping out the last vestige OF ndi-
vidual liberty Construction by judicial au-
thority is already given to law, placing all
labor organizations in the category OF GRIM
inal conspiracies. MisdemeanoIs of the most
trivial character have been raised to felony
without sanction OF law and used TO I'M
prison representatives Of labor oreaniza-
! tions, and injunctions. followed by charges
of contempt, have been used to condemn
labor leaders 10 the felon's cell without
evidence OF guilt or trial by jury. The as
sociated banks have declared war on the
money of the people and the whole pluto
cratic fraternity has invaded the realm OF
free government and constitutional secur-
ity."
Mr.. Sovereign made some suggestions ~
to the best methods OF strengthening the
order, but the principal feature OF the ad-
dress was his appeal to the General As
sembIy to give 10 his recent order boycott
ting national bank notes its official sanction.
He denounced the action or the bankerS
convention held at Atlanta. and said:
rs all ,ss 1ss snd sse
designs of the sound-money clubs. Wnlcn
propose bonds and Gatling guns for solu-
tion OF the labor question, l issued q poy,
colt on the notes OF national banks. and
IL / were to die tomorrow would declare
/; AZ the most righteous act OF my Afe- IL
exposed the unscund money OF the souno-
| defensive and forced the national banks
into humiliating confession OF their pre-
| posterous acts OF bad faith with tne peo-
! ple And now I urge this General Assem-
! bly, to .ndorse that boycott and give u
every possible force Of official sanction.
| The conflict between the WORKING peopie
| and the idle holders of idle capital is ~
evitable The wealth Of the many Is fravi-
| tating TO the few with increasing ratp and
labor is drifting toward serfdom faster
! than ever before
,r,, aa~as. ~ o,nera1 uorthv Foreman
Bishop also dealt with the attacks made on
the Knights of Labor by the revelting
members, but contains little OF general Inn
portance beyond an appeal for stronger
labor ORGANIZATIONS, because of the "abnor-
NAL progress made by concentrated wealth
and the fact that it is constantly more
firmly entrenching itself behind barriers
which every day become more difiicult 10
overthrow He called attention TO the
evolution OF machinery during the last few
years and the elimination of human skill
.sThis has gone on" he said. until the
| Typographical cdmpositor the cigar MAKER
| the locomotive engineer, the skilled worker
| i'm wood and other craftsmen hitherto con-
sidered safe from the general danger. have
! this year seen the final quietus OF their
| hopes In the near future common laporer
will be a fitting universal appehauon-
| Both addresses were referred
| A good portion OF the days session was
consumed In the report OF the committee
| ON credentials, which was finally adopted.
| 1t admitted ali the delegates. including the
six from certain New YORK ana otner As
| semblies about which there had been ols-
| cusson and whose admission 10 the assem-
bly, depended on the reading and enforce
ment OF law passed at the last convention
| at New Orleans
The following committees were appoint-
| ed: On the state of the order, c. Burns
| and J. c. McAndrew, New York; W. n.
Simmons. Washington; j. Nolan. Indiana:
August Priestsrbach, st. Louis. On ap-
peais and grievances. Andrew ID. Beat,
! Rrooklyn: Charles Bechtoid. Missouri; III.
| r. Judge. Alabama; Martin G. Seagers.
illinois,: Edward ]. Flanagan, Idaho. On
legislation, Horace j. Parks and William
| Rrowers New York: W. $. VanderburE,
| portland, Ore; ]. Manning, Cleveland; +.
s. Forbes, Greenville, n. c.