The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-14

WASHINGTON, Nov 1S.-The chief
public interest in the meeting of the
knights of Labor today was in the
addresses of General Master Workman
Sovereign and General Worthy Fore
man Michael ]. Bishop Much of Mr..
Sovereign's address was devoted to 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 pov~
ers maligning the general officers
through the columns of the press and
discouraging the loyal and confiding
members through secret agencies.
| They had publicly boosted that 65 900
members had Joined their revolt. He
explained the methods which had been
used to weed out the district assem-
blies and said the assembly for the
first time presented to the world a
solid and unbroken front, battling for
the brotherhood Of man and the free
dom of labor from the thraldom of
greed.
Labor is now between the devil
and the deep sea-. he continued.
! Capital has monopolized the ele-
ments Of production and laws. Labor is
in competition with itself for the rights
to live"
Some Suggestions.
He made some suggestions as to the
methods of strengthening the order.
but the principal feature of the ad-
dress was his appeal to the general
| assembly to give to his recent order
boycotting national bank notes. JfF
othcial sanction. He denounced the ac-
ton of the bankers convention held
1t Atlanta, and said: After care
tully reviewing the wreck and ruin
wrought by the money power and the
| designs of the sound money clubs
which propose bonds and gatline guns
as solution of the labor question is
sued a boycott on the notes of national
banks, and if L were to die tomorrow
would declare 1t the most righteous
act OF my life. 1t exposed the unsound
money OF the sound money advocates
threw plutocracy on the defensive and
forced the national banks into hurnfl-
Ia ing confessions of their preposter-
Gus acts of bad faith with the DeODIe.
and noT l urge this general assembly
to endorse that boycott, and give il
every possible force of official sane
ton. The conflict between the work
ing people and the idle holders of idle
capital is inevitable. The wealth of
the many is gravitating to the few
with an increasing ratio, and labor
is drifting toward serfdom faster than
ever before"
Evolution of Machinery.
The address of General Worthy
Foreman Bishop also dealt with the
attacks made upon the knights of La
Dor by the revolving members, but
contained little of general importance
beyond an appeal for stronger labor
organiza tons, because of the abnormal
progress made by concentrated
wealth.
He called attention to the evolution
of machinery during the last few
years, and the elimination of human
skill from all forms Of productive in
dustries.
This has gone on he said. until
the typographical compositor, the cigar
maker, the locomotive engineer. the
skilled worker in wood and other
craftsmen hitherto considered safe
from the general danger have this
year seen the fnsN quietus of their
hopes"
was consumed in the report of the COM
| mittee on credentials. which was finally
adopted. 1t admitted all the delegates.
Committees.
The following committees were ap-
pointed:
On State of Order-C. Burns, New
York; ]. G.. Andrews, New York; w. H.
Simmons, Washington: J. Nolan. Indi-
ana; August Priesterbach, st. Louis.
On Appeals and Grievances-And
D. Best. Brooklyn; Charles Brechtold,
Missouri; M T. Judge, Alabama; Mar
tin c. Seagers. Illinois, and Edward j.
Flanagan, Idaho.
On egislation-Horace J. Parks.
New York; William l. Powers, New
York; W. S. Vanderburg. Portland.
Ore. J. Manning, Cleveland; T. S..
Forbes, Greenville, N. Y.