The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-11-12
KNIGHTS OF LABOR.
General Assembly procrtdinSs-cNn'c Out
for Tree silver.

tUE Atft TiiNtr.
ROCHESTER,, N, y, Nov. li.--At TO-
days session OF the general assembly,
knights OF Labor a fcw more delegates
were present than at the first days SEES
sion. il Is believed on the outside that
the prunbShlon TO take window glass
on the dutlable list Will meet strong OPP
position from some OF the delegates.
The annual report OF Scrrctary-Trcaa-
urcr j. W, Hayes opens with reference
10 what he terms attacks OF q most
rillalnnns character" upon the general
officers OF the order, "by reason OF the
just stand taken by them In refusing to
allow 4, small clique OF men, who were
Familiarity known MS the New York
triangle OF the socialist labor party,
90 get control OF the machinery III the
knights OF Labor for the dissemination
Of their doctrines" .'.
The so-called triangle, according 10
Mr.. Hayes. consists Of Daniel DcLe0n.
LuciGn Sandal aud Ernest Rohn.
An important Recommendation fol-
lows In reference 10 local assembly 800.
"Slnce the New Orlehns session OF the
general assembly, local assembly 800,
through the delegates who represented
the local assembly, were continually
threatening to Withdraw from the order.
giving as their reasons u feeling Of dis
trust OF urgent officers In the proper
Use OF the funds. The true state Of the
case, however. Ia that local assembly 800
has n large amount OF investment In
glass stock. gas stock and dtfunct banks
and 100000 in cash, 4 quarrel among
the mGmberShlp as TO who should pre-
side over the deliberations OF the or
ssNt Il nf hKa 10
referred TO, which IN Ceallty IL the
main cause Of the trouble"
The report recommends that THE
general executive board he Instructed as
Il legislative committee, TO urge that,
instead OF prohibltory tariff on glass
the tariff be transferred to the lmml-
grant SlaSSwnrlSrr. SO that tho industry
shall BE- rttainSd in control OF the ma
tive workman and the foreign workman
kept whore he properly belongs"
The master workman. Sovereign,
says the knights should abandon alt
UtOplan plane and center their efforts
as follows:
81, would so change md abbrevlate
our present test OF membership as ~
center our immeLiate demands upon an
equitable Income tn&. the free and un-
limited coinage OF silver at the present
legal ratio. che payment OF all governs
ment bonds according to present con-
tract, and the Issue OF all the money of
the country. would make positive and
unequlvocnl declarations against gov
eminent by injunction. increase OF the
standing army. the payment OF bonded
debt In gold nlOne. the ISSUES of bonds
in times OF peace md the issue Of cir
culating notes by banking corporations.
secret work with stronger obligations
than we now have, establish degree
known as the minute men and as far as
possible return to our former system Of
working in absolute secrecy.
II would then appeal 10 the free silver
and reform forces everywhere for mem
bership and support, and throw this or
ganlZatioa into the great broad field OF
animation TO fight the money power
and the corporations to an everlasting
finish.
II would not recsde from our demands
for land reform nor from any OF the
other great principles contained in :hc
preamble OF this order. but would des-
IEnate them as battle grounds to be
fought over after We have throttlcd the
life out OF the money power that Is I'M
drrmining the foundations OF American
liberty II may be said ihat by accept
Ing this issue We would be charged with
favoring the silver mine owner In the
Rocky mountains The charge would
not be true. and II It was I have only to
say that l would n thousand times ratn-
er cast thousand votes for q mine own
CT in the Rocky mountains who employ,
labor. and contributes 20 the wealth Of
my country. than to cast one vote for q
foreign shylock who conspIres to rob
the labor OF the world.
II appeal to the delegates here assem-
blGd TO place 4 demand for the free
coinage OF silver at the present legal "a
Ito In our preamble and bar our ports
and clear our decks for cotton against
the p!utocrncy combine arrayed on the
side Of the single gold standard"