The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-19
HOLDING A REUNION
0CIETY OF tn ARMY OF TIE TEN.
NESSEE IN S.. LOUIS

| Many Noted Omcers In the Armies of the
onion are In Atteudance- Eo1.iue Bush
ness-EIection of Officers Today-6en-
eral Towards Grafton - Knights OF
| Labor Not Quiie Ready to Make I6-i o
| I-Ism Qualification for Membership
/ Certain Delegates.
st. Louis. Nov 1s.-This forenoon the
| twenty-eighth annual reunion of the
| Society of the Army Of the Tennessee
convened in the parlors of the Southern
| hotel, for two days session. General
| Greenville Dodge, of Iowa, the presi-
dent, called the meeting to order. Among
| those present were: General o. .. How
| ard, Major S. H. II. Byers. who wrote
| Sherman Marched Down to the Sea"
Colonel Miles OF the regular army. Gener
al j. A. Williamson OF New York, Colo
mel Fred Grant, a son OF the late presi-
dent; P. T. Sherman, a son of the late
General Sherman, Of New York: Con-
gresham H. r. Belknap. Chicago; Co
lionel j. G. Everst. Chicago; General l.
3. Parson, Flora. H.: Colonel James A.
Sexton. Chicago; Colonel w. B. Keller,
Chicago: Chaplain Charles Matson. Gen
eral John a. Macarthur, General R n
Pearson. Captain E. A. Blodgett, Gen
eral John II. Stibbs, Captain G. A Bos-
Sc, Captain NJ A. Bourland. Captain NJ.
j. McGrath, Major W. A. Jenkins, Ma
jor B. NJ. Calender, Captain ". ID. An
a. oil of Canf2fn
Rigby. Mount Vernon, H.; Captain A
c. Warehouse. Chicago; Captain w. III.
Sinclair, Galveston. Texas; Captain w.
Fl. Baldwin, General A. J. Hickenlooper
and Major Hoyt Sherman, Cincinnati;
General ]. c. Black, Chicago; DR.. s. c.
Palmer, Rock Island, ILL.,; and General
Smith D. Atkins. Freeport. Illinois
Among the visitors present at the morn
ing session were: Mrs. Mary Pierson and
Miss Mary Logan Pierson, wife and
daughter of General Pierson OF Chicago:
Mrs. NJ. A. Higley. Cedar Rapids, Iowa;
Mrs II. T. Noble, Chicago; Mrs. c. H.
Smith, Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs. H. T. No
BE, and Miss May Wynne, Dixon; Mrs.
Frank Sherman, Cincinnati; Mrs. Louise
Carleton Buckle. Cincinnati, and her
daughter Louise.
Nothing but routine business was
transacted today. Tomorrow the cleo
ton of officers will occur. General How
ard, who commanded the right wing Of
General Sherman's army on the march
to the sea, delivered the annual Grafton
tonight. His subject was THE Last
Two Battles Of Sherman, Including the
Surrender
KNIGHTS OF LABOR.
Rochester, n. Y, Nov. lS-The first
session today of the general assembly
Knights of Labor, was taken UP in dis
cussing recommendations of the COM
mittee on the state Of the order ana re-
ports of general officers. on which no
decision was reached. The convention
viii probably not adjiurn before tomor
row night.
There was a commentator introduced
that instead of endorsing free coinage
OF silver, a declaration of that tenor be
made a portion OF the preamble. which
would prevent anyone not in favor OF
the free coinage of silver at the ratio
of Is TO l becoming 4 member of the or
der. This recommendation was not act
ed upon.
There was also recommendation intro
duced to establish a subordinate degree
known as niilute-men.
At the afternoon session % the gener-
al assembly. Knights of Labor, the COM
imittee reported as their recommendation
the following resolution:
THAT, in the opinion of the general as
eembly, while monetary reform is fully
provided for in the sixteenth and seven
beenth planks of our preamble the free
coinage of gold and silver az the ratio
OF 1s TO ], regardless Of the action of any
other nation. is important. looking To-
wards the ultimate success of the sys-
TEN desired, and we therefore heartily |
endorse the agitation for and support of |
free coinage as a means to the end we /
seek"
After lengthy discussion. the report 1
was recommitted, the general sentiment /
being that it was hardly as strong an ex-
preston as the order was prepared to /
make.
Resolutions were adopted instructing
the general executive committee as leg /
islative committee, to urge that instead I
of pronibitory tariff on glass, the tar
in be transferred to the immigrant glass
workers. that the industry shall be re-
tanned in the control of native workmen
and foreign workmen kept where they
belong. inasmuch as protection against
a product itself. while the producer is ad-
mitted free. is now and must always con-
tinue to be, farce"
The question before the assembly at
the afternoon adjournment was wheth-
er an order shall issue compelling men,
bers to choose between this order and the
affiliated organizations Of the American
Federation OF Labor.
ILLINOIS FEDERATION.
st Louis. Nov. 1S-At today's session
of the Illinois Federation of Labor con-
vehtion In East St Louis the report OF
the committee on credentials was re-
csived recommending that John &. Ben
son of the Chicago Federation Is rot en-
titled TO a seat in the convention 1.
,aCsed considerable iebate, at the con-