The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-12

ROCHESTER, Nov. r.-Grand Master
Workman Sovereign, of the knights OF
Labor, in an address to the general as
sembly today said the Knights were the
only body in the late contest which
solidly opposed aggregated wealth. The
Federation Of Labor had been lost and
fallen prey to wealth The knights
should now seek to unite ali Industrial
reform forces He would center our i'm
mediate demands upon an income tax,
the free and unlimited coinage of silver,
at the present legal ratio; would make
positive and uneQuivocal declarations
against government by injunction, the
increase of the standing army, the pay
ment of the bonded debt in gold alone.
the issue OF bonds in time of peace, and
the issue of circulating notes by banking
corporations. He would have prepared
an entire new secret work with stronger
obligations, and establish a degree known
as minute men, and return 10 the former
system of working in absolute secrecy.
He would then appeal TO the free silver
and reform forces everywhere for mem
bership and throw The organization into
q broader field, and fight the money
power and corporations to an everlasting
finish.
The report Of General Secretary-Treas-
urer Hayes was then read. A synopsis
OF the report follows:
Since we met together one year ago,
your general officers have had to con-
tend against attacks of a most villainous
character, by reason of the just stand
taken by them in refusing 20 allow a
known as the New York triangle" OF
the Sociaiistc labor party to get control
of the machinery of the Knights Of Labor
for the dissemination of their doctrines
which l believed inimical and at variance
with the platform and principles of this
order.
Among those who assisted this 'CabaI'
in their work of attempted destruction,
3 flo tr-Tfn
friends of our order; men who were in
duced to believe chat the movement
started by the triangle was purely and
solely in the interests of the knights of
labor. but who learned. when nearly
too late, that the deep laid plot was fo-
the purpose of enabling Daniel c. Leon,
Lucien Sanial ard Ernest Bohn 10 con
trcl the order in every department. The
last named, failing in their efforts, have
used the public press and platform TO
denounce the officers and the order with
the hope that they would destroy the
same and upon its ruins build up an in
stitution with the name Of the knights
of Labor as their guiding star.
The men behind it were INSCRIPTIONS,
men VINO would stop at nothing TO ac-
complisn the object they mad in view.
During the present campaign, we have
printed for the national silver committee.
100000 documents, for which we received
SLIGO
For the Democratic congressional COM
mittee 10000 documents at 5000 and
$50, COO copies of the Journal at / cent
per copy, or S1,500.
For the Illinois Democratic state COM
mittee 125. 900 documents al $3.50, or max
ing a grand total of $3.50. l call atten-
ton to this subject on account of the
newspaper abuse and Viilificasio that
your general officers are subject to, EN-
ana ting from within and outside of the
order
The report makes a savage attack upon
the Washington Daily Times.
OF window glass workers OF the
United States It saws:
The window glass manufacturers have
built up an enormous monopoly al the
expense OF the American people. Not
withstanding the fact that it is alleged
to help the American workman, the IN
crease of labor employed IS not Ane-i-
can. / would recommend that the gem
eral executive board be instructed to
urge that instead Of a DrohabitoIy tariff
on glass. the tariff be transferred 10 the
immigrant g.ass worker, so mat the in
dustry shall be retained in the control Of
native wOrkHen and the foreign WORK
man kept where he belongs
The report shows receipts during the
year of Ss3, 7147S from all sources; balance
on hand July l, 1895, S6.4o.99. Total,
After the reading of sec-etary-Treas-
urer Hayes report. j. M. Bishop read the
report of the general worthy foreman
after which the assembly adjourned Until
afternoon.
The afternoon session which was -
secret. iaSteu uHlil ocloch- Inc hHdH-
cial committee reported that their report
as submitted by the secretary treasurer
was called correct
The following delegates were appointed
as q committee or secret work and VII!
make changes and reconstruct ritual
work Of the order.
James III. Mckinney. Omaha, and Henry
q Martin. Minneapolis. The following
constitute the committee on cooperation:
i. a. Malone, Minneapolis; z. J. Linden
holm, Illinois; ]. VI. Parsons. New York;
z. j. Flanagan, Idaho; J. c. Edwards,
New York.