The San Francisco call., 1897-11-18
Ma tiers of Interest to
Labor Considered
in Detail.
One Resolution Declares for
the independence of
Cuba.
Ex-Master Workman Sovereign
Willing to Take Second Place
on Bryan Ticket.
Special Dispatch TO The CALI.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Nov. 1.-THE Gen.
which has been in session in this city
since the early part of last week, COM
pleted its work to-day and adjourned un.
til the second Tues ay of next Novem Der,
when it will convene again in Chicago.
To-day's proc dings were the m ost in.
teresting and spirited of any since the
session began. The most important mat
ter taken up at the morning session was
the suggestion of the adoption of con.
stitution governing the degree of the
philosophers stone, which is conferred
upon every delegate to the General As
sembIy. The suggestion met with the
approval of the assem- bly, and a constitu-
ton was submitted and accepted. Under
the conditions Of this ins strument chapters
Will be formed wherever Knights Of
Labor organizations exist and members
viii be allowed to take the degree who
have been in the order certain mum ber
of years and who have rendered efficient
services.
At the afternoon session resolutions
were passed eulogizing the late Henry
George as one of the ablest advocates OF
labor cause, in whose death the work
ingmen have lost one of their most sim
cere friends.
Resolutions were also passed commend
ing the services OF Past Master Workman
Sovereign.
Other resolutions were then adopted as
follows: Declaring nequivocally for the
independence of Cuba; condemning the
alleged hasty action OF the Deputy Sheriffs
in the Hazleton affair and calling upon
the Government 10 take such steps as will
bring the offenders TO justice, and de-
nouncing the Cleveland administration
for matching" the sale of the Union Pa
ciic Railroad and the present admins
tratlon for carrying out The plan.
The cooperation board was instructed
to obtain all the information possible to
carry out the pet scheme OF the Knights
OF Labor, and 10 atte mpt to establish col
onles for CO. operative plants in all States
where the proper advantages can be Sc
cured.
At the instance of the Window glass
Workers of the United States resolutions
were passed calling for plan whereby the
p.aclng OF foreign manufactured glass in
the markets OF the United States be re-
strlcted, and preference given in all build
ing trades to the American manufactured
article. An effort was m ace In the resolu-
on 10 show conclusively that Amer Can
manufacturers OF glass were we'll able to
compete in al markets with The foreign
manufacturers.
Resolutions were passed denouncing the
check system of paying city employees.
This was directed at the claim. shavers.
The financial question occasioned no
end of discussion, and finally resulted in
the adoption of resolutions strongly de.
nouncing the national banking sys EN-.
A delegate to the General Assem- bly,
from New York City and one of the most
prominent in the body saId this evening
that Mr.. Sovereign. beyond a doubt,
would be candidate for the nomination
for President in 1890
Ill" he said, MIR. Bryan insists on
making fight for the nomination Mr..
Sovereign will not oppose him, for the
two are warm friends. In that event Mr..
Sovereign will become candidate for the
nomination of Vice-President. 1t was
natural for Nr. Sovereign to deny the re-
port, as he did not care for the capitalists
to interfere this early in his canvass, and
thus greatly iniure him before the hg LIT
was fairly on"