The evening times., 1900-01-12
A SETTLEMENT IN Sight
Trouble Between Labor 0rganiZa-
tiOns Drawing to a Close.
a Bitter Warfare Carried ON BE-
tween knights of the District and
the General Onicers-A Problem
Affecting Final Adjustment of
Differences-History of the Case.

| The bitter warfare which has been car
ried on between the Knights of Labor Of
the District and the general officers CT the
| order, it is said. is drawing to a close.
| Both sides. it is stated, have had enough of
| quarreling and suffered sufficiently from
| the dissension.
over eighteen months ago the local mem
bers of the order of the knights OF Labor,
| through their representatives in District
| Assembly, No. &c, their central body, We're
/ virtually expelled, by order of the general
executive board Of the order. AS soon as
this was done the local Knights of Labor
applied to the Supreme Court of the Dis
| trict for an injunction to restrain the gen
eral body from reyoking the charter OF
District Assembly, No. &C.. The court
granted a temporary injunction, enjoining
further action by the general executive
| board of the order. and other proceedings
| in the matter hung fire until about a
month ago, after an exhaustive inveztiga-
ton, Justice Barnard vacated or rescinded
The temporary injunction granted in Au-
gust. 1898.
While proceedings were pending before
the local courts. however, the local Knights
of Labor took an appeal from the order Of
| the general executive board. expelling
them, to the general assembly of the
Knights in annual session. This body af-
irmed the action Of the executive board,
and the delegate from District Assembly.
No. 66, to the annual convention was re-
fused admission.
Since that time there have been many
changes. both in the government OF the
local Knights and the general order. Last
spring the local body resolved itself into
an independent organization, claiming su-
preme power, in the District of Columbia.
The officers which were in control of the
organization at the time the trouble orig
mated were relegated to the rear and a
new set chosen. 1t is stated that the new
master workman is very conservative.
While these changes had been taking
place among the local Knights changes
also took place in the government Of the
general order. General Master Workman
Hicks was succeeded at the last general
assembly by Master Workman Parsons,
and it is said that the personnel of the
general executive board of the order has
also been entirely changed. 1t is also
stated that the new board is making strong
efforts to extend the power and usefulness
Of the order and is beginning by endeavoT-
ing TO adjust all differences, between con-
tending factions and renew friendly rela-
tions between assemblies and the general
officers.
In this connection ii was stated by
prominent member of District Assembly
No. 66. that a meeting of the general ex
ecutiye board would be held In this city
in h., q
son to believe. he said. that the differences
between the local assembly and the board
would be amicably adjusted
The adjustment OF the differences be-
tween District Assembly and the general
order will. however, present another
problem which will have TO be solved be-
fore the matter is finally settled When
the charter of Assembly No. &c was re-
yoked in 1898, the executive board ordered
john W. Hayes, general secretary-treas-
urer to organize another central body,
composed OF those organizations which de-
cided to sever their connection with the
local assembly, and remain loyal to the or
der, This was done and an organization
was formed which took the place of the
original Assembly No. &c.
Now, the question which presents itself
it, what will the new Assembly No. 66 do
in case the old organization Is taken back
into the order? 1t is also a question 1.
the general executive board can reinstare
the local assembly. It having been finally
expelled by the general order in annual
convention. However this may be, it is
the general belief that IL the differences
between District Assembly No. 66 and the
general order are amicably settled there
will be no trouble. so far as their rein
statement into full membership is con-
cerned.