The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-13

Then Joined the knights of Labor, and
In 1879 was elected general master work
man. I held that Office until 1893.
twas a there much money In 1t ~ i
aske d !. .'sam Parks would have done
we'll IL l1o had had that place.
i.rhoro was nothing In It but the sal-i
nry,,'S replied Mr. Powderly, md when q
left tho Office u was $1,000 In debit was
paid Notwithstanding for the 5frs t four
years, then $500 "a year, then 81 500, and
finally 5000 but the 5000 was not a Wny 1a
naid. !, Tie position was not financially
profitable. ~ AS 10 Sam Parks, 1t 10 not
fair, ia use him as a typo Of the g labor \
Header Of that time or now. lie Is a VII
|lain. Tho representative Of our unions
OF to-day and Sof the past are and nave
Ibeen5 men OF tho highest sense Of hon or.
Indeed, they are piilanthropic and are
|conscientiously doing what they can for
their fellows B. , r. IA sg MAJ 4 354s
"Thc Knights OF Labor was the mother
Of the Federation OF Labor, was It not!
Are not tho two bodies very similar ?".,H
mo the Knights Of Labor had, not
only representatives of tile trades unions.
hut also OF tho employers. n AT one time
one third of It's members were employ
ers. =, 2y3 IL 5g Il 3. .
'arhen it was somewhat like the Civic
Federation, Of which Senator Hanna was
|. tho president? n. b. r. ~ yEa
&s,.I1l a sense, yes. I t tried to settle labor
disputes as far as possible without re-
course to strikes. 1t Is true we had some
strikes, but we settled 100 abor#i ' dis
l5putes without strikes. Indeed, #l might
say we prevented over J 900 strike Il.
How Mark Hanna Did Business.
"speaklng OF Senator Hanna Mr.. Pow
derly went on, che was thoroughly in
earnest in his desire to settle labor trou-t
lbles through arbitration know that ne
hogan It more than twenty years ago.
| tt is now twenty two years since = was
asked by his men to come out to ONO
to act as their representative in a strike
there. I went and as their delegate, call
cd on Mr.. Hanna and tried to present the
case He treated me politely, but refus-z
ed to talk to- me, fic said:
"rwhat is the matter with the men?
Why don't they come to me and present
their own cases? They know me. l Know
them. don't know YOU
'r'Wills you receive "a committee & = ASK
r.,of course l will said Mr. i Hanna "a
| Send them I'M i5 Il i5 i, q ). Il
II went out and brought In q commits
| tee Of the miners and then started TO
ilcave You need not go II you don't
want to- said Mr.. Hanna. SIT down.
I1looked at the men. They said stay. and
i stayed # Il
swell. the discussion then went on be-:
4 tween Hanna and tho men. The troubles
| we're taken UP item by item5and threshed
| over. Sometimes Hanna gayo In some
| tlmess the men, but In an hour or SO slt
was all settled, and tho men sal they
were satisfied and would goaback to work
! 1T was hot at times, but at tho close Mr..
Hanna said: Now, men. when syou have
\ any trouble In the future ! want you 70
lcome right to mo and we Will talk II
over. Don't ask Mr.. Powderly to come
| clear across Pennsylvania and Ohio to
| talk for you. You know what YOU want.
| know what KANT. We are all sem
| sible mon and Gun do our own business.
| and will do it, From that timo on Mr.
| Hanna and thls men settled their labor
Itroubea by conference and mutual con-
citation. He was thoroughly honest and
earnest in his advocacy of this policy and
bis life shows It," FAX 4l VI
SIN your strikes ! suppose you have Of
ten had to deal with many violent men,
Mr., Powderly?"ff js5
Eyes, lilo had" was the reply, ''But we
| tried to holu them.in check. IQremember
an incident Of the great railroad strike
| Of 1856. when tho Gould system Of rail-
roads and other roads In Tho southwest
were tied up. Tho men had left work for
some time when got n letter proposing
4 a plan to blow IN every bridge and enl-
4 vert on the Gould railroad system upon
4 n certain signal. Tho letter stated that
4 tho only way to reach Jay Gould was
4 Through his pocket, and that this action
! would prevent me trains from running
i and break tho strike. The writer said
4 that no had tho dynamite and he gave
4 n full plan ms TO how It should bo placed
4 and exploded to wreck the system Ho
4 marked his letter confidential and asked
4 that 1t be sent back to him. He signed
\ 1t with tho name Henri Lee Caron. Y