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POWDERLY TELLS OF HIS LIFE. How the Great Organizer Became a Knight of Labor. Terence Vincent Powderly, the pres ent head of the Knights of Labor, was sitting yesterday afternoon with friends in the parlor of the Astor House. An inquiry was made casually as to Mr. j Powderly's experience with organized labor, and, thus prompted, he related the origin of his efforts for labor and j told of his ideas and his theories. -1 was born in Carbondale, Pa., in j January, 1842, of Irish parents," said Mr. Powderly. "My parents were Catholics. I was their eleventh child, j there being four girls and eight boys ■ the family. My father was a day laborer. I was sent to school at seven j years of age and I continued at school until I was about thirteen, when I ; went to work for the Delaware & Hudson canal company, having the, care of a switch on one of their railroad to.nnliiw I worked at this for several j years, when I was employed in the , machine shops of the company. Mr. j James Dickson was the superintendent in the shop. Mr. Dickson was the \ father of the late Thomas Dickson, j president of the Delaware & Hudson canal company. waS the onlj man j who ever worked for him to whom he , gave a letter of recommendation. I would not part with that scrap of pa per, I assure you. "In 1870 I was invited by a friend to walk with him, and he took me to a meeting of the Knights of Labor. I joined that night. It was Assembly No. 88. I found there all crafts, and thought I had found just what I had been looking for. No. 88 was then the only assembly in northern Pennsylva nia, all of its meetings were very secret,> and nothing was ever said about its i existence outside of the meetings. Our < idea was, that we should secretly add to our strength until we were strong enough to keep out politicians and j other self-seekers. " During this time I had worked in the surrounding towns, so that when the Carbondale union joined the Knights there were several assemblies in the neighborhood. I had thus worked to win them to the Knights of of Labor because I saw that in the j union all of their legislation about ap- j prentices and shop rules would amount j to nothing. With the introduction of j labor-saving machinery the trade was ■B cut up, so that a man who had ■ served an apprenticeship of five years might be brought in competition with a machine run by a boy, and the boy would do the most and the best work. I saw that labor saving machinery was bringing the machinist down to the level of a day laborer and that soon they would be on a level. My aim was to dignify the laborer. In the Knights of Labor I saw a good field for opera tion. In 187G we organized a District | Assembly of four or five assemblies in ] Lackawanna county, and I was elected ■ District Secretary, an office which I j have held ever since from choice. \ In 1877, when the strikes on the rail- \ roads swept over the country, many of j our men, with others not Knights of Labor, numbering in all about 5,000, were discharged and went west, set tling in the western states and territo ries. Wherever our Knights went new j assemblies sprang up. Up to that time I there had been no national head to the ; Knights of Labor. So Frederick Tur-; ncr, of Philadelphia ; Richard Griffiths, i of Chicago ; Charles Litchman, of Mar- Mellead, Mass.; Thomas King, of Read-: ing, Pa., and I, met and held the first General Assembly of the Knights of Labor at Reading, Pa., in January, 1878. We had then seven Districts, ■ representing Philadelphia, Reading,! Pittsburg, Charleston, W. Va., Scran- < ton and Shawnee, Ohio, and several local i associations which I cannot now recall, j Mr. Bailey was then a delegate from ' Shawnee, Ohio, but did not aftend the | convention at Reading. " Mr. Uriah Stephens, of Philadel- J phia, was elected the first Grand Mas-1 ter Workman, and I was elected to the ! next office, which was called Grand j Worthy Foreman. We then changed the date of meeting from January to September. We next met in St. Louis. I Mr. Stephens did not attend this meet ; ing, but wrote a letter, recommending j me for Grand Master Workman. In j April, 1877, I was elected mayor of: Scranton. After that I gave my entire j time to the work of my office, this being ; the first time that I had worked at any business other than my trade. " The strikes of 1877 were caused by the men not understanding one an other. At that time I began to study the causes of that strike and the dis \ tress of the workmen. I concluded that an organization should be per fected which should be a grand indus ; trial school. I had no hobby. Others said that greenbacks, the tariff, and a dozen other things would remedy the troubles of the workmen, but I thought thai the proposed organization should i combine them all. I had not read the j writings of any theorist. I was re-1 elected mayor two or three times. When first elected I was not known outside of the laboring classes. It was said by my opponents that all sorts of trouble would come if I was elected. However, I was elected, and among other acts I discharged the entire po lice force of the city, because I found that I must have men on whom I could rely. Then, during my administration the debt of the city was reduced about 180,000. Previously the debt had an nually increased. In 1884 the Knights of Labor had grown so large that the business of the Order took all my time, so I had to decline the re-nomination for mayor. I have never written a book, but have written hundreds of cir culars, similar in tenor to the circular I which was printed a Jay or two a#o. I have traveled all over this country and Canada, and have Bpoken on 500 platforms. There are assemblies in England and Belgium. Our journal, the Journal of United Labor, is pub lished at Philadelphia by the Genera] Secretary. It has been circulated only in the Order, but we now propose to enlarge it and send it out to the pub ! lie. I have read Henry George's ' Pro gress and Poverty,' Spencer's ' Social Statistics,' and Thornton on Labor. I have read a great deal of history and biography. " I am not sure what my plans will be for the future. A syndicate of news papers has offered to send me to Eu rope to write up the labor question as :it is there. " Yes; I was connected with the : Land League, being a vice president in the first league organized in this country. " No ; I do not believe in strikes, be ; cause I do not think there is any ne cessity for tham. I believe these trou bles can be settled without strikes, i The order has materially changed in a j few years; is broader and more liberal i than at first, there is less secrecy now, | the oath has been abolished in the in i itiation and only the word of honor is now required. The " ■ <tmM I the wage system is wrong. So long ;as one finds it to his advantage to buy ! labor at the cheapest price and the I other demands the highest price, trouble will come. Profit sharing is the remedy." Conflict. According to the associated press dis patches, which are sure to be colored 'in the interest of Jay Gould, even if they do not positively falsify the facts, as they generally do, there was a con flict at Fort Worth, Texas, on Saturday between armed deputy United States marshals and the strikers who were also armed, in which there were three or four fatalities reported. It is not posi , tively known which side fired first, but it was most likely the officers who seem to have the greater number of casual ties. There was no excuse for this re sort to arms and bloody violence. Pos sibly some of the less intelligent of the ■ strikers may have imagined that their action was calculated to aid in securing ; just consideration at the hands of the I railway managers, but any man of or | dinary comprehension must have seen, at a glance, that, so far as it had any | effect at all, it must necessarily be in an : opposite direction. To the uncornpro ; raising element among the corporate capitalists of the country, demonstra tions of this kind on the part of the laboring men, or those claiming to act in their behalf, are largely welcomed, as calculated more thoroughly than any thing else to prejudice the public at large against the labor organizations of the country, under whose auspices the men engaged therein are populary sup posed to act. Indeed, it may be fairly assumed that this trouble at Fort Worth was purposely provoked by the tools of Gould and the railroad ring. The Concord People and Patriot adds that the great body of the people—the intelligent public mind of the country— is not to be materiallly misled in this matter. Neither the Knights of Labor nor the striking railway employees of the Southwest, as a body, are to be held responsible for these alleged acts of violence and crime, in which a few misguided or even wicked men may have engaged. And while the conduct of the latter is unqualifiedly condemned and measures for the suppression of the rioters are universally commended and sustained, no arbitrary or vindictive action on the part of the railway man agers, directed against the mass of striking employees, will be sanctioned by the people. The rights of capital and labor, alike, must be protected and preserved; and while mob violence directed against the former must be crushed by the strong arm of the law, the law must also be depended upon to protect the rights of labor in full meas ure, and prevent the aggrandizement of capital at its expense, to the extent which has heretofore been witnessed in the land, whereby unparalelled fortunes have been gathered up in the hands of a few, while those whose toil produced them, remain in poverty and want. Neither red-handed communism nor iron-heeled despotism wili be suffered to rule this land. The intelligent sense of justice in the hearts of the "people must and will eventually prevail, and communists and monopolists alike be taught submission thereto.— Budget. Dowden's Dental Fluid, endorsed by all Dentists. Try a bottle. For sale everywhere. H. M. Sheild & Co., Proprietors. • Fifth and Marshall St. —»■»«■ m Notice to the Cigar Trade. I herewith inform the cigar trade and the public generally, that I will from this date, March 15th, employ only Union Cigarmakers aud Knights of Labor hands, and will exert every effort to make such grades of cigars as will merit general satisfaction. The following established brands will be continued and kept up to their original standard, viz: "La Corolla," "Ottar of Roses," "Little Peter," " Southern Cross," "B' Select," "Charlies Punch," "Vara Cheroots," "Golden Whiffs." The following new brands of 5 cent cigars, {copyright of which has been applied for) are now being made and will be offered to the public in a few days, viz: "Mullen's Pets" and "Labor Her aid." These brands will be made by superior workmen and from the choicest selections of Havana and Domestic Leaf. Thanking my friends for their many favors in the past, I respectfully solicit tbe esteemed patronage of the public for the future. Chas. Millhiser, Manufacturer of Cigars and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco. 15 S. Thirteenth street, Richmond, Va. TAKE DR. JOB'S *T>_f'SoLlDllGo. j^ - V the ° reat Never fails to cure the worst cases of BLOOD & SKIN DISEASES SUCH AS SCROFULA, RHEUMATISM, : ECZEMA, &c, with the use of SOLI DAGO OINTMENT. ! For Sale by all Leading Druggists. Testimonials on application. Great Reduction in SUGARS, GO TO THE GREAT ATLANTIC * PACIFIC TEA CO. For Fine Teas, Select Coffees and Pure Sugars. ! LIGHT YELLOW SUGARS . Ski '. WHITE EXTRA C " - Gc 'STANDARD A " - Gfe GRANULATED 7c Don't fail to be on hand SATURDAY AND THE WEEK FOLLOWING TO GET OUR BEAUTIFUL PICTURE j Given away with every 25 cents worth of Tea and Coffee. i Come early and avoid the great rush of the season. 605 BROAD ST. & 1553 MAIN ST. C. E. BTJEK, MANUFACTURER OF iFLOUE, COM MEAL, —AND— MILL FEED, OFFICE -A-iq-D SALESROOM 1315 E. Cary St. RICHMOND, - VIRGINIA. ASK YOUR GROCER _F OR DER'S BEST" PATENT AND "MASCOTT" FAMILY FLOUK. I S. ULLMAFS SON C. O. D. GROCER —AND— I LIQUOR DEALER, 1820 & 1822 Main St. BON TON Patent Family Flour, $fi.oo SNOW FLAKE " " " 5.50 SILVER KING - " " COO Being direct receivers of Flour, our prices are Rock Bottom. j ——————_______________ G___w*o_a & Lauy, WHOLESALE & RETAIL LIQUOR OEALERS. Sole Agents Fob CLEMMER'S PURE OLD RYE WHISKEY And Sach, Pruden & Co.'s Ginger Ale. Only Union-made Cigars sold. Nos. 3 and 5 North Fifteenth St. Dealer in Halls Safes, Vaults and Jail work Office 1325 Main St., Richmond Va. STOVES! STOVES! SOUTHERN STOVE WORKS, Stoves made by Richmond Mechanics and Sold at Prices to suit the times. S.ore Room No. 1434 E. Main Sr. Every Stove guaranteed. Works 1422 and 1424 E. Cary St. ENCOURAGEHOMEINDUSTRY. Adam diacont, Mattress Makes UPHOLSTERER, - Repairing Neatly Done. 208 E. Marshall St., Richmond, Va. MRS. J- C.DIPNER&CO. FURNISHING UNDERTAKERS, COR. THIRD & MARSHALL STS. Everything First-Class in this Line. Telephone 3Mo. 2. MERCHANTS HOTEL, 1320 Main St., Richmond, Va. CHARGES $1.00 TO $1,50 PER DAY. PATRONACE SOLICITED. Mrs. M. E. GOODE, Proprietress. James McDonough & Co. UNDERTAKERS, LIVERY & EXCHANGE STABLES, NOS. 5 TO 15 EIGHTEENTH STREET, (Bet. Main and Franklin Sts.) RICHMOND, - VIRGINIA. FIRST-CLASS carriages, buggies and horses, excellent accommoda tion FOR HORSES AND VEHICLES. ORDERS FILLED AT ALL HOURS. ft Aft WORTH OF GOODS EOE $1 ftflfl OwU CASH AND H PER WEEK. OuU ■fc^r*. :*'.z!!!_*:rz mWJm! fismt r_fi__H j f WE CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO OUR LARGE STOCK OF FURNITURE, CARPETS. MATTINGS, STOVES, RE FRIG ER A TORS and BARY CARRIAGES. Will sell you any of the above gsods at the lowest prices either for CASH or on the above LIBERIAL TERMS. Rotliert & Co. 505 E, BROAD ST. ASK YOUR GROCER FOR k* /A -" *■ *\ § EH /C (p\ -zj 2 ( BEST ) § * \o 0/ I Manufactured by JOSEPH G. DILL, 9000 street, ihchmono, va. ASK YOUR GROCER lllilf 1 §f LABOR Co-operative _ MANUFACTUKED BY K. OF L. 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G A R T H rTg H T ' S | FOR FURNITURE. 16 GOVERNOR STREET, RICHMOND STEAM DYEING, CLEANING AND CARPET CLEAIVING WORKS. _j_::e»s. -___ T. h* _.____, No. 308 north Fifth street, RICHMOND, VA Gentlemen's and Yonths' Clothing Cleaned. Dyed and Repaired. Ladies' Dresses, Shawls, Cloaks, Gloves, &c, cleaned and dyed. Damask and Lace Curtains made to look like new. Ostrich Plumes cleaned or dyed. Orders solicited from the country.' ' <<oods sent by mail or express. Satisfaction guaranteed. ' _=_ic]_arci "Wag-ener, MANUFACTURER OF Cigars 22 S. Fourteenth Street, RICHMOND, - - VIRGINIA. ___s__: :_-©_=, fageners Bigais, K. OF L. OR BIG DICK, Made by Union Men and K. of L. GEORGE DUNCAN, BOOTS, SHOES AND f PPHS "»■ OS ObO B__ ___ IIS S) WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. 1717 E.'Main, Eichmond, Va. C. 0. D. Orders Promptly Pilled. GO TO J. R. HUDSON & CO. FOB GOOD Meals and IBoarcL By the Day, Week and Month. Satis faction Guaranteed. ISTO- 14 IST. SEVENTEENTH. mmMMMMMMMmMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM C. E. SAUNDERS, FfINCY GROCERIES, Wines, Liquors, Tobacco, Clffars, Etc., Etc., 6 E. Broad St., Richmond, Va. P. WHITLOCK, MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN FINE CIGARS, SMOKING AND CHEWING TOBACCO, &c. No. 11 Governor Street RICHMOND, VA. For _=_.rest Of MALT LIQUORS, —USE— CONTINENTAL BREWING COMPANY'S LAGER BEER. ROBT. HILL, Jr., MANAGER. JS uißjif OSSI - O0 S> SJ3AVOJ 'n«H }B uoijiq -ii{\a no sa[dmt!S '? SI xo iI '-wjsauo '' S JS mjßooa puis irju;x a"joio»_ _l -o '3„ onv „ss33ons„ „'3noia3d„ oj uotjuajjß repads n BO S JA. 'avora <<rcarit3Hd» 1 jo -H ap«ui KOINa pa:rwqopo 'STOHDIM TIVH ij; asioins poosf 'b noA* ji ROWE BROTHERS, MANUFACTURERS OF The Crow and Globe Cigars, UNION MADE. 1013 W. Clay Street. WEIMER& STUBS, ELBA BUTTEE DEPOT S. E. Cor. Belvidere & Broad Sts. STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS GOODS KEPT. Goods delivered when desired. TICKET Given with each Pound of Butter OL T. JONES, FINE FAMILY GROCERIES. __jiq.i_ors <S_c. HAT AND MILL FEED. Swansboro, - - Virginia. CHAS. H. COSBY. 1. B. COSBY. CHAS. H. COSBY & CO., NO. 2 W. BROAD STREET. ■ j S- i J Plumbing, Gas Fitting Tin Roof. ing, Guttering and Spouting. Stoves, Tinware, and House Furnishing Good* All Job Work prompt* ly attended to. W. J. GLENN. T. H. HILL. GLENN & CO. Merchant Tailors, 1107 BANK ST., Richmond, Va. SPECIAL ATTENION TO CUTTING, CLEANING AND RE PAIRING. W. M. WOODWARD, FUHWISHINQ Undertaker. AND FURNITURE REPAIRING. No. 211 N. 25th Street. Residence No. 917 N. 25th Street. Special attention given to Under taking. TOBACCO, Chew Fine Sun Cured Tobacco CHRISTIAN'S COMFORT, SENATOR, PIONEER, NEW ERA, HENRIETTA, LA MANOLA. R. J. CHRISTIAN, Richmond, - - Virginia. $10 REWARD will be paid for information that will lead to the conviction of any person making false and malicious statements calculated or intended to injure the standing of the NATIONAL MUTUAL AID SOCIETY OF VIRGINIA. JAMES HUDSON, Manager 1329 E. MAIN ST., RICHMOND, VA. AGENTS WANTED. M. S. LEIDY, 1608 E. Franklin St., Eichmond, Va. STOVES, TINWARE and HOUSE-FUR NISHING GOODS. Plumbing Gas-Fitting and Tin-Rooflng, and Stove Repairing of all kinds. JOB WORK AND REPAIRING. All work promptly attended to and satis faction guaranteed. C. DOMINICI & CO. WHOLESALE h RETAIL DEALER IN FINE GROCERIES, WINES, * &C. 103 Seventeen, tli St. GOODS DELIVERED FREE. CHEW TOBACCO MADE BY KNIGHTS "OF LABOR. BRANDS MASTER WORKMAN ____>rr> UNKNOWN KNIGHT. For Sale By All Dealers. Factory address Box 15, Richmond, Va. LOST! Both to the Manufacturer and chewer, the -TAGS That are placed on each plug of STRAWBERRY TWIST. REWARD A reward of a handsome POCKET-KNIFE Will be given to every man, woman or child returning to our office be tween now and July 1, 1886. , 100 OF THESE TAGS. Now, boys, here is your chance. LAWKENCE LOTTIEK, RICHMOND, VA. o__;__-w 'miLDGROVE'B SUN CURED M WARD, GOLDEN GATE, PEACH, SWEET ORANGE, W. BARROW AND CREAM OF THE ROSES. "THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST" CHEW THE OLD AND RELIABLE BRAND, DIANORA. i _>_rs. IP. E. TOI-FIE, DEALER IN FINE GROCERIES,: CIGARS, & TOBACCO. Wyson, Clemer & Thompson, Whiskies, A Specialty. 1517 Franklin St., RICHMOND, VA. I CHEW YARBROUGH'S BLUE TAG "BONNE BOUCHE" BRAND, FINE SUN CURED TOBACCO. RO. N. NORTHEN & CO., DEALER IK Coal & Wood 1309 W. MARSHALL ST., Richmond, Va. ANTHRACITE, BRIGHTEOPE GRATE, CUMBERLAND STEAM. For Good, Durable and Cheap SHOES Call on W. J. PEYTON, WHOLESALE & RETAIL DEALER IN BOOTS, SHOES, TRUNKS AND SATCHELS, l-i__s 3s_:ain Street. PANIC PRICES!! FOR FINE TEAS& COFFEES At Rock Bottom Prices For Cash, GOTO C XX __-___>T2SJ™Z\ TEA DEALER AND COFFEE BOASTER, SUGARS AT COST, N. W\ Cor. 6th. and Broad Sts. and S. B. Cor. 17th & Main Sts. RICHMOND, VA. Handsome and useful present given to all purchasers, be on hand Saturbay and secure one of our beautiful Plaque free to all purchasers. GO TO B.F.TLNSLEY'S, FOR BOOTS, SHOES, TRUNKS, SACHELS And everything usually found in a first class Boot and Shoe Establishment. 623 BROAD STREET. salesmen = Willie D. Southall. J. E. Priddy. ALL WOOL SCARLET UNDEfi-SHIfiTS —AND DRAWERS, One -Dollar Eacli. E. B. SPENCE & SON, 901 Main Street. CALL FOR THE Geske Shewing Co.'s CELEBRATED CINCINNATI PILSNER CABINET LAGER BEER, IT IS ABSOLUTELY PURE, GUS £. HOFFMSHN, RGT, W. T. HANCOCK'S Humbug, Maritaiia, %1%, ganger, Swarf loses, and lulieka, TOBACCO. JAMES GUNS, MANUFACTURER OF TOBACCO BOXES & PINE CASES. Flooring, Ceiling, Dressed Lumber and Sycamore in Car-load lots or less. LOW PRICES. Office and Factory No. 5 S. 23rd St 1 PITTTIfTL^ en( ' —*• cents postage,.anil AITI H'l " re W '" " la " you ' ree a r * va '' fl Ull i valuable, sample box of goods that will put you in the way of making more money at once than anything else in Ameri ca. Both sexes of all ages can live at home and work in spare time or all the time. Capital not required. We will start you. Immense pay sure for those who start at, once. Stinson & Co.. Portland, Maine. R. L. BUTLER. DEALER IN GROCERIES, LIQUORS AND FEED, 1709 Franklin St. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. I was very low with chills »nd fever last spring and summer and vas told by my doctors unless I left Richmond I would be a dead man in three months. I took one bottle of lodic and was com pletely cured in two weeks time. D. W. Logan, 1609 E. Franklin SV I suffered all my life from inherited Scrofula until last fall, when after taking two bottles of lodic I was com pletely cured and am now in perfect health. A. A. Tulane, 1509 E. Main St I know the above to be strictly true. Jas. F. Waller, 817 Spring St |- Mil I 11)1) ■" ~3C". C. -=0->TD, DKALKR IN FINE CIGARS, TOBACCO, &C, *C. 333 E. Broad St. Headquarters for all Kinds of SMOKIXG ARTICLES. ADVERTISE IN THIS PAPER. TERMS REASONABLE.