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1 i 1 V MoflteJfEY. - UU-- H . L " " - ILLINOIS. IBS HEWS CONDENSED. THE EAST. GOT PATTISOK of Pennsylvania haa •Unmd a toiler to Attorney General Cas- aidy oa action of the anthracite pool in adrasefag tin price of coal, and request­ ing Mnto move against it in court. All immense audience greeted Justin Mc- CJaithy at the Academy of Music, New Yoi*,fais lecture on the political situation in Intend being for the benefit of the snf- i by the Charleston earthquake. He I with the prediction that Mom* role 1 soon come. THE WEST. ; flft ®£fi • .+.• -V* fe A ST. PAUL correspondent gives the de- talls of flue plan to locate all the Indians in that State on one reservation, and shows that the change will throw upon the market over 3,000,000 acres of land. THE steamer La Mascotte was blown up Hear Grand Tower, on the Mississippi River. The boat took fire after the explo­ sion and burned to the water's edge. Eighteen persons are lost or missing, a " of them passengers and a part mem- of the boat's crew, and eight others are There were but few passengers on board, and all were people living in the towns along the river. A tow-boat was a short distance behind the Mascotte, and when she reached the wreck she picked up several persons and took them, together with seve­ ral bodies, to Cape Girardeau, Mo..... The Kansas Farmer's crop report for the State says a large acreage of wheat has been sown and that most of it is up and growing well. Corn is not more than 60 per ocdt of a full crop, but there is some old oorn on hand. There is plenty of feed to carry the farmers with all their stock through the winter. Lire stock is in good oondition About one hundred masked men at Stoelville, Mo., lynched R. P. Wal­ lace, the alleged murderer of the Logan family at Cuba. The prisoner refused to confess. THE forfeited Atlantic and Pacific land gnat in New Mexico will be thrown open to settlers in a few days.... The safe of a building association located at the corner of Ashland avenue and Twelfth street, Chicago, was blown open by expert burg­ lars, who secured $1,724 in currency, $3,960 in city and Federal bonds, and a large sum in other securities. JITDGE GABY overruled the motion for a new trial in the case of the convicted an­ archists. Captain Black then asked for an extension of the time before the death sen­ tence should be pronounced, desiring time to file a bill of exceptions. The Court intimated that he would allow three weeks in addition to the time allowed by the itatQtes, which will fix the day of execu­ tion Friday, Dec. 3. The prisoners were 4seed and overcome by the decision of the Qomt, and all but Fischer had to be as- 'Ifated to their feet. All of the convicted MB made speeches in response to the *wmi1 question as to whether they had anything to say whv sentence of death atemld not be passed upon them. THESeiTH. J*V. JESSE COOK was hanged in Taylor County, Georgia, some weeks ago, and the negroes are now claiming that his body has been nursed back to life, and that he will take to the pulpit again ... A dispatch from Texas intimates that the shrinkage in cat­ tle valne^will probably cause the failure of several prominent stockmen. THH shrinkage in cattle values, together with reports of serious epidemics through­ out the country, is causing great mistrust among the cattlemen of Texas, says an Austin dispatch. There are rumors abroad that some of the most prominent cattlemen of this section have already become em­ barrassed, and that their paper has gone to protest, but no one will confess any knowl- edg of such a thing. It is even hinted that private residences ha* e been sold to insure creditors against loss. No individual cases of embarrassment have as vet come to light, hot extensive failures are looked for. BY the explosion of the steamer Mas- 6, near Cape Girardeau, Mo., six of the were burned to death by escaping steam; sixteen persons are known to have "been drowned, and five deckhands and one passenger w ere fatally burned. It is fear­ ed that others perished whose bodies have nqt been recovered. ' ONE bale each of ramie and jute--the first of these products ever raised in the United States--were presented to the Cot­ ton Exchange at New Orleans by Mr. J. Juvenet, who states that in Louisiana a net profit of $69 per acre on ramie, and $56 on Jute, can be made by their cultivation. IHDISTKI1L THE trades demonstration at Pittsburgh, on the 4th inst, was the largest and finest display of its kind ever witnessed in that city. The procession was twelve miles long, and occupied three hours in passing a given point. It was made up principally of the wholesale and retail grocers, flour and grain dealers, furniture dealers, and clothiers. The affair wound up with a grand picnic at Homewood Park. The day was auspicious, and the business and pri­ vate houses along the route of the proces­ sion were tastefully decorated. It is esti­ mated that at least 40,000 strangers were in the city Justice Gordon decided at Pittsburgh that the "store-order" or "truck" system, under the act of June 29,1881, was unconstitutional and void. A TAB pool has been formed, and the price of that article advanced. A commis­ sioner has been appointed, with power to destroy tar when the market is overstocked, a sum equal to the cost price of the surplus tar to be pud to the contractor in whose it was. 11 ̂ Sir'* WASHIlVCiTOIf. %H2 general distribution of the new $ 1 •Over certificates began last week, and will be continued until the demand, which is very great, has been entirely supplied. The notes are now being printed at the rate of 30,000 a day. The new $2 silver certificates will not be ready for issue tof' two weeks yet. ...The amount of United States currency outstanding is $362,331,426. There is outstanding of national bank notes $303,082,437.... The Treasury Department has published a statement showing the population, net revenue, and net expenditures of the Government for the last fiscal year, with the per owiteof revenues and expenditures. The population is riven at 58,420.000, and the net revenue at $336,439,727, being a per capita of $5.7«, or .06 greater than the fiscal year of 1885. The expenditures were $242,- ff'1̂ T*HCapita of less ' wan that of the previous year, i, POLITICAL,*, THE New Jersey Republican State Con tarty D«n<* erat; Sixth Mlohigan,lTohn JB. ftim, Fusion; Twentv-ftritfPonasylvania, WeHjt MoCullough, Tenth Massa chusetts, J. £. Etmli, Damoorat; Sixth Virginia, Samoa! I. Hopkins, Kalghtt of iszUi'i ty-firstftPennsylvania, J. W. Latta, Demo­ crat; Eighteenth New Yorfc H. G. Burleigh, Republican; ThiHy- third New loik, J. B. Weber, Republican; Nineteenth Pennsylvania, Levi Marsh, Democrat; Fourth Connecti­ cut, M. T. Granger, Democrat; Tenth Massachusetts, W. H. Earle, Prohibition; Seventh Massachusetts. W. H. Whiting, Republican; First Ohio, Samuel A. Miller, Democrat; Second Ohio, Hugh Shiels, Democrat; Eighth Pennsylvania, Geoige D. Stitael, Republican; Third Nebraska, G. W. Dorsey; First New Hampshire, C. Knowles, Prohibition; Eighth Missouri, James H. Harris, Prohibition; Ninth Mis­ souri, W. C. Wilson, Prohibition; Tenth Missouri, E. R. Grant, Prohibition; Sixth Texas, Judge A. B. Norton, Republican. THE Colorado Democracy, in convention at Denver, placed in the field the following ticket: Governor, Alva Adams; Lieutenant Governor, H. B. Gillespie; Secretary of State, Jerry Mahone; Treasurer, James F. Benedict; Auditor, Casimero Barela; At­ torney General, Col. Stirman; Congress­ man, Rev. Myron Reed. The platform fa­ vors free and unlimited silver coinage; crit­ icises the Republican party for creating and maintaining monopolies while in power, which resulted in a conflict between capital and labor; commends the Democratic con­ gress for refusing to suspend the silver coinage and for passing the surplus reso­ lution; commends President Cleveland for hiB impartial execution of ths civil-service law; congratulates the party upon its honest administration, and approves the reclamation of public lands. II sympa­ thizes with the Irish home-rule movement, favors interstate legislation as to railroad corporations, and denounces convict labor. THE Nebraska Democratic State Con­ vention assembled at Hastings and nom­ inated the following ticket: For Governor, James E. North; Lieutenant Governor, C. B. Bolby; Secretary of State, Richard Thompson; State Treasurer, J. F. Hale; Auditor, Thomas E. Binger; Attorney Gen­ eral, W. L. Green; Land Commissioner, Thomas W. Smith; Superintendent of Pub­ lic Instruction, L. A. Cooley. -- vention assembled at Trenton and chose ex-Senator Alexander G. Cattell as tem­ porary chairman. In a speech he spoke of Mr. Blaine as the Republican standard- bearer in 1888, whereupon the members of the convention rose to their feet and cheer­ ed for several minutes. William Walter .Phelps was made permanent chairman. The convention then nominated B. f1*0* Howey for Governor on the first ballot. A platform was adopted which protests against the importation of contract labor and recognizes the right of working- men to unite for protection; favors com­ pulsory education and opposes the compe­ tition of convict labor with honest labor; e<^a^ taxation and approves of re- •HMttve legislation on manufacture of 5355 con<lemii9 the removal of -llT? 80Jd'ers public office, (ad the attitude of 1 resident Cleveland on ftension question; declares that out- •tWOing trade dollars should be redeemed •Mfceir face value; accuses the Democratic wro Of Violating its promise to sustain the ^a-semce law, and favors the submis­ sion to the people at a special election of jpw question of controlling the liquor faMsc. A WA8HIX0TOH dispatch says; "An in- ttaesting question at the Cabinet meeting Tuesday was the case of a United States aHyiuey.who has been nominated for Con- gM§s, with reference to the propriety of hfa continuance in office pending the result Of tfcf Congressional election. The gen- " opinion expressed was that the ni­ pt had ^better resign his Federal FCGD he will be BO informed.".... • nominations: Sixth Ken- CEJiEKAL. A NUMBER of cases of pleuro-pneumo- nia are repented among the cattle on the farm of William Chase, near Verona, N. J... .Telegrams from Virginia (East) to Montana (West) record swift and extended mortality from contagious pleuro-pneu- monia. This disease is not so swift­ ly and generally fatal in its incep­ tion. These outbreaks are probably sim­ ply splenic (Texas) fever, and have proved so where diagnosed by competent veterinary surgeons. In Illinois, so far as discovered, lung-plague is under strict quarantine and confined to the original centers of infection An appeal has been issued to the members of the Irish National Leagueito start an anti-eviction fund at once aaafltforward the contributions to the TreasurffJP. .The Collector of Cus­ toms at St. John, N. B., would not permit the bark Orient to fly the Irish flag in that harbor. Her officers yielded when they found themselves liable to a fine of £500.... Robert Mayall, Chief Engineer of the City of Mexico, is visiting various towns in the United States for the purpose of examining the sewer systems. The Mexican Republic is about {o expend $6,000,000 in this kind of work at the Capital City. Over half the amount will be expended in tunneling through a mountain a distance of six miles and building a canal thirty miles long to convey the sewage from the city to the mouth of the tunnel. THE oath of allegiance will be adminis­ tered to all in the civil service in Canada. This is because some of the government employes are suspected of sympathy with the Irish cause... .The September fire loss in the United States was $6,500,000--a slight decrease from the average Septem­ ber loss of previous years. COMMISSIONER COLMAK complains of the apathy and inaction of the State and local authorities in taking the necessary steps to suppress the pleuro-pneumonia scourge. A cattle disease, which proves fatal in a few hours, has broken out in Tazewell County, 111. A discharge from the nose is first noticed, then tjie head begins to swell, and death speedily relieves the afflicted animal. A number of cattle recently purchased at Baltimore have died near Harrisonburg, Va., of what is sup­ posed to be T<jjas fever. The Governor of Montana Territory has issued a proclama­ tion quarantining against the cattle of Illinois and other States where pleuro­ pneumonia exists. THE American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions held its seventy- seventh annual meeting at Des Moines, Iowa. The Prudential Committee reported that thirty-five missionaries had been added to the force during the year; that the re­ ceipts from all sources amounted to $500,863, and that the expenditures aggre­ gated $658,285. Rev. J. L. Withrow, D. D., of Boston, preached the annual sermon, assailing the doctrine of future probation, asserting that the church had loo much to do to pay attention to such specu­ lation, and had no time to waste on dead pagans. The address was frequently ap­ plauded by the large audience. THE triennial council of the Protestant Episcopal Church of fie United States be­ gan its sessions in Chicago on the 6th in­ stant. There were in attendance nearly sixty Bishops and four hundred clerical or lay delegates. The two houses organized by electing Bishop Williams, of Connecti­ cut, Chairman of the House of Bishops, and the Rev. Dr. Morgan Dix, of New York, Chairman of the House of Deputies. THE American Board of Foreign Mis­ sions, in session at Des Moines, had an exciting debate on the question whether probation and chance of salvation end with this life. The new departure was rejected, the report of the prudential committee be­ ing adopted by a vote of 48 to 22. fcavaoccurrad recsntly in OMBHAL lUtJLBAIls unexpectedly made hit appearafcoe at a meeting held by 5,000 flMla to consider the political ««W». fie declared that the Caar would a snoieeasor to Prince' Alexandeur.°̂ The shouts of the people became so tumultuous that the Russian agents withdrew. THE fall of portions of the altar in fc church at Kildare, Ireland, caused the death of Archdeacon Kavanaugh, while celebrating mass The mercury rose to 80 degrees in t%a shade in London, on the 5th inst., a temperature unknown in Octo­ ber for nearly half a century. ANOTHER strike of miners is reported at Charleroi, in Belgium, where the fearful labor riots took place a few months ago. An unsuccessful attempt was made by the strikers to kill the mine manager. THE Qneen of Spain has signed a decree commuting the sentences of the condemned insurgents. The Qneen also signed a de­ cree freeing slaves in Cuba from the re­ mainder of their terms of servitude.... Senator Lafayette and General Grevy will represent the French Senate at the ceremo­ nies attending the unveiling of the statue of Liberty in New York. The latter is President Grevy s brother. )f . ADDITIONAL NEWS. H. L. LEAVITT, who was arrested in Chicago on charge of being .concerned in the murder of Rev. G. C. Haddock, at Sioux City, has made a confession, saying that one John Arensdorf, foreman of the Franz brewery, and one of the stockhold­ ers in that concern, was the assassin. He says Arensdorf met the clergyman on the street on the night of Aug. 3, and held up his hand in front of Mr. Haddock's face. The latter took something from his pocket and struck Arensdorf, who thereupon drew a revolver and shot Haddock. Leavitt says he and several others, whom he names, witnessed the shooting, and that all ran away after the crime was committed. Sev­ eral of these implicated are now under ar­ rest, and warrants have been issued for the others. AT the national bicycle tournament at In­ dianapolis, the five-mile championship and a bicyrle w«re won by N. H. Van Sicklen, of Chicago. His time was 15:39. He has been successful in sixty contests out of eighty The corpse of Patrick Wallace, lynched at Steelville, Missouri, lay all day on a plank in the Court House, with the noose still aboat the neck. His parents refused to receive the body, and it was buried on a desolate hill by the authorities. UNITED STATES SENATOR AUSTIN F. PIKE of New Hampshire died suddenly at Franklin Falls, in that State. Mr. Pike was b rn Oct. 16, 1819. He received an aoa- demic education, studied law, and was ad­ mitted to the bar of Merrimac County in July, 1845, and bad been in active practice since. He was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1850, 1851, 1852, 1865, and 1866, and was Speaker of the House the last two years. He was a member of the New Hampshire Senate in 1857 and 1858. and was President of that tod}- in 1853. He was Chairman of tha Republican State Committee in 1858, 1859, and 1860; was d-le^ate to the Phila­ delphia convention which nominated Gen. Fremont in 18i6; was elected a Represent­ ative to the Forty-third Congress, serving from Dec. 1, 1873, to March 3, 1875. He was elected to the United States Senate to succeed E. H. Rollins, and took his seat Dec. 3,1883. THE business failures occurring through­ out the countiy during the week, as re­ ported to R. G. Dun & Co., numl ered for the United States 167, and for Canada 23, or a total of 190, which is about up to the average of the last six or seven weeks. The failures in New York and the East were light, the bulk of the week's casual­ ties being reported from the Sonthern and Western States and Canada. IKCBEASED agit ition against' the au­ thority of the Pope is reported from Italy. A London dispatch states that a com­ mittee of the British Cabinet is preparing a bill to establish four national councils to represent the provinces of Ireland. The bill differs from Mr. Gladstone's measure chiefly in the omission of a legislative body at Dublin. Otherwise it fully meets the aspirations of the Home-Rulers in regard to transferring to local bodies the direction of Irish affairs now dealt with at West­ minster. The Rlclunond Convention, K. of L. Nearly the whole of the fifth day's session was occupied in discussing the report of the Committee on Credentials concerning the St. Louis contesting delegations. The question at issue was whether the delegates eleeted at a meeting held at 7 o'clock in the evening or at a Rubseffuent meeting an hour later were the regularly elected delegates and entitled to seats in tlio convention. The report presented to the convention and accepted by it was in favor of the delegates elected at the 8 o'clock meeting. Mr. Powderlv's address was finally read, and the report of the committee appointed to investigate the case of the Homo club of New York was made and adopted. A number of committees were appointed. A resolution was adopted authorizing the appointment of a special committee of five to prepare and send a telegram to some proper person in Providence, K. I., with regard to the limitations of the right of suffrage in that State. The com­ mittee drafted and sent the following communi­ cation : "To Charles E. Gorman, Chairman of the Equal Rights Democratic Association, Providence, K. L : The order of the Knights of Labor, in general assembly convened at Rich­ mond, Va., indorse your efforts in behalf of the elimination of unjust discrimination from the constitution of your State, and pledges its moral support to you until success is achieved." The committee was also directed to send a similar telegram to the District of Columbia in view of the disfranchised condition of its inhabitants. The ttotion for a New Triftl fbr tit Convicted Beds Overrate! THEMARKEm @ 5.75 & 5.25 & .83 & .84)6 (9 .46 & .40 010.75 .72^ .83 & .24^ .27 .20 .12 X • 13« .18 .48 9.00 .70 .95 .84 .71 .86* .24* .« <f* .54 8.50 & 0.00 .78 & .88 & .96 0 .27 FOREIGN LOBD BANDOLI'H CHURCHIM* and Pre­ mier Tisza declare the powers will abide by the provisions of the Berlin treaty in electing a Prince for Bulgaria... .Russia hesitates about risking a war with Austria while an A.ustro-£nglish alliance is possi­ ble . It is rumored that Prince Bismarck has for three years urged Count Kalnoky to move toward Salonica. Not having com­ plied, it is believed that Count Anarassy, or Finance Minister Von Xallay, will be appointed to succeed him... .Violent shocks NEW YORK. Beeves #4.00 Hoos. -- 4.50 WHEAT--No. 1 Haiti. 87 No. 2 Bed 84 COBN--No. 2 45 OATS-White 85 POBK--New Mess 10.25 CHICAGO. BEEVES--Choice to Prime Bteers 5.00 & 5.50 Good Shipping 4.2T> @ 4.75 Common 8.25 @ 3.75 HOGS--Shipping Grades. 8.75 <gj 4.50 Fi otJB - Extra Spring............ 4.25 @ 4.50 WHEAT--No. 2 Bed .78 A CORN -No. 2 85 @ OATS--No. 2 .14 & BUTTEB--Choice Creamery 26 & Fine Dairy.. 18 & CHEESE--Fill! Cream, Cheddar.. .U&«9 Full Cream, new .HtH'S Eaos--Fresh 17 @ POTATOES--Early Bose, per bu.. .48 & PORK--Mess 8.50 & MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--Cash.... CORN --No. 2 OATS--No. 2 liVK -No; 1 POBK--Mess TOLEDO. WHEAT--No. 8 COBN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2.. . BEEF CATTXJS 4.00 Hoos 8.76 Shkkp SJK) WHEAT--Michigan Bed .75 ConN--No. 1 80 OATS--No. 2 White JBO <& ST. LOUI& WHEAT--No. 2 74 «% .75 CORN--Mixed .34% OATS--Mixed .26 .27 PORK--New Mess.. 8.00 <£$ 9.50 CINCINNATI. WHEAT--No. 2 Bed \ .7# COBN--NO. 2.... . JG OATS--No. 2 ,<GF POBK--Mess,.. #,oo LIVE HOOS 4.00 BUFFALO. WHEAT--No. 1 Hand ;g2 COBN--NO. 2. CATTLE INDIANAPOLIS. BEEF CATTLE 3,35 Hoos 4.00 HBEEP S.00 WHEAT--No. 2 Mixed...... 73 COBN--No. A ; .85 OATB--NO. 2..." .85 EAST LIBEKTY. CAMUS--Best .T. 4.75 4,00 Common.... SJ0 HOOK. ..... 4.W S H E * * - A 4 . . . . . . . . . . 8 . 7 5 & 5.00 #1 5.00 & 4J0 & .75;4 & .89^ 81 .76^ .89 .28 rt Gives .the Doomed M,. . Chance to flpeak in Their Own Behalf. They Free Their Minds by Abuhif the Law, the Ooarts, tha State Offi­ cers, «id the Police. & £ & 0.50 & 4.75 ,82 & .88 41}$M .42 00 ^ 5.00 & 5.00 & 4.50 <& 4.00 & 73)4 ̂ .96 & .96 @ 5.85 0 4.75 The motion toaecure a new trial forth* oon- victed Chicago anarchists bas failed, and Fri­ day, the 3d of December, been fixed as the day of execution. JUDGE GARY'S DECISION. Reasons for Ksftiilng to Grant the An­ archists s Now Trial. The Court began by saying that the ease was so voluminous that it was impossible, within reasonable limits, to give a synopsis. He did not understand that either upon the trial or the argument on the motion had the defense at­ tempted to deny that, the defendants, except Neebe, were combined for some purpose. The object of that combination bod been debated by the counsel. It was important to know what that fact WJIB, whether it WHS merely to encour­ age the workingmen to resist unlawful attacks, or whether it was something else. There was no better way than to read what they had spoken and written as va the object of the com­ bination while the events were occurring. He would therefore read from the files of the Alarm and Arbciter-SZritnno what the defendants them­ selves have said, beginning as far back as Jan. 18, 1885. The court then read at length from the flies of the papers in question, choosing such articles aa would throw the clearest light upon the pur­ poses of the defendants. He then said: "The papers ami speeches furnish an answer to the argument of the counsel, that what they proposed was simply that they should arm themselves, so aa to resist any unlawful at­ tacks which the police or the militia might make upon them. "Now, there can be no claim that this was a lawful object. There can be.no claim but that tho force which would extend in the car­ rying out of that object to taking human life is murder. It is impossible to argue that any set of men have a right to dictate to other men whether they shall work or not for a particular individual, and if thoy choose to work in defi­ ance ol that dictation to drive them oft by force, and if the police undertake to prevent the use of that force, then they have the right to kill the police. It is impossible to contend for any such principle as that." He reviewed at length the connection of Neebe with the conspiracy, and clearly allowed that he was associated generally with it in encouraging the movement which had for its object the de­ struction of the Government. Upon the question whether the defendants or any of them did anticipate or exjeot the throw­ ing of the bomb, he said that it was a question not necessary to consider, because the instruc­ tions to the, jury did not go upon that ground, but upon the ground that they had generally by speech and print advised a large class to com­ mit murder, and hod left the occasion, time, and place to the individual will, whim, and caprice of the individuals so advised, and that in consequence of that advice and in pursuance of it and influenced bv it somebody not known did throw the bomb. The crime was nothing less than murder, and manslaughter was not to bo considered. If verdicts were to be set aside for the cause urged, it was a sure way to bring about anarchy, since there would be no way to maintain government and administer law. The Court closed by saying: "I think that 110 case of such magnitude could be tried with loss in the way of Irregularity of proceeding in the trial than in this case, and the motion must be overruled." An impressive hush fell upon the court-room, and Captain Black stepped forward and in a subdued tone stated that the defense wished to except, and asked that sentence be delayed un­ til a bill of exceptions could be prepared and presented, the time necessary being about three weeks. The court replied that he was of the opinion that the business of the trial ought to be settled np. He would therefore pronounce sentence at onoe, but would grant a delay of three weeks after Nov. 12, the time fixed by the statute for the execution, thus fixing the date at Dec. 3. Captain Black then gave notice of an exception by the defense. During these proceedings the audience had maintained a breathless silence. Upon the ad­ journment of court everybody began to discuss the situation and comment excitedly. The at­ torneys engaged in the case on either side ex- ; lected the overruling, as did the spectators, and ' ;he decision of .the Court was quietly received. The prisoners |%alnta^ied their usual compos­ ure. Gen. Parsons said: "Dec. 31 A Friday- hangman's day 1 The day our Lord Jesus Christ died to save the world. Hejniay die again and the world be saved again."* "Prisoners at the bar," spoke Judge Oary, for the first time during these painful and pro­ tracted proceedings it is my duty to speak to you, and call upon you individually and separately now to ask whether you have anything to say why sentence should not be ] >assed upon you according to the verdict Of the ury. I will first call upon Mr. Neebe." WaL wr »s, ttM stale Where w ttfStttbelaborof it order, should be SPIES SPEAKS. He Denomoes Capitalists, Berates Justice and Says He'll Die Game. August Spies rose before a little table upon Which his notes were placed, along with a glass of water, wearing a plain black suit with a but­ ton-hole bouquet, stroked his hair back over his somewhat intelligent forehead, and perspired freely, indicating the great strain upon his physical powers which the critical situation im­ posed upon him He spoke for three-quarters of an hour. We present a few choice extracts from his remarkable speech. He began by as­ serting that there was no evidence connecting him with the Haymarket massacre, and de­ clared that the execution of the sentence against him would be "nothing less than a willful, malicious and deliberate murder, as foul a murder as may be found in the annals of religious, political or any other sort of persecu­ tion. The class that clamors for our lives, the good and devout Christians, have attempted in every way, through their newspapers and otherwise, to conceal the true and only issue in this case by designating the defendants an­ archists anil picturing them as a newly dis­ covered tribe or species of cannibals, by in­ venting shocking and horrifying stories of their conspiracies. These Christians sought to keep the naked evidence from the working people-- namelv, that the evening of M{iy i two hundred armed men under the command of a notorious ruffian attacked a meeting of peaceable citizens --with What intention? With the intention of murdering them--of murderin • as many as they could. I refer to the testimony given by two of our witnesses. The wage-workers of this city began to object to being fleeced too much. They began to say some truths that were highly disagieeable to our patrician class. They were discontented. They put forth some very modest demands. They thought that eigfit hours' hard toil a day for scarcely two hours' pay was too much. This low rabble hod to be silenced. The only way to silence them was to frighten them and rnurJer those whom they looked up to as thoir leaders. Yes. these foreign dogs hod to be taught a les* son, so that they might never asain interfere with the high-handed exploitation of their be­ nevolent and Christian families. Bonficld, tbe man who would bring a blush of shamo to tbe murderers of St. Bartholomew night--Bonfield, the illustrious, with a visage tbut would have done excellent service to I tore in portraying Dante's Fiends of Hell --Bonfield was the man to consummate the conspiracy of the Citizens' Association of our patricians. And if I had thrown that bomb, or caused it to be thrown, or had known of it, I would not hesitate a mo­ ment to state so. It is true a number of livvs were lost and many were wounded ; but hun­ dreds of lives were thereby saved. But for that bomb there would have been a hundred -widows and hundreds of orphans where now there are a few. These facts have been sup­ pressed, while we were accused and convicted of conspiracy by the real conspirators and their agents. Tnis, your Honor, is one reason why sentence should not be passed by a court of )ustioe. "It has always been the opinion of the ruling classes that the people must be ke]rt in igno­ rance. They lose their servility, their modesty, and obedience to the arbitrary powers that be as their intelligence grows. The education of a blacksmith a quarter of a century ago was a criminal offense. Why? Because the intelli­ gent slave would throw off his shackles at what­ ever cost, my Christian gentlemen. Why is the education of the working people to-day looked upon by a certain class as treason against the state ? For the same reason. The state, bow ever, wisely avoided this point in the prosecu tion of the case. The court this morning stated that there is no ease in history like this. 1 have noticed duri ng this trial that tbe gentlemen of the legal profession are not well versed in his­ tory. Auatn, in all historical cases of this kind the truth bad to be perverted by the priests of the established powers that were nearing their •nds. "We have explained to the people the different phenomena of tbe social laws and circum­ stances under which they occur. We have further stated that the wage system as a spe­ cific form of social development would, by the necessity of logic, have to make room for a higher form of civilization; that the wage sys­ tem was preparing the way and furnishing the foundation for a social system of co-operation. That is socialism We have said that the ten­ dency of progress seemed to De'toward anarch­ ism: that is, a free society, without king and classes--a society of sovereigns in which the liberty and economic quality of all will fur­ nish an unshakable equilibrium as a condition of natural order. It is not likely that tbe Hon. Bonfield and Grinnell can conceive of a con­ dition of social order not held intact by the poHoatnen's club and pistol, nor of a free socie­ ty without prisons, gallowses, and State's At­ torneys. In such a society they would probably fait thersassa and di formed - .pa ­ le that ls well, yoa may s archist t MM1 Jefferson, with many other great tbtnksoi tbe state of caste and eiassee, ttM a one class domiaatSs and MVM " another class, and calls abolished. Yon may pronounce your sentence upon me, honorable Judge, but let tbe world know that in the year Anno Domini 1886, in the State of Illinois, seven men were sentenced to death because they had not lost their faith in tbe ultimate victory of liberty and Justice. We, who have jeopardised our lives to save society from the fiend that has grasped her by the throat, that seeks her life-blood and devours her substance ; we, who would h»al her bleed­ ing wounds, who would free her from the fetters yod have wrought around her, from the misery you bave brought upon her--we are her enemies. We bave preached dynamite, It is said, and we have fwedicted from the lessons history bas taught us that the ruling clasess of to-day would no more listen to the voice of rea­ son than their predecessors, and they would at­ tempt by brute force to stay the march of progress. Are uot all the large industries of this once free couutry conducted under tbe sur­ veillance of the police, tbe militia, and the Sheriff? "If 3-ou think that by hanging us you can stamp out the labor movement, 'then call your hangman. But you will tread upon the spark. Here and there, behind you, in front of you, and everywhere, flames will blaze up. The ground is on fire on which you stand. You cannot un­ derstand it. You do not believe in witchcraft, but you do believe in 'conspiracies.' You want to stamp out tbe conspirators, the agitators? Ah, stamp out everv factory lord who has grown wealthy upon the unpaid labor of his employes ; stamp out every landlord who has amassed a fortune from the rent c f overburdened w< rkinc- men and farmers. You, gentlemen, are the revolutionists. Do you. in your blindness, think yon can stop the tidal wave of civilization and human emancipation by facing a few po­ licemen, a few Gatling guns, some regiments of militia, on the shore ? Do you think you can frighten the rising waves back into their un­ fathomable depths by erecting a few gallowses in the perspective? You who oppose the natural forces of things, you are the real revolutionists. You and you alone are the conspirators and de- structionists. "Said the Court yesterday: 'Tbrea men (refer­ ring to the Board of Trade demonstration) started out with the express purpose of sacking the Boord of Trade Building.' Well, I cannot see what sense there would have been in such an undertaking. But I will assume that the 3,000 workingmen who marched in that proces­ sion really intended to sack the building. In this case they would have differed frcui the re­ spectable Board of Trade men in that they sought to recover the stolen property in a law­ ful way, while the others sack the entire coun­ try lawfully and unlawfully. This being a very highly respectable profession, this court of jus­ tice and equity' proclaims the principle that when two persons do the same thing it is not the same thing. I thank the Court for this con­ fession. It contains all that we have taught, and for which we are to be hung, in a nutshell. It is a respectable profession when practiced by tbe privileged class, but it is felony when re­ sorted to in self-preservation by the other class. This is order. This is tlie kind of order that we have attempted, and are still trying as long as we live, to abolish. "When anarchism gains its point there will not longer be any use for policemen and militia to preserve so-called peace and order--the order that the Kussian General telegraphed to tbe Czar after he had massacred half of Moscow, "Order is retored in Moscow." Anarchism does not mean bloodshed, does not mean chaos, arson, and so forth. These monstrosities are the characteristic features of capitalism. An­ archism means peace and tranquillity to all. "The book of Johan Most, which was intro­ duced in court, I bave never read it, and I ad­ mit that passages were read here that are re­ pulsive to any person who has a heart; but I will call your attention to the fact that tbis is tho publication of an ex-Prefect of Police of Paris. That is an exponent of your order that wrote this book. Have the representatives of your order ever stopped at the sacrifice of human blonl ? Never. It has been charged that we constitute a conspiracy. I would reply to that that my friend Lingg I had seen but twice at meetings of the Central Labor Union, where I went as a reporter. I had seen him but twice before I was arrested. I never spoke to him. Engel I had not been on speaking terms with for at least a year, and Fischer, my lieu­ tenant, used to go around and make speeches against me. So much for that. "Your Honor said this morning: 'We must learn their objects from what they have said and printed,'and in pursuance thereof the Court has read a number of articles. Those articles are picked out. Now, if I had as much power as the Court I would certainly have tbe Court in­ dicted for some remarks during thiB trial. If I had not been an anarchist at the beginning of this trial I should undoubtedly be one now. I quote the exact language of the Court upon one question • 'It does not necessarily follow that all laws are foolish and bad because a good many of them are so.' I can not Bee how to choose between the good and the bad laws. Am I to judge of them? No, I am not to judge of them. If I disobey a bad law and am brought to a bad judge I have no doubt I will be con­ victed, In regard te the report in the Arbeiter Zeitunq of tbe Board of Trade demon­ stration I would say, and this is tho only word I have to say in my own defense, that I did not know that article until I saw it in tbe papers, and the man who wrote it wrote it in reply to some charges in the morning papers, and he was discharged. The language in that article would never have been tolerated if I had seen it. Now, if we cannot be directly connected with the throwing of the bomb, where is the law that these men shall be picked out to suf­ fer? Show me that law if you have it. If tha decision of the court is correct, then all the population of tbis city should be banged be­ cause they are responsible tbe same as we are for that action May 4, and if not half of tho population of Chicago is hauged, then show why these men should be hanged? You have none. "It is true that we have told tbe people time and again that tbe great day of a change was coming. It is true that we have called upon the people to arm to prepare for that day. This seems to be the ground upon which the verdict is to be sustained. But 'when a long train of abuseB and usurpations pursuiug unvaryingly the same objects evinces the design to reduce the people under absolute despotism it is their right and duty to throw oil such Government and provide new guards for their future safety.' Tbis is a quotation from tbe Declaration of Independence. If you think you can crush out these ideas that are gaining grouud more and more every day, ii you would once more have people sutler tlie penalty of death because they dare to tell tbe truth, then I say you may cull your hangman and turn mo and uiy friends over to him. We have not told anything but the truth. I defy you to sbow us where we told a lie. I shall die proudly and defiantly in the cause of truth, as so many martyrs have done wboui I could name to you, and among them is Christ." IT'S tki fmnl Watksm'a 1» tte (tatifSln of i j.;? a* <M«r. \ i* ~ « ' ' ' • A' fRwaifM'ate Accurate PtiWMilom •f the Idtor Problem la il lie PIMWW. THE LKSSKR LIGHTS. Neebe Wishes He Wits Going to Hanflft Tbo --Ling); Becomes Abusive. Michael Schwab followed the chief anarchist, reading a manuscript speech, which he held in both hands, through a pair of old-fashioned spectacles, in on awkward position, and with a bad voice. He reinurkod that he would have kept silence if keeping silonce did not look cow­ ardly. He went over much of the same ground occupied by Spies, pictured tho sufferings and hardships of the working people, and extolling the excellence of socialism and anarchy. Oscar Neebe then took the floor, speaking without notes in a firm, strong, grating voice, with a decided German accent He said that be had been marshal of a procession and chair­ man of a laoor meeting, and for those offenses he bad been accounted a criminal and convicted. He devoted some time to denouncing the de­ tectives of Chicago, called Grinnell and Furth- man scoundrels to their faces, and said that Mr. Ingham was the ouly gentleman among the attorneys for the State. Mr. Grinnell had caused bim to be indictea in order to crush out tbe Arbeiter-Zeitiing, but he bad found bis mis­ take. To-day that paper had two presses instead of one, and now tbe workingmen read­ ing its language owned their own paper. He explsiinect his connection with tho labor move­ ment, and disclaimed all connection with tbe Haymarket business. He enumerated the vari­ ous "crimes" which, bo said, bo had committed, but according to his own account these were all virtuous deeds on behalf of the cause of labor. He pictured the terrible poverty of tho lower classes of laboring meu in the City, and said that when "these rats were let out of their holes tlien look out." The police had searched his home and found a r«>d llag and a revolver. They had acted like wild Indians. He was sorry that he could not be hanged with the rest of tho pris­ oners. Then his wife and children could visit his grave. Now tlioy would bave to live under the stigma that he was a criminal in the peni­ tentiary. Adolph Fischer explained as to the printing of the "Revenge" circular, and said that when be would be sentenced to death it would be not because be was a' murderer, but be­ cause be was an anarchist. When ho first began to speak Attorney Salomon advanced with the intention of giving tlie prisoner some instruc­ tions, but was rtceived with a rebuff: "Don't bother me ; I know what to say," was the reply. He made but a brief address, was very sulky, and out of temper with his attorneys and all concerned. He was followed by Louis Lingg, who spoke In German. He saia that the bombs he made were not the same as that exploded at the Hay­ market. He spoke iu a very loud voice, and fre­ quently pounded the table with bis clenched fist in accentuation of bis remarks, walk­ ing nervously up and down the space which bad been cleared to accommodate tbe speakers. He frequently turned upon Mr. Grinnell and his co-attorneys with out­ bursts of wrath and German invectives in a style which led to some apprehensions that he was about to pounce upon them. His address was simply a tirade against the police and the authorities generally. He concluded by saying that if he was hanged thousands of others would use dynamite after he was dead. H« defied tbe law and despised its administrators, and would go to ths gallows in tha cause of dynamite against unjust oppression ot the capi- -fAh~ •"-n-rnT fmnnMy If we are guided by the experience of the past; and act accordingly, we can place the order upon a footing so safe and sure that no assaults from its enemies can Injure it. If we are not guided by that experience, if we fall to read aright the signs of tbe times, and we close this General Assembly without having Improved on the past, we will fail to properly represent those who sent us here. The rapid increase in organization sinoe the Hamilton session of the General Assembly was most marvelous. An examination of the re­ ports of the General Secretary-Treasurer for the year ending July 1,1886, will show that in one year 4,038 assemblies have been organised. The new members so suddenly brought together could not be properly assimilated. Thousands have been attracted toward the order through mere curiosity; others have come fbr purely selfish motives; while the great bulk of our new recruits have joined us for the good that they could do. Quite a few have entered our order for the purpose at redressing their existing wrongs, and, before waiting to learn anything concern­ ing the duty of the Knight to tbe order, have plunged into rash and ill-considered strikes. The troubles coining from this direotion began while the last General Assembly was in session. The car-drivers of St. Louis were organized un­ der promise from the Organizer that they would receive aid, unstinted, in case of a strike. Even before the receipt of their charter they were on strike. Their proceedings were characterized by such utter disregard for our laws and teach­ ings, that the paid and known agents of their employers, the detectives, had no difficulty in securing the passage of motions of a Violent character. It is an established fact that men who were employed by detective agencies stood up on the floor of that assembly, made inflam­ matory speeches urging men to deeds of violence, and urged that the property of the street-car companies be destroyed. It was only the good sense of the men that pre­ vented such outrages from being perpetrated, although these agents of a nefarious spy system induced some desperate men to blow up the cars upon the streets. For these outrages the order was In no way responsible. The St. Louis car troubles were but ths beginning of the tidal wave of strikes and boycotts which swept over the country, and which strained the strength and resources of your general officers almost be­ yond their powers of endurance. The Southwest strike began when the time and attention of the general officers we^e taken up with other matters of vital Importance. No notice of the contemplated action was given to us, and we knew nothing whatever concerning it or the causes leading to it until it had been in progress several days. It has been asserted that I condemned the men while they were on strike. No such state­ ment ever escaped my lips. The only state­ ment of mine that could be made to apnear in the light of a condemnation was that contained in my secret circular of the 13tli of March, a copy of which is herewith submitted. I did not not approve of that strike. I could not do so, since confidence enough was not reposed in the General Executive Board to give them a chance to examine into tbe grievances which the mem­ bers of District Assembly 101 complained of. It was only when the threat .was made to stop every wheel in the United States and engage the whole order in tbo difficulty that I raised my voice in denial. I did that in defense of the order and the country. I am quite willing to assume all the responsibilities attached to the act, and would do the same thing again under Bimilar circumstances. That tbe men of the Southwest suffered wrongs is true; they were many and grievous; and it is my firm belief that the railway com­ panies, with a full knowledge of what these grievances were, precipitated the fight them­ selves at a time when it would appear to the world that the strike was for an insignificant cause. I can do 110 better than to submit tbe report of Brothers Litchmau and McGuire. These two memberB were by me personally de­ tailed to go with the Congressional Committee, fend with that committee examine into the strike and its causes, so that an early report might be made to the order by its own represen­ tatives. If the position which I took during tbe strike was wrong, then the entire order sustained me in it, for when I issuad the appeal for aid to support those whom the companies refused to treat with, I was generously sus­ tained, as a reference to tbe report of the Gen­ eral Secretary-Treasurer will show. The docu­ ments and correspondence relating to that strike are at your disposal. The eight-hour strike which took place May 1 was not successful except in eases where em­ ployers and employes were acting in harmony, or where employers were willing to adopt the plan. In many cases the old system of work­ ing long hours has been revived. The Federa­ tion of Trades recommended tbe 1st of May, but adopted or suggested no definite plan By which the short-hour system could be inaugu­ rated. I cautioned our members against rush­ ing into tbis movement. I had the right to do it, and am firm in the belief that had I not done so great loss would have been entailed upon vast numbers of our assemblies. What I said in my secret circular of March 18 has been severely criticised, and I have been accused of opposing the eight-hour movement. No state­ ment ever was further from the truth. I op­ posed the strike of May 1 because I knew that neither workmen nor employers were ready for it, because the education which must always precede intelligent action had not been given to those most in need of it, because no definite, business-like plan for the inauguration of tbe eight-hour movement had been mapped out. In fact, no preparat ons had been mode to put the plan, if it can be called a plan, into execution. These are the reasons whyl opposed the move­ ment May 1, and for these same reasons do I still oppose it. A reduction of the hours of labor is a neces­ sity, and sooner or later must be had; but we must not forget that in many places the ten- hour plan has not been adopted yet. It may do very well for an organization which looks after the interests of but one craft, or calling, to neglect those who stand most in need of help, but a Knight of Lat>or must never close his eyes to the wonts of the humblest of his fellow- creatures. The very discussion of the sudden introduc­ tion of the eight-hour plan injured business, so much se that in many places men were re­ duced to half-time, or thrown out of employ­ ment altogether. Millions of dollars' worth of work was left undone because of the un­ certainty in regard to taking contracts, or in making engagements to perform work. Never was it more clearly demonstrated that "an* injifry to one is the concern of all" than in the movement I am speaking of. The house-builder, through uncertainty as to how many hours of labor his employes would work for him, made no contracts to erect build­ ings, and the carpenter was thrown out of em­ ployment ; the man who made the window- glass, the man who made the nails--in fact, eve­ ry man or woman engaged in the manufacture of articles which go to build or furnish a house --suffered through the attempt to enforce the eight-hour system May 1. Tho move was in the rigljt direction, but the time and circum­ stances were not suitable. Before tbe eight- hour plan is udopted the Knights of Labor and the trades unions of America must lay aside their jealousies and differences, come together, name a day on which to put the plan into execution, adopt the plan of action, which must be gradual and such as will not inflict injury upon either employer or work­ man. The plan presented by Mr. Norton, of Chicago, to the special session of tbe General Assembly at Cleveland is a good one in nearly every particular, and if the workingmen's or­ ganizations and the manufacturers' associa­ tions agree upon putting into practice such a plan it can be done without jar or friction. No workingman need strike, nor need business be unsettled. Why should it not be done? Either adopt a plan for tho perfection of this idea, or else place it in the hands of the incom­ ing General Kxecutive Board, with instructions to perform tbe duty. If we do not do either let us strike the twenty-first declaration from our preamble and no longer proclaim to the world that we are in favor of eight hours for a day's labor. Before a short-hour system that will be of any benefit to mankind can be inaugurated the rela­ tion which the workman bea s to the labor- saving machine must undergo a radical change. Shorten the hours of labor under our present system, and the streets will not be emptied of their idle thousands. More machines will be erected, and more children called into service to feed them. The assertion that the advocate of t-hort hours desires to stop jiroduction is false. It is to make production gradual, healthy, and ; have it keep peace with the wants of tbe con- j sumer, keeping all men employed, so that idle- : ness will disuppear, and the producer remain a j consumer to his fullest capacity, that we desire 1 a shortening of the hours of labor. Visit our large and small factories, and you find t' at the i mechanic of the past is but tbe feeder of tbe 1 machine of the present. We already hear of machines in course of perfection which will sot the tyi» and mold the cigars faster than human hands can do the work ; and elec­ tricity will soon take the throttle-lever from the band of the man who runs tbo locomotive. The day will soon dawn when these agencies will be doing their work ; and, when that day does como, the mechanic, now so proud of his calling, will stand face to face with the alterna­ tive of asking for charity, or the adoption of the calling of the street scavenger. When that day oomes, the man who now seeks to array labor against labor in asserting that the "S a day man should not move in the same society circles with the msa who works for 91 a day will either seek to crowd the $1 a day man out of his place or accept the crumbs of oharity to sustain life. History will repeat itself, and the fightfor ex- t istence will be waged with unrelenting fury. The machine must becoms tha slave ot tha & affaat it is It li msy be enabl Slmfartt** him as nan pass this qu ^ <* «ttha rs of The Iwtff live in idleness; .. . Sfceques- tion ot ohild-labcg and education is tbe most important that can acme bafare us now or at any other time. With an education all things reform when the subject is advanced is years-- ^aw. ""•jnhermust be above 1£ years before ml*9 **t*nipt to drive from his mind the false ideas gathered in from the work­ shop,* or, possibly, the street oorner. His habits are lonnM, Mid th© work that have been begun at seven years we take nn at twenty oe lafer in life. To attempt to settle so intricate a question as the one we are grappling or.^rocce»sfuUy solve the quertkmTisi t, k M difficult that I do not wonder that """» drop out of the ranks of labor organizations dis­ couraged and hopeless. To make the necessary ^^••^mu.t begin with the child aad seS 2f w e?«0*tfon- the principles W the Knights of Labor are right--and few men question ibem--we should teach tbem to tha young. It should be a part of the duty of every assembly to ascertain the number of children who do not attend school in its vicinity, learn what the causes are, and take steps to have them attend school. The sword may strike the shackles from the limbs of the slave, but it is education and or­ ganization that make him a free man. Ha freed & Blave whose limbs alone have been . 9' J;*"111* it to say that we are labor- ing to establish a Byst >m of co-operation, when that which is most essential to the success of co-operation is lacking ? A business training is necessary to successfully carry on a co-opera­ tive enterprise. If the management of the large or small concerns now in operation in this country were turned over to us to-day we would but ran them into the ground, for we lack the business training necessary to successfully operate them. Our vanity may prevent us from ackooyMging this to be true, but we cannot deny it. It is through no fault of ours that it is true, but if it continues it will be our fault. I ask that a special Committee on Education be appointed to prepare and recommend to this General Assembly a plan for the better educa­ tion of the American youth. The trouble with trades unioes in which oer- tam of our members and assemblies bave been engaged was greatly magnified and distorted. Xhe proceedings of the Cleveland special ses- sion o{ the General Assembly and the report of the General Executive Board submitted to you to-day will be sufficient. I need not enter into details further than to say that there were mis­ takes made on both sides. Some of our organiz- ers have been BO zealous in their way of organ­ izing that they have encroached upon the pre­ rogatives of other associations, and on several occasions the rights of our members have been seriouslv interfered with by mem­ bers of trades unions. Since the speeial session of the General Assembly over fifty cases of dispute between parties of our order and other societies have been placed before me for adjustment. It was not necessary to place these cases before the General Executive Board, A few lines in each instance was suffi- cient, and tho trouble euded. To dig up past troubles is unnecessary, and, in consultation with prominent men of the trades unions, I was gratified to learn that they had no desire to re­ vive the past. For tho future I recommend that all matters likely to create a breach of the peace between our order and any other be at once submitted to the executives of both organizations. If a trade union complains of any action on the part of our order, let tbe aggrieved party submit the matter to the presi­ dent of his union; he to investigate, and failing to effect a remedy, to place the matter before the General Master Workman and Exeoutive Board. If the aggrieved party is a member of an assembly of the Knights of Labor, let tbe same mode of procedure be gone through with, and, above all tilings, let a soeedy and impar­ tial investigation and an immediate settlement be made. This plan haB worked well in every new case called to my attention since the Cleveland session, and it is worth of adoption. More trouble has been caused us by men who profess to be members of the Knights of Labor than by members of trade unions. I respect the man who, being a member of a trade union, does everything honorable in his 1 o.ver to defend and perpetuate his organization ; but for the Knight of Labor who would even attempt to subordi­ nate our order to any other I have nothing but contempt. In my estimation there is but one place for such a man, and that is on the outside of our order. If the representatives of the trade unions and of our order come together, and both are sin­ cere in their devotion to their respective or­ ganizations, an honest and satisfactory solution of every difficulty can be arrived at. No sacri­ fice of principle or regard for either organiza­ tion need attend such a meeting. But the man who through fear, policy, indifference, or a de­ sire to acquire popularity, uegl&cts the interest of tbe order he represents is not honest, and should not be allowed to act in any capacity for any society of workingmen. With the session of tbe General Assembly only three days away, it would not be possible for me to say all that I would like to upon the questions that will cojno before us. My time has been entirely taken up with the detail work of the order, and I was foroed to neglect this duty in order to givo any time or attention to a preparation for the coming of the General As­ sembly. It will surprise you to learn that even at this moment, when every member knows full well that we are assembled in general conven­ tion, Secretaries and members are addressing me at my office in the expectation of receiving an immediate reply. Letters and t-ilegrams by the hundreds will flow in upou me even while the General Assembly is in session. The duties which called me away from home for the greater part of the year that bas closed made it impossible to give proper attention to my correspondence. To read eaob letter ad­ dressed to me would occupy every moment of the twenty-four hours, leaving no time to an­ swer or dictate an answer to any of them. I attended to all that I could, and the others will never be reached. If this is neglect of duty, then I ani guilty; but I have no apology to offer. I did all that I could do--more could not be ex­ pected of me. _ I bave never, during the seven years that I have served as General Master Workman, made a member of this order a subject of personal or uublic criticism or abuse. Such treatment has hot been accorded to me. Whether the inten­ tion was to bave me replv through the public press I do not know, but I bave made it a rule never to speak in criticism, harsh or otherwise, of a man, except when standing face to faee with him. And I bave as studiously refrained from replying to or denying attacks or accusa­ tions against me, except in the presence at those who made them. When called upon to defend the order or its principles, I have at­ tempted to do so. I bave been accused of displaying a "lack of nerve," of "want of backbone," and of being too "weak a man to lead a strong movement.* I have never replied to these charges, nor will I do so now. I simply point back to a record Of seven years of service and ask this question: If, while holding a position such aB 110 man, liv­ ing or dead, ever held before, with the full blase of public scrutiny shining upon my evetfy ac­ tion, with public opinion as ready to condemn as to applaud, I have displayed a lack of nerve or backbone, why is it that a million men and women of nerve, backbone, and common-sense have gathered around the standard which was placed in my hands seven years ago by the founder of the order himself 1 If I have been proven a weak man, who do so many strong men support me? I dislike to speak of these matters, but I believe that, in justice to yourselves and me. you should know of 1 hem. By men who are not Knights of Labor I have been called weak because I discounte­ nanced violence and hasty, ill advised action. I have no excuse to offer, for if this is an offense let the General Assembly itself offer an apology. My views upon such questions were known to each General Assembly before my election aa General Master Workman, and iu electiug me they indorsed and made themselvos responsible for these sentiments. It has been charged that botween members of tbe General Executive Board and myself ferio.is disturbances have taken place; that ruptures have occurred of a sen ms character. Others have charged that tho Board constituted itself a ring to manage atlairs. Th S3 statements, in­ ventions of the envmv, htive a damaging effect when told to the unwary. The firbt assertion is utterly false, :oc between tbo Board and mvself there has been no rupture nor even a difference. If at firbt wo did not a«r.-e upon a* question, we discussed it until tbe fullest possi­ ble light shone upon it, and, when we weut to the world with it, we went as one man Every attempt to divide us has been a failure. That we have constituted ourselves a ring to manage affairs is true; that is what you elected us for. We are a ring, solid and unbroken ; and I hope tbe next board will be the same. For standing together in unity we have no apologies to offer. For myself, I say, may it never be otherwise. "YOTJ know that sweet little sculptress who has a studio on State street?"^ said yonng Prettyboy. "I met her at Mas. Pinchbeck's last night. She completely turned my head." "Indeed!" said the judge who was trying the case, thoughtfully; I knew that she modeled in clay, bnt I didn't suppose she worked in wood at all. How­ ever " But young Prettyboy, who is no ass, if he does look nice, had started to walk and think it over. "WHAT would yon do--aw--if I'were yon and you--a--were me?" languidly lisped a society swell, as he gazed soulfully into the eyes of a sensible yonng lady w ho detested him. "Shall I answer you candidly?" aha said, with a winning smile. "Aw--yes; Tin snah I--aw--shall be c ha wined." "Well, if I were yon, I wonld go a* a BUMionanrle the Cannibal Ialanda." ' . . . . 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