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THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. I conservative body which has come to-
; We give below a condensed report of
the doings of the General Assembly
at Minneapolis, - Lack, of 1 epaV to
print a full report compels us to leave
out every superlluous word.
The first. duty of the Assembly was
the call of delegates who passed the
scrutiny of the committeon" creden
tials. One hundred and eighty-five
were reported.
Thursday at noon Mr. DaviU. the
Irish IcadefjVas admittinl. to th' hall,
and was' permitted to address the As
sembly. His sjeecTi was" listened to
with "marked attention and elicited
much applause. ;v; :
The Committee on Legislation rec
ommended chat the eight-hour law be
extended to rletfcercamersj that the
first Monday in September should bo
a nntional, holiday; that the, Blair ed
ucational bill be "passed; that the leg
islative committee should be instructed
to urge the passage of the Foran bill
. for the settlement of the governmeni
laodsunder the homestead law, and
that settlers be. required, to piy not
more than 3 per cent o, the govern
ment for money loaned; that govern
ment contracts be covered b'va-weeklv
pavment provision: that; tlid "Foratrl
lake shipping bill be endorsed; that tt
. department of labor, postal telegraph
and governmental possession of ; rail
rjoads," as' recommended by the Gen
eral Master Workman, be endorsed;
that United r States Senators should
be elected by a popular vote; that a
universal effort of pur members should
be made to ;, bring about a radical
change in' the conspiracy laws In the
different , tates-Alt,, tbe foregoing
were adopted kiter varied 'and intelli
gent and pleasant .discussion?'.
: r Tlia f ouo.wbij; r w.ni'TOy d- t?ons.also 4
were adopted ; The coinrtfcttve.on bov- V.
cotts and strikes recommended that
the firms ''6t Garry ''Bpo., drv toods,
New York City; bVaiicis Co(.r .Co..
lime, Rocklani Me-; Richards Paper
Co., Gardiner, Mel ; B. "P. Spinney,
shoes, 26rway,:Me, i E- & A. II.
BatchelleV, NoTth Brd6kfield, be boy-.
(Sotted.. It was also'i-erinmed to in
, d of,t3e ,tlie '. action o f ttie 15 District
Assemblies wbo have - b6vcotted the
cether to legislate for the ' benefit of
the great organization that they repre
sent.. Members of the orders can rest
assured that the result of this con
vention will be to solidify the organi
zation and restore harmony among its
members. . : ,.
; A magnificent crayon portrait of T.
V. Powderly was brought into the
hall and placed on an easel in the
centre of the room. Mrs. Leonora
Barry, in behalf ;of the delegates, - rt
quested the General Master Workman
to take to his wife this token of the
esteem In wliieh she is held among
the membership of the Knights of
Libor. Mr. Prose tb thank the con
vention, but .was so overcome with
emotion" that'll was unable to ' do so,
and General Secretary Litch man re
sponded in his 'stead. ; -
The Assembly adjourned on Wed
nesday, 19th: V
JAY GOULtrs POWER.
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The apparent fajit that the sale'of
the B. & O. telegraph to Jay tiould
ruus teen consummated is calculated to
excite the graVest apprehensions in
regard to the mony power that one
man mav possessi . The
of the countrV ouvev
who shall ownjthe telegraphs of the , ft
country can advance or dejmvs prices; iXl T " ! ;
v winch thousands or mill?on niav r.TTtrPHl I V I.nW l'rr0
ut: iuiucu iii au num. 11c
New York SihiY it was vdted that thel honor of Thomas J. Armtronir. jat
l N LABOR WAIFS.
Called and Condenw-d lnm our fcfxchntre.
I Distrct Assmbly 49 will publish ' a
a new weekly labor paper about Nov.
11. Victor'jDrur; will be the editor.
The minersf of -Iron .Mountain,
have struck aglinst an'- order recfut-
:ng them to work on Sirtiday nights.
The boycott on the American Tutx
and Iron Works, at : YoUngstowti-. O.
has broiiglit . the company ' to terms
with its employes. .. "
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:: There is a strike of the raolders of
the Colman Uaidware -Co., vMorris,
Illinois, caus"d by the new schedule
of prices, avhioh makes a reduction of
10 to 15 per cent.
Riiilroad "employes "who testified
against the St. Paul road at Dubuque.,
Town, are : hem's: v discharged. They
stified. that the cornranv were to
1 )lam& f of a recn t . w reck
The Anthracite Coal Shippers As
sociation, in Chicago.' have advanced
the prices of binl col . 25 cnts- per
ton ;t wholesale. .The.Coal .Exchange
;11" i vonfp prices the ;.consTn ers.
P. Sr. The Association, advanced
the wages ;of the miners 000 cent? per
ton. y . . i :
A monument is to he erected in
telegraphs
intelligence
regarding every transaction in busi
ness, every act o:
eyerv movement
important persona
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the government.
m i
in polite-!, everv
and do.n-'Stic' re-
in Jav Gould's, balek offi v. 1 'he villi I .ar w: h. nt
liave his on finder U everv piiL-atron j r,P , tu, lhe r ,Vr- CrM "lurt u4,
of trade, of finanh, of "tol-t os, iof I hu.,,arc !f "..rt-.. of; swd ior
official action and of domestic iiie. - He i Pc,Ct4 K?u f ,y -lefi tbt5ir
fc i vtttue itiesti srooJs we nronoHe tfc;
BARGAIN HOUSE
'ft'O M. Folb 11033
is kow :
Fil-el") to Overflowing
Clothing Ilatev Caps,
Boots, fhocs, TranEs$f
mav con
trol the government itself; his evil
of unclean presence may be felt in
ieery home. Possibly one inai might1
npt abuse thif stupendous - grasp on
the" vitals 'of tie cpuntrv: but other
pi en would. ;fnVl itjis too great a dan
ger to foresee w itiii com pi ace nc v. f
It is evident, titat, if ".competition'
and all its results are to be excluded
Ifrom the priyute Hdniinistrat'ori of
suo'i a jre;t Tubiil service as the tele-graph,-
the government must intervene
tVir the protection, bf the people. But
the United Htatejs should not i;iiv
existitig lines. J Ttjlegrapli; lines could
be established to eyery point reached
Ibv the Western tin ion, over every
railway and post'rfoad, for one-t-qt
mrt of the nominal value f
Gould's combination.". A telegraph
office could be: placed in every impor- j
tant. post office anil at every raawayj
station m the countrv for a sum for
money that would
the surplus in the
shrv. The work
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raKen at once..- unless
'(xiviug our friends the beu. tit of thr
lowwt prices ever obtaiued. ;
v ah and see our goods and
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wneiaer jreu iruy or noi. 1
M. FOLB & UliO.
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Jasi Irl. .Johnson, i.
HOPE MILLS, N. C. - X
Iti THE PLACE TO
OetYoiir; Money Jacitll
TOR MEN. YOUTHS AND iiUliS. -
not sensibly red ij he
ujuited State Trea-
shonld be under-
mohoiwly shall
ret ho ve and keep itf greedy and .oppres
sive "hands oil from the existing lines.
Ch icLnjoJo k rnol October 8.' i
Ke;--' Ybrk ; Tribune .-, be eornd en)n eo! ;
that- thp action otih'tJetie'il jxecu
t.ivfi. Roard. in connection" with .tlie
dock yafil'strilve enddrsed?; tjs the'
had done their whole 'duty in the
matter.
; Cons:dvrahle time was taken up in
discussing a pro position to strike out
tnat pornonoi tn?uonsiiuitn wnicn
given the General JExecitivo .B.oard
power to submit at ahyritirhe a consti
tutional amendment to tHe locals and
to declare it a4ipted'-4iyitf hiajorily.
without 'power tbactwu'htfl 'requested
by five district laksemble. Adopted.
; An amendment to the constitution
ItuthoTixmsitne eetblishiiig of trade
codncilsinrf local Taemblies - was re-
iected on the ground: that the aem
dies hayef already- all the ppwier in
this direction consistent' wi thi "discipline-
The rule Vyin? permission to
district or national trades councilg to
regnlate the." time ?ol the delivery of
charter9-o newly organised local ; as-'
fiemoues, waappuea.
! ; Tfie action of the ' delefgates iin T the
convention has - developed tne fact
that they are the most intelligent and
editor of the Labor Tribyrie of Ptts
burer, an n "ble and stnunch supporter
of th rights of the laborer. The
labor. leaders of Pittsburg have taken
the matter in hand.
Knights of Labor. of Pfileb.T!'.,'mve
h .movement noAv on foot to -'--ganizn
it. co-onerative .cornpauy. its
capital stock;: to lte.S100.000 or 40,000
shares at S'each.wh'ch organization
is to date from 1 SSt or as soon as the
titles to several tracts of land can be
perfected.- v: Y- f f '..
! 1 The AllUance i& one of 'the cmndest
political organizations the world ever
produced -- Rising 'vsid it does above
the slums of. tli?y .politics, it ele
vates its rhembfship through a sys
tem t)f tehing3vinf rpinciptes of Eco
nomic govern ment hi H srictl v nan .
partizan sense-toa, higher plane. of
citizenship,' whfclr ehaoles them to
exerciso tie ngJit' preservative of all
rightstliat orsuffrage-toMthe best
jnteresis of "not 6hly themselves, hut
hai nationjiat; Jarge This Is right
Nd man can reasonably object to ; the
Alliance going into ponucs in tnis
way.f-r.
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ROETR V AD PROSE.
For Ten: Mr.SEN;rii
It was a pleasant erening of last
vek when he s:it
rjad a baittifrjl pqem -.bn
of an bM vcar and
one. Then" vhilb
feemedto be
md listened to hr
the death
the. birth of, a, new.
her W10Ie soul
df poetry and sub-
he picked up a
Almost ever vthing in the way of
DRY GOODS!
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AND MY STOCK OF
IS ALWAYS COMPLETE.
Resp'y, ! ; JAS. H. JOHNSON.
may posibw some-bs
an d-. i n to a news- til A
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limitv of'thovtght
small shett, which
time irrow ana cxpi
paper, and read therefrom a- deserip-
1 f:n;i.of a musical entertaiinnent recent
briven 'th citizeijs of a nice town of
: X. C, and as lie read on she natural
ly grew the more interested r until,
when thse writer r saclied the zen ith
of his doiT in his grand -descriiition
of the surrV ftepir :nr and radiance
of his beauty, and :he grandly sublime
writer seemed Kboi t to flap , his wings
at the prospect of soKn jwissmir through
trie 'pearlr satesland marching "the
streets of gold' to the sweet notes' of
the Cornet band, (when she droped
back in her ta$y cliair and 'exclaimed
in the language of
me, fan me
needle.' '
j the poet, "Oh fan
y with a knitting
J. L. ALLEN,
Manufactiircr of Tob:icco,
; . Now offeii a good article of Tobacco
In & 1X lb t;xe.s
20 AND 2 5 CTS. A POUND.
23?" Those wlio want Tobacco cuu stive
moneV by; examining stock before
buytnV. J. Ll ALLEN."
Isn't it singular Jjiat while mufch
is saia in me papers
men organizing to
:ee
nt workinsf-
or prevent
the pools onraniieji to' fleece the peo-1
pie. New Order.
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Yann Bros were no burned, out-K)n
th 3 3d instan r. 'U reported. - They a re
stih-ative and driving -business. She .
are selling kaaft8"of ; . - - ;
GoITee, Salt,-Lardi
N. V. and SUGAR-CURED HAMS.
GILT -ED6E Ml MOUNTAIN BUTTFfi.
CANNED OOODS,
r Tobacco. OioIaes, JSxuff. ,
Why 8vi Bec4n?e they to a Live
aud; Jet live busii-efii. The people
hare long since found it bnt, and are
availing themselves ; of It he? be ncfi t of
trading there; Wheo Voa; Wanr to bur
anything call to see VAN'X liROS.
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