Show = = = THE WINDUP na I tf 4Jt I P1iias Day oftffeyMigfits J j Convention 4 I PP R TA13ISTS Deliberations offctlielJEpiscopalianH t < T e hic3fio8 JFini 9 I Game 11 to 4 N o The Last Hours of tile KnIghts Convention Con-vention RICHMOND October 20 The general assembly began its last session of the convention of 1836 this morning at 9 ol jock The firrst busiaeSjelaken ttip was lEe report of the standing committee commit-tee on co operation After that came reports of half a dozen special commii tees One of these was that of the committee com-mittee on womans work Among the recommendations it presented was one in favor of appointment of women who shoud investigate and report On allsubjects connected with the female wage worker and in the organization of local assemblies of women employed in various industries throughout the country The Knights of Labor to day adopted the report of the committee womans work The report says the object of organization is to agitate the principle which our order teaches of equal pay for equal work and the abolition of childlabor Your committee have elected such officers as were in their opinion necessary to carry on theTfSrk properly said officers to be empowered to appoint subcommittees nt every district where theE are women io look up cases that may require the attention of the general Investigator and report the same to the president oi committee The officers elect dare d-are Mary Hannafin president Mary OReilly vicepresident ISettieJiardi son treasurer The Report recommends recom-mends that Lenora Barry be elected as general investigator to act as corresponding corres-ponding secretary and devote all her time to the work and keep a correct record of all cases acted on and report the same to the committee when they meet which shall be at least twice a year JThe following fol-lowing resolutions were adopted byg the general assembly Resolved That this general assembly appeals ap-peals for mercy for the beven men who axe condemned to be executed Resolved That while asking for mercy for the condemned men we are not in sympathy sym-pathy wl h the action of the anarchists be jieving that peaceful methods arethe surest and best maans securing the necessary reforms re-forms All business having been disposed of Powderly made a brief speech congrat k nuJlher nnon thnsrnnd l work during the sessionT urging them to depart with a determination to push the work inculcating the jirinciples of the order T OReiliey of the Telegraphers Tel-egraphers District New York sang One of the French Proletariat the delegates joined in the chorus and the genera assembly adjourned sine die |