Show POWDERY LAD ai GOSPELS no no great babir leaders onre onto bore more lod loci dorns bons NEW YORK june 20 the an noon nona cement was mada made last night that general master workman erly had bad written ritten samuel gompers G ampere I 1 president rest cl A the american federation n of labor that it is is the intention of the general officers of the knights of libor to revie view i and reply to the numerous charges and accusations which have been made and circulated by the officers of the american federation of labor against the knights of labor at a meeting to be held at cooper union on friday evening the SO b instant G campers n was invited to be present and sod rel reply r y durasa to anything ethl to which he took exception tonight to night he is a ont out with a reply to powderly complaining of the conditions aa as unfair that he lie is a kiven given no time for preparation and is to be lie pitted against five or six air knights of labor speakers besides powderly Pon derly etc he ile offers powderly to meet him on the foll following folli wing conditions first that I 1 shall ball meet you powderly and you alone aa as my di disputant m second that the time be equally divided between you and aud 1 I third that the meeting shall be an erti entirely rely free and open one to wh ch CIA the general dabelic shall have free access without the demand of any sign or pass ass word general eral master workman powderly a after r lea reading a president res cut gompers Gom pera letter etter sai gaid it it was not written as a c challenge alle a tle the meeting as I 1 understand stan it is to be a public one there is to be no debate I 1 do not intend to have adv die dispute ute with him as be he has had bat the public car par for the last three years a and I 1 think he lie has had all the time lim a he wanted at some other time I 1 shall be willing to divide my time with him the tire chief idea in getting him to attend this meeting is is to prevent him from depending on hearsay or abbreviated newspaper reports 11 |