Show THi KNIGHTS 01 LABOR t Hiaditiett of the IUli lust gives 11 t synopsis of nn eltiboruto nrtlcli written I by Mr C ty I Wright for the Quarterly Journal of Iknnomici on tho rise and a progress of tho Knights of Labor oignn izatioti It wm founded In 1870 in Ihihi dolphin by Uriah S Stephens with six Kmnentciittoru ns associates It was a soerot society hoso leading ideas 1 1 wcro that surplus labor IIIas keeps the price of labor down that tho only remedy was n secret organization whose object 1i should bo to regulate the supply i sup-ply of Inbor and its price 4 This first organization was afterwards 1 luioun as Local Assembly No 1 r Physicians politicians lawyers and liquor dealers were excluded from meta bcrsblp At present tlio two last named i classes together with bankers and gamblers gam-blers ate excluded The first local 1 assembly was largely composed of garment gar-ment cutters Tho first district assembly Il wan organized December 25 1873 The 17 order increased rapidly and in 1878 a general assembly composed local and 41 district assemblies was organized and the name of the order was j L 9b given to tho public Women were 1 tirade eligible to membership and arrangements ar-rangements were nude with regard to 1 cooperation and benefit Insurance In 1882 the constitution was revised and a I ritual adopted Teience V Iowderly was elected General Master Workmin Strikes and boycotts were denounced in Y e 1834 + and a pronounced antagonism between be-tween tlio Order and trades unions grew a up The tenth annual session of tin ° General Assembly was held at Richmond ati Rich-mond Virginia in 1880 at which time r the membership had increased to between I j be-tween noon mid eight hundred thousand thou-sand Last December Mr Wright estimates esti-mates the number of members at 1000 000 The objects of the organization f have increased with its growth Prominent t Prom-inent among them are the use of the ballot in obtaining a 1 proper recognition r and protection of labor Tho establishment establish-ment of the eighthow law Tho thorough + thor-ough organisation of laboring men and oinen in order to obtjiin their rights The creation of board of arbitration by I tho several I States The abolition of all awn bearing unequally on various classes A just income tax is demanded Governmental Gov-ernmental ownership and supervision of railroads telegraph and telephone lines insisted upon Equal pay for a given amount of work without regard to the Rex of the worker ifl i required and moral 1 4K un nnltli U < 1iljid to 1 7 Labor will make itself felt as a factor in I the political world Already its influence I influ-ence Is manifest in the controversy III growing out of the lIon Abram S Hew itts suppressed letter to one of the Democratic Dem-ocratic clubs of New York City Confi 1 dence is felt in tho ability and influence lA of Mr lowderly chief of i + X the Order and if his counsels and authority are heard I C and obeyed this powerful organization will undoubtedly accomplish great good l r The main obstacle in tho way of success will bo the ambition of its local I leaders t A to wield political influence for selfish i purposes |