Knights of Labor assemble in Minneapolis delegates number 250
The Knights of Labor held a major gathering in Minneapolis with 250 delegates at the Washington Rink and a large evening audience. Speakers included Mayor Ames, McGaughy, Griffithe, Carleton, Beaumont, Trevellich, and Powderly, as Davitt and other leaders addressed Ireland and labor rights.
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Knights of Labor Assembly
Minneapolis
United States
Washington Rink
John P. McGaughey
Ames
Maughey
Annies
Richard Griffithe
Chicago
A. A. Carleton
Massachusetts
General Executive Board
Ralph Beaumont
Order
Richard Trevellich
McGaughey
Richard Travellick
Detroit
Knights of Labor
Davitt
Powderly
Knights of Labor and Catholic Church Relations
Master Workman Powderly presents Cardinal Gibbons interview on the Knights of Labor. The Vatican official urges loyalty to law and order, condemns secrecy, and warns the Knights to avoid anarchists while maintaining friendship with the church.
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Knights of Labor
Catholiclates
Catholic Church
America
Order of Knights of Labor
Sameon
Rome
Vatican
Order of the Knights of Labor
Cardinal Gibbons
Enid
Holy See
the Knights of Labor
Salieri Sonera
Xleos
General Assembly debates labor, land issues and railways
The assembly reports half a million in funds and lists salaries for leaders like Master Workman Powderly and Secretary Litchman. Delegates hear grievances from Old Settlers and Knights of Labor in Iowa over evictions on railroad land in O’Brien county and pledge a memorial to the Interior Department. The Standard Oil monopoly is also discussed through T H Lawry.
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Davitt
Mr. Powderly
Havitt
General Assembly
Knights of Labor
Ireland
England
Scotland
Wales
America
Land League
Egland
Atlantic
Loyel
Europe
London
Treasury
A. M. Dewey
Knights of Bar of America
Order
Powderly
Griffiths
Litchman
Turner
A. B. Barry
John W. Hayes
William H. Bailey
A. A. Carlton
T. B. McGuire
Ainsworth
Sovereign
Atlantic City
Iowa
Worthen Iown
O'Brien County
Chicago, Milwaukee & St
Standard Oil Company
T. H. Lawry
Bradford
Judge Howe on Divorces and Matrimony’s Fortunes
A Indianapolis judge criticizes hasty divorce requests and meddling friends. He warns poverty alone won’t void a marriage and cites cases of meddling advice leading to divorce. He reflects on Washington Irving style fiction about wealth, misfortune, and resilience within marriage.
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Howe
Indianapolis
Altho
Washington Irving
Our Buffalo William Wear ing Out His Welcome
A colorful sketch notes William “Our Buffalo” as a famed Western showman who dazzled London society with public adulation. It questions if his fame will outlast his controversial persona while hinting at a changing British appetite for wild West entertainment and tighter social gates.
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Buffalo William
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