[10] One of the Knights stated to the U. S. Industrial Commission (_Report_, vol. vii [1900], p. 420), that in 1888 the Knights of Labor had 1,200,000 members. In 1886 the organization contained nearly 9,000 local unions.
[11] Testimony before U. S. Industrial Commission, Washington, D. C., Dec. 15, 1898. _Report of the Industrial Commission_, vol. vii, p. 94.
[12] _Constitution, Knights of Labor_, pp. 3-6.
[13] T. V. Powderly, _Thirty Years of Labor_ (Columbus, O., 1889), p. 151.
[15] New York _Sun_, March 29, 1886, p. 1, col. 5. (Interview.)
[16] J. G. Schonfarber, testimony before U. S. Industrial Commission, Washington, D. C., Dec. 5, 1899. _Report_, vol. vii (1901), p. 423.
[17] Quoted by McNeill (Ed.), _The Labor Movement: The Problem of To-day_ (New York, 1887), p. 410.
[18] Perlman, S., "Plan of an Investigation of the I. W. W." (MS. report to U. S. Commission on Industrial Relations), p. 1.
[19] "Labor Knights Dispute," _The New York Times_, Jan. 12, 1902, p. 24. For an excellent short historical sketch of the Knights of Labor, see _Report of the Industrial Commission_ (1901), vol. xvii, pp. 3-24.
[20] Commons, _Documentary History of American Industrial Society_, vol. ix, p. 358.
[23] Cf. Ebert, Justus, _American Industrial Evolution_ (New York: New York Labor News Co., 1907), p. 64.
[25] _Cf. Compte-rendu officiel du sixième congrès générale de l'association internationale des travailleurs_.... Geneva, 1873 (Locle, 1874).
[27] _L'Internationale: documents et souvenirs 1864-78_ (Paris, Cornély, 1905-10), vol. iv, p. vii.
[28] James Guillaume, _op. cit._, vol. i, pp. 132-133.
[30] F. T. Carlton, "Ephemeral labor movements," _Popular Science Monthly_, vol. lxxxv, p. 494 (November, 1914).
[31] _Vide_ reprint of its General Rules, published in 1874, Commons, _Documentary History of American Industrial Society_, vol. ix, pp. 376-8.
[32] _Report of the Industrial Commission_, vol. xvii, p. 3, and Powderly, T. V., _Thirty Years of Labor_ (Columbus, Ohio, 1889), p. 126.
[33] Now the International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal and Soft Drink Workers of America.
[34] "The decay of trade unions," _Justice_, June, 1887, quoted by Webb, _History of Trade Unionism_, p. 396.
[36] "The General Strike"; iii, In America and France, _Oakland_ (Calif.) _World_, Dec. 28, 1912.