Instead , delegates passed a resolution ordering Powderly to defend the organization at all costs and expel any member who did not support the Knights .
But delegates to the Cleveland convention , dominated by anti-craft union activists , never permitted the agreement to come up for discussion .
Delegates passed a resolution ordering Powderly to defend the organization at all costs and expel any member who did not support the Knights .
But delegates to the Cleveland convention , dominated by anti-craft union activists , never permitted the agreement to come up for discussion .