The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-10-07
BEAUTIFUL BOYCOTT.
NXrENpnp To wAsuINaToN clrY
And the Removal of M E@plOyo of the
Government Printing Office Secured
because. lIs was Once Employed
by tho IntelIIgsnosF.


by tho IptelIigsnosF.
The fact has already been announced
hat Mr., George A. Huntington, former
correspondent oil the lSTRLLl'
iEScER, had been removed from the posi-
ion in the Government Printing Office to
which he was recently appointed. The
particulars have not bsen thoroughly un'
lerstood, however, 1t now appears that
.he boycott against the Wheeling news
papers was instrumental in securing Mr..
DrnningLon's removal, though this act OF
tyranny was brought about simply to
make a place for much less worthy man,
A week before Mr.. DupningtoD's removal
he was informed that the boycott
would be brought 10 bear upon him.
Ii was stated to him that the public
printer, acting for the administration,
would, in order 10 show friendly spirit
toward labor organizations, grant the re-
quest 10 ramoYe q member Of the Typo
graphical Union who was in the employ oil
q tpaper accused Of being unfriendly to
organized labor"
Mr.. Huntington has been faithful
member OF Columbia Typographical
Union-which Is the largest in the coun-
try, having about 1000 membsTs-ior
nearly seven years, and Is to-day meln.
bar ia good standing, When he received
the notification hesupposed ,naturally,that
charges had been preferred in the Union
by the Wheeling printers, and ielt conR.
dent that when the trial came no would
DO able to make proper, just and sulli'
Gent defense. He is not now in the en-
ploy Of the IETELLIGEECRRi even ii he
were, how his his position as Washington
correspondent would affect him with 70.
gard 10 the troubea the paper is having
with it's late competitors does not appear:
Acting on the superstition that he would
be given fair trial in the Union he told
his informant that he was ready for the
Issue.
lis told them that he did not consider
himself under any obligations to cease
writing to tho INTRLLTGENCER simply be-
cause the Wheeling Union had seen lt to
make an upjustihsbls strike. He further
said that, as a member Of one Of tAe largest
labor organizations In tue country, ha
desired to cay that he di! not endoraa in
theslightest degree the methodstheWh
ing printers had rssoIted to In order to
bring tho papers to terms. lie thought
the boycott an un-AmsIlcan institution,
and It's policy unlawful, dishonest aud I'M
worthy the support OF any American LABOR
organization, much less a Typographical
union, which was always assumed TO ba
composed OF the most intelligent class Of
worklngmen.
Tho thing had been arranged, however,
and on Saturday evening he was dis
charged.
'Mr. Duunington's place has long besn
coveted by certain otherparties, who have
tried VsinIy to have him removed, resort
iug to the most pnmsnly methods.
IN haS s tbis city offered them them
the opportunity TO cap the climax lie
Wss Immediately branded a. "correspon'
dent Tor q rat paper" The achemersr
knowing we'll that he would have the
best Of them in fair bEht In the Union,
brought preesure TO bear on the boycott
committee Of tho X. OF L., and action was
taken quickly. Within tho last day or
two Mr., Duunington's friends have con-
WINGED some Of them that they
unwlttlngly permitted themselves TO be
made tho tools oil designing mon in order
that q place might be secured for n Ger.
tain Democratic worker OF Wheeling. b.
fore the Union Mr.. Huntington would
have been pustained by vote OF i've to
one.
He intends YET that tho matter shall be
investigated, Tor these gentleman VINO
have fought him have been guilty o. a
fragrant violation OF u most solemn obli-
gallon tsksn-When they became menIbers
Of the linton.
In attempting to deprive a iCllow:mem'
Der OF employment, or 10 sppersede hin
In any manner" they have made them
selves liable to expulsion from the union.
This union boasts Of being the largest In
the country. He intends that 1t shall have
an opportunity to cay whether or not 1t Is
willing to 90 upon record in the lnterna'
iional Union and among the labor organi'
cations OF the United States that II
endorses the boycott, o., permits itself 10
be made political machine and It's name
to DO prostltuted Tor partisan purposes.
During the entire seven years OF his con-
lection with the union, MIR. Huntington
esys he has never, until within the past
four or Ave weeks, Witnessed an instance
Of It's being used for political purposes,
The very TACT that the rolls Of the Gov
eminent printing Office show that there
are almost as many Democrats Gs its'
publicaDs employed is one evidence
That the conduct Of the union and the
pa0t administration has been non-pNrtls9n.
Now Il Is different. Members Of the
union daily violate their obligations In
the most unblushing manner, andG SYM
dictate Of them are using every endeavor
to turn both the union and the Govern
ment Printing Office into political ma
chimes, with hopes Of prOtling personally
thereby.