Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-29
CARNEY GETS ANOTHER BLOW
A. F. of L. ReVOkeS the Commissions
of the Hanna WhitGWaSherS.
w. Q. Pomeroy Also Fired-Gar-
land Says the A. F. Of L. Name
Cannot be Used in Politics-Labor
Agitators Hurt MKinley.

The followingg from the Pittsburg Post
refers in part TO w. c. Pomeroy. who de-
livered a gold bug address i'm Bridgeport
a few days ago:
The American Federation of Labor has
given a black eye to two of the gang Of
discredited labor leaders hired 10y the Re
publican national committee as apoligists
for the maltreating of organized labor by
Chairman Mark Hanna. The Republican
national committee is flooding the country
with a circular headed: The American
Federation of Labor and partisan politics;
extracts from the official proceedings em-
phatically disproving the assertions Of cer-
tain interested parties that the great or
ganization of labor has endorsed the l6 20
1 fallacy in the interest of the bonanza
silver syndicate of Colorado. Mexico. etc.
An address by wage workers for the sole
benefit of wage workers This circular
attempts to disprove that the American
Federation declared in favor of free silver
coinage at the New York and Denver con-
ventions.
The circular is signed 10y William A.
Carney, as vice president of the Amalea-
mated association; William G.. Pomoroy.
general organizer Of the American Fcdcr-
alton of Labor, and fourteen other alleged
labor leaders. Carney and Pomoroy both
have held commissions as organizers for
the A. f. of /. At a meeting of the exec
utive board of the Federation held I'm IN
dianapolis last week. attended by Presi-
dent Garland, of the Amalgamated As
sociation. the commissions OF Carney and
Pomeroy were revoked. and notice was
given to all affiliated bodies chat Carney
and Pomeroy no longer represented the
organization. The reason stated for this
action was that both men had used tho
name Of the organization 20 give them
selves standing and credit with organized
workmen in misreprosontiug the position
of the Federation in the interest of the
Republican Presidential candidate. Pres
ident Garland. when asked for state
ment about the action Of the executive
board at the indianapolis meeting, said:
1T is true that the commissions of Car
Carney and Pomeroy were revoked He
then added with a signitsant smile: I'VE
thought the commissions were running
too long and it was about time TO call
them in" Mr. Garland was asked If the
real reason was not that Carney and
Pomeroy have been too Jealous 20 earn
their wages as employees of the Republ-
can national committee. and he replied:
I'VE concede the right of every member
of the Federation 10 think as he picases
politically. but he cannot use the name OF
the organization for political purposes.
Mr.. Garland received a circular issued
by the Republican national committee In
which william A. Carney president OF
the Amalgamated Association of Iron and
Steel Workers and vice president of tho
American Federation of Labor. white
washes Hanna's tyranny over the ore
miners Of the northwest. This was tho
first time that President Garland had
learned that Mr.. Carney had succeeded
him as the head of the Amalgamated AS
ISOLATION. and caused him to smile. To
would not comment upon the statements
made by Mr.. Carney after a thorough in
vestigation."
An official of the Amalgamated Associ-
alton. who has been watching the move
ments Of the staff of alleged labor leaders
employed by the Republican committee.
said in comm 'nting on the literature
which they have sent out:
II think that crowd will do Mr.. McKin-
ley more harm than good, and 1t is very
short sighted OF the managers to tasten
this horde of leg pullers on the Republi-
can propaganda There Is not an organ
lied workingman in the country who has
not been informed of their records. and II
is simply waste Of money TO keep them
on the pay rolls. They will turn votes
away from the Canton man. ass every hon
est workngman regards them as impos-
tors "