New-York tribune., 1906-10-19
WORK MEN FLAY HEARST
Political League Declares Candidate
Obstructed Labor Bills.

2 al
..tsnsav that Mr. Hearst had. through his
rsn,s and otherwise. tried TO obstruct labor
ss,. introduced and supported by the Working
.,s state Federation at Albany In proof of
'a,s charge the following letter to the league
made public last evening at its headquar-
IN the Clarendon Hotel, which Secretary
ra-,uel oberwager had just received from Den
=, Naher. one of the vice-presidents Of the
I,-orkngmen's State Federation:
Won can quote me as being positively opposed
% he election % William r Hearst. and win do
:. .eIl can TO defeat him My reason for opposing
~. ~ The State WoTkingmens Federation while
they Hnions OF this state. All during the last ses-
r., ~ the State Legislature he tried to obstruct
our enT eboI to secure the labor laws demanded by
the unions in our FEDERATION; He abused our Or
s1-erng Journal night after night, for the pur-
.a of discreditng as and preventing the success
r p9sg 0nr Efforts He even went far send his
20 satrap TO the Capitol 70 obstruct bills.
r.. and the only excuse offered for such work by
I'm and his henchmen was that they desired to
ggood laws that Hearsts political prospects
i1s- asly De But We got fifteen good labor laws in
Sie OF his tactics, after re exposed his scheme to
sfe leaders Of the Legislature. Hearst has no
tis,ra t on nine or any other workingman's vote.
Re is masquerader.
Secretary Oberwager said that Maher had
,A.n FIVE times vice-president of the State Fed
srarion Of Labor and three times president of
.ba TYPOGRAPHICAL Union of Schenectady. He
was also an enrolled Democrat He continued:
We are receiving many reports Of men falling in
ijcal League in opposing Hearst. Two men who
.tFer1 a member of the Independent Lab party
Who was appointed captain IN the Independence
10 asked TO be assigned 10 work gainst Hearst
for betrayng his own organization while he is law
rsnized labor is for him. The last Legislature has
teen pEAlseq Hey @ ,5i'iy +, y ofe- e rs Vori
irgrnen's State Federation.
Il was said yesterday by the members of the
executive committee of the Independent Labor
Marty that they could, and would. easily dis
prove the charges Of the members OF the Central
Federated Union and others who had made ac-
cusatons against it Henry de veaux. OF the
committee. said:
It can be easily shown that the the party is Just 5gst
party is preposteroqs and no one believes 1t;
nsy y-s spretend to believe It. If Delegate Hatch did
not tel the truth when ne made his report TO the
SsErIaded and why did not some one contradict
I'M? He simply told tho truthful story Of the
sstea {he parf The Independent Labor patty
was formed under the auspices OF the Sentra4 rec
ot Mr.. Hearst and the kichers II VIII yet be q
power.
t5earst's representatives at the Gilsey became
alarmed at the attack or the league ana pesaA
st once TO get together material TO Offset this
attack. First they issued the following tele-
gram from Samuel Gompers sent TO Herman
Robinson. general organizer of the WORKING
mems Federation Of the State Of New York. and
representative Of the American Federation Of
Labor:
lust saw yesterdays New York papers acoount
Of formation OF so-caLed Worklnens PolIticaI
fsagre and was shocked that any one calling HIM
seIf a union man should lend himself TO such de-
snicahle scheme II It's purposes We're honest OF IN
tbe interest OF labor il would have grown out OF
The labor movement and been formed long ago.
II irls71ratiCn al this tine IS planning TO use the
mantle ans good name Of labor for an unworthy
rrrnose II any one my name in connection
with that nefarfous scheme you may write him
down as q fraud
other kilograms were produced from Edward
4 Bates secretary and treasurer; Harry G
Williams second vice-president, and William
P Ferguson, fourth vice-president, OF the
WorlingTnen's Federation of the State OF New
YORK They all disowned any intimate knowl-
eigs Of the purposes of the league.