Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-03-12
TO AN ATTACK BY The GRAYS
HARBOR POST.
Nr. SCulIin Shows the AnimuS of
Parasitic GrafterS That Have Their
TentaCle Fastened In the Body of
Labor UniOnism, In Opposing His
Plans for Industrial Peace.

EDITOR HEPALD: Will you kindly
give space to brief reply to the
attack mad" on my character by the
Grays Harbor Post?
have lived in the United States nearly
40 years, and have spent that time in
three cities, New York, San Francisco
and Seattle, IRON ali OF which cities
bear and will submit for inspection Ger.
tificates of character, testifying to my
honesty OF pm pose. sincerity and truth
fulness. that leave me in position to defy
the attacks OF any partisan editor, writ
ing at the dictation of Samuel (iompers
and the inner circle of the A. F. of l..
With certificates OF character from such
inen as Judge Hsnford, Postmaster
Stewart of Seattle. the Seattle Chamber
of Commerce, the Seattle Carpenters
Union (of which l am member), the
Builders Exchange of Seattle. and a
host of other prominent citizens and
organizations in this state, from Spokane
to Tacoma. From San Francisco | pear
ItlC endorsements W ICStNttHt w dlSOH,
OF the Board Of Trade, Archbishop Mont.
gomery, Rev. DR.. Leavitt, Rabbi Ner.
shonger, and host of others equally
prominent.
Why do l carry such credentials?
Simply because OF the vicious element
with which l have to deal. am advo.
eating compulsory investigation, before
a strike or lockout is permitted. am
lecturng on and showing the tyranny
and injustice of the closed shop and APP
prentice restrictions. l am exposing the
graft of Gompers, Shea, Mccarthy and
the inner circle of the A. +. of L., and
the nefarious and common practice of
calling strikes by the walking delegates
for graft. and the blackmailiug schemes
OF the editors of labor papers in using
the uMons as d boycott lever to secure
advertiser ants for their papers on
circulation basis that has no existence,
and only sustain life by pandering to the
basest passions of humanity.
Can Gompers, the institution OF which
he is the head, or any OF the affiliated
unions which he commands stand com.
pulsory investigations today? No, a
hundred times no. Wherever a grand
jury has investigated labor troubles the
doors of pententary has closed upon
some labor leaders, hence the command
OF Gompers to labor paper editors and
local leaders to use their every effort to
blast my character in order to defeat my
work.
In conclusion, there is not scintila
of truth in the cowardlv effnsion that
appeared in the Post regarding my hum
ble sell, and hereby, in the name OF
Justice. fair play and common de ency,
challenge him to meet me on public
platform and defend his unwarranted at
tack. Should he refuse. shall simply
leave him in the hands OF the people of
Grays Harbor as a cowardly character
assassin, and request rigid examination
of my work, and standing as an honest
man, and | cheefully refer to the indi-
viduals and associations | have named
above.
The man who stOOps to slander must
have a poor cause to defend, but, what
can we expect from men who deny God
and ecoff at moral responsibility.
u. ii. SCULLIN.
General Secretary National Peace AS.
sociation.
Aberdeen, Wash, March 10, 1906.