The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-10-24
ALL HANDS ON The JOB TODAY

that the efforts of the republican man
ayers, at last aroused to the power
and strength of labor, will direct
their efforts toward influencing the
votes of the wage-earners.
Sending for Labor Leaders.
Between now and election day the
president will send for labor leaders
wherever he believes he can find one
who can be induced to declare for
Taft and against Gompers.
The republicans here also are hur-
riedly preparing and sending out lit
erature designed to influence the la
hor vote.
The class of literature given out
from the White House, the character
of the men invited to confer with the
president and certain activity in gov
eminent bureaus in the work of com
piling information on labor questions
all show concerted effort to make
successful bid for the labor vote
Some of the republican managers
who have called on the president re-
Gently have told him that the labor
vote was the chief factor Of doubt
Some days ago the president con-
ferred with Warren S. Stone, grand
| chief of the Brotherhood of Loc0mO-
tive Engineers; P. H. Morrissey of
the Brotherhood Of Trainmen, and
Daniel Keefe of the International
James Bronson Reynolds, who is
busy among the membership Of or
ganized labor in New York. Then
Representative Herbert Parsons made
g hurried trip to Washington to see
Secretary Root in the interest of Jan
Poulan, the Russian, alleged to be a
evolutionist, whose extradition had
been demanded by Russia. The mem
hers of organized labor in New York
City had demonstrated against turn
ing the prisoner over to Russia, and
Mr.. Parsons hurried to Washington
to protest to Secretary Root.
the conferences looking to the con-
! troll of an advantageous division of
the labor vote continue every day.
Among the presidents callers who
discussed the attitude of labor toward
Taft were Ralph NJ Easley of the
National Civic Federation and Willis
L. Moore, chief of the weather bureau.
who holds membership in the Typo
graphical Union. Mr.. Moore has been
actively working for Taft. He has
been in communication with many OF
the labor leaders and processes to be-
lieve that the drift is now toward
Taft.
Mitcheil's Loyalty.
| The president sent for Mr.. Easley
in the desperate hope that he might
get John Mitchell with him, but it is
said that Easley told the president
that any attempt to get Mitchell to
desert Gompers and the A. F. of L.
would undoubtedly be viewed by
Mitchell as an insult.
The president put the capsheath on
the days stack of arguments to show
why trades unionists should vote the
republican ticket by making public a
letter he had received from George
L. Cain, an employe Of the Boston
navy yard, who, as president Of the
National League of Employees of
Navy yards, Naval Stations, Arsenals
and Gun Factories, thanked Mr.
Roosevelt for inaugurating the week
ly pay day for this class of employees.
Cain declared in his letter that the
present administration has done more
to 'uplift labor than any of its pre-
decessors ever did.
Much important literature rs being
prepared in government departments
for hurry up circulation among the
labor voters in the last two weeks ol
the campaign.-Washington Core
spondence Buffalo Republic.