The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-01-06

ventions and thus carry out the lead
ers' schemes, frequently abhorrent to
the rank and file; so 1t was at the late
Toronto convention.
The paid delegates would applaud
and "resolute" as Gompers wanted,
but now and then some of the real
wOrkingmen insist on being heard,
sometimes atthe risk of their lives.
Delegate Egan is reported to have
said at the Toronto convention:
"If the officers of the federation
would only adhere to the law we
would think lot more of them"
The Grand Council of the Provin-
cial Workingmen' Assn of Canada
has declared in favor of severing all
connection with unions in the U. s.,
saying "any union having its seat of
Govt in America, and pretending to
be international In Its scope, must
fight Industrial battles according to
American methods. Said methods
have consequences which are abhor-
rent to the law-abidlng people of Can
ada involving hunger, misery, riot,
bloodshed and murder, all Of which
might be termed result OF the prac-
tical war now in progress in our fair
province and directed by foreign ennis
saries of the United Miners of Amer
ica."
That is an honest Canadian view Of
our infamous Labor Trust"
A few days ago the daily papers
printed the following:
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, d. c., Nov. 1O.-Char-
acterizing the attitude of Samuel
Gompers, John Mitchell and Frank
Morrison, of the American Federation
of Labor in the contempt proceedings
! in the courts of the District of Colum-
| bia, in connection with the Bucks
I Stove and Range Company, as "a
willful, premeditated violation of the
law" Simon Burns, general master
workman OF the general assembly,
! Knights of Labor, has voiced severe
condemnation of these three leaders.
Mr.. Burns expressed his confidence in
courts in general and in those of the
District Of Columbia in particular.
APPROVED BY DELEGATES.
This rebuke by Burns was In his
annual report to the general assembly
of his organization. He received the
hearty approval Of the delegates who
heard It read at their annual meeting
in this city.
There is no trust or combination
of capital in the world" said Mr..
Burns, that violates laws oftener
than do the trust labor organizations
which resort TO more dishonest, un-
| fair and dishonorable methods to-
ward their competitors than any trust
| or combinations In the country"
Mr.. Burns said the action of these
so-called leaders" would be harmful
! for years TO come whenever attempts
were made to obtain labor legisla
| ton.
The Labor Digest" a reputable
workingman's paper, says, as part o.
an article entitled "rhe beginning o
the end of Gomperslsm, many organi
cations becoming tired OF the rule-or
ruin policies which have been en-
forced by the president OF the A. +
OF l..
THAT he has maintained his lead
ership for SO long time in the face
OF his stubborn clinging to policies
which the more thoughtful OF tn,
workingmen have seen for years mus
be abandoned. has been on accoun
partly of the sentimental feeling OF
the part OF the organizations that hC
ought not to be deposed. and the un
willingness OF the men who wer,
mentioned for the place. to accept {
nomination In opposition to him. II
addition TO this, there is no denyinl
the shrewdness OF the leader OF tn,
A. +. OF L., and his political sagacity
which has enabled him to keep firn
. grip on the machinery OF the organl
zation, and 10 havehis faithful hench
men IN the positions whore they coul,
do him the most good whenever thei
services might be needed.
Further than this, he has neve
! failed, at the last conventions. 90 hav'
some sensation 10 spring ON the con
vention at the psychological moment
which would place him In the light o
n martyr<fo the cause OF unionisnl
, and excite wave OF sympathetic en-
! thusiasm for him, which would carr