New-York tribune., 1910-11-06
LONG HOURS LAID TO DIX
Labor Leader Says Trust Beat
Efforts at Organization.
HEALY WRITES TO GOMPERS
Head of Stationary Firemen Pro-
tests Against Tazelaar's
20. x" of Candidate.

In a letter - Samuel Gompers. president
If the American Federation of Labor. writ
ton by Timothy Healy. international presi-
dsnt of the Brotherhood OF Stationary
Firemen. M. Healy states fatty that not
r7lv are the Dix mills in the class which
make their men work thirteen hours day.
tut also that Mr.. Dix is responsible for
t!,ese conditions.
From personal connection with the eff
fort TO organize the laborers in the paper
ma king industry Mr.. HeaIy says he is
rtrfectIy familiar with the troubles en-
-ountered by the union men. and declares
toat the eight hour day with a fair scale
o. wages was first brought about in paper
mills in New England and in New York
eight or nine years ago, but that the Dix
mills are still IN the thirteen hour class.
The reason for that is. says Mr. Healy.
that the Wallpaper Trust has been able
70 defeat every attempt that has been made
70 organize its mills.
The Tazalaar interview to which Mr..
Healy refers. was 4 statement designed TO
convey the impression that organized labor
approved of the DIX thirteen hour sched-
uIe, which Healy protests to Gompers. is a
rlisstatement u fact His letter follows;
New York, Nov ,. 1910.
Mr.. Samuel Gonpers, President of 4. F. OF
L. No. sol G street, n. w, Washington,
Dear Sir and Brother: On my return 10
the city yesterday afternoon l was handed
ing World, in which was published an in
Ierview with Organizer TaZelaar. of the
American Federation of Labor. on the labor
situation in the mills operated by John 4:
Dix, Democratic candidate for Governor Of
the State of New York.
I am inclosing you clipping containing
NTr To- zaia 0-'c S-a 1nT7rG q <
want to say that if he is correctly quoted
he is not a fit man TO represent the Amert-
can Federation of Labor. l am believer IN
your policy of rewarding our friends and
defeating our enemies. and on account of
those principles I keep aloof from party
politics
know something of the paper making
industry having been active for ten years
In an endeavor TO organize our craft in the
paper mills. and I am glad to say that we
have been fairly successful in getting a
scale Of wages and the eight-hOur Workday
IN New York and the New England states.
The first eight hours went into effect in
the Dix mills are still in the eleven or thir-
teen hours. and the reason for that Is this:
defeat every attempt that has ever been
made to organize its mills. Mr.. Dix is the
man who is responsible for those condi-
tons, and why a paid organizer of the
American Federation of Labor should come
to his rescue and make excuses for him is
more than | can fathom.
You and | know that there is no excuse
or justification for these long hours under
any circumstances. and the man who i'm
posed them is 10 my mind the greatest
enemy that our movement has 10 contend
with I know that the Democratic party
has secured the state and has offered every
inducement to representatives of organized
labor to say a word for the head of it's
ticket, and. not being successful it went
outside and brought in Mr.. Tazeaar who
is not a voter in this state, to give his
Q. K. to the candidate of Wall Street and
the interests.
On behalf of the organization that I rep
resent I respectfully request you 10 make
an investigation of this matter, and if it
is shown that Mr.. Tazelaar has lined up
with our enemy our organization will in
sist upon a revocation of Mr. TaZelaar' s
commission as organizer of the American
Federation of Labor Yours fraternally.
TIMOTHY HEALY,
international President.