The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-08-31
LABOR VOTE WILL
LINE UP FOR TENER
Republican Nominee Popular
With NOfklngmeh.
FROM MILL BOY 70 GOVERNOR
EorneI President Of Amalgamateo
iron anc steel Workers Tells OF In
teresi Of Candidate In Waeeearners
Especial Correspondence.l

teresi Of Candidate In Waeeearners
Especial Correspondence
Plttsburg, Aug. 30.
Although the gubernatorial cam
paign in Pennsylvania has hardly got
ten well under way, one fact has been
demonstrated. and that is that John
Kinley Tener, the Republican nominee
for governor, is going to be one of the
most popular candidates with the
workingmen that ever ran on a state
ticket.
This is not surprising to those fa'
miliar with his record and who have
followed his course both in private
and public life.
His whole history is that of man
who has worked hard himself and
who is in full sympathy with labor
by reason of his associations with the
wage earners from his boyhood days.
ANY one who, like Mr.. Tener, had to
begin at the very bottom of life's lad
der and depend upon his own energy
and resources to win success can ap-
preciate his concern for the welfare
of his fellow men. especially those who
make up the great industrial army OF
this state and nation
From Mill Boy TO Governor"
From Mill Boy to Governor" is a
slogan already heard among the en-.
thusiastic admirers OF former worker
in one of the great steel plants OF
western Pennsylvania and as the can
vass shall progress and the great body
of the voters shall become more inti'
mately acquainted with the career and
the policies of the Republican nomi'
nee for governor, 1t is predicted that
he will grow in popularity and
strength with the inevitable result
an overwhelming victory at the polls
ON Nov s.
An idea OF the enthusiasm with
which the nomination of Mr.. Tener is
being received and of the reasons for
the interest shown in his candidacy
by representatives of organized labor,
may be had from q chat with NJ. M.
Garland, former president OF the
Amalgamated Iron and Steel Workers
who has known Mr.. Tener for many
years,
Appreciation Of Co.Worker
John X. Tener is essentially a self
made man." said Mr.. Garland. "He has
ever been interested in the cause oi
the workingman. and today classes
among his very best friends men who
have been aud are high in the rank.
of labor organizations.
'Tener's first occupation was as al
errand boy and then as assistant ship
ping clerk Mt the mill of Lewis. olive
& Phillips South Side, Pttsburg. HI
was then advanced 10 pay roll clerk
His associates were the men of th'
mills. and 1t was while he was EN-
ployed at the plant of the divers, a
South Tenth street he formed YER
close friendships with Miles p Hum
phreys. who had Just retired as pres
dent of the An algamated Iron an
| olttl WOlhtiSs ll'h III '.hai - VI VI
pudding and muck iron departments
the late William Weihe. then a put
D dler: Jack" Davis, a well known hos
roller. and others who were high I
labor circles.
J Once Pan Locomotive
"Teher spent most Of his spare tim
+ in the mills and mill Yards and as
o result he obtained a thorough know
c edge of the practical end of the bus
G ness He soon mastered locomotiv
. engineering aud was often found o
. the engines in and about the plan
and when a regular engineer was o
, duty on account OF sickness he woul
\ take his place for weekSAlt a time.
, When Tener left the industrla
a field to take up base ball he was
n firm believer In organization, and dul
, ing the closing months of 1889 HI
, with several other base ball players
> Joined in a movement which resulte
in the Brotherhood OF Base Ball Pla!
ers, and which had for It's object th
beherment of the conditions then In
o posed upon the players, and the exter
h OF this move has had its effect eve
since
"Tener became n resident OF Cha