The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-01-26

ventions and thus carry out the lead
ers' schemes, frequently abhorrent to
the rank and file; so it 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 at the 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 a lot more of them"
The Grand Council of the Provin-
cial Workingmen's Assn of Canada
has declared in favor Of severlng al
connection with unions in the U. S.,
saying ANY union having its seat o,
Govt in America, and pretending &c
be international in its scope, mus
fight industrial battles according tc
American methods. Said methods
have consequences which are abhor-
rent to the law-abiding people of Can
ada involving hunger, misery, riot
bloodshed and murder, all Of which
might be termed a result of the prac-
teal war now in progress in our fail
province and directed by foreign ennis
saries of the United Miners of Amer
lea"
That is an honest Canadian view OF
our Infamous Labor Trust"
A few days ago the daily papers
printed the following:
nv the Associated PresS.)
Washington, &C., Nov. 10.-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
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 a 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 OF
an article entitled THE beginning of
the end Of Gompersism, many organi-
cations becoming tired of the rule-or-
ruin policies which have been en-
forced by the president of the A. F.
of L."
That he has maintained his lead
6TSQlp lot SO lOlS q llLiC Ill lAS ldCS
of his stubborn clinging to policies
which the more thoughtful of the
workingmen have seen for years must
be abandoned, has been on account
partly of the sentimental feeling on
the part of the organizations that he
ought not to be deposed, and the I'M
willingness of the men who were
mentioned for the place, to accept a
nomination in opposition to him, In
addition to this, there is no denying
the shrewdness Of the leader of the
A. F. Of L., and his political sagacity,
which has enabled him to keep a firm
grip on the machinery of the organi-
cation, and to have his faithful hench-
men in the positions where they could
do him the most good whenever their
services might be needed.
Further than this, he has never
failed, at the last conventions, to have
some sensation to spring on the con-
vention at the psychological moment.
which would place hit. - the light Of
q martyr to the use Of unioniS1n,
and excite a wave of Svc.Datnelic en-