Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-01-07

in labor conventions and thus carry
out the leaders schemes, frequently
abnorrent 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 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 Provincial
Workingmen's 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-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 fair
province and directed by foreign ennis
saries Of the United Miners Of Ameri-
Ca"
That is an honest Canadian view of
OUT infamous Labor Trust"
A few days ago the daily papers
printed the following:
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, D. 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 will
full, 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, unfair and diShon-
orable methods toward their compett-
~ ho~ n a G
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 legislation.
1.-THE Labor Digest" 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 leader
ship for so long a time in the face Of
his stubborn clinging to policies which
the more thoughtful of the working
men have seen for years must be
abandoned, has been on account part
ly of the sentimental feeling on the
part Of the organizations that he
ought not to be deposed, and the IN
willingness of the men who were men
toned for the place to accept nomi-
nation in opposition to him. In add
ton 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 organization.
and to have his faithful henchmen 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 him in the light Of
a martyr to the cause of unionism, and
excite a wave of sympathetic enthusi-
asm for him, which would carry the
delegates off their feet, and result IN
his reelection.