Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-09-01
LABOR VOTE WILL
LINE UP FOR TENER
Republican Nominee Popular
With WOrkingmen.
FROM MILL BOY TO GOVERNOR
Former President of AmaIgamated
Iron and Steel Workers Tells of In
terest of Candidate In Waeeearners.
Especial Correspondence.l
Pittsburg. Aug. 80.

Especial Correspondence
Pittsburg, Aug. 80.
Although the gubernatorial cam
paign in Pennsylvania has hardly got
ten we'll under way, one fact has been
demonstrated. and that is that John
Kinley Tener, the Republican nominee
or governor is going to be one OF the
most popular candidates with the
wurliingmen that ever ran on state
dcket.
This is not surprising to those ia,
miliar with his record and who have
rollowed his ccWse both in private
and public life.
His whole history is that of a 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
Ter and depend upon his own energy
ind 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 a former worker
in one of the great steel plants Of
western Pennsylvania, and as the can
ass shall progress and the great body
# the voters shall become more inti-
mately acquainted with the career and
The policies OF the Republican nomi-
nee for governor. it is predicted that
lie will grow in popularity and
strength with the inevitable result
IN overwhelming victory at the polls
IN Nov s.
An idea OF the enthusiasm with
which the nomination of Mr. Tener is
being received and of the reasons for
he interest shown in his candidacy
" representatives OF organized labor,
nay be had from a chat with NJ NJ.
iarland a former president of the
Amalgamated Iron and Steel Workers,
Who has known Mr.. Tener for many
ears.
Appreciation of a Co-Worker.
John X. Tener is essentially a self
made man" said Mr.. Garland. He has
ever been interested in the cause Of
he worHngman, and today classes
among his very best friends men who
laye been and are high in the ranks
If labor organizations.
"Tener's first occupation was as an
srrand boy and then as assistant ship
ing clerk at the mill of Lewis. Oliver
: Phillips. South Side. Pittsburg. He
vas then advanced to pay roll clerk
His associates were the men of the
nils, and it was while he was en-
Dyed at the plant of the divers a.
)uth Tenth street he formed very
ose friendships with Miles p. Hum
hreys, who had just retired as p.esi-
ent of the Amalgamated Iron and
eel Workers. then in charge of the
adding and muck iron departments;
he late William Weihe, then a pud-
Ter; Jack" Davis, a well known boss
oller, and others who were high in
abor circles
Once Ran Locomotive.
"Tener spent most of his spare time
the mills and mill yards. and as
esult he obtained thorough knowl-
dge of the practical end Of the bust
Tess. He soon mastered locomotive
ngineerng and was often found on
ne engines in and about the plant
when a regular engineer was off
ty on account of sickness he would
ke his place for weeks at a time.
when Tener left the industrial
jeld to take up base ball he was
rm believer in organization, and dur
e the closing months of 1889 he
ith several other base ball players.
lined in a movement which resulted
the Brotherhood of Base Ball Play
S, and which had for it's object the
etterment of the conditions then i'm
,osed upon the players. and the extent
If this move has had it's effect ever
nee
"Tener became a resident of Char
eroi at its inception, and is known to
early every man, woman and child in
lat town, and as the men pass by
hey address him as John and he in
lrn salutes them as Hello, Bill or
low are you, SAM" as the case
lay be.
As Friend of Labor.
For several years he was engaged
the glass business at Buckhannon.
Jest Virg.n where only union men
we're employed, and in all business in
which he has been engaged or has
ad a controlling interest, the very
CHEST wages have been paid. At the
eginuing of the strike at the Mac
ethEvans glass factory at Charleroi,
ne men appealed to Tener. and he
vas instrumental in securing a con
erence between representatives of the
'orkmen and their employers. He
was again called upon during a strike
the works of the Charleroi Coal
ompany to intercede in behalf of the
ainers, and in this he was successful
assisting in an agreement satisfac-
Dry to both sides and winning the
praise nf the wage earners.
'Tener was sent to congress with