New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-08
3 Labor Leaders
To Issue Appeal
In Hylan's Favor
They Say MitchePs Election
Would Be a Blow to Or
ganized Workers
Hubert in Campaign
Representative Takes Charge
of Craig's Candidacy
for Controller

Ernest Bohm, corresponding secre-
tary of the Central Federated urion
and spokesman for those labor leaierS
who favor the election Of Judge Hylan
as the next Mayor of the city salu
Yesterday that manifesto woulc DC
issued to the working people in gen
eral establishing, without shadow
Of a doubt, that the election OF WIT
cbcl would be a great defeat for o.
canized labor in this city"
Peter j. Brady, of the Allied Print
ing Trades Council, will take charge OF
tho labor campaign TO elect Judge
Hylan. James T. Holland. president OF
the State Federation OF Labor, will be
one of his most active workers.
"Besides making the appeal to the
working people in general said MI.
Bohm. 1--WE will go before the 100000
trades unionists o: the city personally
at their meetings and point out the
great necessity for the election oil
Hylan.
Opposition to Prendergast
"The main reason for the dlssatls-
faction of the labor people with the
Mitchell administration is that no &C
ton was taken by the Mayor on the
various petitions sent to him by the
labor unions. Furthermore, Prender-
CAST has kept up with his old stand OF
opposing the wishes of organized labor.
He has always been steadfastly opposed
10 eight-hour demands
Mr.. Bohm said he thought a large
part of the labor vote among Jews
would 20 to the Socialists, but he IN
sisted that the great majority OF the
trades unionists would see the wisdom
of electing Hylan.
"The Hebrew vote will go Socialistic
TO a great extent" he remarked, but 1t
is a question how many of the Hebrews
of the city are citizens. There may be
a great many Hebrews in the city. but
they are not in the majority by any
means. and only a part OF them are
citizens. believe the general effort TO
get organized labor TO back Hylan Will
be a great success"
Hubert to Aid Craig
REPRESENTATIVE Murray Hubert, re-
leased from his duties in Washington
by the adjournment Of Congress, VIII
assume active charge to-day of the
campaign of Charles l.. Craig. Demo
cratic candidate for Controller. Mr..
Hubert expressed himself yesterday
as unable to understand how Mayor
Mitchell and his supporters could re-
gard so lightly the effect of the kepuo-
lican primary vote. He referred TO
President Wilson's action when, as
Governor of New Jersey, he insisted
that the Legislature should elect James
f. MARITIME as United States Senator,
even though less than per cent OF the
enrolled Democrats Of the state voted
at the primary which nominated Mar
tine. -,
"President Wilson commended" said
Mr. Hubert. "that all had had an OPP
portunity to vote and that those VINO
voted expressed the will of the ma
jority. 49,,
vote week ago last Wednesday in the
Republican primary exceeded the total
primary vote a year ago in the Sena-
torial contest between Senator Calder
and Robert Bacon. and was nearly
equal to that cast in the primaries OF
the whole state for Job +. Hedges when
he was the Republican candidate for
Governor, the enrolled Republican vot-
ers will certainly show their resent
mont of the actions OF the so-called
party leader on November o.
Judge Hylan's election IS a foregone
conclusion. and ! propose to direct my
efforts toward putting the merits OF Mr..
Craig's candidacy before the people