Show 0 i 4 r r Ti r l i r e ei i f k t n 1 r 1 th r rr x 1 t t 0 J i rte r ry rr r l r rt rp r rs I y s p lf y y t r ati v t Y j p sr y I j n tIa J r ron dL C D ea on C rn J l ib I bUl It C COo il ld COr hOt H 0 j th ex hal h nr carz carzIg Ig 1 RS r j 4 yr r aal I r fC cf CSc 1 N 1 r ra U a L Ls r I ral i 1 Sk i Y rut tp Q 8 thu Is al 12 le G 7 rl ceI diet ti r ask I t lJ 11 recurring very It Ilk serves senes to lo focus public IeM habit M lt E oil the irl Ie e I tilt hj of or a In fn AmerIca Nut ot of bd tur Curt e that amae l us Is In th the affairs of the soe on 00 the ate that annual set In 10 reeo recognition of I tb the power and Bod In Influence or of the toilers of ofIe Po parati f the On the contrary there I Irn Is IsmY Ie C probably no mon man except the President or of rn mY Ib the rutted States s buse activities ore wore h more continuous or of oC wIlIer wider 1 r In behalf or of mote more rig 01 of rotate or of every description Indeed the beil t cl evidence of the realization j I o of the Imparlance or of having the of organized tabor In nil great public Is found In the number of oC lip fp lipI I 1 pals 1111 have been wade to Samuel In Bm late Inte yen years to serve ns nM one of the directors of oC national or a Co for the common good Iris INS This re which has I become marked during the past decade has como come to 10 Mr r Gompers In III part or of course h by kIn f or of his position ns as the Seren Brut of the I of La In Latam tam I b 11 or r and IntI the head or of no army If 1 OOOO or organized workmen To a hard S degree c host the ln Ita lions pons e extended to Mr Ir Gompers Compers to elt In torl with other men or of the tho no noy y lion are to 10 he be ed as U n 1 11 t tribute to this remarkable labor leader I The nH foremost mell In nil all walks of oC lire life c Or ti Rho Lo have come orne In personal contact with 1 have lIen been forced to tod d the mental power the fore Core foret Coret and the good o Hl judgment or of t t feet toe foremost spokesman of or organized In Inv piOtr P JI I I tar r Some capitalists and other prowl Dent nent men buo nt at lb the outset gone one Into conference with Gompers Compers lu In pre preconceived conceived prejudice n the tor In nine cn out or of ten the they been won over oer to a re respectful tolerance or of his opinions The views or of Gompers nt at things thing through the eyes or of the labor partisan have not n al always ways been their views or of course but his opponents In debate In such councIls have s been forced to nize the honesty and sincerity or of the man malt and hi his desire to do whit I h best for the myriad wage whoso whose woul moul tor tOI he hc Is Latterly the of the servIces nod or of Samuel CompelS Gompers which n ns nt at first con confined nell to this country has extended beyond herond the Atlantic and lie he bids hlll to become ere long the most famous labor leader In the world not evou em excepting the well lenders leaders of 01 th the party In iii Great The of Gompers has hns been nut mn enhanced this summer In coose or of n lengthy length visit he has to nil the Industrial sections or of Europe Ile bps ands numerous public ses lies participated In conferences and hns voiced the rind Ideals of American organized labor Et Ives n us os melts meets the eyes eres or of renders Jt it Is e ex expected that Mr Gompers will be return returning ing from the Continent to Great Britain to JIl In the great greot convention of the trades unIons nt at Ipswich Compers lIaM has made n a careful and study of J Industrial con coil conI abroad nit as Ihl they affect the workers I sad It IL is III expected that his observations wIll be reelected rell In the future policy of Y r St r 41 rt l LIr c GOv c I L the great or of which he has hos hoso hasso so o long been beel the bend I For or all that Mr Ir Compers b by reason of hIs has of oC late Inte years yean been occupying nn an increasingly ons In tile the public e eye tJ singularly III little tie bus been disclosed regarding the bane family and lire life or of this re organizer nud labor field mar marshat shat Yet Mr Ir Is by bJ nn an home borne mail and he Is n a home titan In to nB as great nn an extent aA his pUblic duties will x permit No 0 man was ever more with his hili lire life lifework work worl than Is s Samuel Gompers and the theone theone one note of regret In the enthusiasm he voices 01 Is tine to lo the nt fact that tale take It the year car h he spends almost ot of hl time on ad trains nud Is nb Sent rem hule e more than lhnn half of the time tillie There Is n no doubt that On nn the basis or of mills miles traveled Gompers GomP I is one olle or of the of American public uteri In this respect he heis is IH m a worthy rl rival 1 I of President Taft and autI Jennings Bryan Pie house Gompers Compers calls home holDe Is n a modest hut but comfortable I brick Irick structure withIn sl shut ht I of lb the national Capitol Building tit Wash lugton D C Marriage e and the forming I or of new lice In men has re In a or of the Compers Comper I cinn naturally n a most un united tell family Of lute years tho ho household or of the foremost I figure of bus hus consisted of Mrs 18 Gompers Gomper nn an daughter the tho old oldest est son SOli nod the daughter The son Mr Ir Samuel J 1 Gompers does oel not lIot lire ot at home but his dwelling Is not for fAr distant from that or of hIs father CAther cud dill log the frequent absences the Ulan man nets ns till the man oL oJ the fn m I Ily fill rho granddaughter M 1 Gompers who I Pre President Dller e especial favorite t t macit or of her time nt at the tItU recently she hl became in III and nel typewriting In order that Ihal shed nay bo be or of Practical cal to her gr inthe In the Ille very Ir considerable amount or of work worl that lie he performs lit nl home Mrs Irs Gompers Gomper wife of the labor chief ehler Is Il a woman of pleasing personality who hM has not been deterred II by h her r fond fondues ues for her home hOllie or the or of rearing n largo family from taking very el active and intelligent Interest tn in lit he husbands work In behalf 0 or organized labor She and Mr r Comps Comper were married when triton they both hoth ter cr young and when the young luau wn tr a workinG It at hi hie trade ns as a 11 ti tishe bu bushe she bad opportunity from the out outset et t take n a sympathetic Interest In her hut bands to lo the cause of labo r In III tribute to 10 the comradeship with lit hi wife which he hc has enJo enjoyed cd nil thee tb years Mr salt said the other day dayI y I remember the time when was wt not married n Ile Intro haye r with equal truth that he coul hot lIot recall the tho time when ho was wa no III behalf of hIs fellor for since hll hie year ho has bee beean nn an advocate of the rights or of labor on an line been blen connected with the efforts t organize the people h by no social ambition bayou own on of chosen holon frIends th n wc rUen of the 1111 Gumper Gompers household hay bay 1 been 11 y resolute In I Ithe the background and during the years eara that tile the husband an li ill u l 1 y a tt H i r rk rt k t r 1 P f c J t r rv v r A th z s father lies as b been n a In Inthe inthe the hall of oC lame With ono ouo of oC the tho family however Miss I Sadie Julia Julin Gompers Comper youngest dau daughter or of the labor leader the public has hall recent recently ly I had no am opportunity to become no nc for Miss Compers following the of r the daughters of oC Senator La l Follette oll 1 Tom I Iw Johnson and other public Jublle mIll men has uns In lately lel adopted n a career who is 13 n a strikingly beautiful brunette displayed marked markell musical ability In ht early childhood and was under the bent beat was wasters ma maters for Cor the concert stage hilt but her male ambition Is II III the field of light opera As Samuel Gompers is 18 unique In 10 his bill working methods nod and In his policy polley or of welding workers worker of nil all classes In n doe close knIt organization so ro likewise Is ho he dl an well ns as in 10 ap Most parsons n hu ho for Cor the first tIme attend nu en assemblage where berc he is 19 to lIenk are somewhat taken Inken by surprise by br hiI short stature but this is II quickly for forgotten gotten whoa the thc labor chieftain begins address for Cor he has bB n a hut but voice 1101 anti his delivery delhery front long iou In speaking In the tho open tilt I 13 excellent Samuel Gompers Compere who typo Is III uon III ills hii year II lr nil an 1 Englishman b by bIrth but he hue hus few le or of orthe the characteristics usually with that nationality Probably the dominant feature of his personal op p is If the llie massive head sparsely covered with hair is fa I usually hidden hy by a black sill silk I Ir t Mr r Gompers Is III nud wea wens r glasses IDs e and In the courso of his trun travels 15 of has hn been een for n col colS colI I rS I lege e professor y Any person Xuon who has the he ap aps s ot of how absorbed President atit tit Gompers Is 10 his wor work can readily be bc beg I g hove his disclaimer that ho linN has all any other fads or hobbles Ills work which em braces everything from Crom editorial work to 10 tos s public speaking has the merit of e and It is I this thiN circumstance whIch el CI ahles Ir to 10 maintain i physically tit tH thou though h tithing 01 I most no lu the accept 1 or of the turn Ile He says frankly that I f lie he has hus never felt that Ill he could the then n luxury or of a 0 horse and hue h is he I it not or of n a temperament for or golf d is IR a 0 form or of exercise that t the theo I I o leader thoroughly enjoys It if lie he cnn can I b Ihne have the company or of a om emit II ii hut but alone merely lUl lr far the c tIm or of hn has no harms r harmse I ICor e for Cor thIs thle mentally active lu III I i in n sl of oC the matter z Mr r V remarked I Ilk Ilke to fn 1111 j I I t tude for work lIu but t u at t all 1111 otter t Ii i I 1 1 u lore companionship Yes 13 commented Mrs I Compere who had boll heard her hU but remark Mr Ir Gompers Is 11 so 0 so sociable 0 dable that I do not believe belloe that he be would woul he be satisfied ed to sit alt down for n a cup of oC coffee Ir ff there bo be not nol some person to con converse verse erso with meanwhile The rhe grand or of the American army of labor I Is ml mighty un nn In 10 hIs working methods Wo hart It In his own wor words s above quoted that he loves solitude for Cor work and to the etude con conducive ucle o 0 lb Ie 1 est t effort he be has hns acquired the tho habit or of his most moot Important work nt at night Yet in 10 contradiction of this eburne Is tho fact that Samuel Compete is III one or of tho few fow men In A who cute cnn work stork on trains and actually This Is hi highly tent In the case of oC President Com ers for he has hall averaged miles ot of roll rail rood rond tm travel el every year for tor the past 30 y a total or of miles equivalent to more mora than f seven years or of continuous J traveling When Mr Ir Corn Gom pets perM becomes thoroughly Immersed In hl his work tork ho bo is 10 largely oblivious to surround I loge even when and there was wason on t lon when hen the PreAl dent of oC the tho A F ot of I L out ant at a station to dIspatch n a telegram j i nod turned train Crom the ci desk just justIn In time to see ee the train more off carry In Ing Important papers rs whIch he had spread out around Bround hIm In his hlo section or of till and lind worse yet bearing n away woy his hut coat cont end ond vest cst nod and gold watch IOtch When Is 19 nt at home he spends roost ot of the IIII daylight hours nt at n large building where the tho general or of the American Federation or of Labor occupy several hoots and he lies n a private curl the nAI assistance or of n a young woman who Is h widely known us one or of the most capable private sec lu In America At night the head or of the labor host Isolates himself on the I top floor or of his hie where he has fitted lip up n of workroom and that he calls his Ils den deli It is II nothing unusual for Cor hIm to be busy huy here rending ond nud writing until 3 In th morning Most of the writing o aside from from It cony IOn be explained Is 14 for the Ihl publications or off the President never r writes out nn any or of the sec he dells dell era en TIll The nearest be conies to 10 It Is to 10 jot 1 down on small slips of paper which any mn j Ill he held lu In time of the hand quota 1 or he nuy delre to In In his remarks and It is b shall be 11 h by j lute lutc II ClU rn C to 10 the delIli |