1. Samuel Prince (1852-1914), a cigar packer and member of Cigar Makers International Union Local 251 of New York City, emigrated from England in 1864. He was prominent in both the city and state labor movements and was an AFL organizer in 1900 and 1901. Prince represented the sixteenth district in the state assembly as a Democrat from 1900 to 1904. He held the post of deputy commissioner of licenses from 1910 to 1914.

2. The circular letter addressed to all organized labor, dated Aug. 1, 1908, outlined the attitude of the two major political parties toward labor as expressed in their campaign platforms. Pointing out that the Republican party had rejected labor's demands while the Democratic party had adopted substantially everything labor had asked for, it called upon "workers and all good citizens" to "study their respective platforms, and then vote as your conscience dictates." A copy of the circular may be found in the AFL Microfilm Circular and Neostyle File, reel 57, frame 1020, AFL Records.

3. "Congress and Labor," American Federationist 15 (Aug. 1908): 589-95.

4. James Creelman was associate editor of Pearson's Magazine.

5. "Mr. Gompers and His Two Million Men," Pearson's Magazine 20 (Sept. 1908):239-63. Creelman's article, consisting primarily of a lengthy interview with SG, explored the position of organized labor on the Supreme Court's decision in the Danbury Hatters' case, the use of injunctions in labor disputes, and the need for legislation regulating the use of injunctions and exempting labor unions from the application of the Sherman Antitrust Act. Extracts of the article were published in the November 1908 issue of the American Federationist (15:941-52).