The general character of unionism "organizers," walking delegates, agitators and other demagogues, who claim to be working for the welfare of laboring men but who are only looking out for their own selfish interests, is well illustrated in the news which comes from Albuquerque, N. M., relative to Harmon H. Wynkoop, secretary-treasury of the Albuquerque Typographical Union, president of the Central Labor Union and district organizer for the American Federation of Labor. He has gone to Texas and is reported short in his accounts. The Albuquerque Journal tells the story in part as follows:
    "It is alleged that Wynkoop misappropriated $40 of a $60 benefit fund raised by subscription by the Albuquerque printers for the benefit of Mrs. H. L. Dunning, the wife of a printer who was in destitute circumstances, and to which fund nearly every employ� of all the Albuquerque printing establishments contributed. The money was turned over to Wynkoop to be delivered to Mrs. Dunning. The indignant members of the union have discovered that he gave her but $20 of the money, keeping the remaining $40.
    "Wynkoop is short in his accounts, as treasurer of the local Typographical Union, and it is alleged that he is also behind in the funds of the Central Labor Organization.
    "Wynkoop, as treasurer of the union, has had complete control of all money paid in by the members. Within the past few days it has been discovered that he has paid none of the current expense accounts of the union, that the working cards of all the members are behind in the books of the parent union, which, when not paid, invalidates the death and other benefits accruing therefrom, and that he has generally misappropriated the funds of the organization. The officers of the union, it is understood, had been willing to give the treasurer time to make good the shortage previous to his departure for El Paso, but they are now inclined to take more stringent measures to set the matters right. Before leaving Wynkoop left a letter to a member of the union stating that he had gone to El Paso to secure work, and that he would make good the missing money."

Source:

Unknown, "Food Stolen From Woman, Union Benefit Fund Robbed at Albuquerque," The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Sunday, 19 June 1904, p. E1.