Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-09-21
AN UNDERHAND BLOW
CAMPBBLLs STAB AT THE WINDOW GLASS
ASSOCIATION.
Bis Action Will Do Almost Fatal hjury-ln In
consistency in His Argumsni-Sscrstary
Gsssnsr Says the Majority Of tho
Workmsn are Foreigners.

PITTsBURG, PA, September 20.-The
announcement that James Campbell, A. M.
Hammett and Patrick Clary, Of the Win
dow Glass Workers Assembly No. 800,
K. of L will take the stump for Harrison
and Morton is still the subject uppermost
in the mind of the average Knight of
Lsbor. The opposition to a K. of L. ns-
sembly providing stump speakers for Matt
Quay continues. and come Of the gentle
men interviewed state that they regard
the action as frightful blow to organized
labor. Mr.. Frank Gessner, who was Sec
retary of the Window Glass Workers
Union for number of years, and who
was Mr.. CamptelPs right hand bower
during several strikes, was seen last even
ing and asked about the matter in dispute.
"Well, I must say" replied Mr.. Cess
ner, 'that of all the himsy arguments I
ever heard one recently made by the Pres
ident of the Association was the most
transparent. He spoke Of the poor wages
paid in European countries, and deduced
from statistics q conclusion which il is i'm
possible to reach by any system Of logical
reasoning In fact no arrives at totally
different result from that OF Secretary
Evarts, who, during Hayes administra-
tion had number of consuls report the
condition Of labor in their respective places
of residence. Mr.. Evarts supplemented
the consuls' reports with the statement
that now the workmen of the United
States must be content with lower wages;
that the cost of transportation between the
different countries was decreasing, and
that eventually the scale Of prices paid
artisans would gradually become more
nearly equal in every country. As / be-
fore remarked Mr.. Campbell took the con,
sular reports and deduced a result rather
incoherent and ridiculously thin, but far
different from Mr.. Evarts' conclusion.
''Here is an Inconsistency. The Glass
Blowers Federation is an organization
having members in Belgium as well as in
the United States The members take
solemn vows to hold sacred each others
business, and help each other as far as il
lies in their power. Mr.. Campbell, how
ever, goes to Washington and lobbies in the
interest of bill to restrict the immigra-
ton of foreign workmeu, Belgians in
cluded. I am only surprised that the
don't take hold of the matter and
insist that their rights in the order be re-
spected. 1t is also nonsense to claim that
a majority of the glass blowers are not for
eigners. You car 90 into almost any fac
tory and two. thirds of the workmen there
employed will be of foreign birth. The
Jean Baptiste,' 'Morells' and various other
pleasant Belgian names will be found to
be largely predominating
When Mr.. Gessner was asked his opin.
ion ss to whether the tariff kept up the
wages of the window glass blowers, he re-
piled: "Nousenee Tariff has nothing to do
with it at all. They could moi keep their
wages up to the $l5 and $40 day rate
were is not for the close organization they
have. 1t is that alone, and nothing else,
that enables them 10 hold up the price Of
their labor"
Of the personal matter in which Mr..
Campbell il concerned - the Columbus
glass factory incideut-Mr. Gessner did
rot desire TO express himself, but be
plainly intimsted that the political dema-
goguery of the associations president
would result dissstrously to tho organizi-
tion.