Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-30
READY TO BE TRIED.
President Campbell Talks About the Charges
to be Preferred Against Him-He Asks
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President Campbell Talks About. the Charges
to be Preferred Against Him-He Asks
for an Investigation.
The investigation on the arrival of the
foreign glass blowers will be held within a
week or two, and some important develop
ments are expected. A statement has been
made that President Campbell, of the
Window Glass Workers Association, will
not enter into any investigation, but friend
of his says that one of the members of the
Trades Council, who had been appointed to
confer with the window glass men in regard to
the proposed investigation, had broken faith
with them and had the minutes of the meeting
published in spite of the fact that the promise
had been made to keep that part secret
The members of the Window Glass Union
are very indignant, and they repudiate all the
charges made against them.
There were statements in those minutes
which the window glass men are gharding as
anxiously as anything, and they would not like
to see them published on any account" said
the friend. "These men committed very
serious piece of indiscretion by giving such
things away. However, am sure that the
window glass workers do not want to have any
more to do with the men, and the in
vestigation is off beyond adoubt
'The Window Glass Association will draw up
a statement, and they will ask the Trades
Council to sue them in the United States Court
on the charges which they want to have in
vestigated now. If the Trades Council refuses
to do that then the window glass men Will sue
themselves in court, and the entire thing will
come out anyway. Certain men should have
treated the confidence of L. A. 800 in a little
more courteous manner. They had no right to
give away the financial minutes of the pro-
ceedings of any of their meetings, and for that
reason they refuse to have any more to do with
them. In my opinion the whole fight has been
nothing else than political dodge from be-
ginning to end.n
President Campbell was seen at his Office bya
DISPATCH reporter last night and said. I'VE
have not refused to be investigated, and are
ready at any time to have committee look into
our books. We do not propose to sue ourselves,
but are willing to stand a suit If necessary-as
we nave done nothing that is wrong. Our asso-
citation has not named man to act on the COM
m ttee who is a member of the organization,
but we have agreed on two men. They are John
Carey, member of the Amalgamated Associa-
tion, who is employed at Jones & Laughlins'
mill, and William Ruhe, President of the Musi-
cal Mutual Protective Union. We are willing
to be investigated. and will consent to the ap-
pointment of William Weihe as the fifth man.
He can come over here and examine our books
and all documents in our possession. think
he is inclined to be fair and all the members
have spoken to are willing TO allow the case to
go into his hands. There seems to be an effort
on the part of some of the members of the
Knights of Labor to prove that / had hand in
bringing these men over, but i will not say any
thing until the matter is tried"