Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-18
A GREAT ASSOCIATION.
Report of President Campbell About the
Window Glass Workers-Inside Politi-
cal Hisforv nisciosed.


Report of President Campbell About the
Window Glass workers-Inside Politi-
cal History Disclosed.
President James Campbell, Of the Win
dow Glass Workers Association, has just
issued his annual report. 1t will be printed
in full in this weeks issue of the Conanloner
and Glass Worker. From an advance proof
are made the following abstracts:
To-day the window glass workers organiza-
tion stands prominently in the front ranks of
the labor organizations of this country. The
stand taken by the window glass workers or
ganization in the late election for President of
the United States was an advance step. un-
looked for by all parties and paralyzed the
leaders of the Democratic party.
Politicians do not fear workingmen's organi-
cations so long as they can keep them divided
in politics, but when they see them united as
the glass workers were last fall, they know that
they are a power. The abuse heaped on your
officers in the late struggle is sufficient evi-
dence of that fact
They tried to divide the members of L. A. 800
by slandering It's officers, and to the credit ofthe
members, they failed to do so. To-day L. A. 800
is stronger than ever before, and il is the duty
of the members to Act judiciously and carefully
in their victory and guard well the advance step
taken by the organization.
When Your officers announced to the public
the fact that the window glass workers organ
izatiOn would furnish three speakers at their
own expense, and speak for the Republican
candidate for President, from the fact that the
Republican platform guaranteed protection to
the American workmen and American indus
tries, the leaders of the Democratic party were
amazed, and set their managers to work to Off
set the move Mr.. Tim O'Leary sent for John
Costello, and wanted him 10 go into some of the
doubtful States and speak for Cleveland and
out why the window glass workers had taken
the position politically as announced in the
press before he would agree to go on the stump
for the Democracy.
showed Mr. Costello what we had to con-
tend against in the foreign competition of
glass, and told him that we had made the same
statements to the leaders of the Democratic
party and they refused to consider our case as
they should have done. and that it was Ques-
tlon of bread and butter with L. A. 800, and not
politics. Mr.. Costello then informed O'Leary
that he had seen Campbell and talked about
the question and that he had decided not to
60 into those States and preach Democracy,
as he bad no desire to injure the win
dow glass workers. O'Leary then said to
Costello [who is now a member of the
General Executive Board of the Knights of
Labor, don't you pay any attention to Camp
bell; the window glass workers are making too
much money now and their wages ought to be
reduced" Mr.. 0'Leary is now in the employ
of the city of Pittsburg, receiving the sum of
81 day for about six hours work, while the
glass workers pay large amount of taxes to
help keep him and support the high salary ne
good salary from the city he is able to devote
of his time to the glass busi-
ness, so much so that he is now known as a
prominent window glass manufacturer.
The United States is the best market in the |
world forswindow glass. and it is a detriment to
the workmen. that over one-fourth of the glass |
in this country is imported. There |
is some reason for it, and, if possible, the
workers should know the reason why and try |
and remedy so much glass coming into COM
petition with our homemade article. There |
will always be some glass imported, but when |
over one-tourth of the amount consumed is i'm |
ported, though we have the capacity to manu- |
facture more than the country can consume, |
there is certainly something wrong, and, if |
possible, we should remedy the evil and have /
full and absolute control of our home market. |
The increase in the Importation of window |
glass last year and the large number of new |
furnaces in course of erection was the main |
reason why the wage committee of the West |
and North agreed to the section in the agree |
nent of the settlement of wages. regulating |
The time of starting and stopping, and there is
those who started ahead of time, but that
The committee were right and it would have
been much better for all hands if the agree
have been lived up to. The men,
Ders who have found fault with the committees
have not offered any remedy or suggested any
plan bv which we can control the production of 1
window glass.
An evil which seems to be on the increase, or,
more properly speaking, curse to the human
family, is the excessive use of liquor. 1t is the
cause of more trouble, the cause of members
osing more money than all other evils COM
Dined. / request all members who are In the |
habit of using liquor to excess, to stop, so that |
we may be better prepared to obtain the |
proper share of the wealth we create.