Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-14
THEIR PLANS FORMED.
Carpenters Prepare Laws in Regard
to the Eight-HOur Struggle.
NO HAsTY ACTION WILDE TAKEN.
VIM. Taylor, the Jeanette Glass Blower,
Talks on His Trouble.
PLATE GLASS CAPITALISTS ALARMED

A meeting Of the Committee on Law OF
the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
was held last night for the purpose of tax
ing the first steps toward forming plan for
the enforcement of the eight-hour law on
May 1. The meeting was held in Com
moner Hall, and it did not adjourn until
midnight. The details of their plans
for the enforcement of the demand could
not be obtained on account of the many
channels through which they will
have to go before they can be
adopted. What the committee proposes to
do will, therefore, not be made public until
the plans have been adopted by the General
Executive Board. One thing is certain that
the carpenters here are in sympathy with
the movement, and will do all they can to
enforce the short working day.
A. M. Schwartz, one of the Vice Presi-
dents of the national organization, was seen
after the meeting. When asked what they
proposed to do he said:
THEIR CONSERVATIVE PLANS.
"We are just getting our plans in shape
for presentation to the District Executive
Council, and what we decide to do I am not at
liberty to say. When the plans are form
ulated they will be sent to the District
Executive Council. Then they will go to
the local unions and the members of the organ
ization will take vote on the advisability of
adopting them. The plans will then go to the
General Executive Board with the vote. If the
board adopts them they will report back to the
local unions, and the scheme then becomes q
law. What will be done then nobody can say. If
the employers grant the demands there will be
no trouble. If they do not, then there will be q
strike. Whether the carpenters will be chosen
to make the frst break or not has not yet been
decided President Gompers, Of the Federation,
favors inaugurating the demand among the
building trades. There are over "a, 900 members
in our organization, and it is the strongest
union in the country.
Mr.. Schwartz when asked for his opinion in
regard to the statements made by W. 8. Sharon
in yesterdays DISPATCH, that the carpenters
were not in favor of the eighthour law being
enforced at this time. said:
sHARoN's STATEMENTS DENIED.
ut is evident from the statement made by
Mr.. Sharon that the individual SO desirous Of
expressing an opinion regarding the eight-hour
movement, and his statement as to the position
the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and
JoinerS had assumed, or the action that the
Board of Vice Presidents had taken at their
last meeting in January, has made a misstate-
ment, and il he will only have the patience and
courage to remain silent until he has ascer-
tanned what the true state of affairs is assure
him that he will be acting the better part Of
discretion and judgment by remaining silent,
and he will finally receive the information he
SO persistently strives to acquire. There ap-
pears to be great amount Of comment upon
the question of the reduction of hours, and such
q question is indeed worthy OF tho considera-
tion Of every individual, directly or indirectly
interested, as of those who have any considera-
ton for the welfare of the working people. In
expressing an opinion there should be no as
sumption to any knowledge that was not in &C
cordance with the facts relative to the same,
nor should there be any statements made that
were at variance with the truth, nor any at
tempt to force any such crude conceptions upon
the public as would be misleading to them or
cause them to believe anything that is contrary
to the true condition OF the same. The crude
conceptions Of individuals who desire to force
upon the public something which they them
selves believe, cannot always be taken with any
assurance that there are no persons who believe
otherwise, or who could enlighten the minds Of
such individuals and relieve them of great
amount Of anxiety and trouble. In conclusion,
would say that the eight-hour question, in re-
gard to carpenters and our unions, relates only
to ourselves, and that We will take care Of it,
and, at the proper time, after having come be-
fore our organization, then, and only then, will
our actions be known"
This appears to settle the question about the
carpenters not taking an active interest in the
movement. 1t is estimated that there are 1000
organized carpenters in Allegheny county. and
should they go on strike on May !, building
operations would cease.