Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-14
A DAY OF RESOLUTIONS.

An Attempt Was Made to Curtail the Presi.
dents Power-t Failed-The Work Yet
to he Done-Cake's Case Has Not Been
Reached Yet.
The Window Glassworkers' Convention
opened for its second DAYS session yester.
day morning Immediately after roll call
President Eberhardt announced that the
time would be devoted to receiving resolu.
tions At noon the delegates adjourned to
reassemble at 2 o'clock. The afternoon was
entirely taken up with the reports of com.
mittees. The first committee on the pro-
gramme was the one upon discipline. The
report was considered and adopted with few
changes. The Committee on Law was
called and was still reporting when the
delegates adjourned at o'clock.
One of the resolutions handed in yester.
day morning was to the effect that hereafter
the eight members of the Executive Coun.
Gil should be elected bv popular vote, but
when the measure was acted upon it was
defeated bv O vote of 118 to 48 If this res.
olution had been adopted the power pos
sessed by the President of the association
would have been materially weakened. BY
the present rules of the organization the
chief officer is allowed to appoint four men,
bers of the Executive Council, and the re-
naming four are elected by popular vote.
Bv the defeat of the resolution President
Eberhardt still has the power to appoint
four of the men.
During the morning session communi-
cation was received from William Loefiier,
Secretary of the Manufacturers Associa-
tion. The communication was long and
exhaustive paper treating upon scheme
to revolutionize the window glass business.
The officers of the convention have not had
time to consider the communication. 1t
will probably be taken up to-day.
At the close of yesterdays session, A.
NJ Hammet, of Pittsburg, member OF the
Press Committee, when questioned con-
cerning the days meeting and the work
that had been accomplished, said: ''To-
morrow will be the last daytf resolutions
unless something of Importance arises
ANY resolutions after that time cannot be
handed in unless special permission is
obtained from the President. 1t was ex-
pected that the Homestead matter would
have been taken up before this but the new
committee has not reported.
CAT the first davis session the committee
appointed by Local Assembly No. 300 of
the Glassworkers' Association to prepare
suitable resolutions handed in their report
There were some Objectionable features in
the resolutions, however, and the Chair
finally decided to continue the local COM
mittee, but in addition to have three more
men appointed and make it national COM
mittec. This body is working upon
the resolutions and they are expected to
report now at any time. Of course, We
will extend our hearty sympathy to the
locked-out Homestead workmen."
When asked concerning the George L.
Cake matter, Mr.. Hammet replied that the
convention had not even discussed the
affair. When questioned relative to the
Loefaer communication he said: ''Mr.
Loeffier sends in letter to the conyen-
tion every year, in which he breaches
scheme to raise the wages of
the men by increasing the production.
We do not want the production increased.
Factories are now limited to AZ single boxes
and 30 double boxes per week. We now
begin to think even this is too much, and
there will be a change next year. To make
a decrease instead of an increase is our only
salvation. From this fact it is very prob
able that Loef1er's communication will not
be acted upon"