Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-07
GOING TO Be A SCRAP i,
Glass Workers Representa-
tives Here to Aid in
Electing a Secretary.
AN UGLY FIGHT EXPECTED,
And the National Organization May
Be Disrupted.
THE WAR AGAINST CAKE STILL ON.
Over Five Thousand Men Involved in To-
Days Contest.
AN UGLY FIGHT EXPECTED,
HE WAR AGAINST CAKE STILL on.
Over Five Thousand Men Involved in To-
Days Contest.
THE EAST AND THE. WEST LOCK HORNS

The council of eight glass workers charged
with the responsibility of electing a sue
cessor to George L. Cake, late Secretary of
the National Window Glass Workers Asso-
citation, will meet to perform that duty at
the headquarters of the association at
o'clock tonight.
The fight for the Cake place is one of the
hottest ever known to the national organi-
zation, and representatives from nearly
every local organization in the United
States are now in Pttsburg in behalf of one
or other of the candidates for the
place. The council that will elect
the Secretary is composed of Messrs.
Church. Winters, Fortune, Swearer. Jones,
Cready and Sauer All are residents of the
Southside.
There are at least dozen candidates for
National Secretary, but it was announced
last night that the contest had narrowed
down to fight for the place between A. L.
Faulkner, of Dunkirk, Ind, and William
Springer, of the Southside, Pittsburg.
Contest Between East and West.
1t is contest between the Eastern and
Western ends of the national organization,
and is said to be a continuation of the fight
that resulted in deposing Secretary
Cake. The Western representatives who
were in Pittsburg last night claim that the
Eastern end of the organization has formed
a ring that has for several years controlled
the organization and has elected all the
national officers, while the New York,
Philadelphia and other Eastern represen-
tatives in the city contend that they have
been responsible for the organization, and
should have the right to name its officers
and to some extent dictate its policy.
The friends of Denkirk last night served
notice that unless their candidate was
named for Secretary they would carry the
fight into the next national convention, and
would refuse to re-elect John P. Eberhart,
the President of the organization, and who,
up to date, is a candidate for reelection
without opposition.
Five Thousand Workers Interested.
A President of the organization is to be
elected at national convention to be held
in this city in November. The National
Convention will be composed of $50 dele
gates or one delegate for every ten pots in
the organization. These delegates will rep
resent nearly 5000 glassworkers, and it is
said that every member of the organization
is directly interested and in one way or
another is taking an active part IN the con-
test for Secretary.
''The fight for Secretary is of vital i'm
portance to our association" an officer of
the organization said last night. 'The
eight men who will name the Secretary are
clothed with grave responsibility be-
cause on their action may depend
the future success or failure of our Ma
tional Union The fight between these
eight men is now so hot and the council is
so equally divided that it is barely possible
that they will elect at their meeting to-
morrow night. They may in that case de-
eide TO meet again and ballot on Sunday.
but expect the election of Secretary will
be DELAYED until some day next week.
Carried to the National Convention.
s'The contest which threatens our organiza-
ton is a stand-up fight between the East
and the West. The West has the largest
membership, but the East has so far con-
trolled the organization, and it looks to me
now as though the fight would be carried to
the National Convention, no matter
which one of the candidates is chosen
for Secretary. 1t is certain that the
West will not submit to the election of
Springer, who was made Secretary tempo
rarily when Cake was deposed. Faulkner's
friends are in dead earnest, and they say
thev will not be content unless their man
is chosen. 1t looks to me now as
Though the council of eight would be COM
PEELED to name a compromise candidate Just
to protect the organization, and to prevent
another ugly fight for President at the Ma
tional Convention in this city in November"