Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-07-13
THE GLASS WORKERS.
Secretary Dillon's Annual Report Read
and Accepted.
THE WEEKLY WAGES OF THE MEN
During The Last Firs-HOw the Earnings Were
AppOrtOned to the Different LecAlihss-Iae
Committee Prepares Resolutions II
Sympathy for the Iron Men.
THE WEEKLY WAGES OF THE MEN
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| Special TslSordm % the Re0tst<y.
CORNING, N. Y, July 12.--, = morn
ing session OF the American Fa.s Glass
Workers Convention to-day was devoted
to the reading of the annual reports OF
President Smith and Secretary Dillon.
President Smiths report deals largely
with the action Of the various confer
ence committees OF the workmen and
manufacturers. Secretary Dillon re-
ports the condition OF trade during the
past year as follows:
The year just closed, while not Of the
most prosperous kind, yet In many Of
the branches steady employment was the
rule. The chimney branch asenj0yed q
good run, also the castor plate braoch.
The prescription branch was somewhat
mixed in some localities. The trade
was active In some and slow 10 others,
yet on the whole fairly good run was
made The shade branch had q better run
than last year; the cutting branch en-
ioyed boom. and the iron mould
branch has nothing 10 complain OF. The
paste mould press aud tableware
branches all had smooth runs. The en-
craving branch has been very dull; the
stoppering and lamp works branches
have done fairly well. The electric
bulb branch has not done as well a.
anticipated az the beginning Of the blast
OF the mould-makers' branch little
better can be said. Yet, while be have
not enjoyed the most prosperous run In
the genera, trade, we have as a trade
kept pace with other trades Of the coun-
try so far as steady employment is con-
cerDed and escaped much trouble Of
serious nature"
Mr.. Dillon's reports this year contain
an addition In the shape OF statement
OF the wages earned by the locals
throughout the country. The glaes
workers last year earned S4.ifs, ,505.70,
and the average OF earnings OF the 1880
members was sll.79 per week. OF the
total earnings the Wheeling locals
earned the following amounts:
No. Q, s97, ,s3l.92; No. SO, Si6,sl720;
No 80, 80, $40; No. 50, s9l, 405.72; No.
10 MARTINS Ferry, s7s,4l44o No. &c
(Bellaire), SEQ, 1886; No. "a (BellaIre)i
S21 ,66l.G0.
The Auditing Committee this afte
noon reported the books IN excelle
shape and SIPS, 200 In the treasury
lst. The treasury balance u Sl0,t
larger than last year.
A motion was carried that. preslder'
Smith appoint a special committee ot
five to draft resolutions OF sympathy for
the iron workers az Homestead aud de-
nuncation OF the Pinkerton people.
The committee met this evening aud de-
cided TO present the following az to-
mOrrow's session.;
"We, the American Flint Glass Work.
ers Union In convention now assembl, q.
do greatly deplore the condition OF af-
fairs as was caused 10 exist In Home
stead, Pa, July 9th, 1892, by the intro
duction OF unauthorized armed forces,
and we would most rt tspectfLl y petltlon
the people OF Pennsylyania to Insist
that laws similar 20 those existing Ia
other States, viz: New York, New Jor-
sey and Kansas, prohibiting the intro
duction OF the same, be enacted.
Trusting that In the near future all
difficulties arising between capital aud
labor be adjusted by conferences com
mittees, we also tender our heartfelt
sympathies to the Amalgamated Asso-
citation and 10 those OF the laborlne
classes who have sustained loss by tho
action OF the iron and steel manufac-
turers In the above named locality"