The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-09
GLASS WORKERS WAGES
OPERATIVES MAY INSIST ON RE-
SToRATION OF OLD SCALE.
Coming Meeting in Chicago Attract
ing Attention of Both Manu-
facturers and Men.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON, Ind, Aug. S.-The eyes of
all window-glass workers in the Indiana gas
belt are now turned to the meeting of
manufacturers and the wage committee
that will be held in Chicago Wednesday of
this week. Anderson has three members
of the committee. E. Van Deventer, who
represents the manufacturers, and Charles
Bryant and George Perkins, the workers
association Mr.. Van Deventer will leave
for a consultation of manufacturers on
Monday, and will be followed by the repre-
sentatlves OF the association the following
day The situation is somewhat critical
viewed from any standpoint. The condi-
tions of the trade such that an early
fire is desirable. The manufacturers here
concede the justice of the demand for an
increase Of the wage scale owing to the
favorable legislation in the Dingley tariff
bill, but they are not ready to make COM
plete restoration of the old scale of '93,
which means, it is alleged, an increase of
more than 10 per cent. The utmost secrecy
is attempted to be kept on the part of the
members of the wage committee as to the
exact demand that will be made on the
part of the workers at the Chicago confer
ence, but it has been given out that nothing
scale will be accepted, and that the asso-
citation will fight to the last before making
a surrender, for it is urged upon the mem
bers that the time for their increase is now
or never and quiet work is being done
among the various organizations to hold
the men firmly together. President Burns
has infused great enthusiasm throughout
the ranks of the workers, and they are pre-
foII laaH a < il
denced by the unanimous adoption of what
is now known as the Burns" resolution
by the trades just before the Philadelphia
conference and which is as follows:
Resolved, That whatever advance is
made in wages next fall the first thing to
do will be 10 advance the wages or the
blowers and gatherers to an amount equal
to what they now pay the snappers. mat
the single-strength blowers ana gatheferS
wages be advanced 10 per cent: above me
present list, and the double-thlck blowers
and gatherers shall receive for all double
thick that is cut or booked to the blower,
up to and including ~ by Al bracket, an
advance of 10 per cent. above the present
list, and for ali double thick that is cut or
booked to the blower above put not m
Guiding the 80 by Al bracket, there Shall
be an advance of per cent. That there
shall be no grinder glass set out, or, If
there is, then the price to be paid Tor GRIND
percentage added; that no single strength
shall be set out at price that is less than
IS paid Tor the IL by 10 bracket. HIONluSd,
also. that If the advance does not equaIize
the payment of the snapper there shall be
advances from time to time till 1t is equal
lied, and whateN er advances are made TINS
year after the blowers and gatherers re-
ceive theirs shall be equally, divided be
the resolution passed by the last convention
to strike out of the wage scale the word
'shoveboys' shall be stricken out and the
scale read That the fatteners shall be
provided with a layerout, who must be
human being and a person competent to do
the work. provided, also, that all con-
trades that say that one trade cannot get
an advance without all receive an equal
shall be declared null and void.
The workers are basing their demands
for an increase in wages on the estimates
made by New York importers which give
the increase in the Dingley rates over the
rates in the Wilson bill as an average of
81 per cent as follows: