The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-12-12
STRIKERS
STILL Firm
They Decide to Hold Out
Against Any Reduction
of Wage Scale.
COMMITTEEMAN COME HERE
FlatteHers and Cutters Tell
Their Side of Strike
Situation.


csntters1 and hatteners of the local
window glass factories who are out
on a strike overSa disagreement as to
the wage scale. held a meeting in Hon
man Hall wednesday night and. after
thoroughly discussing the situation,
decided to hold out for the scale of.
wages in force last year.
attending the meeting were a. tP.
Fees and c. w. McFalI. of Pittsburg,
nerlbers OF the wage. scale commit
tee .of tho window Glass Cutters and
F'iatteners Association of America,
who came here for the purpose or
conferring with the local members OF
that association in regard to the sit
uatIon here. ~
A Misrepresentation.
There appears to be misappre-
hension among many Clarksburg peo-
pleS" said one of the cutters to a Tele-
gram representative, ''in regard to the
position Of the hatteners and cutters
in the present strike. We would like
to have our side of. the situation laid
before the people of Clarksburg in its
proper light. as we feel that many do
not understand the situation and are
PNe<NhuS 0IdAAEG anu CSuSUTe on GHe
fiatteners and cutters that they do not
deserve"
Several of the cutters and nattenersl
then gathered aroung the Telegram
man and told him the following:
Strike Not For Increase.
TN the first place, 1t has been re-
ported that the hatteners and cutters
are striking for an increase of wages.
Quite to the contrary. We are strik-
ina because the manufacturers want
to but our wages about fifty per cent.
lower than the wages we received last
year
we ace holding out for the scale
of 25H cents. per box for singles and
81 l-I0 cents per box for doubles. for
the cutters and the proportionate rate
for the hatteners. whichl is the old
scale of last year and the one that
has been signed by the American Win
dow Glass Company with this asso-
citation and a number of other fac
tories. This wage scale question is
lhers Of the Window Glass Cutters and
F'iatteners' Association of America all
over the country.
"A separate fASSOclauOn.
This association Is an organization
now. independent oiSShe Amalgamated
Association OF Window Glass Workers.
Four or five weeks ago the cutters and
Hatteners withdrew from the Amalga-
rnated and formed a separate associa-
ton. AS you probably know, there are
four branches of workmen in the win
dow glass ndustry-blowers, gather
ers, cutters and natteners. The
blowers and gatherers are up against
machine competition. but the cutters
and flatteners are not The work of
the latter is still done by hand as no
machines have been invented or con-
strllcted that can do that class of
work. It Is still done by hand as 1t
was years ago and likely it will be
done by hand for years to come. As
the ffatteners and cutters are not up
against machine competition they
Refused 10 Abide
bv the wage agreement made for
them by the Amalgamated and with
drew from that association to form a
separate one. The Cutters and Flat
teners' Association Instituted suit
for dissolution from the Amalgamated
in court and attorneys notified the
Amalgamated association that no
wage agreement made for the cutters
and hatteners by the Amalgamated
would be binding with the datteners
and cutters Manufacturers were al
80 notified TO this effect.
Sliding Scale Big Reduction.
'If the fiatteners and cutters would
accept the sliding scale, which was