The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-03-19
By New Window Glass Blowers
and Gatherers Associa- !.
ton at Weston.
GIVES SEVERAL REASONS
Why the Independent Organ
ization Was Formed There
By the Two Trades.

D. . . E.
The Window Glass Blowers and
Gatherers' Independent Association.
OF Weston. hns issued and sent out
the following note giving the reasons
said association was organized:
brothers: The undersigned COM
mittee send this statement TO you
showing why the blowers and gath
erers of Weston sent their resignation
to the National Window Glass Work
ers' organization. and formed the
Blowers and CATERERS Independent
Association.
The workmen here made their
first blowing under the sliding scale
adopted by the Amalgamated Win
dow Glass Workers of America. De-
cember IS. 1907. but owing to the
flatteners and cutters refusing to
work under the sliding scale. the
company was forced to block its fires
December IL, 1907.
ION the 18th of January. 1908.
Mr.. Faulkner teiegraphed to our pre-
ceptor that he could furnish the COM
pany full set of fiatteners and cut
tiers; he also called the company by
long distance phone and advised the
manager TO go ahead and blow-as he
could positively furnish the workmen
to man their plant. Acting under
this advice the company got their
plant In shape and commenced blow
ing January IS. 1908, but as Mr..
Faulkner failed to send us single
man. as he had promised. the COM
pany was again compelled TO block,
and our men were again out of work.
About January 81, Messrs. CARR
gan. Gray and Neeman came here
and organized us into the National
Window Glass Workers: this commit
tee. Messrs. Garrigan. Gray and Nee
man. visited the Crescent Window
Glass company's works with our pre-
ceptor, and made the following prop
osition. that II the manager would
give Mr.. Gray the bpss cutting, Mr..
Gray would furnish the company a
full set of cutters and fiatteners with
in one week. This proposition the
manager agreed to accept; at the end
of the week Mr.. Gray had failed to
make any report. After nearly two
weeks had passed. Mr.. Gray sent US
telegram stating that he had not for
gotten US. This was the last we ever
heard of the Gray proposition.
Having now lost all hope of OBJ
tanning any help from this source, the
members here commenced an investi-
cation to find out what the window
glass plants operating in this vicinity
under the National scale were doing:
We found conditions very bad. in fact
that work being done was nothing
but farce.
After convincing ourselves that 1t
WAS impossible to operate with un-
skilled fiatteners and cutters and
make living wages. this preceptory
agreed to send committee to the
National officers at Cleveland to see II
it We're possible for them to better our
condition. The committee found the
officers of the National would do
nothing, nor would they promise to
do anything in the future to change
matters, or give US any prospects of
hgetting to work. This committee re-
turned to Weston, called a meeting of
the preceptory members here. and
made this report.
1T was at this meeting we deter
mined to take matters Into our own
hands and act for ourselves. After
much discussion we formed the
Blowers and CATERERS Independent
Association. We made our scale,
which was accepted and signed by the
Crescent Window Glass Company.
This scale put the works here in full
Operations: under this scale we are
now working on No. / tank; 1t gives
US employment and much better con-
ditions than was possible to get I'M
der the National. scale. We believe
the window glass blowers and gath
erers of America cannot help hut
say we have done the right thing for
our trades.
we beg to remain. very respect
fully.
Arthur Pierce. president: ]. H Pau
lus. northumberland: Jos. d.
OFT, w. A Perkins. Geo. w.
Grant. Jas & Gabriel w IT