The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-02-01
BLAZ BURNS
SU7 TER PLACE
Explaining Their Respective
Sides of the Trouble
Among Workers.


The National Window Glass. Work
ers, which is intended to be a sue
cessor to the Amalgamated associa-
ton, recently dissolved by order of
court, has 1s organizers working.
Sixteen of these are working east of
the Mississippi river.
I'VE have ample funds for organ
izlng purposes, every dollar of which
has come from our friends across
the water. sent os for that purpose
through the efforts of President Ed
mund Gilles, of the Belgian Workers
Union. We have no fear as to the
future" is the way President Faux
ner, who has sent circular letter
to the trade, the main points OF
which are as follows:
ITO protect the interest of all
members new organization has
been formed. The old officres are to
hold over until an election shall be
lawful and matters are to proceed az
usual except that new organization
shall be known as the National Win
dow Glass Workers. The constitu-
8tlon and bylaws win be printed inn
sInediately and VIII be free from any
criticism BY court
Members 81 iii four trades win be
OBLIGATED ia lhe new association ffse
of charge. Preceptories hereafter
viii be known as locals. Elect pres
ldent Of local, and council of four
one from each trade. All correspon-
dence should be addressed to A. l..
Faulkner, president, or C. L, Tarr,
secretary. National Window Glass
Workers. 417, 41S, 41s. 420 Electric
building, Cleveland, Ohio"
John A. Kealey, of the Cutters
and Flatteners Association, has the
following to say regarding the posi-
ton assumed by members OF his
organization:
"At no time have we done any
thing detrimental to the interest Of
the blowers and gatherers, and did
we ever contemplate doing anything
detrimental to their interests. We
have legislated for our own interests
and We believe this will result for
the best interests Of the blowers and
gatherers as well. Every one knwos
that there was an article of agree
ment between the cutters and fiatten-
ers association and the American
Window Glass Company to the ef-
feet that any time when there were
400 or more pots working at lower
scale OF wages than the American
that revision OF the scale would be
called for.
We tried to eliminate that feature
by getting as many manufacturers
as possible to sign our scale This
was largely done on the quiet. Man
ufacturers did not want it to be
known that they were operating un-
der our scale until we had majority
of pots signed up Our members in
the mean time were anxious to know
what plants had signed our scale.
We were finally compelled to give
them this information, which result
ed in Faulkner pulling out the blow
ers and gatherers in nearly every
plant that had signed our scale.
But II a greater amount than four
hundred pots be signed up to work
for the present hand operating scale
the American would Immediately de-
mand a reduction in our wages of 40
per cent. They would then be able
to Immediately reduce the price Of
glass on the market and shut out
every hand operating plant in the
country.
Now I want the blowers and gath
erers to understand that while we
are fighting to maintain our position
We are also fighting for them by
maintaining the selling price OF
glass. Maintaining the cutters and
fiatteners wages in machine factories
means that more stable market con-
ditions would prevail. while re-
duction means the reverse.
I'VE are willing at all times to CO.
operate with the blowers and gather
ers In the effort to bring about
better state of affairs and the main
tainance Of spearate organizations
does not mean that we want to make
trouble. Personally, I hold the same
views expressed on different occa-
sions months ago, and that Is we
want to work together in peace and
harmony. and I believe this can best