The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-09-02
.Glassworker Gives in Detail
Differences at the Wage
Conference.


wage scale of the window glass
workers for the year, the Glass
worker contains the following:
The wage committees representing !
the hand plant manufacturers and
workers met in CIeVIand last week
but did not make a settlement The
workers asked for the present scale
with two per cent advance in wages
for every point the selling price adj
vances higher than 5000 single
and 9O-4O double, with no arrange
ment for downward revision.
! Tho manufacturers offered the
present scale with the exception of
first bracket A. single, which they
Thought should be changed to 80
cents a box, instead of 4 cents The
manufacturers also desired to retain
the one per cent sliding feature up
and down with $3.50 and 90-40 as a
base price.
The plan suggested by the manu-
ifacturers for fixing wages during the
first four weeks settlement was to
apply to the selling price of the
N American and the settlements there
after were to be based on the aver
age selling price of the manufac-
turers serving as members of the
wage committee. The matter was
discussed at length, but this was the
! final offer of the manufacturers, and
was declined by the workers, who
stated they would send out their Of
1 fer to the individual manufacturers.
The chairman of the manufac-
| turers' committee stated that the
manufacturers had formed an or
I ganization with over 100 pots
pledged to support their wage com
mittee, and that he did not believe
that any of the factories would sign
1 the workers scale without the sane
ton of the Manufacturers commit
.Itee. The meeting then adjourne1
and no date has as yet been set Tor
another conference.
After the meeting the workers
Representatives state that the manu-
facturers were offered the scale as
agreed to upon last spring with the
Exception of the following clause:
4 "The basis OF settlement from
date of this scale to September 20
shall be the Cleveland scale less hVe
per cent. For each succeeding four
weeks, settlement shall be made on
basis of sales as shown by reports
for previous settlement period, COM
puted on the basis of one per cent
advance in wages Tor every point
the price of glass advances up to and
including the discounts of 5000
single strength and 9O-4O double
strength. When the average dis
counts show selling prices to be
higher than 5000 single and 9O-4O
double, wages are to be advanced
one per cent for every half point
of advance in the selling price"
Another clause provides that
sales sheets shall be submitted by
two manufacturers from each of the
following districts: Pennsylvania
West Virginia, Ohio and Indiana
and the section west of the Mississ-
ippI river. The scale is operative
from September 4, 1911, to June 9V'
1ot2. and will be known as the Ma
tioual scale.
During the meeting of the board
of directors of the National Assocla-
ltiOn of "1nQO" SltSS
Iors hold at Cleveland, the following
officers were eelcted: G. W. More
ms president; c. p. Cole wee
president. and j. n. Johnson secre-
NV and treasurer. The secretary
,r,s instructed to use temporarily
7 hfs present Offices in Pittsburg.
lanes A. Chambers addressed the
"a,,,I and 9nbmitted a proposition
for demonstrating a blowing ma
chine, and committee on machines
natonts. and other devices for fac
torv use, consisting Of Ave mem
hers. was appointed to meet MI
Chambers and report back to the
! manufacturers.
LAT meeting last Monday and
Tuesday between representatives, oil
the window Glass Cutters and Flat
toners protective Association and OF
1cers of the American window Glass
Company, an agreement was reached
whereby the workers representa-
ttyes accepted the same scale as the
one which was previously in vogue
which is ave per cent below the fiat
rate. In addition, one bracket was
added in single strength and 4OX7o
and 4Ox7s double strength.
The workers representatives were