AFGWU Convention delegates tour city factories

FLINT

GLASS

WORKERS

Convention Takes Up the

Routine Work.

COMMITTEES NAMED

By President Smith and

Creden­tial Committee Reports.

Officers File Their Reports Which are Not

Made Public — Organization is

Prosperous — No Vote Has Yet Been Taken

on the Matter of Amalgamation.

Yesterday morning promptly at 8 o'clock President Smith called to order the second day's meeting of the Flint Glass Workers’ convention and the body at once went to work.

The report of the credential commit­tee was called for and read. It showed that there was but a single contested seat. That was from a Marion local which had two representatives for the same seat in the convention. This oc­cupied most of the forenoon and was finally settled by a vote to refer the matter back to the Marion local for settlement. In the meantime the local will have no representative, for the convention is unable to decide who should represent it.

The afternoon session was occupied by the president reading the several committees he has appointed for the work of the meeting. These commit­tees number a great many and nearly every delegate is on some one or more of them. The following list compose the chairmen of the several commit­tees:

Officers report — Mark S. Brenin, Milville [sic] Millville, N. J.

Grievance — Thomas T. Smith, Brook­lyn, N. Y.

Estimating — Thomas J. Conboy, of Alexandria.

— Trade Committees. —

Prescription ware — James McGinnis, Philadelphia.

Pressed ware — William McLaughlin, Washington, Pa.

Chimney — Hugh McGinnis, Stubenville [sic] Steubenville, Ohio.

Shades — John W. Morehouse, Monaca, Pa.

Mold making — D. W. Vaux, Pitts­burg.

Iron mold — R. W. Archer, Bellaire, Ohio.

Paste mold — Thomas McCreary, Monaca, Pa.

Engraving — F. C. Dickens, Pitts­burg.

Caster place — Thomas Hollingsworth, Milville [sic] Millville, N. J.

Lamp workers — L. W. Schlagel, Milville [sic] Millville, N. J.

Stopping — Claude Greiner, Baltimore.

Cutters—William Vallely, Toledo.

After the committee work had been completed the officers in the customary manner filed their annual reports with the committee in charge. These re­ports are not made public, but there are good reasons to know that the or­ganization is in a thoroughly prosper­ous condition throughout, and that the membership stands near the 8,000 mark.

After the committee work had been completed soon after 4 o’clock the meeting adjourned and the delegates boarded a train of street cars for a trolley party ride over the city as the guest of President Orebaugh of the Muncie Trades Council. The street railway mens union furnished the cars free of charge.

The Muncie City band furnished mu­sic for the occasion during the trip, and made the entertainment most de­lightful. The delegates were astonish­ed at the magnitude of the factories and delighted at the general appear­ance of the city. The outing was all that had been hoped it would be.

Secretary Kunzler last night stated that there had been no vote taken on the matter of amalgamation with the other two trades as proposed, but that it was liable to come at most any time. He stated that the sentiment seemed to be generally for amalgamating but that there were too many different theories expressed, and that the trouble would probably come when the time arrived for deciding on the plan to be observed. There is no doubting the fact that a plan will be decided on for there is no lack of brains at this con­vention to decide any question that interests their organization.

Among the visitors attracted to the city yesterday as a result of the convention were: George Bonshire, Harry Dinnick and Clint Wallace, of Parker, Mann, of Dunkirk from Parker and John Bonshire, of Lapel.

George Bonshire talked freely of the trouble that exists in the Woodburry [sic] Woodbury flint glass works at Parker. He said the trouble is best defined by the words of Thomas Wallace who has been working there for some time and quit a few days ago. The young man is a resident of Parker, and worked in the factory for a short time previous to the trouble that resulted in the union men striking. Wallace says he work­ed three weeks and says he was paid but $6 for his entire work, and that the firm then told him that he was getting more than is customary to pay "beginners" Wallace further stated that in some cases the firm had collected $100 from farmers desirous of their sons learning the trade, boarded the boys while they did the work in the factory, and that within a few weeks time they are put to work blowing glass. Wall­ace states that he was able to make from 15 to 20 gross of ware a day dur­ing the three weeks for which he se­cured 33 1-3 cents per day.

If this is the condition that exists in this factory, it is plain to see why the trouble is occuring [sic] occurring and the union should have the loyal support of every true hearted American in stamping it out of existence.