LU 23 attends Indiana glassworkers meeting in Anderson

FIVE HUNDRED

The Number That Went to

Anderson Sunday.

Muncie Even Outdid the Home Crowd

At the Union Glass Worker's

Meeting — Next Event

The Indiana glass workers' mass meeting at Anderson Sunday proved an immense success. Special trains from all parts of the gas belt brought large crowds.

A train of ten well filled coaches left Muncie at 10:30 in the morning with over five hundred people, the largest number of any from one city, Anderson not except, in the parade.

At 1 o'clock the parade was formed in front of tbs opera house, headed by the grand marshal, Conrad H. Smith of Anderson with Anderson city band next. Then came the Anderson window glass workers. The window glass workers of Muncie were next in line, and an army of Anderson tin plate workers followed. Next came the delegates of the con­vention.

The Indiana iron works band came swinging around the corner just than exciting great applause by their excellent Music and fine appearance. The local union No. 12 of the green glass workers were next seen closely followed by local union No. 23 of the A. F. G. W. U. of this city. The green bottle blowers of Fairmount were well represented in the next division. The clerk's union of Anderson brought up the rear.

Two large mass meetings were held in the opera house, the one at 2 o'clock was a secret meeting, but at 2:30 the house was jamed [sic] jammed by a crowd eager to hear the speakers: The meeting was presided over by Judge McClure, who introduced Dr. Hall of Anderson to invoke divine blessing. Hon. M. M. Dunlap, mayor of the city, welcomed the visitors. He said that in these meetings held in the different cities the men are conducting a campaign of education among fellow workmen, who are not in the pails of organization.

Judge McClure then introduced the State Organizer of the Federation of Labor, Mr. D. J. Kennedy of Indianapo­lis. He said that labor made no tyrade against capital.

The next speaker necessitated no introduction as there is no union man in the gas belt who has not heard of D. A Hays, the president of the Green Glass Workers' association of America. Mr. Hays spoke for some time upon the object of the meeting and the good it had done for unionism.

A message was received from Eugene V. Debbs stating that he could not possibly be present.

It was decided by the committee that they would hold a double meeting next month at Swayzee and Redkey, both on the same day. The date has not been decided upon. It is the intention to fill both towns with union men, as neither one is large enough to accommadate [sic] accommodate the crowd.

NOTES.

Marion sent a delegation of two hun­dred.

Walter Westlake of the Swayzee News was present in the interest of the paper.

The committee deserves great praise for reserving two cars for ladies and their escorts.

It looked as if the parade was com­posed of Muncie people judging by the white badges.

The Indiana iron works band caused encore after encore by the excellent music in the opera house.

Will Tobin attended and told the dele­gates how Muncie would entertain them when they came to the Labor day cele­bration.

S. M. McCarthy the western representative of the Commoner and Glassworker of Pittsburg occupied a seat on the stage with the press.