American Flint Glass Workers' Union - Delegates to Atlantic City Convention

Local Union No. 23 Elected John Dodd, George Madison, and Pete Cannon

[Trade Journal]

Publication: The Commoner and Glassworker

Pittsburgh, PA, United States
vol. 22, no. 31, p. 16, col. 2


Some Muncie Delegates.

 

MUNCIE, IND., May 7. - Ball Bros. white liner department is on in full. Among the new faces here are Bill Pritchard, Mat McGuigan, late of Hemingray's, Tommy Hogan, Newt Collins, Mooch Lafferty, J. McCaffery, and Onion Ryder, all of Marion.

Local 115 (white liners) have selected Frank Lafferty and Herbert Young as delegates to the Atlantic City convention.

Local 23 (Hemingray's) have selected John Dood [sic] Dodd, Geo. Madison, and Pete Cannon.

Bill Pritchard left Alton, Ill., very suddenly for Muncie, and rumor has it that Bill will soon pass the stoges.

The glassworkers of Muncie will hold a picnic on Decoration Day. Among the many events that will take place will be the foot race; distance, 100 yards. Among the entries for the event are George Knapp, Rich Burns, and John Murphy, formerly of Hamilton, Can. Murphy will have five yards start, while Burns and Knapp will start from scratch.

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Keywords:Hemingray : Labor Relations
Researcher notes: 
Supplemental information:Article: 7747
Researcher:Bob Stahr
Date completed:June 12, 2005 by: Glenn Drummond;