Glass Industry, Muncie, Indiana

FROM INDIANA'S MAGIC CITY.

The Commoner and Glassworker's Capable

Local Correspondent Sends an

Interesting Report.

Muncie, Ind., May 16. — Glassworker' Memorial Day was observed in a fitting manner by local workers and the great interest exhibited by the public generally together with the decided improvement over the services of the previous years is conclusive evidence that the day if firmly established in the hearts of the workers and each recurring second Sunday in May will never pass by unmodified so long as men toil and perspire about the hot furnaces in glass factories.

An unusual and touching feature of this year's observance was the unveiling of a large portrait of our beloved late secretary, John L. Dobbins, while John F. Tobin delivered a beautiful and eloquent tribute to his memory. Tobin's oration lasted nearly one hour and was certainly a gem. W. H. McFadden also delivered a short address which was well received.

Local Union No. 2 elected M. J. Clarke, Jacob Scheel, Paul Martin, and Martin Joyce as delegates to the Evansville convention, while Michael Burns and John O'Brien will represent L. U. 115, white liners.

A splendid tribute was paid to President M. J. Clarke, of L. U. No. 2, who was unanimously chosen delegate and chairman of the delegation.

The warn weather is having a demoralizing effect on the small help in local plants and as a consequence much time is lost. One concern secured about 50 negro boys from Kentucky, but they soon became dissatisfied with existing conditions and nearly all have returned home.

Executive Officer Martin Joyce has returned from a western trip and reports conditions unusually encouraging.

John P. Mockler, the well known member of Branch 12, G. B. B. A., is busily engaged securing machine workers for eastern plants.

John Norton has returned from Cincinnati. — Wm. Johnson, who has been laid up with a broken leg at his home in Philadelphia for nearly a year, is once more with us and his numerous friends gladly note the improvement in his condition. — Observer.