Ohio State Penitentiary COLUMBUS, OHIO, July 15, 1915. MR. WILLIAM P. CLARKE, Secretary-Treasurer, American Flint Glass Workers' Union, 738 Ohio Building, Toledo, Ohio. MY DEAR MR. CLARKE:-I am in receipt of your letter of the 13th inst., and I desire to express my sincere thanks for the kindly sentiments contained therein. I can see a two-fold result of the visit of your delegates to the Ohio Penitentiary. First, the members of your organization and guests, I trust, derived some little entertainment. But the better and I might say a more important result was the effect of the wholesome good spirit communicated by the delegates to the prisoners, all of whom, I am sure, have been benefitted by your visit. That the inmates enjoyed themselves is evidenced by the editor of the Ohio Penitentiary News, edited and published by prisoners, who, in this week's issue, expresses the wish that your organization would meet in Columbus every year. I have given your letter to the News for publication, as I know the prisoners will enjoy it. I am sure that the visit of the delegates will stand out as one of the bright spots in the minds and hearts of the prisoners. Hoping to again have the pleasure of meeting you, I am, with kind regards, Sincerely yours, P. E. THOMAS, Warden. Invitation-Lawson Protest Meeting. COLUMBUS, OHIO, July 12, 1915. To the Flint Glass Workers' Convention at Columbus, Ohio. The Columbus Federation of Labor will hold a protest meeting at Memorial Hall on East Broad street against the conviction of Brother Lawson in the state of Colorado. Brother Lord, president of the Mining Department of the A. F. of L., and Mother Jones, the staunch friend of organized labor, will deliver addresses. The Columbus Federation of Labor extends to the Flint Glass Workers Convention a cordial invitation to attend this meeting, which will be held on the 14th of July (Wednesday eve.) at Memorial Hall. Wishing your convention success in its great work, we beg to remain, Fraternally yours, COLUMBUS FEDERATION OF LABOR. Motion that the invitation be accepted and that the delegates attend in a body. Carried. There being no further business on the table the convention recessed until 2:00 p. m. for committee work. EIGHTH DAY-AFTERNOON SESSION. Convention called to order by Vice President Gillooly. Stout of Local Union No. 136 appointed on the door. Minutes of the previous session read and approved. Appeal. The matter of aiding former member Harry Hooper, now incarcerated in Michigan City, Ind., to gain his liberty, was brought to the attention of the convention. The subject was discussed briefly, after which a motion was made to the effect that the entire subject be referred to the officials of the organization for consideration, and they to give advice to the Local Unions situated in Indiana with a view of liberating him. The motion was agreed to. Report of Iron Mould Committee. To the Officers and Delegates of the Thirty-Ninth Convention. We, your Iron Mould Committee, beg leave to submit the following report for your consideration: Workers' Proposed Changes. The workers' propositions were acted on as follows: Propositions Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27 and 28 were adopted. Propositions Nos. 8, 12 and 13 withdrawn. We recommend that proposition No. 18 read as follows: The minimum wage for wares blown two at a time shall be. blower $2.50, gatherer $1.50 each per turn. Proposition No. 24 withdrawn. Delegate Putallaz voted in favor of proposition No. 24. Manufacturers' Proposed Changes. Manufacturers' propositions were acted on as follows: We, your committee, recommend that the sugar shaker made by the members of Local Union No. 29 be made at a move of 700 per turn. Recommend that members employed at the Co-operative Factory, Beaver Falls, Pa., be paid turn work on small screw to Globes No. 1, 2 and 3 until moulds are put in proper working order. Recommend that the screw top article made by the members of Local Union No. 86 be referred back to the men and the manager for settlement. Resolution. WHEREAS, It has been brought to the attention of the Iron Mould Committee that in various localities our men have made it a practice, and in many instances been compelled to buy or purchase their own blocks, pipes, polish, mould handles, forks and other necessary facilities, all of which should be furnished by their respective employer, therefore be it Resolved, That we the Iron Mould Committee do hereby condemn the above practice, and recommend that this resolution be published in circular form with a request that the above practice cease. J. F. CARBREY, ALBERT MCCLOSKEY, CHAS. T. BAILEY, Committee. We further recommend that the delegates attending this convention insist on having this rule enforced. Recommended that the report of the Committee on Balls, Stalactites, Pendants, Odd Shape Balls and Bowls be submitted to the annual conference. We recommend that atricles referred to in President Rowe's report remain in the list, and delegates on their return home have samples of the articles sent to the National Office. Owing to the fact that canteens or advertising balls are made at the same moves as balls listed on page 9 of the Iron Mould List, we recommend that the trade be notified by circular to that effect. We recommend that the rolling pin measuring 1611⁄2 inches long, weighing 28 ounces, being made at Dunkirk, Ind., be made at a move of 250 per turn. We, the Iron Mould Committee recommend that when balls are made with hole in bottom and hole in said article does not exceed one inch, they shall be made at ball moves; and when hole in bottom is over one inch, they shall be made as globes, and made at globe moves. HENRY PUTALLAZ, JOHN MCKAY, JESSE LOVEJOY, PERLE MORGAN, OTHA MOSSER, PAUL MARTIN, ALGOT NELSON, PATRICK J. FINN, JOHN DORNHECKER, OSCAR BROWN, JAMES KELLY, CHAS. HALL, ELMER HUNTER, HENRY HARTMAN, ALBERT MCCLOSKEY, CHAS. BAUGH, GUS ERICKSON, CHARLES T. BAILEY, NELS SYLVANDER, JOHN F. CARBREY, JOHN HOUSTON, ARTHUR ROBERTSON, E. M. MILLER, R. E. COEN, CHAS. MAUPIN, CHAS. HORNI, GEO. W. ROCHE, Chairman.. Motion that the report be adopted as read. Carried. Report of the Caster Place Committee. COLUMBUS, OHIO, July 13, 1915. To the Officers and Delegates of the Thirty-Ninth Convention. We, your Caster Place Committee, respectfully submit the following report: The first business to come before the committee was the workers' proposed changes to the list, which were disposed of as follows: Workers' Proposed Changes. Propositions Nos. 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 were adopted as read. Proposition No. 1, amended to insert the word "pressed" in the second line. Agreed to. Proposition No. 3, amended to strike out the word "head" in the fourth line. Agreed to. Proposition No. 10, rejected, because the A. F. G. W. U. does not recognize the third shift system. For further information see partial report of Caster Place Committee. Proposition No. 11, withdrawn. Propositions Nos. 20 and 21 were not submitted by the Caster Place Department and no action was taken. Manufacturers' Proposed Changes. Propositions Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8 were rejected. Proposition No. 5. Motion that Proposition No. 5 be adopted as read. Amended that the Caster Place Committee consult with President Rowe before adopting. Amendment carried. After consulting with President Rowe Proposition No. 5 was adopted as read. Sub-Committees Appointed. Motion that a sub-committee be appointed on pressed lead and lime blanks for cutting. Adopted. The following brothers were appointed on the committee: W. J. Evans, Wm. M. Dobbins, Louis Hartman, Charles Wolf and Paul Martin. Motion that a sub-committee be appointed to invetsigate the new system used at Glassport, Pa., for making of jugs and vases for cutting. Agreed to. The following brothers were appointed: Alfred J. Toomey, Wm. J. Evans, Charles Wolf, Louis Hartman, Wm. M. Dobbins and Paul Martin. Motion that a sub-committee be appointed to take up Manufacturers' Proposition No. 1. Adopted. The following brothers were appointed on the committee: John F. Kennedy, Henry Hartman, C. A. Crosson. Motion that a sub-committee on tube be appointed. Adopted. The following brothers were appointed: Frank Aberle, Charles Hughes, Jesse R. Stibbs, Thomas L. Hoare and Harry Edwards. Motion that a sub-committee be appointed to confer with |