People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 February 1896 — GLASS WORKERS ALLIED. [ARTICLE]

GLASS WORKERS ALLIED.

Will Gather a Strike Fund of 05.000.000, • t In Said. Pittsburg, Pa,, Feb. 19.-A defensive alliance was formed here TuesdayTy the flint, bottle, and window glass workers’ unions, which is expected to have a decided influence on their future existence. The plans provide for the accumulation of an immense defense fund, to be raised by a per capita tax, said fund to be used in a contest with the manufacturers should there be occasion. Each union is to retain its present autonomy, but the mutual defense fund may be drawn upon by either when in need. It is not announced what the fund will be, but it is understood from a reliable source that it will not be less than $2,000,000. The per capita, it is said, will be $1 per month, and as there are in the United States and Canada about 75,000 workers affected by these unions, it will be a comparatively short time until the limit is reached.