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Show t Olilont of tio Ulnnii-lllfwori, 'James Latighlin JtlchelaJs the Orand Old Man of the gloss blowing trado. His exporlunco extends from the days when moHiods wero crudo nnd undeveloped unde-veloped to this ngo of machinery and rapid production. It began with tho apprenticeship labor system, at the very Inception of the conflict between capital and labor, and covers tho stirring stir-ring period which wltncssod tho birth of trades unions and the emancipation of tho workman, mechanic and artisan. And In this vast movement Mlchcls took a most active part. Ills efforts und their fruit In tho Amalgamtod Association As-sociation of Iron, Steel and Tin Work-era, Work-era, and In tho Window Glass Workers' Work-ers' association. To Mlchcls belongs the distinction of having laid the fpua-dntlpns fpua-dntlpns on which both of thoso powerful power-ful J nlone woro built, and ho has lived to sco thorn wield a mighty iutluonce In tho Industrial world. Mlchpls Is a halo, hearty man. . Ho Is still at work at hla trado. He Is yot ablo to llft tho blowor's plpo and turn out slnglo or double strength. Ho Iq the oldout gloss blower in the United States, still engaged at his trade. Ills form 13 erect, his stop firm and his lungs sound as a drum. His Intellect U keen and a brJghtncsn about' his eyes shows tho Intelligent, kindly disposition ot the man, old In, years but young in spirit. 1 Ho was b(irn near Newvlllo, MIHltt township, Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, Penn-sylvania, March 17, 1633. Pittsburg Dispatch. |