Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-10-17
UELLAIRE.

The Bellaire Window Glass Works banked
their fires Saturday evening and pulled. the
Uars in the furnace on Monday morning, af
ter run o. only three days. The sudden
stoppage OF these works, employing as thry
do, about 60 hands, has created considerable
excitement, especi'lly in South Bellaire,
where nearly all the workmen reside, conse-
quently we have taken quite an interest in
looking up the cause producing this unfortu-
nate suspension of work. 1t appears in firing
up two weeks ago the Company informed the
cutters-4 in number-they would be required
to sort their own glass without extra com,
pensation (S2 per week., which was done in
a number of factories in Pittsburgh; this was
refused by the cutters, and they were dis
charged, and other cutters employed, who
cane on, when the old hands offered to do
the sorting extra, and were re engaged, but
the officers seeing trouble ahead in the shape
of strike so soon as work would fairly COM
mence, asked the cutters to sign an agree
ment not to strike during this fire, say four
months, which was refused, when they were
again discharged, and the new cutters put on,
when the blowers held meeting and resolved
not to work unless the old cutters were again
given their job with the full privilege of stri
king when they saw fit. The officers of the
company refused to accede to this demand,
and stopped the factory. The chances now
are that no work will be done in these works
before next spring, thus throwing cat of en-
ployment some 60 or 70 persons, a majority
of whom are in anything but good circum-
stances. This Company paid out from $700
to $500 per week, thus adding very largely to
the prosperity Of Bellaire. In looking over
this strike in the light of information derived
from employers and employees, as well as
citizens living near the factory, and CONVEX
sant with everything connected with the
strike, we can only come to the conclusion
that there is no despotism more obstinate than
these so-called Labor Unions, whose mem
bers are the veriest slaves to the orders of the
powers that be, and whose commands must
be obeyed, even if it denies to their fami-
lies the comforts of life, or as we have seen
the case here, reduce themselves to condi-
tion of semi beggary. We are not putting
the case too strong, for we have seen its eff
fecls too often not to know that in 0 cases
out o. 10 the laborer is injured instead OF
b3nefitted.
The thanks Of the Republican party of
Pultney township arg extended to National
Smith for the very effective aid he gave them
the night before the election, when he said
his piece in Zilch's Hall.
The Republican Jubilee last Wednesday
evening was grand success. Good speeches
plenty of music, and everybody happy ex-
cept the Dem Mats or Nat Dems
The Concert given last Wednesday night
at Zilchs Hall for the needy of Bellaire, was
one of the most enjoyable affairs of the kind
ever given in Bellairc, and was attended py
the largest audience ever assembled in the
Hall. The music was very fine, the I'd Re-
giment Band excelling themselves in the rem
dition Of a goodly number of choice selections.
Vierwag's Orchestra, from Wheeling, was
present, and delighted the audience with
some most charming selections rendered in a
manner that stamped them as thorough,