The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-01-30
THE GLASS MAKERS,
BOTH EMP. OVERS AND employees,
Ihs MAhuiaelursrA Meet and Perfect Thslr 0rsAn'
t.aioa for This Dbtrle,-Whas the Msssr.
B.AttJ iisys 10 Say ofthat Boss Of Con.
ttptlop, the Summ,r Stoppsse. W.

3 The glass manufacturer OF this city and
Vicinity had meeting yesterday afternoon
10 this city, which was postponed from last
Thursday. Twas merely Tor the purpose OF
completing tho organization recently Get on
foot, Of q society intended to promote tho
common Interests Of the manufacturers OF
the district. Bylaws and constitution were
presented by tho COMMITTEES appointed at a
former meeting for this purpose. The ques.
Ion OF changing tho system OF paying wages
was considered, but no action taken on 1t.
WHAT Mr.. BEATTY SAYS.
A reporter OF The s.subenyille Ga,.i,e yes.
to-day interviewed Mr.. X. J.. Beatty, Of the
firm Of Beatty Bros, the glaas manufactur.
era. on the article printed In Mondays IN
TxLLl0EscxR, OH tho summer stoppage Of ihs
glass works, and the alleged agreement Of
M"-.rs. Reatty's men TO continue at work
1.-THE iactsars," Mr.. B ,atiyit quoted by Il Q
6a::iie, "uur works run twelve months In the
year, and have done 20 for eight years. Our
business Is worked up to point which allows
us 10 run all the year round and make
money. We give our men two 'weekA'i vaca.
ton In the summer and two weeks durlug
the holidays. The remainder Of the year our
men can work and ret their money. Neither
We nor our workmen have anything In com.
mon with any but one other glaas works In
the country, and for US 10 run or stop has
not the lesst effect on them. Our works
was the only one in the whole country
that ran last summer, nil Others shui.
ling down at tte req7est OF the Union.
Now the reason the order was made
by the Union for all factories to shut down
was that It WIS., the rule for the factories to
stop work at some time during the year.
Very few OF them run more than nine
months. and the atoppsge often wss made
! during the winter setB3n, when the men
wanted to work, and In order to Lave the
stoppage during the heated term, ths Ma
tionAl CLAW WORKERS Union ordered stop
each summer i,om the LIST OF July until The
18th OF August. Now, our men are not kept
out Of work any time in the year and con-
ssquently our men do not have the grievanc,
complained OF by tie employees oil o.he,
CLAUS works. We have mover shut them gu,
during tho winter season as ths wurkmsn
down the river have been shut out. It wa!
not necessary 10 order ns TO shut down II
the summer to avoid being shut out during
the winter. For this reason We did not re-
celve an order from our men TO close last
summer rs was the case IN nearly every
other glass works in the United States.
| THE fuss mato about our running las
summer WAS all fool's1nesy. Our men die
not complain. they had no grievance
There was 20 difference as 10 wsgss or as tt
time Of work. Il the worsmcn In tho Other
glass fac!orles got work all the year round d.
In Cur. factory, they wouldn't order .heil
employees to shut down during tho summe,
either. This order is simply to debar The
poss bility Of being shut ont during the win
Ter SEASON. That all there Is In IT,"