The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-12-16
THE BOTTLE BLOWERS
Ar TIE NORTH WHEELING HOUSE
Will Not Have Their Wngcs Reduced Ch.
less tho workmcn Are Henten by tho
Manufacturers MT llttsburEl.
VARIOUS Other labor Notes.

Tho workmen nj the North Wheeling
glass works are anxiously watching tho
progress Of the lockout Of tho prescription
glass blowers at Pittsburgh. The bottle
manufacturers ut Pittsburgh made n ~.
duttion IN the wages Of their employees Of
about twenty percent all round. The
workmen refuse 10 accept this, and Il lock.
out Is the consequence. The Pittsburgh
manufacturers entered into u combination
10 secure the reduction by concert OF
action, but there Is 10 general association
OF prescription glass manufacturers.
Consequently the North Wheeling
works Is not bound by tho action
OF tho other manufacturers. II the work
men ut Pittsburgh win there will be no
reduction offered the employees here,
wliie on the other hand II the marufac-
turcrs carry their point at Pittsburgh the
Wheeling company, III order to compete
III tho market with them, will be Obliged
to make q like cut In wages. At any rate
the factory here will continue in operation,
and pay the old wages mntil the Difficult
ties ut Pittsburgh are adjusted, md 1t is
most probable that both parties here will
accept the result OF the lockout Vt Pitts
bursh without any dispute.
\ MEETING OF BLOWERS.
Yesterdays Pittsburgh Dapatch says:
At about $50 yesterday afternoon n meet
itg Of the flint glassblowers Of the city
and vicinity took place on Penn avenue.
The purpose OF the meeting was 10 take
some action with reference to making the
existing strike 0 effective. About two
hundred mcn were present, representing
all parts OF the city. There were also
delegates from Parkers, Mansfield and
Bcllairc.
Ono OF the men was asked rs to the
situation, and answered MS follows:
"The bottle trade is good, and the pur-
pose OF the reduction is only TO press some
Of the small fry to the wall. III the man.
ufacturcrs did this sort OF thing by stand.
ing the loss themselves It would be MI
right, but they want us to stand it. Let
me tell You n thing on the quiet. We
have adyiccs from the western slassblow-
crs that they will stick by us. / will tell
you the reason why.
"iie Pittsburgh prices control the mar
ket, and ii VIC accept the reduction here,
the western boys will have to accept otlc.
II is to their interest, therefore, that they
Should aid It's. We have at the same
time been advised by western manuiac-
tarers that they will aid Us. They say
there ought to bean advance rather than
n reduction. You see they want good
prices now because the trade is good"
LAR0s NOTES.
Brick masons are doing a good business
in Beiiaire now according to the Tribune
and they are about the only tradesme1
that arc.
Some OF the glass workmen thrown out
Of employment by the shut down over the
river are talking Of establishing Il cooper
alive factory at Brilliant.
Thomas Dougherty, Il glass worker who
claims to have been injured ut the Bel.
mont Glass Works, Bcllairc, some time
ago has sued tho company for s.. 1000. A
man named Fox was on the elevator and
escaped unframed.
The Bcllaire Nail factory was of yester.
day, and will probably be off all week OH
account OF the idleness OF the steel works
The damage done by the fire may he re.
paired so that the works can start by
Thursday next, but it is not probable that
the nail factory will 20 on before next
week.
The Belaire Independent says: The
glass strike takes about $4,000 per month
out OF the money that usually circulates
in Bellairc. This is n big hole in it, and
it will be missed by everybody. Some Of
the glass manufacturers seem to think the
strike is liable to last until next August.
We hope they are mistaken, but no Il is
able 10 tell.