Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-04-28
SETTLED.
The FLINT GLASS STRIKE OyER, AND THB
MgN TO RESUME WORK.
The Fires Started in All the Ptsburg Factories Th'
Matter Settled in New York City, Yesterday
Manufacturers Yield the Apprentice Clause.

The flint glass strike is over, and the
have won . substantial victory.
Several days ago President Smith and Sec
retsry Dillon, of the American Flint Glass
Workers Union. left Pittsburg for the
East, but report had it that they were go
ing to Washington, to file o protest against
the passage of the pending tariff bill. Thi
turned ont to be q mistake. Messrs. Dill
lon and Smith went on to New York,
where they met the representatives
of the manufacturers, and q confer
ence was at once held. Early yester-
day kilograms from the metropolis stated
that the strike had been settled, the man
facturers receding from their position on
the apprentice clause. This was the only
point Of difference between the two parties
to the difficulty, and assures an early re-
sumption of work. Up ut PittsbuTg the
fires were lighted in all the factories about
noon, and it is announced that tomorrow
morning most of the works will resume,
so far as it is possible 10 do 50 on such
short notice. This will give employment
to several thousand men who have been
out over four months.
This settlement of the strike, while gen
orally unexpected, has been looked for, by
those best informed, as something very
probable. For some time past there has
been considerable dissatisfaction expressed
on the part Of both the manufacturers and
their employees about the strike, and Jones
and Bryce were appointed by the Manu-
facturers' Association last week to en-
deayOr 10 secure q settlement, and accord
iugly they sent for Smith and Dillon and
called the conference at New York.
The strike in the factories has been GO
ing on since December 10th, and there
have been very few breaks on either side.
The strike has been costing the working
mems union about $40, 600 q week, but
they made a plucky fight, and while they
did not get everything they wanted, they
got enough to satisfy them.
The following telegram was received
from Philadelphia yesterday morning, be-
fore the settlement was made:
PHILADELPHIA, April 27.-Jsmes Gil
Under & Sons, a glass firm, have agreed to
pay the union rate of wages to their en-
ployss, but claim the right to !employ
non-union men if they should so desire.
This privilege the American Flint Glass
Workers union refuse to concede, and the
dispute between the firm and its men is
still unsettled. Another meeting will most
likely be held shortly to adjust the mat
ter.
The following was received from Pitts
burg last night
PTTTsBURG, Pa, April ga private
telegram received from New York this
afternoon states that q conference of the
leaders of the American Flint Glasswork-
ers's Association and manufacturers was
held to-day and the strike settled. The
ires have been started in all the factories
and work will be resumed next Monday.
The settlement will give employment to
several thousand men who have been idle
since last December. Eighteen flint glass
workers will leave the South Side for
Tifiu, o., tonight, where they 90 to work
on a new glass-hOuse that is being
erected there by o cooperative associa-
tion of the workers. A dozen more will
leave for the same place the first
part of next week. The association
that is building the plant is composed
principally OF flint glass workers, and the
capital stock of the company is SIS. 600,
$40, 600 of which was subscribed by the
citizens Of TiGiu, who also donated five
acres of ground TO the company. The hal
anee of the capital was raised among the
workmen, who own from 5000 to $500
worth Of stock. Ground has already been
broken for the building, which will he of
brick, 120 by 50 feet in dimensions. There
will be n ten-pot furnace in the house,
and room will be left to buiid another,
shonld the trade of the new establishment
warrant it. They expect to have the plant
in readiness to light the fires.
The members of local Union No. SO, Of
this city, are called to meet at Walther's
Hall at 2 O'Clock this afternoon.