Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-01-05
THE STEEL SCALE.
81 AGREFUtNT REACHED Ar THE con,
FEEENCE HELD YESTERDAY.
"a, Ia.ss. Concerning the Strike Of Glass Workers -
An Existing Establishment to Je treaty
Enlarged The Electrical R0ad,


The Gia.S strike.
The Only new feature in the glass strike,
20 far as this city Is concerned, is posi-
bnjty that the claim OF verbal agreement
existing between President Scott, ot the
Crrtral work. aud Secretary Pecan, OF
the Local Uuiou, and Mr. john Cur,oran,
a member OF the Uuiou Executive Com
mltter. hy the terms ut which the men
were to work IN iur one year from July
last. MAJ be submitted to hoard q! three
arbitratols for settlement This claim Of
a verbal agreement or contract, Is Daseu
on conversation between President Scott
aud the other gentlemen above named,
ot the time the advance IN wages was
granted in July, ls77. Mr.. Scott does not
take the same view Ui this conversation ~
Is held hy Ih. men, hut to show hlS great
desire To act fairly h:LS expressed hIs
willingness to submit the matter 10 The
Judgment uG DISTINGUISHED persons. ms
offer has moi yet taken an official form, hut
may do So within short time. The best
ol feeling exists between the two parties L"
the strike in this city, and theonly dagger
oi any other condition arises iroih tue III
reference OF outsiders.
The following communication ~ PriI-
nvnr to the abuSc matter:
10 tt. E'tpr Of "a, R.g..',s.
srR-In the report OF an interview with
me ON the situation, especially with rel
creuce tn the Central glass house, ! am IN
correctly reported III yesterday evening
Nrrrs Latter. .....,
Thc reporter makes il aprcar that IN "iI
,..;.i,, - WA doubtful whether the H'rhAI
,.'.,.,.p,,nf between thr Central gas
bnnsr and thy L.,t0ry committee WAS h'il"'
iug. .,,., "a, ,.r.
,.i,I, considered IL A. binding rs all pre-
lions agreements made IN a similar man
mr. in nrryiau, Years We never had II.
,,,i,trn agreement Neur WAS asked or
.d,.r,,1 necessary, hut 1t was understood
That when the lat w,S accepted II MAS 10
l,,. ia force until the mat nnnuai c"nNcl-
iiun. JOHN '""'" '-NN'
Official inl0rmasion WA received at the
h,aFuusrtrrs of the American Flint Glass
Workers. Union, in PtLtsburg, ycsteday
morning. that a. strike was IN existence
among the lllut glass workers AT New Bed
lord, Mass last CLmh.idgr. Mss sum
iurlyulr, Macs; Sandwich, Mass; Mcu-
.ap. Conn Point JARVIS y. Y, and White
Mills, IA
ON Saturday last the Eastern mhnulac.
tuirrs hv.d meeting at Boston and lie
.id,d To l,Icct The scale presented by the
nurkmu. A. the old scale expired 'Fu"a-
i:y, the ,aen refused I" - 10 w0lk yes
terday. At New ErdtOrd Mass, the mIuu-
ia,turers decided to adopt the w"lkmcn's !
scale on Saturday ami the pots were set, !
hut the men had hardly finished their
WarS when usw lules were posted and TIE
,t.q wen. uut Gu strike immediately.
They claim that the New Bedford manu-
la,turerS were influenced by CALENDER, at
Secretary Dillon vas seen at his Office IN
plt>mrr Yesterday morning, and whcn
.sErd vhat t!lrct the Et~icJn strike
would Layt Un tbs strike IN the west !
said. "It will nNvc considerable ID do /
with the atrjke here and IT wilt hrIp ~
aioug. Il ia very r,utcut nc" thai the
manufacturers are Fighting onr On,1n "nd
uni the ncrkmtn Since the employers
have uad,ytukvu the step they have, we
have Itrpn-iGrTrd our 0",1"n. AMI VIII
nny demand the scale agrced Ia 10y the
.,urlmcu aud employers in conference and
which thrr attrrwaud TeiuS.d 10 accept
Al conc, s~ioas wr made for an HmI"ahi2
settlement will now br taken back, ana
zee. VIII fght tor thu cid scale Eriolu We
uight have accepted their scale d 'ule
had been stricken ont, but ~" II VIII
he FIGHT to the bitter cnl
As iurimatyd some time aye, a break Is
liable Ia occur ia the ranks 0i the mahuiac-
tuners lt any moment one South SIDE
manufactured is very much IN favor OF
ri, ing in To- l.a ,scrFmtn, and /, l. all The
other members col he association can do &"
keen him Gnm al2ImG ~" "Gdr. iir|
stated il, cons, ,,atJuu that he thought the
demands, Of the men were only Just, and
that in his opinion the other manufacturers
were only lighting the union, when ne
said WAS one of the hest IN the country.
The following Telegram WAS received
from rittsburg last night:
s,s,a, Ts,gnuq 10 N, R,gl.'s,.
rrr>huly., January J An important
meeting OF the Executive Committee OF the
Flint Glass Manufacturers Association
was held today III the Stevenson building,
N,-srs. Gill,ndcr and Gleason represented
the Eastern manufacturers. A list in the
pastc mold branch WAS drawn up. This II
practically the same ~ The blown
yvmc. The manufacturers expressed
themselves ~ willing to meet
the piass worle.s ia conference to settle
fine present strike. The new list was pre-
Sentcd to the American Flint Glass Work
fr,' UuiOn last evening. The paste mold
branch hls hut one factory IN PittsbUrg,
the Macbeth. IT is sort Oi gum which
Is nut i'm iron moIds, aud enables the
Ulassmrn To- dispense with wooden m0lds,
,gh;rh snnn are burned out The workers
received the lisi too late last night
to make Il ,neidt .nalyyIs OF 1t,
but from what they said, It was
gathered that it will be rejected. Ihty
say that the entire list involves reductions
of not less than - per cent For instance,
the first article on the list Is large bottles
i..,sL gasi in five hours turn 10 were pro-
ducci Eow 20 are required. q bowls OF
"A certain kind OF sil. the old scale puts -
TO a turn, the new list requires 10, aud 40
throughout the entire list They profess
entire willingness to start the Factories,
however. and arbtrate the matter alter
wud