The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-08-08
FHE GLASS FACTORIES
At BeIIaire beat the Wheeling
Natural Gas Company
IN THE INJUNCTION SUITS.
An imponan; Meeting Of Local Glass
Manufacturers III this City Yes
tcrday-The Works Prcpar-
ing to Resume Soon.

The summer shut down OF the nint
glass factories of the country will end
next Saturday and on Monday there will
be n general resumption. Trade is re-
ported better, and as the stocks are pref
ty well run down brisk season is ex-
pected. The number OF factories to re-
sumo in all is 100, employing over 5000
men. The window glass factories, which
have also been closed down since Janu-
airy /, will start up about the first OF Sep
TENDER, giving employment to about
lo,000men.
A meeting OF the glass manufacturers
OF this vicinity was held ut the Mcclure
House yesterday, at which there were
present Messrs. n. B. Scott, OF this city,
w. +. Snively and 4. b. Bowie, Of
Bellaire, W. X. Elson, OF Martins Ferry,
r. J. Beatty, OF Steubenville, and J.. d.
Dithridge, Of New Brighton, Pa. The
meeting was for the purpose OF consider.
ing some clauses OF the glassworkers,
scale which affect only the factories OF
this district These were all accepted
except one paragraph in relation to
blown tumblers, which was deferred
until Il future meeting for conference be-
tween the manufacturers and repre-
sentatives OF the workingmen, which
will probably be held this week. At
that meeting it is believed everything
will be easily adjusted to the mutual
satisfaction OF the parties.
At ST. Clairsville on Monday Judge
briggs gave his decision in the eases OF
the glass factories OF Bellaire against the
Wheeling Natural Gus Company. The
injunction restraining that company
from turning Off the gus was made per-
petual-that is, so long us the contracts
last In delivering the decision, Judge
briggs poured some hot shot into the
Natural Gas Company for its efforts to
extort more money from those with
whom il held contracts, and said il was
nothing short OF conspiracy that the evl.
dence was clearthat the gas company had
taken on new customers after making
the contracts in question, and that the
Interpretation by the company OF the
clause in the contracts giving to the Nat
ural Gas Company the right to regulate
the supply OF gus WIS Hot cuulLiDlc' l,
only contemplated regulation in case oil
a failure OF supply from natural or other
causes over which the gas company had
no control, and that even then the gas
was to be distributed equally among
those holding contracts, and could not
under the contracts and in equity be
distributed upon the basis that those
who pay more will receive more gas.
This decision was awaited with some
interest by manufacturers here. 1t forms
a precedent of which all persons having
contracts with the gas company will be
quick to take advantage.
The BclIaire Tribune says: Prepare
tons are being made at all the flint glass
factories here to start ut the earliest pos
sible date. Some are well fixed for
orders, and some are only moderately
well supplied. The fire is lighted and
the pots filled at the Belmont, which
will resume operations in all depart
mcnts Monday. The Elson at Martins
Ferry will probably be next in line, and
then Rodcier Bros. and the lantern
globe works. The bottle works will
stort ohOiit the 18th.