New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-27
COMING TROUBLE IN THE GLASS TRADE.
UNITED MANUFACTURERS REDUCE WAGES AMI
THE BLOWERS WANT MORE.

UNITED MANUFA CTURERS REDUCE WAVES, AND
THE BLOWERS WANT MORE.
rh.ro will probably be lively time among the
.,Ior class green glass tableware and crockery
manufacturers this autumn. a largo number OF glass
manufacturers especially in New-Aok and ONO, have
formed a trust under the name OF the united Glass
Comnanv whose object is to cheaper the production
~ all varieties of glass 1t has begun by announcing
ronorI reduction I'm wages of II per cent to begin
senteuber l. the usual time to " hrc-up inc grass
furnaces. On the other hand, the gassblowers con
- with the international Glassworkers' Union
ha,o demanded an increase in wages OF per cent,
with the result that the furnaces may not start on
time this wear because of a general Suffice
rbere Is also war among the manufacturers them
solves f. H. Morris, Of No. 444 Canai-st'' VINO Is
,ntoraD dealer in glassware and well known In the
trade said: The glass industry worse OH To-Day
than at any time for the last ten years This new
,st & really the beginning Of a long fight between
a. o,d manufacturers known the pot men,, and
the new men, who called the tank men, Dy
reason Of their introducing new method OF making
glass in tanks instead Of pots. Ihls ne"
method is expensive, and only one plant so
Gov has been erected in this country, and
that is at Jeanette, Penn. The men behnd
Tho ncw enterprise have plenty of capital and have
issued circulars saying that they Will furnish glass
,n IN .o Is per cent lower than the
mot mon, This action would have resulted In the
going under OF many small plants II they e4d s'oou
alone so a trust was formed, and long ana inter-
esting fight looms up in the near future Ahothcr
thing the tank mem did was TO Import thlr'y-hve
foreign glass blowers under contract District Assem-
blv No 800. X of L.. a; once brought action in the
coprts 10 have them returned but the movement was
unsuccessful 1t IS now reported that 100 belgian
gassblowers are on their way here under contrac'.
Inc rIass-blowcrs say that the manufacturers arc
Well protected by the tariff and ought 10 divide their
sunndsed large profits. The Western manufacturers
viii not be Affected by this fight 10 any extent ana
do not think they viii enter the trust"
A wholesale dealer in table glass In this clt! saiu
Yesterday in answer to inquiries about trust being
formed I'm his line. that convention OF mahuac tcrs
bconcnc TO the Table and Glass Manufacturers AssO-
ciation lad been held at Asbury Park " j. recently
~ take action I'm the matter Of forming such trust
COMMITTEES had been appointed 10 adopt some plan OF
organization. 1t was decided to form crust. me
object being TO stifcn prices and 10 limit the pfoduc
ton ONLY limited number of manufacturers Oh
tableware he said, would join this trust.
A crockery trust was formed some time ago ainouH
the New-Icrsey and Ohio pOters. but It was sara OF,
good authority yesterday 4hat this trust bad prbit
caliy collapsed. The marlc. for croekery ana gas
ware is duh and the combination OF the many snSnol
manufacturers seems necessary to Keep the iac'orlos
running,