Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-12
COMING IN DROVES.
European Window Glass Workers
FlOcking to This Country.
ONE HUNDRED MOREAREEN ROUTE.
Manufacturers Trying to Secure Them to
Start Up Nom Union.
OTHER INTERESTING LABOR ITEMS

From present indications an unlocked for
change may occur in the window glass strike.
The city is rapidly filling up with foreign
glassblowers who seem to be in strait
| ened circumstances, and want work very
badly. 1t is generally understood that sew
eral manufacturers have had agents looking
for the men in the hope that they could be
secured to go to work. The majority of
them are not bound by the rules Of L. A.
800, the window glass workers association,
and it is likely that an effort viii, be made
by one or two manufacturers to start up nom
union. This would break the strike as far
as these manufacturers are concerned.
In the current issue of the National Glass
Budget is an editorial giving a list of II
names of Belgians who are known to have
come to this city since July 1. This is only
about half the number of foreigners who
came here since spring, and does not in
clude the 26 Englishmen who came over
in May to work at Jeanette.
THIS IS AN OLD STORY.
About month ago The DISPATCH pub
lished statement that 16O blowers were on
their way over to this country. President
Campbell of the association was seen at the
time about the matter and said they were
members of l.. A 300 who had gone home
to spend the summer. The latter statement
is contradicted by the Budget.
Following are a few extracts from the
latter's investigations:
When the Budget announced that large
numbers of Belgians had come and were still
coming to this country, President Campbell
only sneered at the information. With the in
formation which we are now able to give it
would seem that President Campbell did pri-
vately know that large numbers of Belgians
had come and were coming to this country, but
permitted himself to belittle the public an
nouncement of this fact.
In the list Of II names it has been found that
the men are not men who had been here before
and went home to spend their vacation. They
have come in small groups and are still coming
in steady stream. 1t is safe to assume that
in addition to those whose names we give,
there are many others scattered over the
country.
A SCARCITY OF BLOWERS.
"We are not prepared to say they are i'm.
ported. In fact we believe those Belgians came
over voluntarily on their own resources. But
their coming is due to a scarcity of American
ulVheis, anu Iuo scarcity VI American DlOHeTs
is due to the narrow policy pursued by L. A.
30. in restricting American boys from learning
The trade. This policy has led to the necessity
of violating the anti-contract labor law by
bringing over the English blowers to Jean
nette. 1t has led to deluge of foreign blow
erS at time when L. A. 300 is on strike. To
this list OF n blowers is added the names of
those 30 or more Belgian blowers who came
shortly after the English workmen were
bought to Jeannette, and of whose arrival
very little was known at the time,
Twenty-six Belgian blowers arrived in this
city last Friday. Those who are here state that
lN more are expected to arrive in this country
tomorrow. They state that all are coming on
their own resources and that there are hun
dreds more who intend coming to this country
as soon as they secure sufficient funds. An
Immigration fever seems to have been engen-
daed among the Belgian window blowers
through the news that there is great scarcity
ofworkmen in this country. Unlike the En-
gsh blowers, many of whom were assisted by
l. A. 1904 of Sunderland, England, these men
ale coming as voluntary immigrants.