Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1890-08-07
GLASS WORKERS BATTLE,
WILL THERE BE WAR In q.
JERSEY?
A Report That Manufacturers
Are Employing Foreign Work.
fngmen In Preference to

Americans.
The Philadelphia Record publishes a
long article, which is quite sensational
In its purport. 1t claims that the
glass blowers of South Jersey are con-
siderably worried over report that
the South Jersey manufacturers are to
employ foreign glassworkers in prefer
ence to Americans this Fall. The
Record claims that the employers will
endeavor to supplant all Americans by
belgians If possible. 1t is claimed that
the men are uneasy, and that every
preceptor has received from John P.
Eberhardt, President of the Window
Glass Workers Assembly No. 300 K. of
l., note, stating that he had been
informed by the New York authorities
that the seven Belgians who had been
returned in June, had been brought
over again as first cabin passengers on
one of the Cunard Line steamships
ano are supposed to be somewhere in
South Jersey. The Record then goes
on to say:
Their names are August Quinif,
Emile Dourler, Julien Bernier, Oliver
Bertrand; Vostor Quinif and August
Quinif. 1t is thought the men are
somewhere in the vicinity of Bridge
ton, as relative of three of the men,
by the name of Nicholas Quinif, who
came over in April last, as the advance
guard, was employed at Bodine's
Works, Bridgeton, up to the tfmc of
the shutting down of the recent
blast.
A vigorous effort will be made to
discover the whereabouts of the men
as every union inan throughout the
country has constituted himself a
detective to search for them. They
will seek employment at some glass
works, and in this way it is thought
they will be found.
If the statement of President Eber-
hardt be true, that the Cunard line
brought the seven blowers back again
to this country, the Cupard Company
will lay itself open to prosecution by
the Government authorities. The
men were first brought over on the
Umbria, of the Cunard line. They
were put aboard the same vessel on
its return trip, and when it had pro.
ceeded a dozen miles down the harbor
they were taken aboard of tug and
returned to New York. The Custom
authorities we're on the look out, how
ever, and the seven men were again
captured and placed on board of
another steamship at the expense of
the Cunard line, which returned them
to the old country.
This conduct on the part of the
company aroused so much ire among
the Government authorities that q
resolution of inquiry was introduced
in Congress at the time directing the
Secretary of the Treasury to inquire
into the facts, with the view of retaliat-
ng on the company by closing all the
ports of the United States to the
Umbria. The Cunard people made
haste to write long letter to Secre
tary Window explaining matters, and
after that the resolution of inquiry
cropped out of sight.
The Record thinks that the report
is given some color by the fact that
Frank Bodine, of the Cohansey Glass,
Works, and one of the Whitney's of
Glassboro, are at present in Europe. A
PIONEER reporter interviewed a num-
ber of local giassworkers concerning
the matter, and the majority were en-
tirely Indifferent concerning the mat
ter. One gentleman who is very we'll
posted in matters pertaining to the
trade, is of the opinio that the Record
story is published for political effect.
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