New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-19
THE GREAT GLASS WAR.
HOSTIIITIES CARRIED INTO SOCIETY, The
CHURCH AND THE FAMILY.
LABOR TROUBLES CAUSING REsIGNAIloNo fRoN
CHURCHES AND BREAKING OF MARRIAGE
ENGAQEMEyTs-sOUTHER NEWER
sEYIS A STATE OF SOCIAL AND
INDU STRIAL CHAOS.

INDUSTRIAL CHAOS
Camden. ~ j., Jan. Is (SpcciaD.-The present
strike-or lockout of the green glass blowers Of south
Jersey the longest on record and the most desperate
seems no nearer settlement than WIN fires were
drawn AT the end Of the season last June. Although
the manufacturers at Glassboro. Clayton Nhlahls
town and Bridseton have made efforts TO resume
operations with blowers and apprentices the
idle worllmcn confident that they VIII ultimately
win in the contest particularly the time l. ap
preaching for the reception of heavy spring oiuerS
Both sides SEEM however. strong as ever in their
stand against each other and to an outsider inc pros
pect of a speedy settlement is remote indeed
The Introduction of non union blowers and the en-
ployment Of numerous apprentices on the terms Vi
the manufacturers have led to serious complications
in some of the towns, and the hostile attitude OF TIE
idle men has produced state of affairs bordering on
anarchy 1t has been difficult indeed Tor inc cooici
counselors of the wOrkngmen TO curb the hothcduou
and radical men who believe in force 10 gain what e9
deem their rights. The differences between ehpioSc
and employer are being carried into every phase VI
life every avenue Of trade and even social ana rcHsio"s
circles In many towns business is practically at
standstlI II tradesmen serve scabs,' as they are
called the striking men and their 1anlieS poS,V''
their shops. while. the other hand they VIII Io'e
the trade of those men who are at worn nv
scarcty of money among families VINO nave pccn
accustomed 10 having a plentiful supply, especialN
lbrough the glass season, has produced cohpe'c
stacnation that is felt throughout the Whole southern
part of the state. Actual necessities are oo'dieu
with the weekly allowance from the Assembly Oh lhe
knights of Labor TO which the men belong but the
difference between 80 TO So per day and ana that
,nuch ner week is so wide that in many cases suffering
has resulted Only the mild weather has prevented
serious suffering from the deprivation consequent
upon the stoppaee of wages. As it Is many blowers
families find it difficult TO exist upon theH medSro
allowances
The condition OF affairs has several times assumed
an alarming aspect particularly at Glassboro where
the authorities have had serious difficulty IN MAIN
tanning order. There have been several riotous
demonstrations and more than one GlaSsboro house
bears evidence of the dis pleasure of the ockedout men
for the action Of its "Scab" occupant. VINO had gone
10 work in Whitney Brothers works. one of these
bouscs on the northern edge of the town. Is that
occupied lev Calvin Chew and his family The front
door bears the indentations of sundW bricks Wilic
the shutters show numerous other marks OF DOM
bardment by night. Chew was foreman OF the Grlhu-
nC room al the WhitneyS' works. Nheh uIe HFH
made efforts to secure and apprentices to 60 TO
work Chew went about the country looking up hands'
He was quite successful and then openly boosted oil
his influence. lie became very obnoxious TO the men
and was snubbed in the social circle IN when nc
and his family had moved. lie was an active deVout
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. and he
and his wife were teachers in the sunday school
which his four children attended. When he went to
work with the nonunion men he secured, he got q
very cold shoulder in the church circle ana Ms
class Of boys stayed away from the sunday -S'loo"
crisis rapidly approached and one sunday moTI,im-
SUPERINTENDENT Lufiberry, of the SUNDAY school MIN
self striking blower approac he'd Chew, SaNlhS
Brother Chew, don't you THINK 1t would De pe III
under the circumstances, for YOU 10 WlIhuI"" H""
If my good Christian brethren think it best re
plied Chew, ~ I'll withdraw"
Chew and his wife promptly r d 1o a iap to
Start scaS' sunday-schoo
several weddings that we're to have taken place ,
poncd Courtshps have been cut short NV
he necessity Of r S2 opSsd 70 H Hs S SRs '
youth such carriage hire the attehGancSS o o t
eranments and and EVf fhe 'p pS6 donation
parties have been few as his salary ma. been ul
@scab5 and union mems families has been carried
even into the public schools. where the teachers nave
iGS II Bcys at play on the streets get into petty
quarrels, the union, boys utterly refusing 10 nave
4 very pathetic incident showing this dIvercence
had its culmin9on in the death 81 pe,ty anna tnnic
was the daughter Of John Lawrence. who FOR YEAR ,d
been blower in iodine Thomas Coz WORKS KID bnd
Fifhian' Young blower from Clayton. miles ca,
of Wiamstown, had been paving his address 10
her driving over at Least iTioe Wee ~ t Varied
up of their factories last week with ola haHG
Fithian was among those who went to work. ne let
the necessity Of working IN view OF the iacl I1 ~ mn
wedding day had been positively set FOR January IT, ~
the preparations had been made. Fithiaq drove over
on Thursday night Of last week with light heart an1
bu0ydnt
greeting he was met at the front gate by stern John
Lawrence with:
So you've gone in. eh p
"Yes: had 10 90 to work; mother was SICK anc
needed 50 much replied young Fhla an. nan,
Well there. room for sCab here. Dont
come here again. It's all between you and my
Annie"
The young lovers entrcaues were useless. lie was
compelled to drive sadly back to CLAYTON. ON Mon
day the death Of pretty Annie Lawrence was an
nOunced. She had been suffering with pneumonia,
and when her father made known to her that the
wedding was of She sank rapidly and never rallied
The loss Of other towns. however, j. MlNlIr~ gam.
Whitall Tatum d Co.. who operate doulilc~ the larg-
est works in the Eastern District never joined the
Manufacturers Association and at the beginning o me
present fire. signed the blowers scale. They nave
been working full time ever since. orders cro"dlg
in on them 81 fast that they cannot keep pace with
them. They have taken on blowers from the other
and increased their facilities, but stll they get
behind in their work. that they are now considering
the ACCESSIBILITY Of sin further increasing their cala-
city. II has given MillVilc such business boom
as it had scarcely hoped to and the residents
very content
CHARGES AGAINST THE REV. DIR BEALE DENIED
JohnstOwn. Penn. Jan. 15.-SOme Of the dispatches