Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-16
CONFERRED In VAIN.
Window Glass Workers and Makers
Again Meet Without Settling.
G. E. MOORE LEAVES JEANETTE.
He Resigns the Managership of the Fac
tory to Follow J. N. Chambers.
TIMED PLATE BECOMING COSTLY

The window glass trade is providing in
teresting developments at this time. The
matter of the wage question is still unset.
tied, another conference of the sub-com-
mittees held yesterday failing to supply q
solution of the difficulty. George E. Moore
has resigned the managership of the Cham
bers-McKee Glass Company, having so mott
fed the President of the company yester-
day. simultaneously with this is the an
pouncement that John Jones, of New
Castle, Pa, is to take Mr.. Moore's place
In addition is the statement of Mr.. James
Chambers that his new glass factory will be
an accomplished fact The late manager of
the Jeanette plant will be at the head of
the operative forces.
The subcommittee of the respective
sides met yesterday afternoon at the Office of
R. G. Schmertz & Co., Linn. There were
present in behalf of the manufacturers
Messrs. Chambers, Letter and J. f. Hart,
of Muncie; and on behalf of the workers,
Messrs. John Eberhart, Swearer and Win
ters. The conference adjourned without
making progress toward settlement of the
difficulty. The sentiment of the Pittsburg
manufacturers is adverse to a concession of
the per cent increase to the gatherers, and
in favor of holding out until the other side
agrees to ferego its demands and settle on
something like last years demands. On the
other hand there is anything but unanimity
among the workers.
NO LONG STRIKE Is PROBABLE.
The stand taken by the craftsmen is al
most entirely in support of an increase in
wages to the gatherers, and since the other
workers, notably the blowers, do not profit
by it, they are inclined to chafe at the coa-
tipued enforced idleness. This is one of the
reasons given for the statement that no seri-
GUS strike will grow out of the difficulty,
and that the men will resume at the old
scale. AS far as the real feeling of the Pitts
burg manufacturers can be gauged, they are
determined to wait until the men are ready
to return at the old rate. 1t is trial of
strength between the two forces. The
makers are not anxioRs to fire up, as busi-
ness is not over good. Stocks in deale =
hands are large; makers generally are carry
ing good supplies, and very slow move
ment of goods to consumers has the effect of
creating an Indifference among manufactur-
ers as to an increased rate on resumption of
work.
George E. Moore's resignation of the
Jeanette management will be generally
discussed. The causes are not far to seek.
Mr.. Moore and Mr.. Chambers have been
friends for the last % years, and when Mr..
Chambers decided to withdraw from the
company and start a new factory Mr.. Moore
did not take long to make up his mind on
joining his fortunes with his lifelong
friend. By those who are acquainted with
the feeling at Jeanette it is said that the
best men in the factory are ready to follow
the late president as soon as his new plant
is ready.
MIR. CHAMBERS NEW PLANT.
sJack" Jones, who will succeed to the
management of the Chambers Mckee Com
pany, is well known in the trade. He has
been for many years manager of the Knox,
Fouetz & Co. s plant, at New Castle, and is
a man of experience. Both Mr.. Moore and
Mr.. Jones were in town yesterday. Mr.
Jones had come down from New Castle in
lost no time in filling the place vacated by
Mr. Moore.
Mr.. James Chambers said yesterday he
was busy looking up site for the new
plant. He had been offered many, but the
location was an important point which de-
manded much care. He said there wasn't
any doubt at all about his project coming
out ON top. He had the nucleus for a COM
pany and as soon as he had secured the
ground operations would go ahead. The
factory would be the tank system. Mr..
Chambers could not understand what was
meant by the sale of his stock being inter
fered with. He refers to it in another
column,