Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1891-08-27
AMONG GLASS WORKERS.
THE WINDOW GLASS TRADE
UNSETTLED.
Hollow Trade Good and FactO-
rles To start Early. Flint
Trade Lively.

Trade Lively.
The Ledge1's correspondent at Mill
vile writes The settlement of the
scale ia the green glass trade points to
an early start in the factories. An
unusually busy season is anticipated,
and the fact that the Eastern manu-
facturers asked for the conference with
the workers wage committee conveys
the impression that they have plenty
of orders on hand and are anxious to
get to work and fill them. Fires are
under furnaces in many Eastern glass
towns and most of the green glass
factories will be ready to start up on
Septe mber 1st. Four large factories
in this city will be ready to start up on
that date, and two more are being
rushed to completion and will go into
blast as soon as they are finished.
Craven Bros. and the Alva Glass Co. !,
Salem, have fires under the pots in
their furnaces, also Baker and Swim
dell, the big Baltimore firms.
All the Southern fact ories at Allan
ia and Tallapoosa, Ga, are getting
ready. Their agents have been
through South Jersey hiring blowers
and a large number have started South
from this city and other towns. Two
new green glass factories are also pro-
jected in South jersey at Vine
land and the other at Port Norris.
The green glass workers have made a
big point in getting Brookheld's works
at Brooklyn, N. Y, back into their
union. 1t is reported that negotia
tions are in progress that will result in
several other non-union factories COM
ing again under under uuion regula :
tions.
Nothing is settled yet in the window
glass trade. A meeting of the Eastern
Wage committee was to have been
held in this city last week, but was
postponed for some unexplained rea-
son. No South Jersey manufacturers
have yet expressed desire to sign the
scale, and delay to sign the scale is
said to be caused not so much by dis
inclination to sign, but for the purpose
of allowing few large manufacturers
to work off heavy stocks carried
through the summer. Most of the
small manufacturers have no stock or
hand and will be ready to start up as
NO ool la ir 1oI ic
sible that there will be no general re-
sumption in the window-glass branch
before September Is, and some place
the date as far ahead as October 1st.
Important Developments are expected
in a few days, however, that may
change the situation and cause an
earlier start.
Everything is settled in the flint
trade and work has been resumed In
many Of the shade and prescription
factories. On Monday the tableware
factories ia Pitteburg and throughout
the West Will start up.
While the last season has been
duil one In the glass business through
out the country, the manufacturers
have had another heavy item of loss
in the destruction of glass plants by
fire. 1t is estimated that nearly $780,
900 worth of glass house property was
consumed by fire The largest indivi-
dual loss was that of the Illinois Glass
Company, Alton, $127, 7,OO0 Two New
Jersey firms suffered by the flames,
the Fairton Glass Company, $1,000 and
Craven Bros, Salem, $4,000. Nearly
every plant destroyed was fully in
sured, but when loss of time and stop
page in business is considered the
losses to manufacturers and workmen
reach still higher figure.