Bridgeton pioneer., 1892-08-18
THE GLASS BUSINESS.
Encouraging Prospects in South
Jersey.

Jersey.
The result reached by the various
conference committees of the manu-
facturers and workmen last week gave
some idea as to the resumption CT
work in the glass business in the fall.
The signing of the scale by the
manufacturers and workers. confer
ence committees in Pittsbnrg applies
only to the Western district, but there
is no doubt of successful settlement
in the Eastern and Northern districts.
No changes in the wages have been
asked for in any of the districts, but
the recent Window-glass Workers
Convention passed new working rules,
all of which were agreed to at the con-
ference last week.
A meeting of the Eastern Window
Glass Workers. Wage Committee and
the Manufacturers Committee will
probably be held in Philadelphia this
week, when the scale for the next
blast will be signed and an early re-
sumption is looked for. Stocks are
very light in the East, some firms hav-
ing no stock on hand at all, and many
manufacturerers are anxious to resume
work September 1st. Preparations
are being made for q general resump-
ton throughout Eastern Pennsylvania
and Southern New Jersey early in
September. At Malaga the two eight
pot factories will be operated by
Butcher & Go who recently purchased
the works. This plant has not been
in operation for several years.
At Bridgeton brisk season is an
ticipated. There are five eight-pot
furnaces and the Cohansey Glass Com.
pany's tank, equal to six eight.pot
furnaces, in this city, and it is ex-
pected that all of them will be in blast
early in the season. The prospects for
an early resumption at Woodbury. are
not very bright, aud the same may be
said of the tank at Glassboro' and the
window glass factories in Millville. In
Wilmington, Del, the Christiana Glass
Company has hired it's blowers, and
will resume work in its two eight-pot
furnaces September 1st. The nine big
window glass factories in Baltimore,
Md, are also preparing to resume.
A satisfactory settlement between
the flint glass manufacturers and
workers throughout the country has
also been agected. The wage scales in
all the branches have been signed,
consequently, mo trouble is anticipated.
The price list is practically the same
as last year, with a few exceptions. In
the prescription branch the workmen
have succeeded in obtaining 10 per
cent. advance in wages on all classes
of spring snap ware and four per
cent. increase on grinding ware.
Wages have also been slightly ad-
vanced on some articles manufactured
in the chimney branch. Blowers in
wooden mould and tube drawing fac.
tories were granted permission to re-
sumo work by the National Union
August 10. and one factory started up
in Millville on that day.
Several flint factories in Philadelphia
will 60 into blast to-day, and T. G.
Wheaton & Co., Millville, will resume
work in their wooden mould depart
ment August %. Tie prescription
factories throughout the country will
start up September 1st. Some heavy
orders have been given out during the
summer stop and good season is looked
for. The demand for table ware is not
so brisk and large stocks have been
carried over from the last blast.
No trouble over the wage-scale is
anticipatee by the green glass manu-
factnrers. In fact, no important
changes in last years list are asked for
by the men, and the manufacturers
seem satisfied with last years wage
scale. The most important change in
working rules asked for by the men is
proposition to abolish Saturday night
work Ia continuous tanks. Heretofore
on continuous tanks green glass blow
ers have worked until midnight on
Saturdays, and they want this system
abolished.
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