Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-08-22
no BIZ DISCONTINUED.
The MANUFACTURE OF SANITARY WARE
TO STOP INDEFINITELY,
Unless the Men Agree TO Abids BY a Scale
Of Prices Based On an Average
Of Trenton Wages.

It will be a matter Of regret to all In
dus,rial Wheeling and many business
interests as well to learn that the man
ufacture OF sanitary ware in the city is
to be abandoned. That is the outlook
at present.
The new sanitary factory OF the
Wheeling Pottery Company, at the
old Wheeling pottery plant, on the South
Side, will probably never turn wheel
again in the manufacture of sanitary
ware. Less than month ago the plant
was newly equipped by the company at
great expense, and second
TO none in the United
States in size and modern appliances,
was started under prosperous conditions
and with q bright outlook The men
went on a strike in less than two weeks,
claiming that in other cities and towns
where sanitary ware was made, the en-
-ployes made On average fifteen per
cunt. more than they were making.
The REGISTER exclusively mentioned
the fact that the men had decided 10
strike the next morning after the deciS-
ION was made, and az that time gave
full particulars as to the labor differ
encss. The prediction was made, TOO,
that the work would probably be aban-
doned, aud now the prediction has
proved true.
When the works were on In full they
were TO employ two hundred persons. at
the time of the strike bat one hundred
hands were employed, owing TO the fact
that the plant was not well teGted, nor
the first principles OF sthe manufacture
OF sanitary ware sufficiently progressed
TO put on the full force.
The following communication from
one high In authority at the new works,
will explain the exact situation, and
the reason why the Wheeling Pottery
Co., has decided to abandon the manu-
iacture of ware at the plant:
WHEELING, W. VA, August 81.
40 The kditor or ne RsHS,s=:
'Sir;-The new Sanitary Factory of
the old Wheeling Pottery Company,
which was renovated and remodeled at
great expense, for the making OF SAM.
tary ware, and for which modelling and
matchmaking have been going on for
months, is now prepared to make as
fine a line OF sanitary ware as any lead
ing sanitary establishment in the coun-
try. IL will be remembered that q start
was made on the 9Th Of the pres
ent month. The men worked one full
week, aud then stopped.
"a committee waited on the manager,
Herbert Machin, telling him they could
no longer work at the price given, as It
was below the Trenton price list, and as
President Franzheim was not at the
factory they asked the manager TO pre-
sent their case TO him on his return, as
they could not stay in town on account
OF the expense. While the company
was not paying the Trenton price list,
they were paying a good
average price, now paid in Trenton.
IL will be understood better when IL Is
explained that the working price list
now in force in Trenton, n. j., is paid
only to one-third OF the men. At the
very outside, not more than one'half get
IL, the balance working at very great
reduction, employer and workman both
keeping the transaction as secret as
possible, il being TO the employers In
terest 10 do so; also to the workman's,
for be would be called "scab." The
men are willing to abide by this, as ii is
either that or be out Of work aud let
some other fellows take their places.
IL is this pernicious practice that is
causing all the trouble here, the
men thinkinc hat II they work for any
thing less than the list they are scab-
bling, while, on the other hand, Presi-
dent FranZheim is willing to pay fair
average, based on the man that gets the
full list price aud the man that is work
Ing for less, saying that he cannot az
ford to pay more for the work than
they pay in Trenton for the same class
of work.
1.-The sanitary business is now to be
abandoned. c.