New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-09
w0R6IyGMEN And C0-OPERATIoM
SEVERAL GLASS AND IRON PLANTS IN l'H ~ 10
WrRG DISTRICT RECENTLY STARTED Wv
THE COOPERATIVE PLAN

THE COOPERATIVE Plan
p,,,shnrg Dee : (specaD.-A fever of cooper
attain in manufacturing enterprises appears 10 nave
,ot1cd mon this great labor centre Recently sew
49,. and iron plants have been started on
-, narrative basis A cooperative society "mch
/ had hecn successfully operating grocery s'o'''
l. now engaged in building homes for It's mehioet' D
/ Co-operation appears to be popular just no"' ~
w,thstanding the failure of the cooperative o''o"S
at Topolobampo Mexico. III WIN" many
ers suffered financial loss -
The strikers from the Flaceus ana o'he' S''
,c,orios have organized cooperative compan!
Win 4 capital stock Of $4,000. and have purchase
an idle factory at Tarentum. which had peen n"o"
70 the trade as Factory c OF the Ihteu o'''''
class company The United States "laSs oo''-
many. singular to relate. has been ens"seu 'o' -
ro,r and a half in an attempt 10 ron-uhioh'%e al
ito factories I'm Western Pennsylvania WEST '"
int, and ohio IL could not secure enough men u
rup some OF it's factories. including the lareh'"''
and two Wheeling (W. Na) plants, ana the pun
chase Of the latter by the striking employees vi "s
United Jtates Company has been seriously '''
cussed. ,,,, miami,
The Tarentum factory is t"o-lurh"oe p""'
'., ,n,,ave.pot capacity and the product Is
,ahIs.ware The plant partially destroyed pS
fire some time ago. and Tarentum business me"
subscribed literally to assist IN the orsan'N"'o"
OF the cooperative company 10 put INC PAM ~
proper shape. ,,.
Ex-amplp\eS
are Lui,dng a tweve-pot flint prescription glass
@a,,or,. ., Wittmer station. on the Pittsburg and
Western Railroad which will be run on the CO.
onera,ve plan. Glass workers from Washihs'on'
penn Will establish factory AT rairmoh'. W.
Va 4 cooperative glass factory at SiX-Mhe-hun'
ON the Monongahela River. is in steady operation
A co-operative glass concern has been running d,
rochester Penn for nearly twenty years. and
SEVERAL months ago iron-workers leased an IDLE
mill at Hubbard. OHIO. and started TO run II IN con-
iunction with the owner and on the percentage
plan ,,.
The Bellamy Cooperative Associa,Oh' OF berA-
hoover borough this allegheny county as might
be suspected by the title. has the backing OF the
fev ponulist leaders OF this community. The corner
stone of the first house built by the ASSOCIATION
Was laid on November g. Speeches were maze ny
Thomas l.. Grundy and s Duncan Harms the latter
millionaire and candidate for Congress on rt me
Pnpulist ticket at the late election Receiving H'
ulousy small number OF votes: =, pauamv.s
book Edward White was the organizer anu ~ -
composed of fifteen ''full' members co-opera'Hg
grocery was opened In Washlh h os a''r com
goods sold at per cent aDove cosS ran ,
mlttee of three members constitutes the man
d"rsion to build houses Mr.. White agreed to take
the societys certificates In exchange ,or io 1h ~
eround al the corner of Sixth and Myrtle SITS Johh
Beckert. who owns stone quarry JOINER f ,,e hI
cston and agreed to accept certlncates LOT ouliu
Ing StoH me- rTo u nnasr he same Conditions All
workmcn paid at the rate OF - cents pc, 'ou ~,
same az four hours labor The building VIII d., DE-
rented upon completion. The tenant Will propaoly
no a member of the association. The occupant or
the house will pay. an amount SUFFICIENT 10 cover
the fixed charges" taxes nre insurance v anu re-
nairs) also a comparatively small rental When tne
rental amounts to the actual cost OF construction
the tenant gets a life lease on the property but
the deed for the property remains In the name OF
the assoc alton one tenant Will continue 10 pay the
cay cd charges There are large number OF asso
ciate members but they deprived or votes IL Is
said that Mr. White Is ready to furnish the ground
for n second house The managers or the building
enterprise are the six trustees VI the association.