The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-07-27
The Long Glnss Strike.

II is now stated that there is no
foundation for. tho rumor that an as
ssssment on United States Glass stock
was ever contemplated. The teieuds Of
the com pany are authority for tho state.
monts tina. the rumorS are the outcome
Of the fight with labor unions; that 1t
would be impossible to levy and collect
al assessment unless after q roorGaniza.
ton OF tho company. and that "the
endorsement Of tho present manage
lnent Is evidence that no reorganization
is probable.
The endorsement of tho present man.
agement referred to is the approval by
tho stockholders Of tho United States
Glass Company of the policy Of Presi-
dent Ralph BagalOy IN operating the
factories Of the company with non-
union workmen, and incident thereto
are published some Of the details OF
tho strike which has been in progress
for year and which has already cost
the Flint Glass Workers Union tho
SUM Of $4,000, besides tho loss OF
nearly a years wages. These details
are thus briefly stated in Pittsburgh
dispatch TO the New York Erening Post:
Tha United States Company is the largcst glass
corporation Iu the country. aud bus dozen
factories Ia Pittsburgh, Ia OHIO. and about
Wheeling. ". Va Mr. BaGseY became com
uertei with the company one year ago anh itn'
IAEdIatGly Opposed OrEnGtzed labor. lie Is better
known Ia TIC llnanelal world ~ the leading man
IN The Westinghouse Air Brake Company. The
light against the United state, Company was be-
,Ell last July, and the ,60J or more men H.
VOWED in tho StTtko have received weekly h@t.
port from their union ever Encc. thG married
men being allotted seven dOlllrs week ind tho
single men hVe dollars. When Lhu strike went
Into elect, this uniOn had In Its possession
abOut $lJU.VCO, and It Is knOwn that consider
able part was expended III carrying OH tue con
test aud besides ali Of the local uaionS In
America, including Canada. whose members
WGrs ut work during the last ifU were assessed
20 much per week. Although tho men contend
that tho company has failed 70 operate It's plants
with any 1OgrVG Of success. tho officials say thcy
have, aud that furthermore II Is not the tnlcn'
ton 10 recognize the union at tne next are or
any other.
Much Of the unions money was spent In buy
Other cities BY tho hundrcd:. and IL paying
thelr fares howe aSaim. majority 81 the P1S3s.
Durgn strikers ar0 living very ChehpIy III DIG
camp on tho river bank ~ Homestead 10 save
strike benefits for their families. who remain in
Pittsburgh. The non.union men arc housed aud
fed inside tic Pittsburgh factories.
Owing to the tenacisy with which
both sides arc holding out, as we'll MS
owing to the issue involved, tho strike
is regarded as one OF the most rcmark'
able labor struggles occurring in recent
years. Though the mon who arc fight
ing for tho recognition OF their union
show no, sigus Of yielding, the recent
action OF the stockholders docs not in.
dictate that there will be any surrender
on their part President Bagaley's
course was approved by his reelection
to the presidency, and following 1t
came tho adoption Of resolutions in
structipg the officers to operate the
factories strictly non-union, and in the
event OF that becoming impossible to
close them.
1t may DO fairly Concluded, in view
Of this latter action, that tho glasa
workers SEQ little hope OF winning the
long struggle which they have engaged
in SO braveIy and ut such cost to
themselves.