The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-03-22
U. $. GLASS nuMol,s
Hun Down nnd Dcnicd-BelIsyod Tint Al
Factories Will iis Closed Down PundinI

Hun Down mud Deuicd-iielisysd Tint All
Fnctorios VIII iis Closed Down Pending
Reorganization.
PlrrsnuDdn. Pa. March ol.-Sovcral
rumors woro In circulation to.day ro-
garding tho resignation OF Ralph Bag.
caloy, Of tho United States Glass Com.
pany. Ono was that the ex.prosidont
had boon asked to resign by the direc.
tors. In order to got tho facts call was
made 1t the general otllco Of the com.
pany, on tho South Sido, whore tho new
president, u. q. Ripley. was seen.
When told OF tho rumor In connection
with tho resignation Of Mr.. Daggaley he
expressed himself rs being surprised,
and said that il such was tho case he
did not know 1t. MIR. Ripley said that
although the newspapers had reported
that MIR. Bnggaley was In Florida for
his health, no was at tho Duqueane
club, confined by his illness, and is
there at present. When asked why the
ex-president had not been at tho meet
ing OF tho board he said Dir. Bacgaley
Nhs uieh hhA uuhuNo W lchNO NIB tOulII.
Mr.. Ripley virtually admitted that he
and Mr.. Baggaley did not exactly think
alike in the management Of the ailaira
OF the company. but his succeeding Mr..
Baggaley would mako no difference.
They would not recognise the union, Us
the present employees were giving tho
bost Of satisfaction. ,f. N.
ln connection with tho report It " be.
lieved by the workers that all tho iacto.
ries controlled by the United States
Company will be closed before tho end
OF the week. When all have been shut
down they bolievo the work OF reorgani.
lation will be commenced, aud that ono
OF the plans proposed 10 recognition Of
the union. Assistant Secretary W. J.
Clare. OF the American Flint Glass
Workers union, said there were 1900
members locked out by the strike. They
were employed in tho press. iron mold,
matchmaking, ongravlnga and cutting de.
partments. These arc the only branches
operated by tho United States Com.
pany. They started out with ten facto-
ries, but not moro than five are now in
operation.
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Mr.. Bacgaley felt confident that the
men would yield within three months.
The lockout has lasted nearly two
years, and the men are apparently as
determined as ever. Mr.. Glare says
tina. during the long lockout the associ.
alton has only lost eleven members.
Tho companv's works have been opera
tod by non.union men. Some OF the
locked out mon, firing OF await.
ing settlement, bought the plant Of
Challinor & Hogan. OF Tarantum, which
was damaged by fire. 1t has been re-
built. and will soon be in operation on
prescription ware. Most OF the men
intere,ted in this enterprise arc those
who were employed at the factory OF
Flaccus d Co.. where u reduction OF
wages was ordered several months ago.
The Duncan factory OF the United States
Glass Company. on the South Side,
which was destroyed by fire, has never
been rebuilt.
President W. 7. Smith and Secretary
John kunzler, OF tho American Flint
Glass Workers Union, have gone to
Philadelphia. 1t is said at headquar.
ters that they have been summoned to
settle some disputes in eastern factories,
but the trouble has no connection with
the United States Glass Company.