The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-01-24
NON-UNION WORKERS
Roach the Buckeye Factory With
out Any Disorder.
ARE COMFORTABLY CHARTERED.
Glass viii Probably be Made To.
morrow-now tho Men we're Trans.
fcrrcd from Wheeling to tho Fac.
tory Yesterday Morning-Gcnoral
Expectation ct Trouble.

Tho arrival Of the n~on.union glass
workers for tho Buckeye glass works,
exclusively published in yesterdays
lSrELLiGEScER, created considerable OK.
element in Martins Ferry. aud there
were many rumors as to what tho out.
come would be, somo predicting blood.
ohed, while others thought there was
no occasion Tor such talk.
Manager Alox. Humphrey. Of the
Buckeye, marched hi, men into the
works without any medication what.
over. In fact no demonstration oc.
CURED from the ,imo the party left
Pittsburgh aud other points until tho
works were reached.
Most OF the new men are from Pitts.
burgh. Tho others arc from Washing.
ton, Pa. Wellsburg and Fairnont. and
about all OF them are native Americans.
Thrco OF the Pittsburgh contingent did
not show up, and q couple Of the party
were missing when the train reached
Wheeling. Those who got on at Wash.
ingson made up for these, aud several
came from Fairmont, Tho party that
spent'a part Of the night at tho st.
Charles, In Wheeling, left here yester.
day lmorning at 0 o'clock, with Mr..
Humphrey In charge. The original
plan was to 90 to bridgeport on the first
electric car. thence to Martins Ferry on
the Cos train on the Cleveland & Pitts.
burgh railroad, but instead Of doing
this they crossed on tho ierryboat to
the Island, wen. to Bridgeport in an
electric car, Transferred there aud made
the trip to Martins Ferry in an electric
car on tho Ohio line, in charge OF Con-
duclor William Burns, all oil which was
done rs smoothly as clock work, The
party lett the electric car at the corner
Of First and Locust streets, and quietly
marched up Frat street TO tho Buckeye.
a distance Of three blocks. every man
being on the lookout for an assault, but
nothing OF this kind occurred.
Alter the electric car reached Mar.
tins Ferry the conductor said to the
J motosmau: Look out for hi when
you get up town II the ~Slassworkers arc
on guard" He had caught on to the
fact that Mr.. Humphrey was In tow
aud his men were en- route for the
Buckeye glass works.
On Tuesday night the ISrELLiGEScER
learned OF the coming OF the men and
had one OF it's representatives to accom-.
pany the crowd from Wheeling to the
works because Of the trouble expected.
Very few people knew how the non.
union people were coming or just when
they would arrive, consequently there
was no organized effort to assault them.
The local G~lassworkers and sympa,
thizers had been ~ oil night, watch
ING every possible avenue by which the
men could come, and it is said that q
number OF them were on First stree,
only a few minutes before tho arrival,
and several wero within a block or SC
when the men did arrive, and this il
how the march was stolen on them.
THE non.uniouists were taken 10 the
works so quickly and quietly that the
union glaaswotkers could hardly believe
that they were really inside. A repor.
was in circulation on Tuesday night
10 the effect that the steamer, Little
Bill" which took the Pinkertons 10
Homestead, wa coming from Pitts.
burgh with n load OF men, and would
arrive before daylight. This created
considerable excitement.
In connection with the same rumor i.
was said that the Washington glass,
workers and others had gone to Pitts
burgh, and joined the Pittsburgh
crowd, aud were all coming together,
aud that the boat would stop ut Wells,
burg for other non.union men there.
Every incoming train. steamboat and
electric car was watched both day and
night, Tor a week or more. and over
covered wagons aud hacks were scrutin.
lzod. This is still kept up.
The furnace was fred up last week
aud is about ready for turning on,
glass. A mixer has boon secured to
take the place OF the one who lott and
the frat glass will probably be made to.
morrow. The management say they
expect 10 have everything runnin
satisfactorily by the first OF next weel;
and that they are receiving applica,
lions every day for work from men.
some OF whom arc employed elsewhere,
and that they believe they can get al
the people they need. They say that
n large number OF persons who are idle
are very anxious to work and some OF
these say they are greatly in need Of it
Quito n number OF Martins Ferry
neoplo are already at work and many
have been promised positions in no way
affected by the union, n number to take
their former Jobs. One Of tho manage,
mont stated yesterday that no believed
they could ret ten perSons Tor mos,
jobs in the works.
A few years ago whom Martins Ferry
was booming aud when tho Buckeye
was ruuine to It's fullest { capacity, 1t paid
out in wages u. high as $4,000 in two
weeks.
There arc many glass workers in
Wheeling and Martins Ferry who say
tho buckeye is being backed in its non,
union experiment BY the U. S. COMPANY.
and that it 10 merely au effort to break
tho ice aud enable that company to
start up their two Wheeling factories
n%on-union.
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