The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-03

Little Prospect of Factories Starting
Oct. 15, as Scheduled.


Special to the indianapolis Journal
HARTFORD CITY, Ind, Oct. 1.-The
prospect is slight that the window-glass fac
tories of the country will resume Oct. Is.
The deadlock between the manufacturers
and fatteners and cutters which was ex-
pected to be broken this week remains the
same. both sides being firmly set in their
demands. The conference with either trade
is expected daily, but the indication for an
early settlement is not favorable. The fiat
teners are demanding an increase in wages
out of proportion to that granted the blow
ers and gatherers. The manufacturers are
willing to grant the cutters demands but
say they cannot as it is a fraction greater
than the proportional advance and would
give the fatteners good grounds to insist
their demands and at the same time get
the manufacturers in trobule with L. A. 300.
which would insist on the OBJ
servance of the proportional advance. 1t
will probably take longer than Oct. Is to
adjust matters. President James A. Cham
bers, of the American Glass Association,
has notified the glass industries that II cut
ters and flatteners continue to reject the
manufacturers offer they will have to block
or remove the fires already started. Presi-
dent Chambers says the combine and in
according to the agreement between them
and l.. A. 900. If no settlement be reached
by Oct Is the trust will hold everyone back
until is made.
A directors meeting of the combine was
held Tuesday, but the wage scale was not
discussed. AT the annual meeting which Is
held Oct. II at Camden, N. j., number
of new firms will join the combine, among
them being the Jones twelve-pot factory
now being erected in this city: Baur Win
dow-glass Company, thirty blowers; Eaton.
Bell Window-glass Company, thirty blow
ers; Farmount, Gem and Bates, each
twelve pots Dunkirlx and b. f. Gurker, ten
pot furnace at Marion. There are now six
ty-six cooperative pots in operation and
the remainder of the cooperative plants
will not start before Oct. Is because they
are unable to get in running order before
that time.
President Cake, of the FlattenerS Asso-
clation, has taken a firm stand against the
blowers and gatherers. He says: THE
whole fight now is whether the flatteners
of this country are going to allow the blow
eTs and gatherers to dictate what wages
they shall receive. We do not propose to
let Simon Burns and his men have anything
whatever to do with our settlement, and
there is where the fight will come in. II
the Window-glass Workers Association has
anything whatever to do with the wages
of the members of the Flatteners' Associa-
ton then 1t is time for US TO quit. If Simon
Burns wins out and succeeds in debating
to us what we shall receive then 1 win be In
favor of disbanding our organization and
letting every fiattener in the country make
nm individual agreement with the manufac-
turer We want only the restoration of our
for Ter relations and corresponding adj
vance with that given the blowers and gath
erers. Therefore we believe that our claims
are just. Every fiattener in the country has
money enough TO be able to remain out
until Jan. /. The organization also has
funds to stand for time and keep all the
men. but we do not propose TO pay out any
money during this struggle for relief pur-
poses. We will keep that for next year for
/ am convinced that there will he but little
glass made during 1S99-l900 Everything
points that way and we are preparing for
IT.
President Simon Burns and other L. A. 500
officials filed their answer Tuesday
TO the suit Instituted by Treasurer schlicker
and others, The answer denies the legality