Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-19
STRIKE SITUATION
At the Glass Works Is Unchanged Await
Ing Developments.

The situation at the Hoyal GLASS
works still remains unchanged. The
employees say that they win fight their
cause with never a sign of yielding
until a decision has been arrived at
from the central Office of the Flint
Glass Workers Union at Pittsburg.
In Wednesdays Leader the state
ment of the management's side Of the
question was given. The striking
glass workers were interviewed yester-
day and the situation as understood
by them is given below:
The officials of the union here say
that the attempt on the part of the
National Glass Co. to classify decant-
ers as catsuc bottles is but the cul-
mination of an effort of long standing
to have the men go out. They deny
without any reservation whatever the
statement of the management that no
notice of the impending strike was
given by the glass workers. They say
that committee was appointed for
the purpose of laying their grievance
before the officers of the Royal Glass
Company. The committee was disre-
garded, and Mr.. McElhern, a member
of the executive committee of the
Flint Glass Workers Union. was en-
tirely ignored. They say that they
agreed to work the catsup bottles at
decanter prices until word was receiv-
ed from headquarters, according to the
decision of which they were to win or
lose. The management went back on
this arrangement and notified the men
that they would be paid catsup prices
for the manufacture of the article
which the glass workers claim should
be classed as decanters. The men are
paid for piece work and the capacity
of the article produced, so when the
capacity of an article is reduced but
the amount of glass composing it re-
receive smaller wages for the same
work Jellies with a capacity of one
half pint were cut to n, but the labor
of making the glasses was not dimin-
ished. AS a result of this change, they
were cut two cents on hundred, and
as $500 or 5000 are made a day, the cut
in prices amounts to considerable
sum. The capacity of the cologne bot
ties of one, two, four, six and eight
ounces has been reduced two ounces
each by putting plugs in the molds and
making the bottles heavier.
Last fall the mems wages were re-
duced from Is to 13 cents hundred
on jellies, the claim being made by the
National Glass Co. that they had a
sliding scale and were forced to cut.
The men proved that the jellies sold
at 16 cents instead of 10, as was
claimed by the glass people.
These are only few of the griev-
ances which the men relate to prove
that a systematic attempt to diminish |
their wages was being made. Three |
of the men left yesterday for Mounds
vile, where they have secured posi- |
tions, Five men can be taken in at
Mr.. ]. Cooke is President of the To- !
cal union, and A e. keenan,, Vice |
President. Mr.. Kennan is acting as
President while Mr.. Cooke is out of |
the city. The men are waiting quiet
ly but firmly for instructions from
headquarters and will do nothing until !
these have been received.
1t is the hope of everyone that the |
existing differences between employer
and employee may be satisfactorily
adjusted, but the outcome is extreme
ly problematical.