Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-10-11
GETTING READY.
Window Glass Combines about
Ready TO Resume.

Ready to Resume
Scarcity of Workman will Reduce the
Output Considerably cooperative
Plants will start Next week Others
will Begin Operation on November
First
PITTsBuRe, Oct l0-The executive
committee Of the two window glass
combinations are meeting taa3y ard
while It Is said the fact that both
meetings are being held on the same
day is merely eoincident, there are
different reports In glass circles.
Among other thiEgs il is said that
a Joint meeting may be held for the
purpose OF renewing the selling ar
rangement which has been in opera
tion for more than year. The COM
mittee of the American Window
Glass Co. went into session at head
quarters in the Westinghouse build
ing at 10 O'clock this morning and
the committee of the independent
Glass Co. convened at the Offices in
the Empire building an hour later,
All the information that was given
out as to the purpose OF the meeting
OF the American committee was that
business OF private nature was be-
ing considered. The annual meeting
of the big combination will be held
next week, and 1t is likely that a
statement is being prepared If the
years business
Secretary TX. b. Van Cleve OF the
independent Glass Co., said the meet
ing OF the executive committee had
no special significance. Ii is com
posed of representatives of The facto-
ries in the states Of Pennsylvania,
Ohio and Indiana.
Mr.. Van Cleye said that the most
important matter he knew of that
was TO come before the meeting was
The arrangement FOR d start ul oile
factories for the next fire, which will
begin on November lst.
He would not discuss the report
that at the recent aunual meeting of
the company a dividend OF 1000 Il
pot was declared The Independent
company controls 49, pots and the
American company has ! 1856 pots.
Neither company was able to operate
all of the pots last fire, owing TO the
scarcity of Workmeu.
There are in the country 3 1856 pots
and there are not more than enough
blowers to man 2, 900 pots. Asa re-
suit, both combines had number Of
idle pots last fire. The conditions
this year, 1t is believed. will not be
improved owing ca the uuiiuing OF
several new factories. The new con-
Germs seem TO have but little difficulty
In securing men, as it is known that a
window glass worker prefers to work
in new factory.
Heavy stocks Of glass at the close
of the last fire delayed the start,
which was fixed for September 18th.
Some independent companies that
are not controlled by any of the com
binations started on the date original.
| ly fixed and about 300 pots are now
I in operation. The members OF the
recently formed combination known
as the Federal COOPERATIVE Manu-
facturers, controlling about 600 pots,
will start their factories next Tues
day. The only difficulty the two
leading combinations will have 10
starting on November 1st seems to be
shortage OF men. There may also
be some trouble In regard to the or
CARNATIONS to which the men belong.
The men under contract to work In
the factories controlled by the Inde-
pendent Glass Co.,, belong to what Is
known as the new T.. A. 400 X. OF Il.
and those OF the American and Fed
Grated concerns are members OF the
L. A. 800 X. of L., OF which Simon
Burns is president. A strong effort
| is being made to bring the men who
seeded from the original organization
back into the fold.
II this is successful the Independ-
ent company will be seriously handi-
Coz s A, TO-, will be
able to operate It's plants more fully.
Secretary Van Cleye of the Independ-
ent CO., says sufficient number Of
men has been engaged and he is con-
fident that nothing can occur - pre-
vent the factories controlled by the
company from onerafino with full
quota Of men.
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