Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-10-24

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ers Advanced to Higher Position
Str neutral Iron is Scarce Big
Plants Held Back by it--W II. Jones
Plant gets it Everywhere.
The vice presidency of the Ameri-
can Flint Glass Workers union has
been settled, t. w Rowe being elect
ed to the vacancy by a majority OF the
81 votes cast by the executive COM
mittee. Mr.. Rowe who is well known
in this city, was for two years the
unions general agent, having been
elected to that position at GAINESVILLE
in 1898, says the Gommoner in speak
ing Of the election:
There were 81 votes cast and Of
these Rowe received 81; Tobin 8; Con-
boy, 3; Henry Smith, s, and Frank
Rinehart /. Patrick Lavelle MEM
Der OF the board, reported that he also
voted for Rowe, but his vote never
reached the main office, or it would
have made total of 80 votes.
ct. w. Rowe, the new vice presi-
dent was elected general agent of the
A. T. G.. W. U. at the GAINESVILLE con-
ventiou in 1898 and reelected at the
two succeeding conventions. His
new honor comes in the line Of a pro-
motion. as it will entail more office
work and net him 5000 more year,
81, 200 instead OF 81 900 His expert
ment in travelling and visiting the
| jobbers and other factors ia the glass
fra "a RI ri ho
will prove valuable to him in his clear
relations with the main office.
T. w. Rowe was born in Stafford
shire, England, December 5, 1868 asd
was brought to this country to PITTS
burg in 1870. His parents moved to
Rochester, Pa, in 1897, and in 1886
Mr.. Rowe went to New Brighton to
work in the old Hobo factory In
connection with his work as general
organizer be has done valuable service
for the A. f. G. w. IT,, and has been
very active in organizing the bottle
and cutting branches. The varied
experience he has gained will be of
great value to him in his new position
where his many friends in the trade
wish him all possible success.
Some idea of the pressure that is
being brought to bear upon the struc-
tnral steel mills OF the country can be
gained through the statement that
the lack Of steel for the two big facto-
ries of the National Glass Company
at Chambers, o.. has been holding
back the work of construction on
these two mills for 80 days. The
Rochester tumbler works at Rochester
Pa, being rebuilt after the fire Of last
spring, has reached the stage OF COM
plete foundations, and the work Of
completing the building had to stop
with this, owing to the inability of
the firm to get material to complete
the work.
The first carload OF material reached
that place yesterday, and when this
has been placed In position it is i'm
possible to say when another will be
there. The officials of the company
stated that the delay was even worse
at Chambers, O., where the same
company is bulldog mammoth fac
tory for the making Of table glass
ware. Both Of these factories are OF
unusual proportions. The Rochester
works will be much larger than the
plant burned down, which was the
largest OF its kind In the world The
Chambers plant, which will combine
some of the smaller plants OF the COM
pany is also to be very large one.
The w. r. Jones plant at this
place was hindered and held back
somewhat in. its construction but the
management wisely went to work at
an early date and hunted up the iron
needed in small lots getting it all
over the country. In consequence of
this policy they were not bothered as
much as they would have been had
they waited on the mills or placed
their order with one firm.