New-York tribune., 1902-10-12
THE GLEN ERIE WORKERS
COLONY OF ARTISTS AND ARTISANS
TO REOCUPY DESERTED VILLAGE
or LEAD WORKERS.

,-.. ore deserted village along the busy Hudson
- tbe former settlement OF lead workers Glen
-. An The shadow OF tho Catskills on the road
-,.sen kingston and Saugerties-is TO he deserted
y ,,,rer II has fallen into the hands OF a number
!. ,-eU-York artists and artisans who have founded
" ,,lensert under the name Of The Glen Erie
r.-rsrs Lights will shine in the windows Of the
90. nalnted houses which line the road on either
y m smoke viii come out Of the factory chin
-. which have been smokeless since the censoi-
80, Of lead manufacturing interests ten years
ago IN, ,,,,,,. ~, Ill., -. 80. 49,.
-, sucoeeded in England. but without his ex-
-, socia lstic ideas. The men who are hired to
N, rough work viii not be put on a level with
~ lists who design and create. There will be a
-, community of interest. hut on a modern
's,sss basis Instead OF throwing the proceeds of
-, enorts into common POT 10 be drawn on as
-. needs Of the members demand, the profits will
,.sis out as dividends the stock 81 a regularly
,,.orporated company.
49,, wears ago TWO Ulster County men of means
- BsteYe and RenWick. decided 10 engage in
- -,sruf2cture of lead There were no mines IN
- ,,c,ritv of their homes but in spite of that
-. se,ised 10 have their factory near al hand
M, surt mills oi brick and stone which are TO-
,,sirt and old fashioned, and for time the in
-. - r,osnered Their workmen lived in a num-
-; comfortable trame dwellings in the tall pines
- ..orsbipped in a chapel on the hillside
,r,. ,o,Dsers oi the industry died in course ~
- and eventually the plant was sold 10 COM
-, v.pich operated a large scale. The Glen
-. ,,srr Was closed. and one by one the oper-
@ - -ryes away until no one lived in the once
- s..s ,snsee but the who looked sitter the
property .-,..s,..,.. m -,.--,
me entire property. including the mills. chapel a
- 5vrsring houses and one hundred acres of
,.-s has been secured by the newly formed colony
~ artists The village Is Two miles back in the
l,,F.,.-
~, ran from NeW-York II has the advantage of
t,rS ISOLATED bul al The same time Is within easy
reach q cry s1f2S 6a2y 1Re iRe PSfs ana G9R nao6ns 5ns
-rssEs ion forces ana now over the Glen Eire
Fs1s This falls with a height Of S. feet will
s,--ish ample water power for the machinery
5sssss IN ths varied enterprises of the colony
IT viii be IN every sense et 11S wore an etus,l. l
eolony" SAID William I1orauo DAY, inc president
- re workers. 20 Tribune reporter Yesterday.
,bs ~ formaton Of such a colony in view for num-
bsr M wears we have discovered an ideal spot,
WIN o9p,as s Mere noer conditions most favorable
sor artistic work free from the expensive living
and hgh rents of the city, and from us strenuous
Ss workers Viii he Of two inds-employed and
,rdependent The employed workers will receive
regular wages and have regular duties sssigned 10
them. but they viii have an interest," ln lhs M eSI3-
own commissions IN their own way. The family
,6es OF putting every IN the colony on an equal
s.nsl lsbor hi our feds and shops will have ad-
VsStsees over his fellows who work elsewhere, hut
sfns with the artists who direct his work
MANY branches Of the me arts VIII Re taken UP
a, Glen Firie Al first We viii contne our efforts 20
Srtstic furniture stained and leaded glass. wall
papers and decorative iron work ENerythlng vii
ke made from special design and without duplca-
,ior eycept al the request with the consent ~
he original purchaser Later on We expect 20 en-
rsee m hookmakiug and binding, WoodcarNluG,
rhina and ceramic decoration, carpet and rug max
~ and work in brass and precious metals
Ths Rev John Wordsworth craig, an Episco-
rslisn clergyman, who is in charge of a large
TrVsfe school al Englewood y. J., is Nice-president
a The workers. Benjamin : Warner, son of
colonel Alexander Warner. eX-Treasurer OF Con-
ra,fcut Is secretary and treasurer; William Wall
tsr suthor and artist whose book on the art works
q. ths Paris Exposition attracted considerable at
tsntlor Is one OF the directors and Elliot Norton,
AZ attorney Of this city, Is another.