The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-10-28
MoRGANTowN, VIRGINIA, WEDNESDAY %
GLASS NOTES.
Local Window Houses to Re-
sumo Operati ons.

sumo Operati ons.
MariIIa Starts on Saturday While tn 9
Jones VIII Begin In Couple of
eeks-Other News Notes in Con.
nection With the Local Factories.
From Wednesdays Daily.
The Marilla Glass factory will
begin to blow glass on Saturday.
The Jones Window Glass company
will start to make glass within a
couple Of weeks. These announce
ments are made by the managers of
the two factories to tAis paper.
1t will be welcome news not only
to glass makers but TO every one in
town. With the starting of the
factories great many people will
be put to work. Some of them will
return to town while the rest are al
ready here.
The start Of the factories has been
delayed by several unsettled condi-
tions ID the glass trade but every
thing now being agreed upon and
ready the resumption of glass max
ing is to be had
Very little if any change is to be
noted in the strike situation at the
Economy and the Seneca A few
more men are employed but the plan
OF starting the works non union is
to be slow one. This is what the
management says it expected when
the start was made.
The Penn Mirror Company is
busy getting its plant enlarged. The
capacity of the factory is to be made
three times what it was before.
There are orders enough on hand to
run year with the increased ca
pacity.
Nothing more has been heard here
of the rumored strike at Point
Marion The men were given a cut
recently and said that they expected
to strike. rhey have not done so
as yet.
In connection with the glass situa-
tion The following special from Pitts
burg will be of interest:
A conference OF window glass inter-
ests is being held today in the Prick
building, but the object is not made
public. The situation is being dis
eussej and according to the views
expressed by several manufacturers
and jobbers, the outlook is more en-
couraging than at any time since the
factories were closed last April
While there is apparently heavy
stock Of glass in the hands Of the lead
Ing producers, it is not in well assort-
ed sizes, and difficulty is often exper-
fenced q filing large order
Secretary Leopold Mambourg, of the
Federation Window Glass Ca, arrived
this morning, but declared that his
visit has no special significance. Ar
rangements are being made to start
the plants November 10, and Mr..
Mambourg says there is no question
regarding the wages to be paid. 1--WE
have signed the scale Of the Burns
organization, said lie. (which calls
for an advance of 10 per cent over last
seasons scale. and we will pay it.
There may be some talk that wages
will kbe reduced after0the factories
are put in operation, but the Fedora
ton company will pay the scale agreed
upon, aud any one who knows Simon
Burns knows he will not ask for re-
duction in wages
Mr.. Mambourg confirmed the report
printed the other day that his COM
pany had leased large warehouse at
Uniontown. "We also leased ware
house at Muncie," said be, ''and will
store 1875, 900 boxes of glass at each
place. This will be an advantage to
the company as we can more read
lily fill big orders from the combined
stocks"
The Independent Window Glass Co. 4
has not yet come into line on the high
wages proposition, and John L. Denny,
former president OF the new associa-
tion, and now manager of the factory
of President Q. P. Cole at Lancaster,
O., is reported to be meeting with no
success in engaging men to work at a
cut Of 33 1-3 per cent, In the scale.
This company is said to have It's, 200
boxes of glass in stock, but is lacking
in certain desirable sizes. Anauthor-
ity on window glass summoned up the
situation today as follows:
while the American Window Glass
Co., has about 400, 900 boxes, the Fed
Grafton about 800, 900 and the INDIE
pendent company about IT'S, 900 boxes,
1t would be difficult for any of them
to fill good sized order. The jobbers
are practically without stocks and
there is big demand for glass. The
workers have control Of the situation
and by insisting on the wage scale
signed by the Federation company put
the disturbers OF the market out Of
business and put the industry on a
firm, profitable basis. The American
company will be in line for high wag-
es and prices and it is up to the work.
ers now to act with the old organiza-
tion that has always protected wages
and has set the pace for the highest
rate ever obtained.
'iOf course, the manufacturers who
started their plants contrary to the in
terests of the industry and who have
been selling glass short 10 anticipa-
tion Of a cut in wages will suffer by
the establishment Of high wage
scale but that is trifle compared
with the advantage that will be gain
ed by over 10, 900 skilled window glass
workers. There will be something
doing in few days that will surprise
the workers, who have been delaying
the game. There should have been a
general resumption on October Is and
IL the workers act right most OF the
plants in addition to those OF the
Federation company will be started
November TO-"