The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1904-01-06

Fire Still Going In Tank-Men Have q
Chance to Return to Work State
ment as to Case Made by the Manage
ment of the Faetory-Gfasswerk
Thinks Agreement viii be Made.
From Wednesdays Daily.
The w. R. Jones Window Glass
factory is closed. The fires have
been shut off in the blowing furnaces
but Is still going under the tank.
This was done at four o'clock on
Tuesday afternoon. Whether or not
the plant will resume remains with
the men themselves.
Nr. Jones was asked by this paper
about the matter and made state
ne emit about it. He said:
I'VE have been paying the men
market money each week and were
under agreement TO settle with them
every three weeks after four weeks
pay This settlement would have
come on next Saturday.
"In order to let the men have a
little more than market money for
Christmas we made an especial effort
to get them money the day before
Christmas and paid them 30 per
cent of the balance on that Gay. We
had also arranged to settle with
them Oh Saturday The money due
amounted to $4,000
"At two O'Clock yesterday We were
informed by the men that their off
GERS in Pttsburg had ordered them
to demand the balance by four
O'Clock in the afternoon or they
would not return to work when the
new shift came on. The officers in
question deny this to me when called
by long distance phone.
1T was impossible for us to pay
them 10 the time mentioned. We
could no. have done so if the cur
reney had been IN the office as we
do not have clerks enough to make
the pay 1t is not possible to get
that amount OF money on demand in
Morgantown at present. We told
them That we would settle Saturday
but this lid not suit them.
"They did not come to work and
we shut off the fire. Whether they
do come to work depends entirely on
them. They can return on the prop
osition which we offered them and
that is to co operate with us.
at costs us $4,000 month to
run. Until now we have received
little or no returns from our product
and all the money expended for la
Dor and other expenses has been
hustled on the side This is no
small matter and we feel that we
cannot keep it up any longer anless
the men join in and CO operate with
us.
NEARLY sixty factories are run.
ming under this plan or under one
not so favorable to the men. Many
factories are paying nothing but
market money. The trade is in
such a state that they cannot do
more that tlis. 1t means loss on
every box OF glass tor us to run
under the Philadelphia wage scale
at the price at which glass is being
sold.
sin order to avoid serious losses
we shall remain closed unless the
men shall return and accept our
proposition
A glass worker stated this morn
ing that he thought the proposition
woald be accepted. He said that
some OF the men had prevented this
on account OF having INDUCED to
freely in Christmas cheer The
more conservative members recog-
nize the facts as they exist and will
demand that the others accept the
conditions Other factories have
had this extended to them and the
organization can do nothing but ex
tend it also to Mr.. Jones. 9th er
meetings are to be held and il
lew days matters will adjust them
selves.
Fifty eight factories over the coun
try are working on the market money
and per centage basis Some of
them have promised nothing def
nitely but market money and a
share in what may remain after this
is paid.