The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1910-11-17
orr Ga S Ar i. NYllING
IL TIE. WA ICES
Imp Wind c8 Glss Com
pany Re duces Pay of
Men Thirty Per Cent
.sTATEMENT Is ISSUED
Acdon Against Directors of
Glass Trust as Indi-
Mduals May Follow.

WASHINGTON. d. c.. Nov. 17--
The Department. of justice, Of which
Attorney General Wiekersham is the
head took notice OF a newspaper dis
patch from Pittsburg to the refecf
that. the corporations combined in
the so-ca1led window glass trust, Z
had served notice upon their em-
pIoyes that wage reduction OF
thirty per cent was the only eondi-
Itfon under which the factories could
continue to manufacture.
Due to Prosecution.
The dispatch further said that the
corporation attributed this ultima
tum directly to the successful pros
.ecution of the combination by the
of justice and the inn
position by the United States court
OF fines upon the corporation and
upon its oficers and directors. indi-
ytdua1Iy.
The department at once issued
statement outlining tssyfew of the
matter and Incidentally intimatinG
that the reported action of tht cor
poration. If substantiated by the
fact, would Indicate very mis-
taken leniency ON the present court
which it is hoped would not be fol-
lowed on any other similar coca
slon.''
To Insist On Jail Terms.
This intimation is interpreted here
as indicating an intention on the
part of the department to insist in
similar cases upon jail sentences
rather than fines.
The attorney general expressed in
tigugtf0n at such a sstatemegt and
strong doubt OF its reliability.
Statement by Company.
PITTsBURG, Pa, Nov. 1.-THE
Imperial Window Glass Company,
which is undergoing liquidation UNI
der. an edict of the federal court, has
issued a statement in explanation OF
reports that it intended to cut wages
of the workmen SO per cent. as a rel
suit of the fines imposed. The state |
ment says:
When the Imperial Winday Glass
Company was formed hand factories
were suffering from competition with |
the machine factories. Many OF
them were idle and others were sell
ing glass below cost. Skilled work
men were paid less wages than at
any time in the history of the In
duglry in this country.
Seven Per Cent. Profit.
THE Imperial was composed of
about sixty out OF the possible one
hundred hand factories in the
United states and its first move after
the organization was complete, was
to Increase wages about 15 per cent.
Having worked through the fire of
1903 and 1910 at the increase,
wage conference was called which |
ended in Detroit and resulted in an
increase averaging 80 per cent addi- !
tional fof the men. This was based
on the increased price OF glass, the
profit of the Imperial being six and
seven per cent. This wage increase
affected about 10000 men
"Under the order of the United |
States court the Imperial Glass Com
pany is now in llqutdation and az
soon as its stock OF glass Is disposed |
of 1t will surrender it's West Virginia |
charter
Individual Competition
"That will leave the various hand
glass companies to compete irtdtvid-
ually with the machine factories Al
ready all the hand glass factories
are shut down with the exception OF /
six which are cooperative concerns
The Others have notified their men
that they can be operated only un-
der the old Lake Erie scale with
glass at it's present price, that is a
reduction of SO per cent. from the
wages paid by the Imperial Glass
Company"