Hemingray Glass Company

A NEWSY MUNCIE REPORT.

The Eaton Bottle Strike - Notes of

all Local Plants.

MUNCIE, IND., Sept. 28. — There is considerable excitement at Eaton, Ind., over the attempt to unionize the bottle factory at that place. The non-union men who have been employed there becoming dissatisfied with the wages paid and the unsatisfactory conditions usual in a nonunion glass factory, decided to strike for union rules and price list. The firm has endeavored to secure new men to take the striker's places, but upon their arrival in the town they are met by the old men and on the causes of the strike being explained to them they do not tarry long, and so far the company has been unable to operate. The men on strike are being given all assistance by the Glass Bottle Blowers' Association, a representative of the association being on the ground. It is hoped this firm will decide to unionize their plant and employ union men.

William Casey is home from Streator, Ill., for a few days. Harry and Al. McDonald and Frank Taylor, of this city are working a shop at Alton this fire. George Thompson went to Lockport, N. Y., to work this season.

The old time blowers are nearly all gone from this city. At Alton, Ill., are William Crawford, Dave Menard, John Thornton, John Scheir, Jesse McCoy, and Harry Halton, Sr. At Belleville, Ill., are Tim, Frank, and John Pollard, John Wintish, Julius Miller, and Cam Cliefee. These men are all blowers who were working at Ball Bros. when the blowing machines were introduced, and being old bottle blowers, they preferred blowing to continuing work on the machines to which they were unaccustomed.

Ball Bros. are now operating five tank furnaces on machine-made bottles, jars, and jellies and one tank on white glass, also machine-made.

This firm is also erecting a large producer house for the manufacturer of artificial fuel gas to be used in case the supply of natural gas should be insufficient.

Hemingray's factory is in complete operation making a fine line of general flint ware and insulators.

The Boldt glass works are still operating the north factory only, making a large variety of prescription and distillery ware. Among the blowers at this factory we noted Gus Helmer, Harry Bliss, George Wilson, Chris Hentzill, and Con Canning.

In President Hayes the Greens have one of the ablest, most conservative and progressive labor leaders in America today, and in view of the large amount of work required of him in order to keep in tough with the different sections of the trade such assistance should be given him that he will not have to overwork himself continually.

The window houses in this city give no indication of starting. It seems strange to see and read of so many window houses being idle, and the price of window glass so high that small dealers in window glass keep their stock in burglar proof safes to prevent it being stolen.   — J. S.