Breezy Fairmount Items, Old KCGW plant installed a merry go round

Breezy Fairmount Items.

FAIRMOUNT, IND., Dec. 13. - Wilson and McCullough's North Factory has again started after a layoff of four or five days on account of caps. They have 12 shops at work, six on each shift.

The following journeymen are employed: Charley Cannon, Samuel Ale, Wm. Fleming (late of Marion), Jacob Bauer, Jimmy Clark, Ike Delph, Tommy Danks, Larry Donnelly, Joe Flynn, Arthur Fleming, Patty Fitzgerald, Billy McAuliffe, John Scott, Jim Moody, John Sheehan, Charley and Ed Tigner, Ed Vogal, Jimmy Harris (better known as "Jimmy Nick"), Dick Crane, John (Butch) Burk, Joshua Griner, John Passtorious (better known as "Pass"), Harry McGarvey, Wm. (Sport) Lowe, Billy Gore, Abe Gifford, Bill Jackson, John Leary and Jack Lythgoe.

Report is that the force will be increased in the near future. Martin Burk [sic] Burke is manager of this plant and is turning out a good quality of glass.

The fire has been blocked in the "dinkey" for the last few weeks. The firm has put a "merry-go-round" in the packing room. This is a machine to dry the jars after they come off the grinder. It is rumored that they will start with 8 shops before the new year.

The Big Four window factory of this place have pots in their furnace and from what I can learn they are only awaiting the settlement of the wage question to start blowing.

The Fairmount Glass Works are running with 12 shops, six on each shift. This is their full capacity.

They employ the following journeymen: Fred and Charley Rau, Al Paulus, Ralph and Will Brown, Harry and Billy Rowsen, Ed Seigel, Perry Shepard, Jack Troy, Bert Gibson, Henry Fredericks, Willis Lynn, Charley Young, Jacob Cheesman, Fred Smith, Sammy Chesline, Ed Daily, Jake Fischer, Charley Fithian, E. Groosweiler, Bruno Gang, Len Gangwish, Ed Jarvis, Billy Harrison, Bobby Kissell, Joe Minnis, Pete Marshall, Jack Malloy and Mark Parker.

This firm seem to have their share of the orders that are being given out, as they started on Sept. 1 and have run steady up to the present. John Rau, the manager and part owner of this plant, is turning out a fine quality of "Dutch flint." The tank has two floats or bridges and is worked without inside rings. Mr. Rau has added a new improvement in the shape of a filling-in machine.

Henry Fredericks is laid off with a sore throat. - Charley Fithian left for the East last Friday night, having received word that his mother was not expected to live. - Al Paulus and wife are rejoicing over the addition of a young lady in their family.

We had a visit from "Belmont" last week. Same old "Belmont." Come again, Harry, you are as welcome as the flowers in May.

In the last issue of THE COMMONER AND GLASSWORKER I notice that the flint bottle manufacturers have formed a combination for the purpose of maintaining prices. I will venture this prediction that it means more than the maintenance of prices, and when next summer rolls around the true object of its formation will come to the surface. - DEE JAY