American Flint Glass Workers' Union

GLASS FACTORIES SHUT DOWN

And Trouble Expected With One Set of

Manufacturers.

PITTSBURG, Pa., June 30. All the glass factories in the country will suspend operations to-night for the Summer months. The stoppage in the window, green, plate glass, and prescription warehouses will be sixty days, and in the other lines only thirty days. The American Flint Glass Workers' Union control the industry in every line, except window, green bottle, and plate glass. There will be no trouble in the settlement of wares, except, probably, in prescription warehouses. In this line the workers are demanding the scale of 1884, which is equivalent to a 10 per cent advance over the one now in force. The manufacturers, it is claimed, will not consent to any advance and will also demand the right to open their factories at the close of thirty days the same as in other departments. This will be objected to by the workers and may cause a more serious hitch than the advance in wages demanded. These matters will be considered at the annual convention to be held in Atlantic City, N. J., on July 11.