Cambridge History from News Articles - Part VII

by Charles Upton
Issue No. 160 - August, 1986

A TRUCE DECLARED BY GLASS COMPANY AND EMPLOYEES.
PLANT STARTS WEDNESDAY MORNING.
HARTMAN BROTHERS EMPLOYED UNTIL ATLANTIC CITY CONFERENCE DECISION IS MADE.
The Daily Jeffersonian, Cambridge, Ohio.
August 3, 1905

A truce has been reached between the Byesville Glass Company and their employees and the plant will start up in full Wednesday morning, the two Hartman brothers being re-employed until a final decision is reached at the conference now being held at Atlantic City, between the employers and employees.

General Manager Brudewold said Tuesday that he had received no word from the Atlantic City conference and that the agreement between himself and the employees to start the plant and run until a final decision was given at the conference, was made last night. As was stated in the Jeffersonian Monday at the time the Byesville plant shut down for the summer vacation, all of the employees were discharged, and Monday morning when the plant was to resume operations all of the old employees were taken on except two, the Hartman brothers. The company refused to reemploy them and the men went out on a strike. The men de manded that the Hartman brothers be re-employed, It is thought that a decision will be reached by the conference within the next few days.

"BYESVILLE GLASS COMPANY GETS FORMER MANAGER OF HASKINS PLANT.
WILL ASSUME DUTIES AT ONCE."
The Daily Jeffersonian, Cambridge, Ohio.
October 5, 1905

An important change took place at the Haskins glass plant, Wednesday, and two men, General Manager Webb and Factory Manager Wm. Arbaugh stepped down and out. The news of the affair comes as a surprise to the friends of both men says the Martins Ferry Times.

The plant has changed managers a number of times recently. John Holbrook, a former manager of the plant, is announced as the successor of Mr. Webb, and it is said he will have full control of the plant. Mr. Holbrook is a successful glass man and `undoubtedly will prove a success in his new position.

Mr. Webb, who has been the efficient manager of the plant for several months, has accepted a more lucrative position with the Byesville glass company and will enter his new field at once.

"GLASS MEN RESIGN POSITIONS"
The Daily Jeffersonian, Cambridge, Ohio.
September 28, 1905

General Manager Charles Brudewald, of the Byesville Glass and Lamp Co., Assistant Manager J. A. Jacobson and Dr. Brudewald, also connected with the company, have resigned their positions. Dr. Brudewald was in the city Wed, morning and when asked about the resignations, declined to make a statement.

It is reported that there has been trouble in the company for some time, and recently Mr. Shott, a wealthy resident of Pittsburg, who is a heavy stockholder in the company has been in the city visiting the plant daily. It is alleged that there was considerable friction between Mr. Shott and General Manager Brudewald and his assistants, which may account for the resignations.

"PACKERS UNDER G. ROY BOYD SIGN AND EVERYTHING IS ADVANCING
UNDER SKILLED MANAGEMENT OF FORMER CAMBRIDGE CITIZEN"
The Daily Jeffersonian, Cambridge, Ohio.
July 25, 1907

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The trouble with the packers at the Crystal glass plant at Martins Ferry was adjusted Thursday afternoon, and the men will return to work at once, according to a statement made by Manager G. Roy Boyd, formerly of The Cambridge Glass Co. As a result of the agreement the operation of the plant will not be handicapped in the least, as first was feared. The exact terms of the agreement were not made known but it is understood that both sides made concessions which aid materially in the settlement. The scale signed is said to be for a year.

The Imperial glass plant at Bellaire, resumed, Thursday morning, after its annual summer shutdown. The plant was to have resumed, Monday, but could not do so owing to the trouble with the packers. A conference between the officials of the plant and reprebetween the officials of the plant and representatives of the packers was held, yesterday, and resulted in an adjustment of the difficulty which had resulted over the signing of the scale.

PLANTS OF THE NATIONAL GLASS CO. ARE PURCHASED BY THE BOND HOLDERS.
CAMBRIDGE GLASS CO. NOT AFFECTED BY SALE.
The Daily Jeffersonian, Cambridge, Ohio.
November 12, 1908

Pittsburgh, Pa., November 11. - Receivers for Whitney & Stephenson, the brokers who failed here about a year ago, yesterday sold for the failed firm ten glass houses of the National Glass Company, which belonged to the firm and have been idle since the appointment of the receivership. The plants were sold at an aggregate value of $545,000, although their value before the failure was $2,500,000.

Most of the plants are in shape to put in operation within a week, and three of them will be started at once.

The plants will be taken over by the bond holders, who paid the following prices: West Virginia plant, $30,000; Ohio plant, $300,000; Indiana plant, $55,000; Pennsylvania plant, $250,000; Maryland plant, $50,000, and $5,000 for various patents.

The Crystal glass house of Bridgeport, and another at Wellsburg are among the plants sold to the bond holders of the National Glass Company, and which may be placed in operation in the near future. Others are located at Cambridge, 0.; Dunkirk, Md.; Jeanette, Pa.; Cumberland, Md.; Fairmont, W. Va.; Rochester, Pa.; and Lancaster, 0.

This sale of the buildings in Cambridge, in no way affects the operation of The Cambridge Glass Co. President Bennett had a lease on the local plant before the failure of Whitney and Stephenson and it remains in force. The new owners will, without doubt, be glad to have the lease renewed when it does expire, as few companies have enjoyed such excellent business as The Cambridge Glass Co. under the able management of Pres. Bennett.