[p. 890] president and treasurer of the Ellwood City Glass Company, at Ellwood City, is a man of large experience in glass manufacturing, having devoted the greater part of his business life to this industry. He was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, August 12, 1858, son of Philip and Elizabeth (Jones) Runyon.
After a long experience in glass manufacture, Mr. Runyon came, in 1905, to Ellwood City and reorganized the Clark Brothers' Glass Company, the plant of which had been built by Harry Northwood, in 1892. With his capital, trade relations and superior knowledge, Mr. Runyon was the very man needed to place this industry on a prosperous footing. The capital stock of the Ellwood City Glass Company is $60,000, and it is one of the important industries of this place, giving employment to 210 men and producing a high grade of blown tumblers, which are handled by jobbers. The officers of this company are: Charles Runyon, president and treasurer, and W. M. Gertman, secretary. The board of directors is made up of the following capitalists: T. H. Howard, A. H. Patterson, Edward Kaye, George Wehr and Charles Runyon.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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