The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-11-12
kCAsTLE IN THE AIR.
New Dodge TO OBTAIN h"o'
from workingmen-An Absurd
Proposition from mar
Iin'a Ferry.

from WOrhIusihoh
Proposition from Mar
tins Ferry.
The most stupendOus scheme ana
doubtless the most gigantic swlnale ever
attempted to be perPetra'ed upon tn'
lsboring classes is now being pusnea LOT
ward by parties unknown, claiming W
have their headquarters at Martins
Ferry. who have agents scattered III
every State in the Union. The manner
in which the agents work is very secret,
which. in addition to the sbsurdity OF
the nroposi.ion made by them, gives
additional cause for pronouncmg Inc
scheme a gross fraud, and /. Is a
deIusion and snare into which many poor
men may fail and yield up their nara
earnings To the cormOrants whose ousl-
ness II Is to interview them on the SUD-
;.ct We refer 10 the .ollowlng, secretly
distributed BY agents, careful pufuSal
of which will convince the most Co'uSe
mind of the preposierousnesS Oh Tue eh'
terprise:
woRKINGMEN's IRON WORKS.
One Million Dollars Wanted to Buttd
the greatest Iron Works IN the World
Several o. us having joined together
we now are ready to solicit a STOCK suo-
scriptien for the purpose OF olliuing al
Iron works that will be the largest III
the world. $1,000, 80.
Wheeling and will give employment u
five thousand men, every one OF "hoh
must be stockholders.
1nd The shares will be worth one dol
lar each, and no man can hold over nVe
shares, and copy OF the constitution anu
bc-laws Will be placed in the hands OF
avery man who holds i've shares.
3rd. The stock will be placed In the
hands of ten or twelve men In every
state in the Union and they will be rep
resentives for the company, and they Will
sell this stock and furnish the Constltu-
ton and Bylaws to the holders Thereon,
and thew will be kept at sll times posted
AS to how the works are progressing:
Alb. The object OF these works Is 10
mske the iron from the ore and WORK It,
There will be y blast furnace and roll
ing mill with 80 boiling furnaces, nal
factory with htty machines which VIII
all make fine work; there will be riVe'
department and then will come the
bridge and forge department "here
bridges and iron roots will be mahuiac-
tured by first class workmen; the Jorge
department will have their works so con-
structed that they can turn out the nea'i'
est or MS heavy work AS ever has oee,i
done. The blacksmith department VIII
have eighty fires, and Will turn OUT
everything from the heaviest snip sncnor
down to hand. made horse-shoes. Ihere
will be foundry and machine shop Tor TIE
purpose OF fitting up work ana keeping
the machinery in repair.
We now say 10 all worklngmen, oy
the above you see just what kind OF a
works this will be, and the price OF each
share is put at such low figures that every
workingman can join us and let US DO
something. We don't want any man TO
stand back, but step forward and JOIN US;
YOU all know that hold on and keep stlIi
never built "A railroad and never Will,
but God helps those who help themselves.
We have plan OF the Works on
small scale, which will be drawn on a
large scale soon and be ready for lnspec-
ton. There will be five very large en-
zines. We have two sites in view upon
which to erect these works, and the most
suitable one will be chosen. The WORKS
will be near Wheeling. We have n
charter, and intend to go 10 work IN
earnest. -,
We emitted to mention that there Will
be about Two hundred coal miners need
ed; also brcklayers, stonemasons and
brickmakers, and they all must be stock
holders. MS no others will be employed.
Address al communications to
EPLURBUs IRON Works,
Martins Frry, Belmont Co, ONO.
For reference in regard to these works,
you are referred to the National LABOR
Tribune, OF Pittsburgh, Pa.
The idea OF building q mill with nearly
as many boiling furnaces as ali the mills
in this vicinity combined, aud having
only the small number OF two hundred
thousand stockholders to control 1t, Is "A
grand one, and has evidently emsnated
from great head" and in case meet
lng OF these stockholders should be
called. and it were found necessary TO
have full attendance, it would be II
GALA day IN the vicinity of that mill
TIE valuable addition OF the other de-
partner Is enumerated in connec
ton with the mill, too, would
return to each stakeholder OF five
shares S5) an enormous dividend per
annum, and in the course of q few years
ne might possibly lay by asuficient sum,
by rigid economy, to purchase u
penny paper containing an account OF
me surreptiLiCus disappearance OF the
projectors of the "Grestest Iron Works
IN the World" But 1t will not be pru-
dent to anticipate to too great an extent,
further than to the effect that those OF the
lsbOr.ng classes who have been gulled
into subscribing TO this concern, and we
understand they are numerous, have
seen the last of their five dollars and five
shares. and that e'er this it has doubtless
been squandered for the luxuries of life,
to which the professional swindler is