Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-08
INDUSTRIAL ITEMS.

Several learning boys were put to work
on the cold iron machines in the La Belle
nail factory yesterday. 5'-
Diamonds have become very fashionable
and the Pittsburgh glass houses are work
ing over time turning them out
The breaker boys in the employ of Jere-
II ish TAYLOR & Co, the coal men at Scran-
ton. are in luck this season. On Christmas
they are to be presented with presents and
cash TO the value of $3.50.
The Harrisburg Car Manufacturing Com
pany received an order Saturday for 81, 900
box and gondoia cars for the n. Y, G. Il II.
r, r, The order will receive the attention
Of the company as soon as possible.
The Pennsylvania Company has ordered
from the Indianapolis Rolling Mill Com
pany Loco tons of rails, 500 tons to be used
on the Jeffersonyille, Madison and Indian
apolis, and 500 on the Indianapolis and
Vincennes road.
Work has been begun at the La Belle
machine shops on self-feeding attachments
for the nail machines, and it is expected
that one "scltfeeder'' will be turned out
every other day until the whole number
twenty-five is completed.
As FAR as,our reports go there has been
no settlement of the strike in the Coal
Valley regions. Some of the companies
, are bringing colOred men from east Viz
ginia and putting them to work.
Michael Scalley, labor boss at the Bel
mont mill, had the fingers Of hisright hand
mashed yesterday beneath the wheels OF
coal car. He was. beneath the track and
had put his hand on the rail to draw him
self up when the car came along and pass
eel over his hand.
The Wheeling Pottery employs about
one hundred and sixty hands, OF which
forty are girls, forty boys and the re-
mainder men. They are turning out large
quantities OF decorated goods, are very
busy, and the prospects for large spring
trade are excellent.
Hobbs, Brockunier e. Co. are putting up
and repairing steam pipes, putting in new
boilers, and in every way providing for the
heating of their buildings, thus securing
the health and comfort of their employees.
About five hundred hands Of whom one
hundred are women, are employed at the
glass WORKS of Hobbs, BrOCkunicr IL Co.
THE miners in the Pittsburgh district are
generally doing finely. \ large number of
the works along the MOnOngahela and
HOugh rivers have started up. although
there are not great many empty boats up
from below vet. The towbOatS, however,
are beginning to return with. empty craft,
and the prospects seem fair if the weather
continues mild for good winters run on
the rivers. The price paid for mining is
based on the four cents per buShel scale
| throughout this district both on the rivers
and the railroads.
4 bale of waste was burned on Tuesday
night in the engine room Of the Belmont
blast furnace There was a large quantity
Sc ;,,t ba or Tho ti,,,a and hnt fnr
the timely discovery of the burning waste
a serious cOntiagration would have ensued.
1t is supposed that one of the employees
went into the room TO draw some oil, and
put his lamp down on the bale while he
was at the barrel. After getting the oil he
picked up his lamp and went out, all I'M
conscious of the fact that fire had been COM
| municated from it to the intiammablc
| material.
An appliance for the ringing OF lOcomO.
tive bells by steam was tried on the Lehigh
Valley Railroad. 1t was attached to one of
of the locomotives, and ut one time it was
thought the improvement would be attach
ed to all engines. by using the bell rope
the fremen are often obliged to neglect
their fires, especially while passing through
q town. The device consists of small
cylinder containing q revolving piston, con-
nectcd directly with the bell rope by means
OF q shaft. The motion is regulated by a
valve and cut off, so adjusted that by a
slight movement, it is thrown Otfthe centre
and instantly set in motion. The bell then
rings continuously until checked by aSimi-
lar slight movement.
The Fontaine engine, which, its inventor
expects will make 90 miles an hour, has
passed out OF the hands of the PcnnSyl-
vania Railroad and been transferred to the
New York Central. A trip was made be-
tween Philadelphia and New York some
time ago, and the result of which was that
some alterations are to be made on the To-
connective. Since then, however, some hitch
has occurred, and the engine has been with
drawn from the Pennsylvania railroad
altogether, for the vague reason that the
owners could not obtain from the railroad
company facilities that were desired"
What the facilities are cannot at present be
asCcrtained The engine will be kept on
the Hudson River division of the Central
for some time 10 make 4 series of tests for
speed, power and economy in fuel.
The Frostburg Md, Mining journal, of
Saturday: Midlothian mine has recently
added four fine horses TO its working stock.
johnson NINE is running full time. en-
ploying two shafts Blaen Avon miners
are working steadily. Georges Greek Coal
and Iron Company mines are fairly BOOM
ing with good work. Maryland and
American companies mines working about
three-quarter time. The Consolidated Com
pany's men are all working. Mr.. Jacob
Nairn. miner, had his feet and ankles
mashed by fall of coal in New Hope mine
yesterday The full extent of his njurieS
had not been determined up to the hour of
going to press. Messrs John Ryan. jr., of
Homecoming, and J. p. Moody, Of Hoffman
Hollow, were delegates 'to the National
Land League Convention which convened
in Chicago Thursday. Mr.. Moody repre-
@, TOD Dnr;tt hrnnrh of thi, tnun