Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-09-17
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hon Strike, Lest
Last spring brought no BONANZA 70 our
merchants The life blood, tnde. moved
rather slowly through the arteries Of The
city and business men hooked forward, with
great anxiety, 70 ths shss coming harvest
Epronlsins, should tAae harvest = hnnd.
ant, sssason q prosperity and fsaSg tor
the fall. The summer 10 gone and tho
haFvest il over and beautiful harvest IL ?
,wsA But the hopes Of The propAsts hare
fpet been realized. Since the prediction
wss made, 90 unforeseen trouble aross.
Then every iron establishment In the city
was running full term. aud the wealth Of
the West and South was being poured into
the city, passing from hand TO hand, On.
riching each as IL went. Then came the
strike and the mills shut down. Hundreds
Of men were thrown out Of employment
and thousands upon thousands Of expected
dollars failed to come TO the city. Whole
sale trade languished and retail traihc
dwindled and died, and hopes ~ fondiy
cherished in the spring, were blasted BY the
summer.
Such was the state Of affairs generally be-
lieved to be, when a iEsIsrkR reporter vas
sent out To sound the channels OF trade aud
take their bearings, and upon such mission
intent he entered
wHEELISG's WALL srREEr
and conversed with her commercial kings.
Main street. as its name implies, 10 the
principal thoroughfare OF Wheeling. Upon
| il is transacted the bulk Of the retail busi.
ness and the largest proportion Of the whole
sale and upon Its uneven sidewalks the
man Of news plankcd for day, peerins into
the inner mysteries Of traffic. As 10
the retailers, the story Is sooa told. Tho
outlook was gloomy and the prrSsnce of the
strike smo,hered out all prospect Of brisk
fall trade. Dealers in small holiday goods
were of the opinion . plumbers sumuler
l trade would be gold mine BONANZA COM
|'psred with theirs this fall. Dry goods men
we're some Of them ~ blue rs their own
indigo prints. while others were confident
the strike was about over and would end
their troubles 1t the same time.
THE situation depends very closely ON
the mills" said one retailer, and the &C
|. ton Of the next two weeks will carry great
weight with il. A moments thought will
present the question quite clearly 10 the
mind Of any one. doat know what the
amount Of the different pay rolls Is for every
two weeks, but IL be close ON totlOOOOO. Ia.
Guiding ali Of the mills aud furnaces IN this
cinIty. When the pay rolls stop, there In
"a contraction Of the currency " tbs extent
If nearly S5O,0U0 week aud of this every
IA, reliant must Dear his proportion. IL Is
not difficult to see how this will Affect
trade"
My business" said O dealer In ribbon
and other feminine knick. knAcks, lis Sury
curiously affected, though but slightly.
NV patronage comes comparatively little
from the mil classes and in articles which
may be called luxuries, ] eau notice NO
change, rs they are necessary " fashion
ard will certainly be bought. ! deaf N
nothing tina, might be called y nsocssity,
you see.'
Another retailer took view diamstriclly
opposite Ia this. Said he: "In the lighter
articles and Injuries there 10 an imarnss
falling off. Not only have the mill clAssss
stopped buying such, but also those classes
Of shopkeepvrs whose revenues comes
directly from the mills aud who are nearly
as much affected n the strikers themselves.
The necessities Of life must be bought, yoa
know, but the only trouble 10 large book
accounts are running up. The slate ~ fiil
and no one knows when liquidattns
sponge may be passed over H.
The retail outlook may then DO readily
suninea up ,uS ,'a,as ~ go, -,
And the opinion very largely preyails that
no adjudication Of the mill difficulty kness
| ut hand.
AMONG wHoLEsAL.Rs.
II vos among the iobb~rs. and whuie-
=, A., a. L.,,., .,,,....d i.S
Sa'.'' ","' ''' "e a.,
spring. thAt pouhuiui harvest Wou'a u"
the Golfers Of the country sni from the
,,Ioor,, ou,,ook fro, in. ret ,Il.r,' stand.
s'"'''' '"> 800
point there porter looks" "' ns"' a"o"S
the heavy grocery, queen,wars aud dry
goods men of Main street south Of Twelfth.
HAS the fall trade bogunr was asked
t,L
one OF the prominent sfoorry loopsn'
What there Is OF it, vas the grim re-
ply and without another question he en-
,.r.d into n ,.yuIar Jsrenisd nm the d,nd.
zero mo res. ,h 1T. e ,1" Nv ,as 80
sn"s sm n, III; ~ n.an,,y ms,ri,.n,. sIons
h,', 9Th ali an. rci.iI y,oa.,, In I'M. e,ty
I'D hu.inc.. With m.uy ~ them 1, bsI
snouab ON, Of the worst featurr, AZ a, is:
u,s,u man In a",n ,i,,.. J..a,, vitb.
c,ocer and drais Ijb.raI,y' ,.t,liay ,,p n, n.
siony A driL. c",nrs aud the bpiIrr N
hard mn lie n,tist have urta..Fies aud hla
nhia up M | r''''.. ,,; I'm ,haa,L.
INC acco"n, b.oins In. y,,me, must 70.
>, o, isI rs .,ocL f,nu The inbbe,. and hs.
pIn,sn M 100 mom ~" III, .,..,, a..
80 ~, o.. a. ,ssnn, ~. .ro,.od tk,s
p'rr -: -. a,,a,,sr yhi,I, voa nr,,ni., ~ -,
:, Sotnr1sw' C.untinr q. Tia he uro ~.
-. ~ ,,sx como o.c H. 1vrs and THAI one
7 romiscs some on. sl4e. You fati 90 Ct
iyOur quarter AID cause gcncl al lsilur 81
~rouud. That's what slskes Q psnic. On
iar,cr scale
"Eu, bov about your out,iAe trader.
well, cur trade oat shsoagb the county
! roniises we'll rnonYh. Tbr crovs vvye
good and that Always makes trs9e good.
Once outside III the iahpencs Of the mills
and we are all right"
"Is money plentiful out through the
slater"
"yerv reasonably %, Our cnlIeciIoos
are msde siti,out sny d,fficulty. nsy.
whom do Won think The strike viii s.
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