Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-05-09
APAIR OF STRIKES
At the Riverside and Top Mills-Gen
ernI Int, ustrfnl Matters.

The new machines at the Belmont keg
factory were working nicely yesterday.
Oryille Carroll, the engineer at the Pot,
terry, is suffering With the rheumatism.
Mr.. Bernard, q glass workman, who has
been sick for some time, is getting along
nicely.
The Etna mill made large shipment OF
iron for the Southern trade by the steamer
Andes, yesterday.
Another order has been received by
Sweeney & Son, from A. Reymann, Tor hall
dozen iron columns.
Mr.. Charles Kurner, workman at Hobbs,
Brockunier 4 Co.'S, has gone to Birlning'
ham to visit his sister.
The l0inch band engine which was fin,
ished by Sweeney & Sons yesterday, will be
shipped to the owners this week.
The beer elevator which was shipped
from Chicago some time ago for Schmul-
bach d Co., has not arrived here yet.
The boilers at the Top mill had to double
I'd Yesterday and only work half turn on
account OF the helpers having struck.
Manager Raney, of the Belmont blast
furnace, is in very poor health, which may
cause him to have 10 lay off at any time.
Several of the workmeN. at the Pottery
we're Oft, Yesterday, as il was blue Mon,
day" with them, Saturday being pay day.
The well which is used only for drink.
ing purposes at the Belmont mill has been
cleaned out and q handsome pump placed
in it..
The Benwood Nail Works was oil yester-
dav. A large delegation OF nailers aud
feeders came up TO our city - attend the
funeral Of Lewis Altmyer.
The brickmasonS have finished the Sec
ord story of the mould shop al Hobbs,
Brockunier Il Co S glass works, and the
carpenters are at work on their portion.
The managers of the Wheeling Pottery
have passed new law governing the works.
Hereafter no person or persons will be al :
lowed to enter the Pottery except on busi-
ness.
The new annealing furnace at the Nor
way Tack Factory, which has just been
completed, was tried yesterday, and
worked very satisfactorily, and the factory
has a very large lot of orders on hand.
The Belmont blast furnace and Riverside
men are doing good deal OF grumbllng
about the gas lamp between the two mills
on Main street. They claim that the wagon
that brings kegs to the Riverside has
broken the globe again, and should have it
placed.
The Belmont blast furnace is running as
we'll as could be expected with the amount
of power used. The following is the
amount of material used every "a hours to
make on an average OF % tons OF pig metal:
1880 pounds of iron ore, $4,000 pounds OF
cinder, and l9j, 600 pounds of lime stone,
which employ on both turns Is men.
The nail plate shear mems iron wheelers
at the Riverside struck for an advance OF
seventeen cents per day yesterday morn
ing. They have been receiving sos and
want s. - per diem, which caused the
heaters and shear men to be oil as there are
not men enough TO run the barrOws. These
men are not paid by the manufacturers but
by the shear men who receive forty cents
per ton for all iron cut and wheeled into the
factory, and pay their help ers out OF this.
Our reporter interviewed several wOrkmen
at the mill and they say that the wheelers
have the hardest job in the mill and should
receive the advance as il takes very
healthy and strong man to stand the sud
den changes OF temperature. The strikers
are determined, and say that they will not
go back without their demands are ac-
Ceeded to1
The helpers at the Top mill would not
90 to work yesterday unless the manager
OF the Top mil WOulu sign al uSTeeuleut
TO this effect: That hereafter il there
Should occur vacancy at a furnace in the
mill, that the manager give said furnace TO
any helper who is at work in the mill
whom he thinks is competent to run it,
and not TO go out Of the mill for u boiler,
when he has men there who are able to
run the furnace The manager refused to
sign 1t, and the boys held a meetingyeSter-
day afternoon and are going to make de-
terinined stand. Our reporter interviewed
few of the helpers yesterday afternoon,
and he asked them what WAS the rea-
sons for wanting an agreement
like the above signed They said that some
Of them had worked for about Is years as
helpers, and that when there was vacancy
the manager never looked at them, but
send oil for a boiler TO come and take the
furnace. They thought that after working
as long aS some OF them had, that they
ought to know now to run a furnace, and
wanted show, which, if they cant get
here, they will get some where else. They
were then asked what reason the manager
gave for not wanting to sign the above, and
they replied be said that he would not be
bound in any such manner.