Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-10-04
INDUSTRIAL NOCES.

Yesterday about 100 nail machines were
running at the Riverside nail factory.
The heaters at the Riverside are only
working four heats to turn.
4 large majority of the nalers and feeders
who went to Chicago to work returned home
Monday night.
The men and boys were very busy at the
Riverside putting up nails, yesterday, so as
to ship them as soon as possible.
One hundred and nineteen men and boys
returned from Chicago, but no person must
intimate that they played cards on the trip.
oh, no!
VIM. Remick, who has been visiting
friends at Harrisburg, Pa, fer the past
three months, returned home yesterday,
and took charge of his machines at the La
Belle mill.
Manager Linch informed the reporter
yesterday, that all his boilers. who were at
work in other cities, had returned home
and had accepted their old positions in the
La Belle.
The factory engine at the La Belle mill,
which has not been working altogether
right since the start, was doing good work
YESTERDAY, and the engineer thinks that it
will work all right.
The Belmont nail factory was running
were on in place of the regular nailers who
were at Chicago, gave up their positions
to-day as the nailers arrived from Chicago
Monday night.
In our interview with one of the nailers
last evening, the reporter was informed
that the men were all nicely treated at
Cbicsgo, in fact. as he stated, they were
treated like millionaires insteatetwOrk.
men. and all manner of inducements were
held out 10 them to get them to work perma-
nently. The owners of the mill offered to
put up new machines for them, and not
only that, but while the new structure was
being built, they would give the nailers
and feeders steady work, but as the men
had determined to come back to Wheel
ing. the proprietors of the mill, went so
far as TO pay all of them off late
Saturday night, and Manager Tmberlake
escorted them to the depot and bid them
good bye. Everything passed off in the
best possible style. No hard feeling was
expressed or felt, as il was but natural that
the men should wish to come home. They
made several hundred kegs of nails for the
Company, who were so well pleased with
their work that they did everything in
their power to try and induce the men TO
stay. few of whom did STAY, one OF the
Riverside nailers James Ainesworth, and
one or two from the Ohio City Mill. The
reporter was unable to learn their names.
Quite a number of feeders also stayed, as
they did not own property or have families
in this city.
Ed Kenny, heater OF the Belmont MILL
retired, and Fred Christinger has accepted
his furnace.
The heaters at the Belmont mill only
made four heats to a turn yesterday, but
expect to be able to make six heats the bal
ance of the week. They think by that time
they will be able to run full time.
Yesterday morning, George Hunt Of
Ashland, Ky. a helper at heating furnace
No. l, at the Belmont mill, had very mar
row escape from being killed. He has only
been here few days and started to work
at this plill yesterday. 1t seems he was
| carrying piece or block of iron from the
furnace to the rolls by means of 9 large
| pair of tongs which are suspended from a
Single railway track, and in moving along
rap dly with the iron, the chain which
+ holds the tongs up broke, throwing him
! on his head. but few inches from the red
hot piece of iron. Fortunately he fell
| from the iron, for had he lighted on it he
certainly would have been seriously burnt
before assistance could have reached him.
His face and head are very badly cut and
| scratched up, and he had to be assisted TO
his boarding house.
The sheet rolls at the Belmont mill
worked off very smoothly yesterday.
Everything shout the repsirs had been
superintendent by the boss ROLES, Mr..
Campbell, and the job is a credit to him
Bowen Davis q miner at the Top mill.
met with a very painful accident yester-
Gay that will compel him to be off duly for
some time. While at work he dislocated
his wrist DR.. Garrison was called in and
! reduced the dislocation. -"
Mr.. Vanfossen, genial North End mailer
has returned from an extended visit in the
East --s