Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-10-21

Pay day at the Central Glass WORKS 10
day. -,
The Top mill blast furnace will be started
up next week.
Paw day at the Top, Belmont, and River
side mills to-day.
The Belmont blast furnace will start up
the LIST of November.
Bells foundry is doing very large busi-
ness in the stove line this season.
The key factories at the North End are
turnine out about 2 500 kegs per day.
The glass works throughout the city are
working along steadily, and turning ouI
large quantities of glass, but still they are
unable to meet the, demand.
The machinery is being placed very rap
;djy in the new addition TO the Gas WORKS,
and the work when completed VIII % .
preat Improvement on the old machinery
IN use here for so many years.
Sweeney & Son are busily engaged on the
,,aoh;neIy for the new steamboats,, and
have nearly completed one set OF machin-
ery. which will be placed on the beat as
soon as she arrives here.
The Crescent mill has been running
along nicely this week. The workmen are
st;II busily engaged on the building Oh tue
ss;Ivay track to and in the coal bank, and
also building the bridge across Coai run.
,rhe forge department Of the La BeiIe
iii was compelled to knock of at dlnnV.
time tim, Yesterday as the squeezer had 70 DC
renaired. The rest of the mill continues
on smoothly, and as mailer remarKeo'
"tbe new engine Is doing perfectly e1-
egently. ~,
The La Belle keg factory is kept running
N its fullest capacity to keep enough kegs
ahead to meet the demand made py tne
large quantity of nails cut. The La beile
mill does not really use as many kegs As
tbe rest of the mills in the city, as tney
make a speciality Of small nails. .
The sugar refinery will not be started up
for about thirty days, so a reporter was IN
formed yesterday. One thing that Is par
tally OBTAINING this industry, Is that they
are waiting on the new presses which are
being made at Sweeney & Sons machine
shop.
A large portion of the Scutt Barb Wire
Works, at the foot of Ninth street, smut
down this morning, as the wall OF one OF
the buildings was in danger of falling and
iniuring the employees. The damage will
be repaired to-day, and the factory will
start up again to morrow.-PHts. Telegraph.
The Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette says:
The directors Of the West End Gas Com
pany have decided to enlarge the capacity
Of their works to twice It's former capacity.
A meeting of the stockholders of the COM
pany will be held this afternoon for the
purpose of voting on proposition to issue
bonds of the company for the purpose OF
making the Improvements.
President Cline, of the Window Glass
Workers Association, OF Pittsburgh, left
last night for Baltimore, Nd, to conduct
the lockout in that district and prevent the
importation OF foreign laborers il possible.
Mr.. Cline had Just returned from that dis'
trict on Sunday after three weeks visit,
but the lockout assumed serious phase on
Monday and required his attention.
PITTSBURGH, October 20.-When the coal
miners failid in the strike last August
after being out four months, it was thought
that there would be no more trouble for
wear at least, but it seems not, as five pits
have made request that a convention be
called to demand an advance to the old
rate of cents. In compliance with this,
President Jones has called a convention for
the 9th inst. Since the strike the miners
have been working for 81 cents. The
operators say they will not grant the in
crease, and another strike is not improba-
BILE. The miners say that the demand for
coal will be so heavy that the operators
will be compelled to make the concessions
asked