Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-04-06

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dent from the busy scenes along Main street
and at the wharf and depOtS. Buyers from
the country are here with memOrada OF
their wants and cash with which to buy
them.
Quotations. correct and full, will be found
in our regular market columns, ana gen
eral idea OF trade may be readily gwen.
The grocery business is booming. Sugars
have stiifiy held up on prices. with an aver
age advance of q half cent all round nut
there is no other marked change. There IS
little margin in this business the motto
of which is certainly small profits and
uuick sales" FurS have gone down III
price with a boom and there H. nothing DO
ing in wool Meats are steady ami station.
arv. The dry goods trade is unsteady and
its situation may be compared with that OF
the iron market. There was great over
production in the early part OF the year
and now prices are shaken by the cutting
of manufacturers in their efforts to run OFT
their stocks. By the end of next week
steadying up is expected, which may be ac-
companied by slight rise. The lettering
of the roads has brought in plenty OF pro-
duce and butter. Eggs and the like may
he soon expected in larger quantities.
Mill stocks are reported in good demand.
The Vigilant reel will he fixed and ready
for duty this morning.
1t is patent hay press andnot fork. that
Charlie Miller is running, as we stated,
Yesterday.
Wilson X Dunlevys cooper shop will re-
sumo work to day They have been oil on
account of scarcity OF slaves.
The sugar refinery has putin its new ma
chinerv and wash tubs and will be ready
for operation next week.
One of the new steel boilers at the Rcy-
mann brewery burned out, Yesterday, and
Sweeney X Son are repairing 1t.
Fred Miller, one of the oldest nailers in
the Belmont. is called REV" by the boys,
because he talks seriously to them.
An accident on the Chesapeake X Ohio
road, - miles from Coal Valley, has pre-
vented any shipment of coal, and will pre-
vent any iur 4 week TO come.
Henry Kurner. boiler at the Upper
Riverside Mill, was badly Gashed over the
left eye, yesterday, by blow from the
heavy sliding tongs With carry the balls
to the SqueeIcrs.
The mines and coke works at Fire Creek,
W. Va. are in full operation burning Outa
large amount of coke and shipping some
coal. The mines and coke works at Stone
Cliff. in the same locality, are also in last.
ENNITu NllON lCSs Al lltllAcA NN NAIC lNsNNl0
side Iron works met with 4 very painful
accident yesterday. He was grinding Il
knife. and H. the stand upon which it was
resting was not a. close 10 the stone as II
should have been, his thumb got in be-
tween the grindStOne and the stand, which
ground the thumb OFT to the first joint be-
fore he could release il. DR.. Reeves dressed
the wound.
An alarm of fire was turned i'm from box
u yeSte rday morning about s o'clock,
caused by the floor of the engine room ut
the Belmont blast furnace being on lire.
The department responded promptly, but
the fire was quickly extinguished by u few
buckets OF water. The floor caught from
piece oi greasy waste which was lying
alongside OF Il torch. The damages are
very slight
VIM. Rowley. laborcr who works for
Frank Sims. the contractor for unloading
ore and limestone from bargeS for the Bel
mont mill had his right limb badly broken
between the ankle and the knee, yesterday
about noon, by one OF the cars which carry
the ccal up the incline In coming down
il ran off theend OF the track. striking his
limbwith the above result. He was carried
to Werles boarding house on Main street.
DR.. Wilson dressed the fracture, and he
was removed yesterday afternoon to the
City Hospital.
The coal miners at Wheeling creek
works have wrought better the past week.
No. mine wrought six days, and No. |
mine four days. getting all we can do
while working The twenty new houses
lately built are rapidly tillingup with good
miners. The company have littlr trouble
in selling the coal from No. | mine.
through some INSCRIPTIONS men persist
ing in loading band and COppcvaS. 1t is -
BE- hoped that this practice will at once
cease. as it is detrimental to us as well Us
the company. We are assured Of better,
work. and little more diligence may
bring forth good results,
A large meeting OF the operators of the
railroad coal mines was held ut Pittsburgh
on Tuesday Twenty one firms were repre-.
scented, and disposition was manifested to
make stand for cents instead of 81
cents. This disposition resulted in the
the passage Of q resolution giving the
miners until the 18th inst. To decide upon
81 cents, and ii they still remain out, TO
further decrease the offer to 3 cents per
buShel. A meeting OF the lodge OF knights
of Labor to which coal miners belong wa
also held. but no action was taken The
prospects of a prOtracted lockout seem
greater than Il; any time since the begin
ming of the troubles.
\ >pondemt. writing from the scene
of the coal strike near Piedmont. says:
The Miners tOmmttec who were in con-
ference with a similar committee of the
operators in Baltimore last week. returned
home Saturday morning, The result Ofthc
meeting is not yet made public. 1t was
stated among knowing persons that no
concessions were made on either side. \
noticeable feature in this contests the atti-
tude OF the miners; they are more deter
mined this time apparently than they
have been on any similar occasion, but
very few have left the valley as in
other strikes. They seem to realize the
necessity OF remaining ut home to
renOyate the surroundings of their COM
Portable little homes. One can hear
the sound OF the garden pick and shovel in
all directions. Some planting, some re-
pairing fences and some cleaning their
wells, and others reading their papers. and
all hent on occupying their leisure time at
something. Not one instance OF disturb.
anCc has occurred from one end oil the val
ley to the other. Much talk is current to
the effect that the companies are making
preparations to mine coal with foreign
labor. The miners do not feel disposed to
talk much on this subject. but ii is evident
that they will not interfere should such be
the case. The future will tell more about
this question. Quite large number OF the
companies have paid off for March.
Charity Lecture at the Cathedral.
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