Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-04-05
INDusrRIALrrEMs.
News Notes From Capital aud Labor
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The Western Iraa Association meets at
Pittsburg to-d..y.
The Etna mill made a heavy shipme mt
south on the Andes, yesterday.
The North Wheeling cooper shop was idle
Yesterday, from lack of slaves.
The GLACIERS have nearly repaired the
ruin wrought by the hail storm.
They were placing large Boomer press
at the Sugar Refinery, yesterday.
All the mill men were complaining
about the intense heat, yesterday.
Thomas Hamm, late of New Jersey, has
gone into the North Wheeling glass works.
The Schmulbach Brewing Company ex-
pects to begin its new addition this week.
The new supply Of clay has been received
at the pottery, which Is now running iull
in every department.
The Belmont blast furnace is running
unusually large, this week, averaging 81
tons OF metal at turn;
Lewis Granville. one OF the feeders in the
Top mill, had his hand badly crushed on
Monday while fixing his machine.
The veto of the Chinese bill was not re-
ceiYed with any signs OF appreciation by
those of the mill men who knew OF it last
night.
All OF the coal mines along the Pan
Handle are down and the men on a strike.
They want cents and the operators re-
fuse to pay them more than three and
half.
The large cylinder for the Standard mill
has been finished by Sweeney & Son. 1t is
the largest ever cast in the city and weighs
5000 pounds The shaft will be ready by
Friday and will weigh seven tons.
Martins Ferry rejoices in the near pros
pect OF stove foundry. Messrs. Joseph
Medill, Mathew Mitchell. W. r. Ratciitf,
Henry Helling and John Armstrong, OF the
Exchange bank, that place, are al the head
of this enterprise. The capital will be $780,
COO, which will all be paid in before begin
ming operations. The company have not
yet agreed upon name for their works.
They propose to manufacture stoves ex-
clusively. 1t is thought the works will
give employment to about fifty men,
Telegraph.
About two years ago colored puddlers
were brought to Pittsburgh from the South
TO take the place of strikers at the Black
Diamond Steel Works of Park Bros. & Co.
Some months ago the colored men were ad
mitted to the Amalgamated Association.
They afterwards demanded an increase in
wages and were discharged. On Monday
twelve OF the cUlored puddlers went to
work in the Keystone Iron Mill and the
white boilers refused to work. About 100
boilers are employed at the Keystone Mill
and most OF them belong to the Amalga-
mated Association, of which the twelve
colOred men are also members The white
men object to the colored men on the
ground that the latter are ringers"
1ronton, O., furnace matters from the
Register: Belfont furnace made 3Gl tons
OF No. l mill iron last week. J. W. Day is
now under manager at Mt Ncrnon.in place
Of Mr.. McNaughton, resigned. Both OF
these are excellent furnaCemen. Hecla
blew out Monday. Mt. Vernon is running
along very smoothly making about Is tons
warm blast carwhcel iron OF excellent
quality daily 1t is said that Pennsylvania
furnace Will be blown out and abandoned,
owing to the difficulty of obtaining ores.
Sarah will blow ont some time next week
They have been running steadily ever
since the first blow in, period OF four
years, during which no repairs whatever
have been made. While blown out they
will put in new lining and overhaul the
furnace thoroughly throughout. Eight Of
the new nail machines for BefOnt are in
place. They were made by Lambert Bros
furnaces, and will probably erect several
more during the summer.
"Thc iron trade" said broker Yesterday
to Pittsburgh reporter, has been dull for
some weeks back. The cause of il can Be
attributed principally to projected railroad
schemes in the south and southwest, which
have fallen through. With the return of
good times many railroad schemes were
proiectcd-in fact they became so numcr-
Gus that it was very difficult 20 place their
bonds on the market, and in some instances
they could not be placed at all. In COnse.
Quencc of the projected roads turning on:
to be roads on paper, the large orders which
were expected by the iron men. for Some OF
which the contracts had already been
signed. were found visionary. That had
tendency to dull the iron market. OF all
consumers of iron the railroads are the
largest Certainly iron is used in the con-
Struction of almost everything, but rail
roads are the principal backbone Of the iron
market For agricultural implements, the
demand is the same as usual, and the trade
remains about as usual in all other
branches"