Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-05-02
MILL MATTERS.
News Gathered fromth w orkshops oil
wheeling and Vicinity.


wheeling and Vicinity.
Pay day at the Riverside mill, Saturday
Pay day at Hobbs, Brockunier & Co. s
glass works, next Saturday.
The Pottery Company are having the
trees in front OF their building trimmed up.
The nail plate rollers scale will be con-
sidered at the conference tomorrow even
ing
Another of the boys who has been at
work in the Chattanooga mill has returned
home.
The La Belle factory machines are run
ming nicely since the engine has been re-
paired.
The Upper Riverside mill is working
along verv smoothly, nothing of interest
TO the public having transpired. yesterday.
A large force of men were hard at work,
Yesterday digging the foundation for the
new addition to Schmuibach 4 Co. S
brewery.
The debris is being removed from the
sight OF the North Wheeling glass works.
The building will be rebuilt as soon a
practicable.
The conference between the manufactur-
ers and the committee OF the Amalgams
OF this district. will be held on Wednesday
evening next.
Hobbs, Brockunier & Co.'S factory will
be closed. today, US the hands will attend
q, mossc the funeral OF Frank Deacon, an
empioye OF the firm.
The Arlington stove works, which has
been running on half time, commenced on
full time, Monday. as they were getting be-
hind with their orders.
The various committees from the dis
triCts OF the Amagamated Association 70
attend the picnic details, will meet at
Beaver, on Saturday next.
The carpenters at work on the wareh 9use
at Hobbs, Brockunier 4 Co.'S will have 1t
ready Tor the roof tomorrow. The roof OF
the building is to be tin.
Vice President Rogers will this week ap-
point a committee of seven TO represent
this district at the committee which meets
at Beaver, on Saturday, to perfect the pic
mic arrangements.
One OF James Banks self feeding ma
chimes in the Riverside nail works, which
broke Down few days ago, will be led by
his son unit. the Self-feeding part OF the
machine can be fixed
Thomas Calm. a blacksmith at the
Riverside mill, ratified oil a lot of ground in
Piedmont, yesterday. John Cline, nail
plate roller at the La Belle mill, being the
lucky man, and will also have 10 pay taxes
in Piedmont.
The dullness in the coke regions has re-
suited in reduction OF prices, which goes
into effect to day. Instead of Sl.75 and
81. 50 per ton it is now $l.65 and $40. The
output is at present about 200 cars per day.
This i the first change in prices for three
CntS.-PitLl"gh Dispatch.
Philip Emick. painter, met with very
severe accident, yesterday morn, ng, while
painting his residence at the corner OF Thirty
eighth and MCColloch streets. He stepped
oil the ladder, striking the gound with his
back Dr. Reed was called in and could
not discover any bones broken, but thinks
he IS hurt internally.
An order has been issued at the Home
worth steel works that all sunday work
shall be stopped a. far as possible. Repairs
will hereafter be made on Saturday. The
bottoms will be dropped on Saturday morn
ing at ) o'clock and the blast will be turned
on at ; o'clock on Monday mOrning.-Pd'S'
L1rg DipGtch.
The Belmont key factory + having one Of
George Mckims'. of Martins Ferry, pat
ent champing and casing machines put up,
which they claim will close 100 kegs per
hour. This is the second one that has been
sold. The other one is working at Steu-
benville. This machine cost the Belmont
mill 81 300. and will be ready for service by
Thursday.
The new iron ROOF over the engines al
Hobbs, Brockunier Il Co.'S glass works was
finished yesterday. and the sides Of the
room will be boarded up as rapidly A. pos
sible. The brick.masOns started to work
on the second story of the mould room,
Yesterday. and this portion OF the factory
is being pushed very rapidly. IL they are
badly in need OF it,.
Owing to the illness of Grand Master
Powderly, of the Knights OF Labor, the
meeting arranged Tor last night has been
postponed until next Monday evening,
when District Organizer David Rankin. OF
Pittsburgh, and perhaps Mr.. POwderly will
he here. great demonstration is then
looked for rs the order is getting very
strong in this locality.
Hobbs, BrOckunier& Go. received anOtiCc
from SteubcnvilIe, yesterday, to look out
for boy named Ross Sample. dark COM
pleNion and about II years OF age, who
Formerly worked in a glass house in S,cu-
bemvil.e. He has been missed from his
home since last Wednesday. and has been
traced to our city. About that time three
or four new boys We're hired at Hobbs ~
Cos glass works. and they think probably
that he is one of them under an assumed
name.
Yesterday morning the Top mill blast
furnace broke out, causing the hot Cinder
and iron to flow like water. The president
of the company claims that there was no
material damage sustained, and that it was
something that was liable to happen at any
time. Tie accident will cause the blast
furnace to be off Tor some eight hours, and
from what We have seen OF blast furnaces
il will be very hot work rebuilding the
break in that space OF time.
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