Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-12-23
GENERAL NOTES.

There is no truth in the report that
the Western Flint Glass Bottle aud
Vial Manufacturers Association, at it,
late meeting in Chicago, reduced the
prjle on druggists prescription ana pro-
prietery bottles seventy per cent.
All tie Pittsburgh glass chimney fac
tories are running steadily: with good
prospects.
The pressed ware glass factories at
Pittsburgh are doing about as we'll as
usual mt This season Of the year.
Tie strike OF the Toledo, o., iron
nsClGrrs, W hich began lH>t week, EN-.
brace all the union m"lderS i'll the city.
auuut fifty men. They demSud the
re- tolation of wages to tue former status
of ~. - per day. Thus far the demand
has not been Conceded, the proprietorS
claiming they will he able to I'LL the
slcps with non.UuiOn men. Eight
uon-uniOn men went To- work.
One day last week 81 Of the uon.uGiOn
mulders employed by tue Troy, y. Y,
Malleabie Iron Company, lett the inuu-
dry and went to their homes. At three
o'clock they met and marched To
Molders' Hall, where they, or all OF
them Who had not already been adj
mitted, signed and declared allegiance
to the union. Several of the men are
good mechanic, but came from Eastern
towns where there are no branches OF
the union. Some objection was made
to the admission of apprentices as full
tiedged members, as it would be an in.
Justice to those learning the trade and
having their line mostly served. n
provision was made for this class by
lac committee, and all the strikers be-
came union mOldars.
Twenty new nail machines are being
put up ut the POttstOwn, Pa, nail fac
torv. \ new ten foot circular furnace
is also bpiu- erected. In the meantime
tie poor, disorganiXed nail feeders are
resistirga reduction.
Tie boiler plate mill ofthe Pottstown,
. Pa, Iron Company isrunning full time.
The other mills are idle. The rolling
mill of the Glasgow Iron Company
has shut down for the holidays. The
puddle department of Potts Brothers
mill is also out for week or two.
Jones & Laughlin, this city, are about
TO test natural gas in theft forge de-
partment. If satisfactory they will use
it altogether hereafter i'll that depart
menf. They have as pudding, 30
heating and three scrsp Gurnaces.-La-
Dor Tribune.
Thirty-two new l.. AS of the X. of L.
were organized in the month OF NOyem.
Der.
"Anti-morOpoiy" matches are sCab
made, and should not be purchased by
union men or their friends.
The endeavor is beirg made to eStab-
lish district assembly II. Of l.. III Mon
treal.
The Rogers locomotive works, Patcr-
son, y. j., discharged 200 of their work
men few days ago. THIS action was
caused by lack OF orders.
The New Jersey Steel and Iron
Works, of Trenton, have notified their
chain makers OF a redu,t on OF ID per
cont. in wages, to take effect M0nday.
The workingmen of Louisville, Nv,
New Albany and Jacksonville, Ind,
held grand mass meeting on Friiay
evening to take into consideration ques-
tons of great moment which concerns
their welfare.
The Pittsburgh Carbon Company,
Limited, SD and Allegheny Valley
railroad, Pittsburgh, are meeting with
much success, and are now turning out
4,COO carbons per day, with demand
fully up 10 the capacity. The company
are contemplating enlargingthe WORKS
at an early day.
Cigsr-making is dull in New York
city. Bookbindins and the building
traders are fairly lively. The Bakers
Union is growing. The carpenters
.trike has been settled. The striking
Garnet weavers are determined to hold
out. The tugboatmen are perfectlng
their organization.
A wooden mill to cost 100000 is in
course of erection in HaberSham county,
Gu, The water comes tumbling down
a cataract and furnishes the power with .
out q dollars artificial aid. 1t is said
that the stream. without artificial aid,
will turn SlO0, 0O0,0 600 worth of machln-
cry.
The chain makers of the Miller chain
works, at Akron, o., are still locked
out. A committee who called on the
firm to Try to adjust the difficulty were
presented with an iroa clad, which they
were informed they must sign before
any settlement would be entered upon
1t wss indignantly spurned.
The Central Labor Union of New
York hiss deeiSe to boycott the Ne ~
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