Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-06-19
THE HILLS.


Y~esterdsys HsHpeafngs Ansos on
city lndastfies.
Yesterday was an extremely hot day In
the mills. The boys claim that IL vas the
wsrmest day Of the season.
The nail factories all worked only ten
hours yesterday.
The refrigerator building Of the Swift
| Dressed Beef Company, OF Chicago, IL com.
| pleted, and q shipment Of beef is expected
this week. Rumor states that MI. George
Bowers. a popular butcher OF this vicinity,
The carpenters throughout the city are
very bu,iiy engaged, having all the work
they can possibly attend to at present.
Halliday's planning mill is doing . rush:
ing business, and are receiving plenty OF
orders from the surrounding country and
! this city to keep them running. steadily,
WQuite a number of new buildings are be.
ing erected in this city at present. and the
prospects are very fattering for q big boom
In the building line this coming fall.
The glass houses are oil working to their
fullest capacity. and report plenty OF or.
ders on hand. This is partially owing TO
| the enforced six weeks stoppage, which
| commences July j.
Nothing so far has been done toward the
| completion of the well at the La Belle
mill. The workmen struck water in abun.
dance last Thursday, and Immediately
plugged the hole up. When the pump
will be put in We are unable to state.
The upright boiler was placed in the La
Belle machine shops yesterday.
Mr.. VIM. killner, a striker NJ the La
| Belle blacksmith shop, was taken suddenly
i'll with cramp collie yesterday and had to
| cease work. ftl hoped that the young
man will be able TO resume work to day.
The Belmont nailers and feeders o
drink lemonade at the expense OF the com.
pany. This is a good example TO set, aud
shows conclusively that IL the workmen
are treated properly they will return the
compliment to the owners.
The heaters at the Riverside mill made
six heats Yesterday.
Mr.. Brocious, a striker al the La Belle
blacksmith shop, was OF yesterday.
The boilers. night turn, at the LIS Belle,
made two and some three heats yesterday.
The intense heat yesterday caused the
feeders at the Riverside nail factory TO
knock off at noon. The thermometer ran
up as high as 1l5' at the tenders furnaces.
Yesterday afternoon only o one.
fourth of the nail machines in the River.
side nail factory were working, and those
were principally self feeding machines.
The nail feeders, at least a majority OF
them, ceased work at four o'clock yester-
day afternoon at the La Belle nail factory.
They claim the reason for stopping work
was that the tenders threw up two piles
of hot plates TO them at four O'Clock, and
that made il entirely too warm for them to
work. Some of the nail feeders are very
indignant at the action OF the tenderS.
John I.utz, an employe at Holidays
planning mill. was off yesterday. This
gentleman is reported very Ill.
John Linch, a packing boy at the River
side nail factory, mashed his thumb yester-
day.
The Belmont mill company have pur.
chased q new ore crusber.
The covering OF the west side OF the forge
department at the Belmont mill, with
galvanized iron, was completed yesterday.
That is, as much as is intended 10 be done
al this season OF the year.
L. n. Pearson, general manager at the
Pottery, left for Philadelphia yesterday
afternoon, to attend the funeral OF his
brother.in.law.
X. V. Ankle, tin roofer, OF the Eighth
ward, reports trade very brisk In his tine.
All the nail mills in this vicinity will
ship nails on the popular steamer Jennie
Campbell, this week.
Hoffman q Son, are receiving large con-
signments Of bark. this week.
A portion OF the feeders at The Top mill
knocked off on account OF the intense
heat yesterday afternoon.
Several OF the furnaces at the Belmont
mill were not worked full turn yesterday,
owing to the scarcity OF helpers. A REGIS.
TER reporter approached one of the man.
ayers Yesterday and wished to know what
was the cause of the scarcity OF helpers?
He replied: There are q number OF help.
ers which / term snow BIRDS
who work in the mill during the winter,
an. Just rs soon as hot weather comes they
leave and go to work In the brick yards
and other outside work. That kind Of work
always throws US short OF q helper or two
in the forge department. There is, at pres.
ent, one or two OF our boilers who are
working with only a small boy TO assist
them, termed q third hand"