Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-07-03
THE MILLS.
The Manufacturers Meeting-The Fire
Escape and other Notes.

bsCHpc IL INV ENOtCSs
The creek mill Is off this week.
Ashland and Ironton will close down on
the 18th inst.
The heaters on day turn at the Top mill
made eight heats to-day.
The Bar mill at the upper Riverside mill
is still running full force.
The forge department of the Etna mill
was not working yesterday.
The Laughlin mill will be ready and re-
sumo work again Thursday.
Quite a number of the employees at the
creek mill will go fishing this week.
Yesterday only a few of the molders at
Sweeny ~ Sons foundry were working.
A large cylinder for the steamer Barnard
will be cast at Sweeney Il Sons foundry TO-
DAY.
The La Belle boilers worked eight heats
yesterday, five on day turn and thres on
night turn.
Dame Rumor states that a prominent nail
feeder at the Riverside factory will Join the
Benedicts to-day.
Yesterday workmen commenced laying
the new foundation for the addition to
Bodily Bros. wagon factory.
Yesterday was very hard on the mill men
The intense heat in some instances com.
PEELED the men to cease work.
The Belmont mill will pay off the coal
bank and furnace men to day instead Of
tomorrow, the regular pay day.
Manager Burdock, of the Belmont nail
factory, sold his fast trotting horse to Sam.
uel Johnson. a mailer in the same mill, for
500.
The new fan blower which was put up at
the La Belle blacksmith shop last week,
upon trial yesterday, would not work sat.
isfactory.
The forge department engine at the Bel.
mont mill will start an hour earlier this
morning, 10 allow the men to complete
their days labor sooner and get ready for
the glorious Fourth.
Several of the Central glass works men,
headed by Louis Roth, left for Beach bot.
tom on a fishing expedition yesterday.
They expect to stay in camp until the time
Of the starting OF the glass works.
The boilers at the Top null refused to
agree to the notice, posted in the mill,
hat they must make five heats to the ton
or none at all, and would not go to work,
hence that portion OF the mill is of this
week.
The work of putting up the new patent
fire escape at he Riverside furniture fac
tory, will be commenced to day. The gem
tleman who has the work in charge, expects
to have il completed by the latter part Of
the week.
The North End glass works is working
along steadily, The prices in this line OF
goods are very much depressed at present,
as also the demand. This industry will
close down for q period Of six weeks on the
18th inst.
The heaters at the La Belle mill only
made two heats yesterday morning. The
reason of their ceasipg work could not be
fully understood, but it was caused by
something about the furnaces not being in
proper order.
Mr.. Campbell. q moulder at Sweeney &
Sons foundry, received from from Ireland
yesterday q fine silk handkerchief, with a
monogram representing a boar's head on il.
Justly so, as very few as fine finished goods
reach this city.
The Wheeling members of the Western
Nail Association, met at the Riverside office
yesterday afternoon for the purpose of de-
Gliding as to the time of stopping the mills.
From what could be ascertained, the mem
bers were unanimously, or nearly SO, in
isvorof shutting down on the 18th inst.
From what could be sscertained yester,
day afternoon the forge department of the
Riverside mill only made eight heats, or
double turn, instead of ten, as heretofore
published. Had the weather have been
cool they would certainly have made the
the ten heats, but Yesterday was entirely
too hot for them.
Nice-President Thompson returned from
Mipgo yesterday, having settled the differ.
epce between the manufacturers and boil
ers at that place. The trouble arose from
the manufacturers furnishing the boilers
with very fine or slate coal. The men
claimed thew could not work 10 any ad.
vantage with that kind of coal.