Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-11-02

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Charleston, s. G.
Arthur Garaghty has accepted position
as engineer at the Riverside.
The cold iron feeders at the Top mill will
work the remainder of the week.
The imports of iron and steel from Eng
land has fallen of the past year.
Thomas Kelly, q rougber at the Top mill,
left for Terre Haute, Ind, yesterday.
Mr.. atcock, manager of the Riverside
nsil works, is sgain at his post Of duty.
Blast furnaces will be erected at an early
day at Ashville, n. c., and Alpha, Ala.
Campbell, Jones & Co., of Pittsburgh
will soon light their furnace, now idle.
The hot iron nail machines at the Top
mill will not start up until next Monday.
Wilson & Dunlevy's cooper shop are
only working part of their force of men,
Arnold Springer, a feeder at the La Belle,
has accepted similar position at the Bel
mont.
Bells foundry is on full force, though
business is not what might be called
brisk"
The Belmont blast furnace is working
nicely and turning out large quantities OF
pig iron.
A portion of the nail machines at the
La Belle mill are idle, owing to one set OF
, the shears being broken
The spike factory at Dilworth, Porter &
Co.'S, Pittsburgh, has shut down for two
weeks to decrease the stock on hand.
Only a small portion of the nail machines
in the Top mill were running yesterday,
owing to the scarcity of nail plate.
John Rodenbaugh, nail feeder at the
Top mill, left for Chattanooga, Tenn, yes.
terday, having accepted position in that
mill.
Jesse Murrin, manager of the Brilliant
mill, was in the city visiting friends this
week. He reports everything working
nicely at this mill.
Preparations are being made to intro
duce workshop in the City OF New ork
College to give instructions to pupils In
mechanical and scientific work.
Manager Murn has now full control OF
the forge departments Of the upper ana
lower Riverside mill, manager Dudley
having taken charge OF the steele plant at
Benwood.
Wednesday afternoon quite number OF
OF the nail feeders and nailers at the River.
side works knocked OIL to attend the
funeral of Geo. Virgins, formerly mailer
at these works.
Yesterday the gearing Of the machinery
used in sinking the gas well at the Central
glass works broke again. The break will
probably be repsired by this morning and
the work of boring commenced.
The miners at Fawcett's pit, in the first
pool held a meeting yesterday morning.
President Costello was present. 1t was de.
cided to strike for 81 cents. The miners
at Brownsville refuse to join the strike and
are working for pa cents. In the fourth
pool the lockout continues unchanged.
Tie estate of the late Amass Stone, of
Cleveland, Ohio, is being merged into
new corporation called the Union Steel
Coz, pany of Cleveland, capital Si600,O0O;
incorporators Marvin A. Carr, Charles w.
billiard and James w. Ferry; object, to
mine and purchase iron ore, deal in iron
and steel, and iron and steel ingots, blooms,
railroad rails, frogs, switches and crossings
and all other kinds OF manufactured iron
and steel.
Pipes are being laid from Murraysville,
Wesimorelsnd county, to the Edgar
Thompson Steel works at Braddock, to con-
vey natural gas TO be used as fuel. There
are one hundred boilers at the works in
daily use. On next week the new fuel will
be {. sted The company making the ex-
pertinent is composed of John Doubleday,
George Boulton, John Hoffman and other
well known operators in the oil regions
Pitt. burgh Leader.
The pottery trade is picking up some Of
late. Owing to the free importation Of
pottery from England to New York pre-
vors to the first Of July, large amount
of ware was received that was the cause OF
the decline in orders with the home man
ufacturers. The tariff taking effect in July
the shipments from Europe are not so
large as formerly, which gives the home
factories an opportunity to compete with
the foreign trade.