Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-05-06

boss in New York City, all Others con-
cedipg that union men are the most
profitable. s.r,-
The New Haven, Conn, bricklayers
are receivipgS5 IS per day.
The wages cfbricklayers is s. per day
In Houston, Texas.
They are having boom in building
ia Buffalo, n. Y.
Nearly $4,0OO,OOO worth of buildings
are to 60 up in Winnipeg, Monitoba,
this year.
Members of the building trades are re-
aueste1 to stay away from Chicago, ILL.,,
and Elizabeth, New Jersey, until furth-
er notice.
Letters from fifty-five of the leading
machinery establishments throughout
the country indicate the present condi-
ton OF business, and the progress made in
1858. The letters are ali cheerful. There
is scarcely an exception to the claim
that manufacturers of machinery are
everywhere in a flourishing business,
and the outlook for the present year is
considered promising. Most OF the
firms report orders for months in adj
vance, compelling an increase1 equip
ment. The machine tool builders are
apprebensive that they will be unable
to fill within a reasonable time the
many acquisitions already on file.
Engine builders are pressed to deliver
their motors, and steam pump manu-
facturers are enlarglng their facilil les
to meet the increased demand
American Railway Journal.
Among The Mines.
One hundred new ovens are in course
oferection at Stonerville, Pa.
All but 745 out of the 5000 ovens in
the coke region are now in full blast.
New coke mines are being opened at
Sabinsville, Potter county, Pa.
The Osborne coal mines at Mineral
Ridge, o., has been closed indefinitely.
The one hundred coke ovens Of the
Mahoning Coke Co., at Dunbar, Pa,
are idle at present.
The Clear6eld coal region is still in
process of development. There is some
talk of introducing machinery in the
mines in that section.
There are at the present time 7O4 coal
mines in active operation i'll the State
Of Illinois, employing 2O,29O men and
boys under ground.
The Mt. Pleasant Journal says:
Raineys are running 100 ovens. Leisen-
ring works are shipping coke to Cuba.
Emma ovens are in blast again aud
running full. Markets mill "a" at
West Newton has resumed operation.
Mayfield and Donnelly's, west Of
Stonerville, are running full. Torren9e's
ovens at Meyers were not affected by
the dull season. Rising Sun and BesSe-
mer are turning out their full quota OF
coke.
The coal miners Of Western Pennsyl-
vania are endeavoring to persuade their
employers to arbitration and scale,
but the latter seem blind to the dictates
of prudence and sound Judgement.
The miners have Shown spirit OF
fairness which is creditable to them,
and the operators have exhibited a
backwardnesS which does not stand in
credItable comparison with the action
OF their Observation-Disclosures iron.
Wages Paid in Eight PrIn cipai Cities.
The following carefully compiled Ia
Ole Oh tue price vi IdDOT III tue tIdltS
entering into building may be worth
preserving for future reference. As can
be seen, the price of labor varies ac-
cording II the city, the difference at
times amounting u as much as one
dollar per day, as with common labor
ers. The figures are the average of the
wages paid at the present time. In
mOstrespects New York pays the high
est price for its labor, with Pittsburgh,
Cincinnati, st. Louis, Chicago, Phila-
delphia, Boston and Baltimore bidding
for the second place. The best organ
lied labor is the best paid throughout,
a fact which can be signficantly judged
by the rates paid in this city. Brick
layers make II and carpenters, FOR in
stance, make but $3.50 per day accord
ing to the union scale, yet quite a num-
Der are paid - per day, and Others as
low as - and S2.2j. Common labOrers
run from SIS to - for hod carriers,
with the average as given in the table
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