Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-07-01
THE WAGE WORKERS.
The Industrial Intelligence OF tho
Past Week
IN THIS VICINITY AND At LARGE
Notes Concerning the Iron Men, Coal
Miners, Cigar Makers. Glass
Blowers, Railroad Men, ;
Etc.. Etc.
CITY INDUSTRIAL NOTES.

Il
Association at Pittsbufg last week, ow-
ing to all the nail mills not being pro-
perly represented, no definite action
could be taken in regard to the stop
page of the mills. The question OF
stopping on the first of July was argued
at length and they finally decided not
| to stop until the 18th of July, and not
then if the mills that were not repre-
sented at the meeting would not agree
to stoppage.
Friday is pay day at the La Belle
mill.
A lot of new furnaces are being built
| at the Etna.
Next Saturday is pay day at the
Riverside mill.
The Martins Ferry stove works have
| shut down for week.
Geo. Downey, nail feeder At the
| Belmont mill, is on the sick list.
Joe Renolds, a nail feeder at the Bel
mont, was off sick last week.
The carpenters at the B. d 0. railroad
shops have completed seven new freight
cars.
A boat load OF stove wood was being
unloaded at the Belmont mill yester-
day.
Geo. Miller, the North End tin roofer,
is very busily engaged at his special
ity.
The new turning lathe at the Bel
mont mill was in full operation yester-
day.
Peter Smith, of the Belmont mill
blacksmith shop, is again at his post OF
duty.
A car load of new grind stones were
received at the Belmont mill this
week.
The Riverside nail works ceased work
Friday evening for this week, owing to
the scarcity of nail plate on hand.
Yesterday the Riverside mill man.
ayers were engaged in taking STOCK.
| The mill will start up as usual, to-mor-
row morning.
The Centre foundry is very busily en-
gagged in makinw new nail machines
| tor Western mills and casting the fur
mace plates for the Brilliant rolling mill.
Yesterday twenty tons of furnace
plates were shipped to the Brilliant roll
ing mill by the Centre foundry.
A rumor reached this city yesterday
| that the Canton, o., glass works would
not cease work OH the LIST of July, as
ordered by the glass workers, but would
continue to work, regardless of the &C
ton of the workmen's association. We
were unable to CLEAN any information
| from q reliable source in regard to the
above, and can only give it to the pub
| lie as rumor.
Since that time all the mills not rep.
resented at the meeting have signlhed
| their intention to stop on the 10Th OF
July, at which time all of the mills will
| close down, but for what length OF time
REGISTER reporter could not ascer-
tain last evening, but was given to I'M
derstand that the length of the stop
page would be settled at the meeting
of the association, which takes place
on July IL, at Pittsburgh.
The work of building new freight
cars at the b. & o. railroad shops is be-
ing pushed along as rapidly as possible.
A new patent lathe for dressing rolls
has been invented by Jos. Seybold, of
the Belmont mill. This invention
dresses he rolls while they are in the
"hOusen.n
Yesterday afternoon the work Of TAX
ing stock was commenced at the Bel
mont mill. The official informed q
REGISTER reporter that they would
have the work completed in time to
start the mill and factory tomorrow
morning.
One hundred and five tons of pig
metal was received at the Belmont
mill off the steamer st. LAWRENCE, Fri
day.
Everything is working along smooth
ly at the b. d o. railroad shops. IL the
construction of the new round-house
would be commenced this month, it
would liven up the men employed at
these works.
Mr.. Frank G. Rizer, of the Crescent
mill, has resigned his position as roller
and accepted u position at the heating
furnace.
Holidays planning mill is doing a
big business. Among the number Of
orders now being filled by this firm is
one for the material for seven cottages
at the Moundsville camp meeting
grounds.
The work on the new addition to
Bodley Bros wagon factory has been
greatly deferred this week, owing to
the extreme wet weather. Should they
have anything like faip weather the
work of laying the foundation will be
finished in two or three weeks.
Bodley Bros wagon factory is doing
a rushing business. They are shipping
wagons to the South nearly every week.
Redman & Co.'s machine shops are
busily engaged in dressing nail ma
chimes for Western mills. But still this
firm have a sufficient number Of work.
men to fill other orders promptly.
The cause of the scarcity of nail
plate at the Riverside mill this week, is
owing to the heaters only working six
heats TO the turn. They make eight
heats to the turn when making full
| time.
The Belmont mill foundry was busily
engaged yesterday casting iron for the
heating furnaces.
Five barge loads Of lime stone have
been received at the Belmont blast fur
mace this week.
The Jennie Campbell will bring up
three barges of iron ore for the Belmont
mill this trip.
The Belmont blast furnace is in need
of repairs to the top Of their furnace,
which work will be commenced as
soon as the furnace can be filled up so
that the brick masons can work on the
inside without having to go to the ex-
pense of building a scaffold.
This week, the Upper Riverside forge
department was working single turn,
six heats to the turn. Next week this
department will work double, full
time.
From what could he learned yester-
day, only one day will be taken next
week for holiday.
John r. Browning, a molder, left yes.
terday to join the Eclipse fishing club
at Darlington.
All the molders at Sweeney & Sons
works were busily engaged this week
and expect to continue working steadily
next week.
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