Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-07-06
THE MILLS.

The Intense meat Yesterday Caused
Them % stop-Gsneral Hotes.
The Centre foundry is very busily en-
gagged.
Fritz Slater, of the LaBelle, is at Claring-
ton this week.
The Belmont nail factory closed down at
neon yesterday.
Holidays planning mill is working along
as usual-full time.
Hanes & wilson's planning mill was on
full force yesterday.
Wilson & Dunlevy's cooper shops were
not working yesterday.
Sweeney & Sons foundry is very busily
engaged on orders from Cincinnati.
All the tenders at the new factory OF the
Riverside mill were at work yesterday.
The bar mill at the Upper Riverside quit
on the fourth heat yesterday morning.
ONLY about 40 nail machines we're in OPP
Grafton at the Riverside nail factory yes
terday.
Two tenders was all that showed up in
the main factory of the Riverside mill yes
terday.
The heaters at the Belmont mill made
six heats on day turn and two heats on
night turn.
The manager of the Top mill stated last
evening that their mill was on, yesterday,
a portion of the day.
ONLY eight hot.iron nail machines out OF
ninety, at the old Riverside nail factory,
were working yesterday.
The Top mill nail factory was off yester-
day on account of the nailers and feeders
not putting in their appearance.
picked nine of the helpers at the La
Belle will play the Cooper Shop Stars to-
morrow afternoon on Hanlan's flat.
Beltz & Flading's planning mill is doing
rushing business. They are furnishing the
materia, for six or seven new buildings in
the country Immediately outside OF this
city.
Alexander Jones, an employee at Hanes
G. Wilson's planning mill, had several OF the
fingers of his right hand broken yesterday
by board falling on them. The proper
medical attention was Immediately cailea
on and the fractures reduced.
Cox & Morrison, the boiler makers, have
gang of men at work repairing M .he ma,
chinery at Exley's planning mill, MartlH 8
Ferry. One of the firm said yesterday:
''Work in the repair line is quite Disk,
but on new work very little is being DONE
The new patent fire escape ladder which
has been put up al the Riverside furniture
factory, will be given public trial Satur-
day afternoon about 4 o'clock. quite
large number of the business men OF the
city will be present to witness the exhibit
ton.
Fisher & Sons stove works, on Market
street, are doing a very good business.
They have plenty of job work on hand and
are running their foundry four days out OF
every week. The fitting department is on
| 10 its fullest capacity. One OF the firm
stated yesterday I'VE have plenty Of
work on hand, but the stove business is at
present very dull"
Yesterday morning was another schorch.
| er, and there is no place in the city that
| the intense heat is felt more severely than
! in Our nail mills. Any person visiting the
| mills yesterday morning would have no.
| ticed from the lisiiess appearance OF the
workmen that they were really working
| when it was luxurious for them to do so.
At noon large majority of them ceased
work on account OF the heat, and
as some of them expressed it, I'VE
| ought not to work when 1t IS
so hot" which certainly is true. The Their
mometer registered in the neighborhood
fore noon yesterday, and what really made
| the men feel the heat so thoroughly was
the absence of any breeze however light.
| All of the boys had, of course, been enjoy
ing the glorious Fourth, and were not in
| the best of trim for heavy work, which
naturally made them feel the heat more
readily. There seemed to be no doubt in
the workmen's mind last evening about
their working to-day. All, or at least, a
majority of them, expressed themselves as
being ready and would go to work again
q L. a. alr
that there will not be any more Of such
extreme hot weather during the time the
mill men have to work, for their work is
not cool lob even in the winter season.