Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-06-08
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Messrs, Sweeney & Son completed the
new driving wheel for the Wstsr works
YESTERDAY, and shipped II to the works
about 9 O'Clock last evening.
THE Belmont forge department, nigh
turn, was of yesterday, owingt 10 the scarci.
~ of water.
The Upper Riverside mill was idle yes.
terday, caused by their not having q sum.
Gent quantity OF water on hand TO run
with.
The La Belle mill worked full In oil de-
partments yesterday. They used their own
water pump connected to Caldwelrs run,
thereby getting oil the water needed to run
with.
The Belmont mill foundry 10 busily en-.
gagged casting the irons for the 20 additional
cinder cars for the p, w. & Ky. Railroad
Company. These cars are to b used to
carry the cinder away from the Belmont
blast furnace. and win be used by the rail.
road company along their track.
Yesterday, the laborers st the kilns at
the Pottery struck fer an advance in
wages. They claim that the WORK is worth
81. 50 per day, and the company Vas only
paying them $l.25. A REGISTER reporter
visited the company's office and was in.
formed by them, That there was no
strike, but that the men had just Quit
work" This much is certain, the linn
hsd to cease work on account of not hay-
ing a laboring force yesterday. The Rec
IsTER gives the above for what it IL worth,
and leaves the public to judge which YER
sion of the affair is correct.
The following is an editorial from the
Cleveland Louder: The Pittsburgh manu-
fscturers OF iron appear to have stolen Q
march upon others OF their brethren be-
longing to the Western Iron Manufactur-
ers' Association. 1t Is we'll known that
the Pittsburgh men gave assurances that
they would not sign the new scale OF wages
prepared by the Amalgamated Association'
and on this the manufacturers OF other To-
~oalities rested, determining to closs their
establishments in case OF necessity. IL
now appears that the mill owners OF Pitts.
burgh, while pretending TO be making ar
ransements for a shutdown in case OF a
strike. were quietly booking orders which
other manufacturers, loyal to their
pledges. had refused. This having been
done, they accepted the scale and will
make no suspension OF work. IL the facts
be as stated, the Pittsburgh manufacturers
have acted ~dishonorably toward the bal
ance of the association. At Youngstown
and throughout the Mahoning valley mill
owners had made preparations for q suspen.
sion. and now SEINE OF them cannot help
shutting down until the mills are put in
shape 10 resume work. This sction at
Pittsburgh has given rise to q good deal Of
lust indignation among Western mill own
ers, and a disruption Of the Msnufac.
turers' Association is likely to follow.
AN OBNOXIOUS ORDER CAUSES A STRIKE.
An order was issued a few days & to
the carpenters and ~joIners OF Orr, Painter
&Co's. works. at Reading Pa, that after Wei.
nesGay last each man must in the future
keep an account of the amount OF work
done and the time il takes to do the anne
In consequence of this about thirty OF the
men Quit work yesterday. A committee call.
ed upon the firm, but they were informed
that the order was to be strictly enforced,
and they refused to revoke it, ,whereupon
the men left the works. Several men will
be idle in consequence OF this action. The
moulders will also likely quit work il new
men are employed in the strikers stead.
They are in sympathy with the strikers.
A similar order was issued at the Reading
Railroad ~Company's shops some time
ago.
THE PRICE or COKE.
1t is generally understood that the coke
manufacturers will not materially advance
the price of coke until the iron business
improves. Efforts, however, have been
made the past few days to secure the sig.
natures OF some OF the large manufacture.
ers so that q meeting might be called:
These men d. not seem to be DESTROYS OF
taking any action at present. A coke manu-.
facturer stated yesterday that he had hoped
business would improve by the signing Of
the scale, but as yet there seemed TO be no
sign OF improvement. He said further that
coke was selling AT ~ cents, and that every
man who sold at less than 81 wac losing
money.
The .Etna rolling mill at New Castle,
Pa, started up Wednesday. The puddlers
went to work yesterday morning, and the
plate mill and nail factory began opera.
lions. The bar and guide mills were started
to-day. The indications point 10 q steady
run for some time TO come.