Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-07-01

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tee the Vial and Bottle Glass Manu-
facturers' Organization, appointed e.
pecially to take, into consideration
the adyisability of q reduction Of wages
4 ofthe workmen, Is out. 1t argues from
q false basis, and Ia unworthy of con-
sideFation.
Hines a:d Miner.
A test coke oven will be erected at
Savanna, Indian Territory, to test tho
coal there for cokiag purposes.
Potomac mines, at Barton, Nd, are
working nearly full time, while the
Swanton mine Is doing little If any
thing. g..
The new mine at Justus Station, O.,
is ll6 feet deep, and has q vein over s
feet in thickness.
Coke sold IN the Chicago market last
week as low as s. per ton for Councils
vile and SAT- for West Virginia.
The Chicago and Connellsville Coke
Co., have their ovens again fired up,
and report prospects good with them.
A vein of coal has been developed at
Waltz's Mills, Westmorland county,
Pa. The drill reached the vein at
depth Of about 400 feet.
The miners Of Carver, Iowa, are on
strike against screen ! inches wide
between the bars and the taking of 2761
pounds for ton.
The new Bose Shaft, at Navarro,
Ohio, is ready to ship coal. The shaft
is about lis feet deep and the vein be-
tween four and five feet thick.
The miners at the banks of ID. B.
Boyd and r. II. Rosborough, at Sparta,
Ill.,, are out on strike for 81 cents per
busbel. Both refuse to pay it, and the
men are firm.
Mr.. b. F. Asper, of Pittsburgh, has
patented coal.digging machine which
being run by one man and an engine,
is said to be capable of doing as much
work as so coal miners.
There was 1866 bushels less of coal
dug in the Clearfield regions for the
week ending June %, than for the same
week last year. The falling of for the
year is l03,S94 bushels to the same date
last year.
Cigar Makers
Erie, Pa, gained 81 per thousand.
No jobs open.
The cigar makers ofRock Island, ILL.,,
have organized.
Tioga, Pa, manufacturers refuse to
give the advance to their men.
Johnson & Wray, Of Lynchburg, Va,
refuse to employ union men at all.
The strike is over at Binghamton, n.
Y. A victory.
The men gained their strike at De-
troit, Mich, in all the shops but that
of Moeb & Andrews.
The men are out at Norwalk, Ohio.
Cigar makers are asked to pass the
place for the present.
Cigars makers should stay away from
Portsmouth, d. they are overrun
with idle men, and the strike still con-
tinues.
The Union men Of TT. Wayne, Ind,
have been awarded an advance. The
scabs are working at the old price. So
much for the union.
Fifty dollars weekly have been voted
the women locked out 10y Kimball &
Co., by the Rochester, \. V, Cigar
Makers Union.
The strike is over at Troy, \. V, the
men having gained demand for 81 on
Havana and 81 on seed work.-Officisl
Journal.
Trade Talk.
The knights of Labor are growing in
numbers in all sections Of the country.
We pay $500, 100000 a year for alec.
holic drinks.
The annual export of oleomargarine
has reached %, OOO,0OO pounds.
The new Bensick cigarette machine
can make 200, 900 cigarettes day.
The estimated value Of all the prop
erty of the United States is fifty billions
of dollars.
We pay 5000, 900 in gold per annum
ior imported tin plate, and our own tin
mills are idle.
The Pennsylvania State Geologist re-
ports that the ore in the Valley Of Viz
ginia is richer and more valuable than
the ore in Pennsylvania.
The carpenters and joiners Of Newport
News, Va, have struck for an increase
of fifty cents per day, or from - to
$50 per day.
There are five blast furnaces in Bir-
mingham, Ala, four in active opera.
ton, and one drying out preparatory to
being blown in.
General Notes.
seven heats were recently made from
one bottom in the basic mill at Steelton
Pa.
Everything is lovely at Clifton, w.
", and the mill running full. They are
full HANDED.
Bessemer rails are selling in England
at 800. so to 20 to New Orleans. This
with ST. duty and 50 freight, will make
the cost OIL shore $1,000 per ton.
The South TreGegar iron works but
at an early day.
In the Railroad Exposition the North
Chicago Rolling Mill Co. exhibited a
steel rail $50 feet in length, the longest
rail ever rolled.
The first trade assembly Of the United
States was organized Oh January q,
1884, at Boston, Mass. A meeting was
held in the Common Council room, and
a committee appointed to carry the
plan into effect. In March constitu-
ton was submitted and ratified by the
various trades. The union, on the
Fouth of July, had procession with
two thousand men in line, an Grafton
and dinner. The Grafton was deliver
ed at Fort Hill and the dinner took
place at Faneuil Hall.
REANIV TOW PISTOL