Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-01-20

/ the advent of enterprise-onIy eWniuhS
| for men 10 take the tide at its Hood ana
| achieve fortune. Il is only question
| M tine y hen the entire Ohio river ana
lower Mississippi section, winch ha'
hitherto been dependent on the Monon'
psbela for fuel, will 10 supplied lrom
| The pearer ana abundant VEINS OF the
| Kanawha hills, while annually the de,
mand from the eastern markets supplied
ty the Chesapeake and Ohio railway
! Is Observation-Disclosures South.
| elias: Notes.
The glass factory of Challinor, Hogan
& Co., Pittsburgh, is idle.
DOYLE & Co.'s factory, Pittsburgh, l.
running successfully with natural gas
The window glass factory at Barnes
vile, Ohio, will begin 10 blow in lew
days.
The Cooperative flint glass works OF
Beaver Falls, Pa, are running full time,
with good prospects.
The glass factories OF Messrs. Ripley
& Co., Thos. Evans & Co, and After
bury & Co. are all running full time.
The new window glass factory OF
Clark & Co, Brijgeton, n. j., will start
up this month.
How & Co. g hollow ware glass factory,
WiDslow, N. J., is idle. Work will not
be resumed for Two months.
The new window house at Atco, n.
j., has fire under the pots, and Will De-
gin to blow in two weeks.
The green glass bottle blowers are
still ont, and there seems to be no pros
pect of an eariy adjustment OF their
difficulty.
Ward 4 Co.'S chimney factory, Pitts.
hurgh, started lat Monday with a full
crew. The factory had been idle for
several weeks.
G.. Duncan & Sons, Pittsburgh, are
operatipg both furnaces at their press
house. II is said they propose to intro
duce gas at an early day.
Tn. Ir.n holders.
Tie Victor stove works at Salem, o..
has resumed operations, the men accept
ing the 10 per cent reduction.
A new foundry is to be started at
Easton, Pa, this spring by w. Rewalt,
of Philadelphia.
The striking moIders in March, Brown
hack & Co.'S foundry, Limerick, Pa,
have accepted the reduction and re-
turned TO work.
The Farrell Foundry and Machine Co.,
OF Ansonis, Conn, have turned out the
laryes st hollow chilled roll ever made in
the country. Fourteen tons OF iron
were used in casting 1t.
The stove manufacturers of Albany,
\. Y, have asked their molders TO &C
cept q reduction Of from Is to "a per
cent as to quality of work upon which
they are ell gagged.
Mill Notes.
The wire mill ut Esston, Pa, is rum
ming steadily at present.
Work Is very duh in the mill at An,
burn, \, ", and prospects do not seem
to brighten.
1t is said that a new nail factory will
be in operation in Pottstown, Pa, be-
fore Sept. 1st of the current year.
The employees at the rail mill OF the
Albany and Rensselaer, Iron and Steel
Co., Troy, n. Y, struck last Monday.
The rolling mill of Mckee, Anderson
Il Co., of Beaver Falls, Pa, is still idle.
Prospects are good for an early start,
however.
There is rumor af1oat that the Union
Rolling Mil CO., of Cleveland, o., is
negotiating for the purchase of the For
est City mill of that place.
The fish plate, top and bottom and
puddle mills of the Bayview, Wis, Iron
Co. are running. The nail mill is about
ready, and the nailers have arrived.
Tie Pennsylvania iron works, Ian
caster, Pa, resumed work last Monday
at the reduced wages, the reduction 10
be governed by prices paid puddlers in
ueighbOring PAGES.
The hoop. guide, har and rod mills OF
Tie Cleveland, o., Rolling Mill Co. are
tuunins. The machinery for the new
proc, IS in the rail mill is arriving. The
mill will start in two weeks.
The Shaton iron works are still idle.
There is runner that they will not
start until Februaryl. In the new mill
they are working in all departments.
They were idle few days last week on
| account of having no coal.
The Beaver Falls Pa, Tribune of
last week says: Beaver Falls steel
works report business as very good.
Running full in every department on
| full time. In addition to their other
| orders, they received on last Saturday q
large order for tool steel from San Frau
cisco.
We Lotice it stated that the jefferson
iron works, at Steubenville, and the
new nail Mill at Brilliant, Ohio, dis
| II. ha ~ hn N,.n
ton and continued to run. This is not
tru. they did not disobey the orders OF
he ASS citation, for no orders were is.
-u d, and it was distinctly understood
when this stoppage was agreed upon
| hat these two n ills were to continue
to rup.-American Manufacturer,
The Chicago iron and steel works, OF
South Chicago, collapsed nearly year
| aSU on account of a depression in prices
al non aud steel rails, and over fifteen
| hundred men were thrown out of en-
| IloS ment. The works have been closed
ever since, but recently new company
has been organized TO reopen them, and
they will start as soon as arrangements
for doing so are completed.
During last week twelve iron works,
| lHtlutiDS IuIuuCSS, lOiiluS uilllS duu
steel mills, all located in the Schuylkill,
Lehigh, Wyoming and Susquehanna
valleys, have resumed operations after
short suspensions. In every case the
men have met their employers and
compromised their differences. IT is
safe to say that not less than 10, 900 idle
men resumed work last week.
In the Black Diamond Steel Works
Of Park, Brother & Co., Pittsburgh, all
the departments are running full,
double turn. They have an annual
capacity of a, 900 net tons. During the
Iast year they added a 9O.ton steam
hammer to the forging department,
icing one of the largest in the world.
Their motto is, "No union man need
apply"
Mr.. \. NJ. Byers, of Pittsburgh, in
Speaking of the iron trade the other
day, said: "There is strong demand
for manufactured iron to-day, but
prices are low. five were so inclined
we could start our mill with orders Ia
its fullest capacity for the present year.