Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-11-23

which started ct Wiiminxson. Del. In Sep
tember Of this year, were entirely destroyed
| BY Gre, except the blowing house. which wa
pretty badly damaged. No LIVES were los.
1t is supposed to be fully insured.
A new 2o-pot furnace is being put in al
the plate glass mandatory at Crystal City,
Mo. They now have three l6-pot Siemens
gas regenerating furnaces in operation. The
capacity Of the works win be 1000 feet Of
glass per day when the new furnace is com,
pleted
The Minneapolis Glass Co is organized
with capital OF ST5.9s0. and is under the
control Of Geo. II. johnson, practical glass
man Of life long experience, whose grand
father grated the manufacture Of flint glass
on American industries In 1912. Mr.. John
son built and successfully managed both the
Suffolk and fremont glass works at Boston.
The employees Of the bar mill department
Of the Cleveland, o., Rolling Mill Company,
received notice last week of reduction OF
wages Of from 10 TO Is per cent This was
the second cut within few weeks The
men were greatly dissatisfied and quit
work.
Twenty-Five men engaged BY the Glouces-
ter Iron Company, of Gloucester, n j., quit
work on account Of a reduction of wages
ranging from Is to 3aper cent. This ne
eessitated the stoppage ofthe entire estab-
hShment.
AT conference Of the representatives Of
the leading rolling mills Of Philadelphia on
last Monday a reduction of 5 Is per cent.
on the wages of puddlers and other work
ingmen was agreed upon, to take effect in
two weeks. Stagnation in the iron bust
ness is assigned to the cause. The redac-
ton will affect about FIVE thousand work
ingmen.
The Cleveland Rolling Mill Company,
Cleveland, resumed work in all its depart.
ments on Monday, November IL, with the
exception of the soft steel mill. Not since
the great strike Of two years since have the
mills run to their full capacity, and the
new move will give work TO $500 men, an
increase Of 100 over the force lately EN-.
Ployed.
Business is improving ut some Of the
works of the Helmbscher Forge and Rolling
Mill Company. At present the link and
pin machinery is very well employed and
this week two Of the axle hammers were
started up The compa1ys late orders in
cludes one from New Orleans Tor Carload
of forged shsfting.-Age of Steel.
1t is rumored that the Vulcan Steel
works at South St. Loqis, No, are to re-
sumo operations under the management OF
some capitalists The Sulcsnis heavily iu-
numbered with bonds, most of which were
assumed by the Ore and Steel Company,
but some OF which have never been trans
frrred. There has been some talk of sell
ing the property under these bonds
The correspondent OF the Youngstown,
o., News Register at Niles, o., writes that
paper: 1T is expected that the pudding
department Of the nail mill will run full
time soon, employing all Of the puddlers
which are employed by the firm at present.
as the company is shipping considerable
muck IRON and with what is needed in add,
ton at their own mill will need more work
20 Sapply the demand"
4 dispatch dated Fall River Mass,
November II, says: The Old Colony and
Mount Hope Iron Co.'S, Of Somerset have
posted notices Of a reduction Of 10 per
cent. in the wages of all their employees, to
90 into effect December |. This is three
reductions made in two years, the first two
being Is per cent. each, and when the new
prices become operative they will be recsiv-
ing forty per cent less for their work than is
marked as card prices. The manufacturers
say that the oyer-stocked market, forced
them either to shut down or make a reduc-
,ion, and they chose the latter course in Or
der to keep their employees at work. Nail
ers will get about 1926 per day, helpers
abont =. %, and puddlers about Sl.7O.