Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-01-02
INDUSTRIAL NOTES.

The Mon iron mills of Carnegie
Eros. x CO., Pittsburgh, are running
single turn in all departments blt that
of the forge. Natural gas has been ill.,
trCdu"Cd there.
The rpw Kelly iron aud stee! works
at Irontun. O., are working steadily.
The result, in their nail department are
very satisfactory to the lirm.
Ii is thought the !~IHrr iron works At
GRmdeg. G ~ ;.lGout week tft3ru ft2 S'aT' ar
present time.
The rolling mill Of Atkins B"os., at
ri,l back, Pa, has ~rul down Tor tw"
CT three weeks for repairs. No ORDER
i the reason given, however.
Lights rolling mill, Lebanon, Pa, is
agaiu III full operation, II nuInber oI
order, having been received. All the
suspended puddlerS are at work.
Coke manufacturers of the COnneIIs-
vile region, representing G,1JO ovens.
have agreed to stop one day in eIc!I
week ior the purpose of restricting tn
Cu,p.t. The number OF ovens in that
region i S, ,23S, Of which SO are idle
aud 'ihe balance rumning.-Mt. Pleas
ant Journal.
The Ressemer coke works have been
sold hy the a~SlUu"e of {. j. Mnrkle u
sens 10 G.. +. RrNcrty for lGG,OlO. The
Iant consists of Il Triple, twenty frame
luasts, Il large frame store building,
aiiroad Sidings, 10 ovens, l7& acres OF
coal and lGO acres of surface, with all
iHe appurtcnances necessary for the
,perat:on OF the works. 1t had been
valued by The appraisers at SlG5,OOO.-
Mt. Pleasant journal.
The New Jersey Steel and Iron
Works, of Trenton, have notified their
,hain makers OF u reduction Of I'D per
cont. in wages, to take effect Monday.
Tie Pratt Coal and Iron Co., of Ala
hauia, have selected the site OF their
ew mine, and earth has been broken
f.; the Laura shaft, which is expected
tp eclipse every other mine now Operat-
I'd hy the Pratt Co. The Laura shaft is
located one and a half miles from the
drilt mines, from which the railroad
will lie extended, and is three hundred
wards from the Georgia Pacific Il. Il
The company intend opening this shaft
'ur a CapaCi'y of six or eight hundred
tons pcr day, and will use d0uh'e-dcck
cages and hoist four trans each Lift.
They confidently expect to strike coal
at a depth Of one hundred feet, and be-
fore scV, nty days.-lndustrial SDuth.
The striking mOlders in March,
Brownhark & Co.'S foundry, LimericE
Pa, have accepted the reduction and
returned to work.
Atthe last meeting Of Iron Molders'
Union No. 81, of Reading, Pa, the fol-
lowing officers were elected: President,
Lewis Kreisher; Vice President, Joseph
I'nruh; Recording Secretary, George
w. Giles Flna "cial Secretary, Samuel
4. Barford; Treasurer, Joseph A. Bar
ford.
p. FayGen x Son, of Columbus, who
have Lad their malleahlc iron made at
the pvniten,iary, have awarded the,
contract to E.fil Gilman u Co., OF
Cleveland. They paid thcir mo!ders
i so per luO molds, which caused 4
strike. The moIGers demanded 92.21
per 100 molds, aud were called To work.
The firm wanted the mDlderS To stand
good for the broken patterns, winch
caused another strike, and the mo!Ners
were again victorious.
The Armstrong County Smelling Co,
met WIFI plttl euN't'NS iii ''iN ~
test of their furna ee AID were rewarded
with Il quantity of tine iron. They VII!
max, some important changes and Will
soon have the furnace ready for the
lhIrd tliaI, which without n douht will
meet with greater SUGGEST than before.
Ii ha- now been proven that iron can
he made direct from the natINe ore ana
limestone by this process, and has caus-
ID great excitement in iron circles. lnis
,,r, cess for making iron will do away
with tie pudding furnaces. lhls ma.
uetm Mr John \. Stems lie study,anu
he - confident of complete Success
iit'anning Times.
The Phwnix glass works. Pitt-hurSh'
have shut down for two weeks Tor re-
pains aud to take stock.
:. J. Barbridge X Co, OF ES'elvilIe,
y. j., are almost ready to start their
new window glsss house.
Two FnClishmpn named Cobb and
Ryland propose to locate glass factory
at SleubpnvilIe, o, il the proper ell
cuuragement is given them.
VIZ understand that seal skin coats are
going out Of siy,e. and in cons Idenca
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