Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-09-06
SOME new POINTS
Good News for the Wheeling Greek Coal
Miners, Who Will be GiVenian Ad-
vance of Ten Cents Per Ton---
An Opinion on Glass.

Inc nalIeIs IN THIS Vicinity arc apAiousy
awaiting the result of the meeting
of the manufacturers, which take'
place in this city tomorrow. All
are confident of success, aud it ID
thought that the Association will advance
the card rate and rescind their offer Of a re-
duction.
Il think, said a Mailer "the msnufact-
urers have come TO the conclusion that they
cannot make enough nails with feeders to
fill Their orders. which are coming in quite
rapidly, and will find it necessary toresume
in full You see the Bellaire mill is run
ming full and knocking out nails in great
style. The manufacturers over here cannot
compete with that mill, as their
NAILS ARE SUPERIOR
in every respect aud the out put is much
larger. They started up on Wednesday
morning, and they run up till Saturday at
noon, with l25 machines, turning out $500
kegs OF nails, or one thousand kegs each
day.
At the conference between the nail.
ers and feeders held in this city
Friday evening the agreement entered
INTO between the two bodies OF workuen on
August llth last was resffirmed with the
addition OF the following clause:
"All feeders will be reinststed in their
former Jobs, providad they come out by the
evening OF September 3.
1S,gned1 J. A. MCGRANAHAN, Pres't,
W. A. TAFT, Sec'y
Feeders National Union.
J. K. WIER, Pres't,
MATTHEW CHEW, Secy,
United Nailers' Association.
NOTICES TO NAILFEEDERs.
In the advertising columns this morning
will be. found notice to nailfeeders from
he President of the local Nsilfeeders'
Uuicp requesting all men holding machines
retain Them, and calling for a meeting
Of al the members at X OF L. hall 10 NOR
-ow evening. A notice also appears signed
~ the President and Secretary OF the Ma
,ionsl Nailfeeders' Union, notifying all the
feeders holding machines to cease work IN
accordance with the resolutions adopted by
he Executive Board of the Union.
The coopers at the Belmont have been or
ieIed tc work on Tuesday and it is said
he m5pu'aetDre Of nail plate will be b..
,un en- Tu'tdsy morning.
Good News 70 rCoal Miners.
The proprietors Of the Wheeling Creek
,cal works yesterday voluntarily posted 3
Office at their mines, notifying their work
I en- that the price of mining would be in
lessed from forty to fifty cents per
on. 1t will be remembered
hat the company reduced the
oIice of mining ten cents per ton about two
months ago and $50 out of the 500 men
Quit work and left the mines. The others
temained and have managed to pull through
20 fer. The good news was received by
hem last night with manifestations Of JOY,
and they secured band of music and made
The air in Bridgeport melodious with music
asst night, and celebrated the reception Of
the cheerful news in an enjoyable manner.
How THE GLASS; BCSIEEss LOOKS.
The following from the Pittsburg Com.
mercial Gazette is pertinent to the glass
business: Mr. Ben Hilerdretb, travelling
salesman for Hobbs, Brockuuier & Co glass
manufacturers OF Wheeling, W. Va. is az
The Monongshela House. He spoke very
tevorGbly of the state OF trade and
predicts a lively outlook for
rhe fall. Stocks, he says, are generally
very low all over the country, as merchants
have refused to load up with stock in excess
Of their actual demands for the last
year. Trade is beginning TO look up at all
points and the result is that nearly all
Of them will have to stock up
in order to supply the demand for good
they have not got on their shelves and for
Rhich their customers are inquiring
Prices are very little better than they have
oeeD, but we have sold goods at them for
some time and can do it for awhile longer"