Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-05-18
BELLAIRE.
Scraps of News and Labor Notes From the
Glass City.

Scraps of News and Labor Notes From the
Glass City.
Kirk Nevil, an old blind man, resisted the
Marshal while being arrested and had to be
dealt with severely. He was turned loose
again after favorable promises.
The sun yesterday caused large mum,
bers of our people to seek the shady side OF
trees.
Rev. Newton Donaldson preached tor
Rev. J. K. McKallip yesterday.
Willing Workers meet tonight at the home
of Rev. Walker.
The Elysian rink will hardly contain the
crowd that will attend the ball Of the steel
workers.
TWO drunken individuals we're run in on
Saturday evening.
The Elysian Polo Club cannot contest
with the Chapline street club for the cham
pionship of Belaire and Wheeling, as the
niagara club, of this city, carries the medal
of Bellaire.
Jack o. Harra was awarded the prize for
the most comic Mother Hubbard at the
Niagara rink, on Saturday evening.
A contest of words on Union street, on
Saturday evening, drew 200 spectators IN
two minutes.
Labor Notes.
The miners meet in City Hall this even
ing.
Baron's boiler yard is giving employ
ment to several hands.
The Ohio Lantern Company will resume
when trade demands it,
The situation at the mold shop OF the
Belmont Glass Works remains the same.
Only two or three men are at work.
One of the Belaire stockholders in the
LaBelle Glass Works is opposed to having
Wheeling syndicate operate that works,
he states that he is Of the opinion that
after the factory would run awhile it would
be closed and affairs put in such shape that
the works would never again be
competitor in the glass market. The
gentleman thinks the LaBelle when
the proper time comes, will be able to run
herself.
Until September next it is thought there
will be no revival of any kind in this CITY,,
The Ohio Valley Foundry runs right
along and has fair trade. VIM. Cunning
ham, travelling salesman, is home from q
short business trip.
The Etna machine works is doing very
little at present, but is running regularly,
The building boom in Bellaire will be
limited this summer-semewhat like every
thing else.
The planning mill has fair trade. The
lumber ward is being replenished.
Trade in Buckeye lanterns is pretty
good.
A number of nailfeeders of the Bellaire
nail works go to Brilliant to-day to work.
Labor representatives from here were
in attendance at the meeting of the Ohio
Valley Labor Assembly in Wheeling yes
terday.
The report that some of the glass workers
are discouraged is denied. 1t would be a
hard matter to attempt starting glass
house this sort OF weather.
The furnace Of the National glass works
has been repaired and new pots have been
put in.
The workmen at the bottle works say
that business will necessitate the shortening
of the usual two months vacation to six
weeks.
Mr.. NJ. MeGinty's new residence on Bel
mont street is nearing completion.
Trade at the river is reported as very
slow.
The Ohio Valley Labor Assembly will
have couple of fine speakers here
sho-tly.
The coal miners will have mass meeting
for the transaction of important business, at
Hutchinson's cut two miles west OF town,
this morning at 10 o'clock. All dggers are
asked TO be present.
An effort will be made by the miners to
induce the workmen engaged in Sullivan Il
Kinds coal bank 10 quit work
The new First ward cooper shop is about
completed
Coal miners below town are doing nc
work worth mentioning
It'd Shuttleworths admirers were many
yesterday. lid is getting up in his profes
sion.