Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-04-05
LABOR.
The Latest Industrial InteIll-
gsnes .
.s0TH AT HOME AND ABROAD.
Mat WOrkmen are Saying and Doing
Movements Of Manufacturers
and the State Of the
Markets.

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The state OF trade in any branch has no.
frightened up to any great extent the past
week, but hope for better times has held
things in shape for some time past, and nov
thar spring has opened up, the prospects
lock better, and anyway we shall soon be
able to tell whether those who prophe-
sled boom in business, are
correct 10 their surmise or not.
In the iron trade ores remain quiet and
The state OF the pig iron market remains IN.
changed The demand for manufactured
ron continues light AMI the market un.
changed. In us,k, steel seems 10 be In good
demand. while the demand for iron mails is
light Mills making steel slabs for nails are
sept pretty busy and orders are being sold
ahead AS before stated, the Beawool
capacities almost double, and will therefore
employ many more men.
In lumber circles trade seems to be quite
dull for this season. The manufacturers
say that 1t has been duller this season iu
this business than for many years back,
although 1t Is u great deal on account OF
the late spring.
Most Of lhs tOuRdriss and machine shops
are making good tune aud orders are
com;ug in rather slOaly With good pros
poets Tor che near future.
Local Industries.
The strike among the mOUl1ers at
Syeuce. Baggs y Co 5 foundry, Martins
Ferry, w. settled during the past week. and
all are now work. g
The Riverside Mill is raining. steadily,
with several months orders ahead for steel
E&i'S.
For railway track supplies the demand
continues light, and prices remain IN.
changed Spikes, &c; splice bars, 6-l0e;
track bolts, square, , Sjc, and with hexa.
gon nuts, , 5clJ2 &c.
There is . scarcity Of new steel rail end
crops, and prices are steady at SlS@l8 30.
Steel bloom ends aEe still quoted At SIT so
and Sis.
Scrap is locking up, but prices are the
same. No. / wrought can be bought tor
from SIG ,oSl7 per ton net; wrought turn
ings, SI3 aud Sil; old car sXles, 81 aud
50; cast borings, Sll and Sl2, gross; old
Car wheels, $l5.
Eleyis, Kraft 4 Co.'S planning mill is
running full time, but orders are not CON-
IN in with any degree ofrapidity, which it is
hoped will not 6e the case, now that the
weather has opened up.
Hobbs, Brockuuier i Co. are making q
new style OF glassware which IS very beauti-
ful, although as yet none has been put on
the market
Sweeney's foundry and machine shops
are running almost tullsnd business is pick
Ing up quite rapidly.
The pottery is still on full time, bat basi-
ness in this industry is not Frightening up
very PerceP.ibly.
The Bellaire Nail Works is running to its
fullest capacity with l2i nail machines in
operation turning out steel nails. This com
pany BY the way, will supply the Laughliu
Nail Works with steel, as 1t is soon to
make steel nails exclusively.
Secretary OF State Walker Tuesday is.
sued certificate OF Incorporation to the
Pslarine Queensware Pottery Company Of
Pslatine Marioa county; $3.50 has been sub
scrioed to the capital stock, and the priyi-
legC is reserved OF increasing this by sales
OF additional shares from time to time to
$50 OUO. The incorpOrators are Z. Web
ster Charles L. Boggess, J. T.. Sample. c.
r. Boyers and II. L, Garrett, all OF Psla.
tine.
The Mount CARBON Company, of London,
England was Tuesday duly authorized to
transact business in this State. This com
pany owns large tract Of coal land IN
fayctte county, and proposes to operate an
extensive cOlliery there.
The La Belle mill was shut down several
days the past week, on account OF repairs
being made to the heating furnaces.
Holidays planning mill is running full
time, but business IS rather slack at pres
eut.
There are now two hundred men on the
pay roll at the Riverside steel plant, and
with the proposed addition, this will be
about doubled.
The Niugo junction factory was OIL the
i past week The heaters went on Tuesday
morning and the padding department IS on
tull time.
The Top mill factory laid or on Saturday
4 last, on account OF a scarcity of steel SLABS,
INT started up again on Tuesday,
1t is understood that the Top mill has
d shout 5000 kegs of iron nails on hand
but contrary TO reports they have small
but steady demand tor iron nails.
Henry Brooks, coupola man, at the Top
mill blast furnace, had the little finger OF
his lei, hand crushed in the cogs OF crane
on Monday, causing him quite good deal
OF inconvenience.