Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-12-13
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TRADE NOTES.

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The shoe cutters Of Cincinnati, Ohio, are
on strike for the establishment Of their
price list.
A Pittsburg company is building large
structure at Braddocks, Pa, to be used a.
machinery foundry.
Indications point to o settlement of the
strike in the torty.tWo shoe factories OF
Brockton. Mass, within o few days
The Ottawa, Ill, flint and bottle house
expects to blow in half of their eight pot
furnace in January.
The window glass Showers l.. A. 300
are enforcing their rules rigidly in regard
to excluding men engaged in certain kinds
Of business
The champion type-sstter of America,
Joseph NeCann, now working on the New
York Herald, will engage in type-setting
match with William C. Barnes, q composi'
tor on the World, the race to take place on
the 18th inst.
Twelve thousand men of different trades
were in line in the trades and labor parade
in New Orleans On Wednesday, December
2. The procession was an eye opener to
the inscriptions capitalists OF the Crescent
CRY. &.
The boycott on the cigars Of Srsitton L
Storm, of New York, has been raised by
the K. of L q satisfactory settlement OF
the difficulty having been arrived at. This
sets 1900 persons to work.
Over 1900 tsilors. members of the Tail
ors' Union of NeR York, have been locked
out by their employers. The men had no
ti6sd them that they would resist reduc'
ZION Of 81 per week in their wages. The
men locked out worked for contractors
who make clothing for Wholesale dealers
The Crystal Plate Glass Company, of
St. Louis, who have heretofore been run
ming three l6.pot Siemens regenerative gas
furnaces, which have given them month
ly average Of 10000 feet of glass of suita,
bic quality for polishing, have Just started
up q new 2O-pot gas furnace. which is the
largest one in this county, and will increase
their furnace product to 100. 900 feet OF
grinding glass per month.
Colored labor delegates were frsternally
received by the Tennessee Central Labor
Union.
A Jewish labor paper is to be started in
New York.
In the Illinois mining town Of DuQuoin
ct the last election the entire working
mans ticket was elected.
Wages reductions have taken place in
all unorganized branches Of labor, while
in organized branches no reductions are
known.
A number of manufacturing firms in
New York city are making a strong fight
against the control Of organized labor.
The Central Labor Unions OF the various
cities are laying the foundation for the
calling at some future day OF national
labor congress. Events will lead to such
congress.
Manufacturers in various branches of
industry are taking advantage Of the low
prices of machinery to increase their
plant especially with improved mschir'
cry.
Fall River manufacturers have stored
away 81, 500, 900 worth Of cotton.
A new glass furnace will be built at o.
tawa, Ill q glass factory at Three Rivers,
Canada; one at Braddocks. P, and one is
projected at Washington, Pa, to employ
800 hands.
The Pennsylvania Coal and Iron Com
psny has purchased 10000 acres Of cosl
and iron lands in Arkansas, the veins OF
which run into the Indian territory.
Several thousand Cinnamon have been
thrown idle in the Northwest.
The United States export trade is gam
ing steadily. Chairs, showcases, hosiery,
wood working machinery all 90 from Phll-
sdelphia, besides list of other articles.
The export Of lawn.moWers from this coun-
try amounts to 1000 per week.
Several railroad companies are srrsng.
ing their order for cars and locomotives,
and manufacturers are in high hopes Of
plenty of work.
The cotton industry in Germany is i'm
proving, and 100000 spindles are busy.
The Brooklyn Board of Health has dis
covered that red stockings of Saxony make
sold in that market contain sntimony and
arsenic in their coloriDg.
The largest Asxspinnsrs in Leeds. Eng,
are about to ship mills and machinery
across the Atlantic to settle in some ad-
vantsgeous locality.
A German electrician has devised q
practical method of using electricity in
pyeing and printing.
The natural gas craze extends all
through Central Ohio. Two companies
have been formed at Springfield, with q
capital of 81 100000. Manufacturers in
towns are combining to sink wells. Com.
psnies have been formed at Hamilton,
Senia, Dayton, Columbus and other
towns.
The anthracite miners leaders and the
Knights quietly advise against Q strike,
saving it is more desirable to utilize heir
organization to remove grievances and to
enforce the eight-hour rule on May !. The
miners themselves could be led into q
strike By the unwise and reckless leaders
who led them in former years, but the men
now at the helm are different pet.
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POTTERY NOTES.