Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-08-16
MARTINS FERRY


tories.
During the past three months our police
officers have been subjected to all manner
OF charges such as negligence inetficiency
and so on. We think now since they have
worked up an almost clear case against
gang of thieves, with no assistance from
Council or anyone else, and since they have
been forced in several instances to use their
own money in prosecuting a clew, they
should have some credit given them. Sim
ply because they did not tell everyone what
they wero doing aud how they were doing
it, they were even suspected of being men,
bers of he gang, but the thing has come
out all right, and to them let the credit be
given.
Yesterday a preliminary hearing was
given the prisoners whose presence IN jail
was noted in yesterdays paper. E5enezsr
Coss waived a preliminary examination
and was bound over to court in the sum OF
$4,000. George Hercels after the testimony
against him was taken was also bound ovrr
in the sum OF $1,000. Lewis Hooker
pleaded guilty to the charge of breaking
into Rings smoke house and was held in
$500. Hooker is the one who gave the
ahole thing away be being heightened into
it By the officers before be was brought TO
iail, His testimony was the most i'm
portant and confined to the one offence OF
. eaking into Rings meat house. Among
the things found in Coss' house, Mrs. West
lake identifies the milk can, Robert CottreIl
the silver spoons, Mr. Firney the lard can
and milk bucket, Mr.. OVAL the carpenter
toola, Fred Applegarth the axel, and Find
Law Taylor some of the clothing From the
above it will be evident that the gang has
been operating here all spring and summer,
and their discovery will take the blame off
the idle men about Rn who have in some
Instances been accused Of doing such
,hings.
Adam Chase has not as vet had hear
ing, but he confessed his guilt TO Marshal
Hanson yesterday.
Your reporter walked up as far as the
Elson glass works yesterday and found
scme signs of life in that institution. The
mould makers were at work, some OF them
being engaged on q short stem hobnail
bowl, which, Judging from the mould, will
make a very pretty piece of ware, either in
crystal or in colors. In the factory the
mixers were at work filling the eight pots
with batch" preparatory to resuming oP,
erations next week. The furnace was good
and hot, but contained only eight pots, the
other eight arches being bricked up
solid. Upon inquiry it was learned
from Mr.. Elson that arrangements had been
made to have force of ten men at work
next week and that he felt confident that
be could run his factory in full without
granting any privileges or foregoing any
rights heretofore reserved. He sent for q
committee Of his former workmeu on Friday
and il formed them that the difference be-
tween him and themselves was no longer
wages but who should run the factory, he
or they. he said he would recos-
nize the rights Of no union to say when or
bow his factory should be run. OF courss
this staten, Mt leaves thingsin far from se:-
tied condition. The workmen say their
union is the only protection they
have, and that they Will stay out longer for
Is recognition than they will for wages.
They also seem TO think this action on N 7
Elson part is only bluff, and that when
he finds it will not work he will send for
them and accept the last terms they offered.
The outcome of the situation is being
watched with great interest by all our peo-
pie, and especially by the union glasSwork.
ers 1t became noised about town early
last week that there were a number of
non-union men coming down from Rochester
10 90 to work in the Elson. Accordingly
a committee of glass workers was on hand
at the depot to meet every down train that
came in. On Thursday night there were
no less than one hundred people, both inter
ested and disinterested. waiting at the de-
Dot for the arrival Of the nine o'clock train.
There have been, as yet, no importstions,
and whether or not there will be remains to
be seen.
The Dithridge g'ass works are running
full and making good ware and good time,
with no trouble to contend with
between the men and the en-
ployers. This new company has
no small undertaking on hand IN trying
TO reestablish the reputation for good ware
which was so misersbly lost by the old
"Cnion" firm. As one of the old firm said
AL that broke US up was the mismsnage-
ment and the large amount Of bad ware
which was sent out, but said he the new
firm is making frst-class article and are
apparently regaining the ground We lost
during the latter part Of our run"
At the Buckeye there are no visible signs
of any movement towards resumption. All
looks cold snd desolste in the factory, and
nothing is doing about the works except in
The packing room where few packers are
at work getting all old ware out Of sight
into barrels.
st the Lsughlin mills the work On the
esst-side factory is progressing nicely IN
der the management OF John Hsyne, the
company's millwright. There are about
ten carpenters at work putting in the fac
tory floor and the timbers necessary to the
construction of the work The stone ma
sons are about done With the foundation of
TIE building and will be ready to 90 to work
on the engine foundation in few days.
The hricklayers go TO work on the walls
next week, and judging from appearances
the place Will be ready to start by the time
the trouble with the workusn is settled Ia
the factory the feeder experiment Is still
in progress, but with what success
they are meeting With, We have
ONLY their word for it. One Of them told
your reporter that he had run his mschine
and cut twenty-one kegs of ten penny in
one day last week. This Is surely doing
well as oaeof the old hands told your report
er that one Of the biggest weeks work by 8
feeder uudr the old rule wss l0t kegs In
Eve and half days TheT, however. don't