Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-01-31
TRADE NOTES.

Female employees are Proviag 10 o. The
most sincere and faithful trades ~un:Onsis,
aud are doing more 10 advance ~orgaulll.
ton, than the rank aud dle OF male mem
bers. Thd Lynn Lady Si,chers Dui0D. ia
tho largest AID most important female as
.embly OF the Knights & Labor, in tie
. United States. These "kpirh's gre good
dsha'ers. show sound sense and exercise q
conservative influence in the q. ~Eb2CGuoas
OF their district assemblies.
Cooperative enterprises continue to be
started, in various Industries, md some OF
the latest. with g .air show OF success bu'
pas. experience would se=m tOi d.a:e thht
failure IS more probable.
Organized lAbor~ e7erywhe;s, l.. seeking
10 establish arbitration as Z means CT s-t-
t,iog 6i1.cuIies Employers viii be asked
10 assist in establishing impartial arniIrA-
ting Boards. through whose friendly c,hces.
it . hoped that mos: 0! the forty Of nifty
mluioa dollars nov annually lost TO labor,
through strikes aud suspensions, may be
saved.
Tae organization OF the Knights Of Labor
. extending into ell sorts OF rrade2 uoa
covering almost tTO hundred. Express
men are being organized; industries into
which il was believed the lnion spirit
would never enter. aye being rapidly
brough; under the shield OF this powerful!
order. The banners Of LAb,rs oggaalzs-
tiops are being raised on the Rocky Noun.
tsius. in toe tar Southwest, IN the swamp'
Ct Florida, and in the lumber regions o
MGiue and Michigan.
Cspita'is,5 and investors are purchasing
large tracts OF timber. mineral 8nd agr'cu!'
tural lands in the Yves, and South, to hold
for a rise iu land values. This should be
done by labor o~rgar;zaGous; such lands
are cheap, ami should % bought by them,
r. increase, or the use Of their own mem
berl. Taey should look further than TO
the mere protection G: daily earnings.
4 large number OF manufacturers with
millions of dollars in money and thousands
Of workmeu, are preparing to move to
W,,.srn Pennsylvania and Eastern OHIO,
10 take ADVANTAGE Of the natural gas sup
DIV and the other inducements which are
offered 10 manufacturing enterprIss III that
region.
Water Gas companies are Offering to
tlrn Sd their gas o, ) to 10 cents Per 100
fee.
Large supplies Of natural as are ost'ey
Cd 70 exist ia Kentucky; Esht A~saiaLa,
there a,s Two wells. iiscas'giug fifteen a1i
six mliiiou cubs, E<e. Of gas respectively,
every u hours.
Jacob Reese, Americas E~raa'Os. meta!.
lurrjs, and s,e.l maker, ami Captain Jones
oGras E.iga- Thomao1 S,eel Work., are
yo;ug % Alabama to establish Uam0th
s,ecI lud iron works, with home aud tore.En
cari.al. They expec. to make iron az 81
per 'ou and steel rails at so. Il hey %,
!, W.: reyo}uliouIls the American .roo
trade.
O.p IF the tev exceptions 10 the general
rule OF activity and improvement IN he
Industries. is tue case OF the glass bottle
manufacturers, who ss their annual inset
ing LIST week. repo7.gi hsit the csgaci !
idle, aud stocks large, with very dull pr2-'
poets aheal. \ suspension Of = ta@ w=-~>.
vii. probably be ras0rt,d to, to dispose q
surp Us stock.
The American Glass Workers Associa.
tiol hsve Joined with the kris5 Of labor,
bu. viii maiutsin 80 iEGepaGent mAaoge-
men,
For;y thousand we'll o~rgAuized Anthracite
miners will demand an advance in wages.
"a aeon as coal prices bagin to improve
This ia the attitude Of labor n most
branches of industry; sll think 1t EooGt
time tina, a should sdvance, aud Wi!
make their sentiments known to employers
a. SCOT a favorable opportunity offers.
The Standard Oil Company has a mum
bar NJ Grand schemes on hand, one IS, to
monopoIize the natural gas supply, An
other. 10 obtain possession OF the electric
lighting privileges OF Phiiadelpn'a' d
make il "a beautiful and attrActt'5 "s
possible. They propose spending S'oVV'
900 in this direction.
Of the 1900 prisoners IN the LasteLl
PENNSYLVANIA PeniSsn'iary. 500 are emP'o!
! cd il wel7.n,; thsis cnrlrs production Is
consumes IN tie institution.
! Wool owe are IJHOAH'AE
tor. and holding stocks for better prices,
/ YanYtscturers, though in need OF supplies
are bpving cautiously, lest by presenting
the full demand, they should push prices
upward.
The statesmen of Pittsburg have organ
lied as L. A. 1907, K. OF L.
The shoemakers' assembly OF the H. 0
l.. OF Pittsburg, is Aourishlng.
The Bakers Assembly of the X. Of L.
OF P,ts5urg, is booming at present.
Griffin, Smith / Co. 8 pottery at Phoenix
vile, Pa, has shut down on three days
week on account OF lack Of orders, but
good spring trade is anticipated,
Papers incorporating ten electric illumi
Mating companies to operate the amer
can system OF electric lighting were MEX
10 New York this week.
The industries generally are booming
PhilAde lphia textile mills are filed wit.
orders; carpet mills sold three month
shsad, and wages are advancing; hosieT
/ mills are overscld. No: for yeara, ho
ths-e been 50 much work in hand az tH'
season. The cotton, mills Of the SOUTH o.
fu of orders. Machine shops IN New
England ar better supplied with WS'k