Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-06-06
SUNDAY Register
BUILDING. ACTIVITY.
Latest Facts and Figures In the
Industrial World,
The Iron Trade, The Knights Of Labor
Coal Strikes, &c. &e.---COmparatiVe
Table Of Foreign Wage Workers.
General Notes.
G,rr.spoads,,os Of ~ Ssaday RsOiIss.

hat
hn;I5ipv contracts has been lost within
,,s ls,, thirty days, in twelve or fifteen
# the leading cities Of the country, il
N, very far from the truth. Some s.,
ooo 600 in wages has been lost on account
e tina agitation for shorter hours, and
b;,ber pay, this loss being sustained BY
o;o 400 strikers. Within the past two
vssk. the number of strikers hiss declined
tom 80 600 in these cities, to $4,000, and
ii. suits probable that during the coming
,vo weeks. the number will be reduced TO
roO.O although it is not improbable that
r.v strikes may occur, aud swell this num-
hs- back TO something like the present
limit
BHlIers, architects, investors and rail,
,,a5 projectors are nearly all counting
ION T y revival of activity on June LIST. not.
-s,bs,snding al the labor sgltstions, con
f5spcs Is quite well established. This is
A. ~ facts and influences, like these:
There ia large amount of money at all
fosncisl snd manufacturing centres, await
inc 4 favorable opportunity to engage in
b1.,pess and IN reproductive channels
,sp-r.lly, nearly all the building and
..,I,,sd investments of last year we're
,;,.ly made; the great bulk Of the build
4 ;r-,, wsr. small hOlses, all OF which are
Ii r,rf-d or vel sold, and the demand
"a s,ilI mite urgpGt, Ihere being no dlthcal-
,, IN dlsyOsing " houses, as soon ss they |
a. rasiy too occupancy This statement |
: ., rue in toe Far West as In the
Far Ess, Oar private sd'ices from
g7,c,,o mis- week, sre 10 tn effect that |
Inner dealers have very urgent demand !
r,- suDm-- requirements, throughout the |
Safe, w-s. Of a. Mississippi, and in the
Northwe.t Lumber is bringing good /
n-i,as aud The stocks are by no mssns I
ovs-s5uuda-t great deal OF yellow 1
,ips i coming from the South, into West
s-D :. veil ~ Eastern markets.
TAX IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY
:, T., healthy c1niiriou. Tns rail makers
bsy. already sold over 100000 tons OF
,b;s cars production. and think they will
. h. s3,- 10 cell 400, 900 tous more TIE de-
mspd tor wrought iron pipe tor natural gas
and other purposes. and tor east pipe for
I.,iny water pipes In cities and towns
,bro,,bour the country has not been so
General or 90 urgent for many years. Prices
bsvs baen advanced aud mills are over
soI5 The merchant steel makers meet IN
NaE York this week, TO advance prices.
Tbs nail manufacturers have bsea com
DaD.-d 20 rgduc, pres and mails are now
s.IJiD, A mill. ~ 3 90 or ever less. The
nail makers regret their departure from
their osyenr organization, the Amslgams-
red Association. aud are iesirous Of coming
bsct r.-s- are sui! 1000 idle nail ma
c...r- Il IAs West.
Tn -narisl session Of tho Knights OF
,;..-...., o., '.,% 5Hls week, will oe har-
Y,..,5us. A. .rJSuc I'VE Of the best results
rsih.prd ! ns n leader, that toe Or
ssnls,.lou ,a4.l AK, high grounds in its
d.,.l. ,. vl,l capital, and with employers
generally. our ~ lha sams time, II will re-
ass--. m me NOS, deter nilsd manner, the
Uroag ls,,r plauss IT irs platform. and
dsr,,r- Itself resolved TO carry out The
g,e,, uaderly juZ principle which les1 to
iha Nrmalon OF the organization, htteen
wears 40 There will Dc no dliltegEalioa,
no lsc,ioas, or hzhiug.
THE coal OPERATORS
OF csrtrsl Pennsylvania and Maryland are
chacshng over their unexpected victory
this week or next, over yheIr twenty ODD
thousand mirer.. whO have been on strike
10, three months. ils higher wages, and
the redress Of numerous grievances OF
wear, standing The CiRarh-ld miners
have been for years working tor $50 per
month and the Cumberland miners, tor
about ss much Ia mAuS cases, they nave
no, been pernlrled 10 zee their coal Wei0o-
ed; they nav. been compelled to pay ten
cents tor SIX 0r seven cents worth OF goods
a. C1mUarle stores; tEelr organizers snd
those Who have pcnt-.rrd against this IN
Ilsucs, bagc oeea discharged without
hearing
Ths feie,a'ioa Of employers for protee-
tion sgajus, III eN4c.iDn OF lAOor orgsnl'
zsri1ns 60. irl-s Brd Alrsaiy, mRnutac'
turiUg esIso,isdu- "a have been unexpect-
eily shut down. uater me sGIc OF these
associations The ~ 2loysrs IRE pleased
al toe manner in whica members live up
10 their ayreemsu.s and large funds are
being raised, 10 pay lhO5s who are ordered
out
The volume OF money seeking enpIsy-
meuJ 10 lees now, than It vas three or four
weeks ago, $50 mde5 OF railroad EG7s been 4
blllc fhis wear. as against one half thst
amour. al this time l47r year The ship !
builders alorg he DelAgare, have had IN
QQluas within 3 week CT tSO, for y numoer /
OF schOOuers, aud vessels to ply along the |
Pac'ic C1as, The boat builders at Pitts
6nrI, aud along the Lakes, have received !
Crdsr5 within d short time, for BALI mil |
hon dollars worth OF work Three Of the |
largest ear works In the country, sill this
week close contracts for rolling stock for
Wess'rn roads Th-se are few OF the
a's'; favorable snd sLeoursglog lndlcs'
u0ns 10 the industries.
DURING THE PAST THIRTY DAYS,
exporters Of machinery have picked up g
isS orders for special machinery tor export
10 Cuoa, Mexico ana tao or thres South
Ansncsu States Ths exporting interests
are much encouraged.
The hosiery aud knit goods msnufactur'
erS Of PhlhislpliS are running three quar-
tsrS cNpAclry, or moro. aud ore scugely
p'eoArlng tor What they expect val be the
o-s' Fall trade they have ever has
great del Of kaItt,Gg machinery has been
Plt In p)sluOu during tas Spring, aud not
Tor mauy Years, have ihs makers of knit
naS machinery been ~ )usy, rs during the
PSF SIX months The manufacturers OF
silk goods, and upholstry goods of sll kinds.
are holding tear OSn against imported
co. d, aud uuderselEDg the latter. although
On account Of the popniaE prejudice against
American mad goods yhs latter are ire
g'ently So.i ~ imported, by the retailers.
Throughout, Ina New Euggsnd States, tex
ME manufacturing esptcjtS has been con-
sdsra6Iy increased, anG, from the activity
Snnrg manufacturers Of machinery, the
manufacture II isxtile materials Of Hli
A'nd', is increasing.
COMPARATIVE TABLE