Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-05-30
LABOR AGlTATl0NS
And Their Effect Among the Var.
ious Industries.
Growth Of the Knights Of Labor and Organ
garization Of Capital--GOOd Trade
Prospects, Business Picking up
and Orders Increasing.

,,s,ions which heretofore nave oeen undg
:, along independently, and secondly,
,,vsmept on the part of the employing in
arrests 10 form protective and aggressive as
,,,iarions, against the growing power o
,.,spzsd labor. Already about dozer
-srrtscturers associations have been form
i principally in the New England anC
+ wiils States, and efforts are being quietly
-.5. in several industries to establish
me sort cfa Federation by which com
nan interests can be better subseryed.
:, Jar the employers represent about
mn r0n men and the Trade UniOnists 60
s- So reported something over 100000
20, The effect OF these combinations
I,,,o, NJ toreseen. Probably the present
,,rr7.ss will oe greatly modified, as soon
"a me first scare Is over.
rAroR WILL BECONE CONSERVATIVE
-, ya;Ds power and influence, and as it
i ITO understand itself and its interests
r,,,. Thoroughly. A. PRESENT toe move
...b-. wild under the sudden discovery
4. ., capacity on its port 70 control, 10 q
r,sss..,l the employing aud business inter
ct the country The leaders OF the
-s-.ogs Trade Ul.o-s and other National
or4 Irfpras';ouni associations are ANNA
"a no p7--lf American sentiments and
r.~rr,olss aad have no sympathy with an
Isryalc meas
during the pas, four weeks, 1900 assem-.
h. Of zoe kaigbrs Of Labor have been
r-,sri,gd sri during the coming four
.,ss.ss SIX or Pit will be instituted, of the
t,.,,r,z-rs Sai managers OF the Order can
r,,7,rI.7 n. work now before them
r. KNIGHTS Of Labor are growing very
sn.5r; while tha Trade Unionists are grow
n, very slowly and barely able 10 hold
tb-,r own. Hundreds Of them are quietly
roiny over 70 the Knights, and the leading
Eoi,brs freely express the opinion that I'll.
ins,elr the so great branches of labor
bill come together.
Reports this week from over fifty leading
sr11.,risl centres clearly point to a re-
t,mprion OF industrial activity, although
H. in al cases a. terms favorable to worE-
h. Shorter houss have been secured by
- 200 600 workers, and the agitation
In continue provided the Knights of La
h. a, their Cleveland Convention next
hex do not offer any obstacles to this
purpose.
WHAT EMPLOYERS THINK
A large nun0-r OF prominent employers,
inclliiug railroad managers, builders and
A-cblr-cts have within the past few days eX-
b,s,,ad the opinion that if labor sgitstions
rop where they ROW are, the country will
soo7 pet over the harm done, aud building
.g...r be- resumed on q large scale, IS
&su A. railroad construction, car and ship
d $780,. U.r1.rsgiug indications are
u. - o. al. -ii-s 10 New England
here's. ,.L-.rI Improvement in building
hN,-.s New York architects report an
tlyycy.g "a revival in business. The ar
kh.,-c.s and builders of Philadelphia are
ten.r,l.y busiy engaged and business
Sp-,.rlns 10 thar cry will probably De 70
r. cant nor extensive than lsst. In Pits
k-ga and thrlugholt Ohio a great deal
y cork u 9-ci -cr-d. which have bssu ten
! Ar,ig iu,-rfsrei With by the strikes
h Chicago and 81 Louis, the LABOR
ag.,a'iJns have seriously unsettled the
e.gqA'igaa OF builders.
Within me past three days inquiries have
J., presented 10 the Steel rail makers OF
~ con 7rry tor b-t ge4n 5000 and lO0,-
IN tons OF rails mOssly tor Western roads.
10 roads Ssut -. 900 tons each and sew
ksl others want = ODO aHd 10000 ton lots.
! conrrac, has be n placed for the delivery
D lsrye 10, Of ,.eel rsils 81 Montreal snC
Foreign rails are benz offered a. Ssysn'
tsh New Orleans aus Galveston, ut about
81 OD more than the price a. which rails
asn D. delivered from American mills,
To- steel rall' uakers met last week and
sgrsed 10 Increased tho allotted production
luDOOO tons out this will very shortly be
hzen up
SHOULD UNLROND ErILpING
resunai ac,y-lyiu rhe West 1t is not
hDrOo86a thar W. will AitLe.s great de.
r. Of iniu,rr:ai activity during the latter
Ri OF the year. A great many new COM
Rsliss are being incorporated for mining
pa manufacturing purposes, and tor the
eo1grlc',0n ut RAILROADS n thu West and
t0.'h Wuhin the past 80 days sb5Rt $50, :
\ nn00 has bseu secuted to prosecute rail.
pa enterprises. Besides this great deal
vgrk sill be done in the building Of
Il 9Htses across Western sud SouthCra nv
at the present rate OF progress THE
. feAgs production OF iron. excel. coal and
hnosr, viii be greater than that OF last
/ sear, and the expansion of manufacturing
3 fspac't7 Of all kinds will be greater.
Ihere are al present $50 pots in Opera
I Pc IN the window glass works of the nited
/ ia,es aud TO idle The coke production
+ Greater than ~ any time heretofore, and
pore ovens are being built than 81 any
/ csUo1s time in the history of coke ma
ns Over 10000 ovens are in active op-
fa1oa 10 the ConusllSville region which
fN,eaas 30 miles in length and is q miles
,I7 sad underlsid with bed OF coal from
10 "a iee' thick, which yields 5000 tons
coal 20 the acre. Like the anthracite
foa' h7ds the area il limited, there re
falai1s only about 1000 acres Of coking
foal yet to be mined.
THE GREATEST ACTIVITY
Es'a'ls 81 the gas region of Western Penn
Ei7sDlh aaJ Eastern Ohio The Philsdel
Us y3npAny now control Is wells aud Ii
'easIoE ne number as rapidly as posi-
os All rha skolp snd pips mills ar,
o'l11 Sl0h orders tor material TO be laiC
na2 The coming summer and fail Nan
,l'7's throughout the country are giviDl
''e attention 10 the economic advantage
aa,a'ai gas aud the Disadvantages o
.a2 ".aoutit A great deal of enter
.'7 q q. work developing mora or les
Onl'ilg natural gas fields 10 he West
? SD Southern States.
I17 '1a anuiscturing industry prom
!" become very important one durinj
ia '-E years. Six silk mills are eithe
.'I''- ct construction or p;ojscted IL
- Jersey AID Philadelphia, which whel
I9,s'5d will give employment TO tire
S-saa1 hands Silk manufacturers ST
AIy encouraged By the increasing de-
- 'a' silk in all forms and great des
49, e aud foreign machinery Of in
~, ~ Character is being ordered, to pro
= '7''er qualities at lower prices.
IN CARPET MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY