Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-07-04
'BJssIia9 8ssistsr
THE STRIKES.
.up Sr,Rg EXPERIENCED By INDUSTRIAL
ND - CAPITAL THIS YEAR
pu1aing Operations Starting Up On q Grand
Sals---What the Knights Of Labor
sp DOing---NeceSsary Business
in Trade all over the Country.

.,,spt has trade and industry been dam
,r.J by the strikes of the SPRING. is a
20, which manufacturers are putting 10
....r,s,lyes. Another is, How long can
w. count ourselves safe:' A third is, ITO
h, extent can the conservative leaders
-, amt their commendable purposes, OF
u,,;r, an end to strikes and unnecessary
q labor agitations?'
industrial capital has had scare this
,r EMPLOYERS have suddenly awakened
:, I'M. fact. that labor can organize and
n, n together. influence legislation, start
.,,.,nri,., and make Roadway. They have
\, discovered that trade combinations
,,,.,a l,horcrS. are not necessarily destruc-
n -. naturalization is not 80 difficult; that
..r.r,tion among themselves is one Of the
n, stems pu>,ible for the preservation of
undue competition.
RriIding operations for the ensuing six
,,,ntb, will De ON a grander scale than last
r.,r small houses are going up by the
,b,r.,uI~ all over the country, and even
u.n t,unS are visited rs a rule, with
.rfri, of enterprise. The building trades
~. ca. % rule exceptionally busy. The Sc
.r.,,f II j. two fold first, the necessity OF
man. h,u.,. room. and second the lack of
.ti,.. uncertainties for capital, which
!. ,bn, driven Tor employment into the
hgH,ln. channels OF activity.
I ,lnr is more generally employed and
h-,r.r r.,iL than ever before. The volume
of bu,in,.,, Is larger than Il year ago; the
,,,r.fu of profits Is wider; the comSump-
t-r.. ,.,nIrffy Is grratcr; the productive ca
MIN Is steadily improving Capitalists
b,... r, doubt ~ To the safety OF invest
mi. IN th. ..rr,,, industrial channels, with
,rr pi.s iron production greater than ever
h,f,r,. S.yyr.tl large blast furnaces are to
h. burlt. besides one or two enormous rail
anil, tn >,y nothing OF an unusually large
T,,.,h.. ruEmills and manufacturing plants
Of onr sort or another.
rFE SOAK Markets ARE RISING.
Onits uuu,bcr OF railroad properties are
.,rriuo .nuI dividends, and stocks them
,,Iyr- AN, advancing in value. One-third
m,r, business is being done now than
,v.hr months ago. Failures 80 tar this
YEAR hl,, fallen oil in the ratio of 80 To
So > agJiuSl last year. Hundreds Of new
i yD-.rprfl,., urcStagting aud Vel established
concern, trr increasing their capital, capac-
i ~ and labor forces. All these are strong
points.
The H.l,htS of Labor are quietly put
4 ,ins INTO fyYr.. their new regulations, and
G,riuhn.ug t4c,r vast membership INTO
oErIrne, Thu announcement that strikes
and EnvrUtts are declare oil, except in rare
instances. hl, done very much To lessen the
enthusiasm of tens OF thousands, who for
months past have bttu rushing into the or
gmirtion tur the sole purpose Of striking,
with IN. assistance and cooperation Of
thu, powerful organization.
There Il movement ON foot to throw
tha irDn InOuldcrS union into the Knights
OF Labor The printers viii remain out.
Some OF the great Trade Unions have q
hrg. percentage which would yOtein favor
OF union. The Miners are coming In, but
will have - separate National Assembly.
So will tine carpet wes,cTs, and manage
their own all,irS.
Organized Labor viii m1kea very stubborn
Sght AGAINST the convict Labor question.
III. Knights are asking why, 90 out of rs
United State senator's should be IN tnepay
Of ruh04d corporations
LARGE CAPITALISTS
are directing their attention to the indus
trEh and manufacturing and numbering
cip.hilitirs oi Virginia, Tennessee and
Alabama \ new trunk line has just been
established between Newport News and
New orleans and within wear or two TO-
g0J miles Of additional railroad Will be
tributary To Newport News, thus making 1t,
yr1>pvtiyrIv. at least, 4 New York City IN
Virginia e. T. huntington Is at the head.
Several Northern manufacturers are look
IN into the new field, intending Ia take a
hand ia the expected great development.
Intelligent writers are beginning TO reeOS-
ME the Tact that the great labor move
meats in progress between abOrerS and
EMPLOYERS. involve much more than the
Mere uurSt ON OF WAGES and hours OF work.
They arr the result o. an eilOIt TO establish
principle which. carried OUt to its logical
Consequences. would fggOlutiomize society,
aud reconstruct the social fabric ON an en-
tirrly new modvl The objective point Is
Qryarun.- nrut ot the eutir5 political aad
>G,al t:gr:r. without force. other than the
ie,al,ailt. FORE. OF intellectual Cnlighten-
mrut aad -vIiiU;cTest. The task Is = giS.tn-
&C. one.
\ srhrras hI- bern perSiSteutiy worked
Al Washington. Tor ths establishment of a
rev industry. VIZ, the tin plate industry.
The impor,stions of tin plate amount to
over ii. UGU.OnD annually, which a = pro
poSel To manufacture here. Unfortunately
Tor the movers ir this enterprise dema-
gOguy hls h,,n chosen % advocate II, and
tclgrguyS are gwen the cold shoulder
everywhere Schemes for the employment
Oiargr amounts OF capital are multiplying.
THE BUILDERS
Of Eo44u. New York, Philadelphia, Chi
ago asd ~. Louis report a general im-
FrO'Cmrpt ~ building in all these cities.
4 great drG q, imsggying is being done by
Nhr 'aGniuu9lities in thcr9 Real estate Is
ar!d up high and Is in demand.
EGcE j. Increasing in all Southern coz
ton Iuiji, ahd labor J.. in demand. In the
New England textile mills general re-
SUMPTION takes place Judy 18th. Much
new machinery is going in and mills are
being extended and more capitnl is being
ip,StCd.
ne hoot and shoe manufacturers here
AMI D. he List have sold more shoes 50
lar tbt> year than ElSt The New York
stove manufacturers are behind with their
onlers Cigar manufacturers report a
heavy demand. HAT aHd cap manutac-
Saeers a;r turning out more gl0ds than
ever Tie ctahing manufacturers gre
Striving q their full capacity. The iron
and steel manufacturers predict a booming
hall trade. locomotive builders are negO-
ulll"n with Western railroad builders for
engines. To b2 ready for next winter and
spring.
THE BITJNuNOUS COAL MINER
A!c ON, .s$ci us muvhaS ever. Thousands
are ti!r Wages are hying crowded down
m The West mCI are being cyictcd; the
store order sy.:yei prevails in many places
oy which 80 cents vgrth oi groceries are
sold tor 81 30; the min-lS ere not allowed
10 So. 9 Ice II Of