Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-08-05

"N 10 WI cOHo years, anu - 5ne wa
not IN destitute circumstances, she had nc
claim on the wages he earned.
About fifteen bottle blowers and theil
families viii nov to Washington, Pa,
from Bellaire, o., within the next two
weeks. The workmen have associated
themselves with the new bottle house that
has just been completed at that place.
A special from Bellefonte, Pa, states by
authority Of Manager Ardell that the Belle
tonte glass works viii start mp ut the usual
time. IL had been stated in q Pittsburs
daily paper that it was doubtful whether
the lire would be lighted the coming sea-
son.
A locomotive a day Is now being turned
out at the Rogers locomotive works at Pat
erson, N. J.. The Cooke works are to be
removed to South Orange at q cost Of
$500, 900 for the removal. As stated else
where, the Grant works are practically
collapsed aud will move west.
President Bodine, of the Window Glass
Manufacturer Association, says in his
July report that on the first Of the month
there were 706, $50 fifty foot boxes in
stock, about the same average as in former
years. In the year ending June 80 there
was imported 1854, AS boxes, an increase
of 125, 900 boxes over the previous twelve
months.
Three hundred looms of a Montreal
Can. cotton mill are idle because the op-
e~ratiyes have gone on their vacations on
their own accord. They take q couple of
weeks OF every year, and the firm cannot
hahn Nhfnuu hfn, oakknn ,,,l - NJ.
treal has begun the manufacture of sateen
and other goods, the first Canadian mill to
manufacture this kind of textile.
The Expressmen's Mutual Benefit Asso-
citation held it's biennial meeting at Cleve-
land, D, some days ago. The association
was organized twenty years ago at Cleve-
land. The society has paid during its ex-
istenee To families of deceased members
1887, sol; to members living but perma-
uently disabled, $S2, COS; the average pay
ment of each member has been $50 q wear.
Typographical Union No. Z, Of Pitts
burgh, has voted against the following
propositions: For defrsying the expenses
Of delegates to the sessions of the Interna-
tionsl Typographical Union; for the crea-
tion OF q sick relief fund; for the creation
Of q burial fund, and for the creation of
the Childs- Drexel endowment association
of the union printers of North America.
NJ. j. Modes, of Streator, ILL.,, the pat
entee of the tank glass furnace, has estab-
lished q glass factory at Colorado Springs,
and will probably erect q house at Salt
Lake, Utah, because of the city's natural
advantages. The soda-ash used in the
Streator mandatory he gets from Eng
land. Salt Lake contains the sods-ash,
the lime, the silica, salt and everything,
but the excessive railroad rates are a dis
advantage.
A hammer for pile driver, made at Jack
sonyille some days ago, wa the largest
ever cast in Florida: 1t weighed 1850
pounds.
Works on the glass works at Sheffield,
Pa, has begun. Knights have been dis
charged at this place for belonging to the
order.
At Dallas, Tex, in 1874 drinks were
sold at 10 cents a hoist, whisky was 81 so
per gallon, and tobacco cost 30 cents per
plug.
APittsburg firm has this year shipped
boilers to Japan, Australia, India, France,
Denmark, Holland and Scotland.
They are using Connellsville, Pa, coke
in Newfoundland. England has hereto
fore supplied this market exclusively.
The employees Of q San Francisco shoe
factory have struck against a reduction in
wages ranging from 10 to 20 per cent.
AtSslvadOr they make umbrellas, car.
pets, beds, bride reins, lariats and ropes
from the fibre of the banana tree.
The shops of the Reading railroad at
Reading, Pa, run nearly the length Of the
town on each side OF the river.
Chattanooga, Tenn, plasterers struck be-
cause a contractor would not pay a fine Of
81 for sub.lettiDg n job.
York, Neb., bOotblacks have petitioned
the city authorities to prohibit men from
engaging in their occupation.
Three hundred and forty persons are
constantly employed at KiOto, Japan, in
making playing cards. .
The iron mOlders in q st. Louis malles-
BILE foundry have accepted q 10 per cent.
reduction in wages.
At Tacoma, W. T., the carpenters,
painters and brieklayers have adopted a
nine hour day.
The HOusesmiths Union of New York
City has raised the initiation fee from -
10 so.
Sydney, Australia, brieklayers have
struck for an advance from los. to lis. per
day.
An English ship recently arrived at ia
pan with a load Of Russian petroleum.
Cincinnati labor unions will celebrate
Labor Day by a picnic and parade.
The Baltimore Hold. carriers Union held
q big picnic last week.
Thirty miners of Brockwsyyille, Pa.
have gone to Sparta, Tam.
Kingston, Canada, people are sending
cotton to China.
New York housesmiths have won their
strike.
Frackville, Pa, BARRIERS ell close on
Sunday.
The iron molders want q nine hour day.