Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-04-01

at st. Louis Mo.
The 800 miners employed by the Rock
Hill Iron aud Coal company, near Hunt
ingdon, Pa, have been laid off because OF
the big stock on hand.
The strike of the $50 weavers EMPLOYED
in the Salmon Falls cotton mills, near
Dover, n. H, is about ended, as 100 Of
them have returned 10 work.
The sponge industry at Kew West. Fla. ,
has 3 production Of 500, 600 pounds OF
sponge . year. The greater portion of this
output goes to Paris.
The wOlders employed by the Scott
Printing Works, Of Piainield, N. J., have
struck because of the employment of two
%nOn-union men.
Allspice comes from Jamaica. The
product in 1880 was worth $3.50, 600. The
grower gets about ? pence per pound for
the plant.
Some of the big redwood trees in Califor-
nia measure eighty feet in circumference
8 feet above the roots, and look TO be $50
feet high.
A l2 per cent. reduction has been made
in the wages Of some of the employees of
the New Brunswick IN. j. Hosiery Com
pany.
The Canadian Pacific railroad company
has contracted for 100. 600 tons of bitumiu-
Ous coal from tho CleaTdeld region.
The plant Of the Arson Wood Mower
aud Reaper works OF Youngstown, D will
b. removed 10 Chattanooga, Tenn.
In 1880 |, 1000, 900 was invested in the
532 hat and cap factories Of this country,
wherein $4,000 persons were employed.
The Central Pacific railroad company is
using wood for fuel in the locomotives on
the Sacramento Gal division.
An addition is being built TO the South
St, Louis Mo foundry which will give
employment to 75 men.
The shoe manufactures of North Adams,
Mass. have agreed to pay the prices re-
quested by the Lasters' Union.
DIR. McGlVnn has suggested that the
consolidation of the labor parties be named
the Common Veal" party.
The beam mill at Homestead, Pa, in
which 200 men are employed, has shut
down because Of lack of orders
The Fortuna Association of Cutters aud
Grinders, of New York city, will Join the
Metal Trades Federation.
A test we'll sunk at BurgettstOwn, Pa,
for gss or oil has been drilled 1900 feet
without striking anything.
The Stewsrt Iron company, of SherOn,
Pa, Will make q cut OF 10 per cent. in
wages all around on April 1.
The piauonakers employed in Behring'S
factory in New York city, are on q strike
against = reduction.
Canada knitting mill owners say that
present Indications do not point to q good
season.
The Madison, Me, wooden mill shipped
l5G, 9l9 yards Of ladies' dress goods during
February.
A few trees on C~ententura Greek, Greene
county, n. c., measure - feet in circum-
ference.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
is constructing a 500 foot dock at Glad
stone, Mich.
The daily production of the Runney, N.
II, refining works is 1900 pounds Of
eamphOr.
The cotton industry of Lancashire, Eng.
during 1887 showed an encouraging in
crease.
Ten thousand freight cars were delayed
on the Pennsylvania railroad by the storm.
New York city photographers are organ
inlDg and already have a large member
ship.
The Trenton M Lock aud Hardware
company will nov 10 Chattanooga, Tenn.
1t has been estimated that there are $780,
OOO electric lights in use in this country.
New York cloak and suit cutters will d.
mand a Saturday half holiday after
Aprit /.
Oaly about one-half of the street ears
of St. Paul and Minneapolis have con
ductorS.
Il has been estimated that there are TO-
600 electric motors IN use In the United
States.
Sonoma, Cal, Chinese employed in the
vineyards are on 2 strike for higher wages
A Michigan lumber company proposes to
develop Louisiana lumber-telds.
The Erie Western railroad company has
ordered 1000 ton of steel rails.
The Troy IN. Y sash and blind mill
will he removed to Hutchinson, Kan.
A four-mile street railway will he con-
structed at Fort Madison, la.
New York city granite cutters will work
for So 80 y day this year.
The Yorkshire Fog } wOrsted and wool
industry is growing.
Mrs. Marry, OF the X. Of L. is organ
ling female assemblies
There is q combine" Of coffin manu-
iacturerS at Montreal.
A $500. 600 lumber mill will be pat mp
at Tacoma, W. T.
There are sixty h. OF L. assemblies in
New Hampshire.
A sosp factory will be pat up at San
Diego, Cal.