Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-04-08
INDUSTRIAL
The Current News About Various Crafts
and Concerns.

The Current News About Various Crafts
and Concerns.
The call issued by Chairman Jones, Of
the glass manufacturers, for a conference
with the workers, announced in yester-
days REGISTER, was not at all unex-
pectcd, but ii is not thought that the con.
ference will amount to much, as both sides
are firm in the stand they have taken. The
workers will not submit to rule Z, while
the employers say they will not yield it.
The meeting will convene at 10 o'clock on
Tuesday morning. Said q workman
yesterday: 1--WE have tried 40 often to
fix matters up that I am not san
guin Of the result. In all probability
Mr.. Jones has only called the meeting so
that it can be adjourned sine die"
A manufacturer spoken to said: 1.-THE
conference Is called for the purpose Of fix
ing up the trouble, If possible, and not to
adjourn; and in my opinion the strike will
be settled. The workmen have conserve
tive men at the head Of their organization,
aud l think they will be able to settle the
strike on Tuesday next. However, II 1t ia
not settled then, there will hardly be any
more conferences"
Several we'll kno wn glass manufacturers
called at the workers headquarters, at
Pittsburg, yesterday morning, but the
nature OF their call could not be ascertain
"a Draa;Japt Gath oa;d that tho mann
facturers who called were not members of
the Glass Association, and that they called
on personal business.
Mr.. Jenkin Jones, Chairman Of the Ex-
ecutive Committee of the Associated Glass
Manufacturers, stated that there was not
the least truth in the Tumor published IN
Pittsburgh yesterday morning that the
strike was ended and that work would he
resumed on Monday morning. He thought
some one had tried to guy a reporter and
had succeeded. He also said that nothing
would be attempted towards q settlement
until the ~reconvening of the conference
next Tuesday. The report that the com
mit.ee had held q secret meeting Friday
night was false, and that nothing had oc.
turred to lead any person to such q belief.
Five more cars for the Wheeling Elec.
trical Railway have been completed and
are ready for shipment at the st. Louis
factory, while five additional. ones are
under construction. The Wheeling road
originally contracted for seven Of these
cars, and had an option for five more. The
cars called for by this option are the ones
now under construction, and they will go
to the Citizens Company by the request
of that corporation.
The poles are being put up along the
line Of this latter company on the South
Side, preparatory TO stringing the overhead
wires. The work will be pushed north
from Forty first street.
The line Of the Wheeling Company has
been completed from the Benwood ferry
landing IN what is called Sbad street the
railroad crossing near the Riverside mill
and also from Boggs' N north to Forty.
eighth street. This still leaves a consider.
able interval to be completed south Of the
city limits. A new contract will be made
for the completion Of the line from Twenty,
seventh street south to Forty eighth.
Improvement seems to be the order OF
the day over at the Etns and Standard
MILF. Workmen are engaged in building
an addition 60 feet by 100 at the Eths.
The new part will cover several pair OF
shears and an annealipg furnace, which are
now covered by sheds, and will furnish a
place for the Strengthening Of rails, that Is
now being done put of doors.
At the Standard q new iron building 30
feet by 100 is under construction. J. w.
Walker, of Pittsburg, las the contract,
and has a full force at work nov putting
up the building. 1t will be entirely Of
iron, the same rs the other part Of the
mill, and will contains 60 by 30 inch en-.
CINE and two trains Of roils. The work OF
excavating for the foundation for the en-
CINE and rolls will commence this week.
l.. Spence is now at work on the engine,
aud will have it ready for use by Septem-
Der 1st.
The Tubeworkers' Convention adjourned
at Pittsburg Friday, having completed
their scale. which will govern all the mills
in D. A. 3, K. Of L and those at Benwood
aud Oil City. The scale affects over 5000
workmen, and it is believed il will be &C.
cepted by the firms manufacturing pipe.
A committee was appointed to arrange
some minor details in connection with the
scale and present it to the manufacturers
as soon as possible.
II il believed that the scale will be nc
cepted and all the tube works started
within the next two weeks.