West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-03-22
INDUSTRIAL WORLD.

ONO has over % ,O)0 coal minert
WoMrY carpenters have appeared in
London.
a RAILnoAD's coal bill is II per cent. OF IL.
running expenses
WrmN two months 30I shops have started
10 work n tho South
WmLEBJYEs nre prepared and shaped by
stoaming and pressure.
STEAM luairy work is go be abolished IN
the New York state Prison.
4 NoWn WALES. Penn. factory make.
"'j} yarIs . fuspenders n W ck,
In6 shoe trado reports au a lylncc in busi-
ne" OF ~ per cent over last year
4 MAN in NpHlnnii Mich has a collection
Oi ninety.t so axes u, different kinl5.
THE Jclrrr onsyillc. Madison. and Indian
hp'li' n7d several q her railroads have ad-
yanccd WAGES
IbE lonrneymen painters OF Pttsburg mud
AllcplauY Penn h1gs made a demand for
$50 Gag ald nine hour8 work
DE.rTrTloS is said 10 prevail among tho
six wcaveis Of Union Hii. n. J.. IN conse
ounce of a larl; ~ employment
TiE Russians anl Iolcs are cr0wdng into
tlc NOW ord city fa tories where sewing
is done lOr several rC1 Ous ih " are strongly
objected 60 10y the other n1tiOnalites.
TfrE rubbing is one of the best paying in
dubtrics Tor women Tho work consists Of
ga 1hin2 the type after 10 is cast an 90 the
pont Of polishing, whi ID is done by men.
SOME handkerchief hommers ln Glasgow.
Scotland. are uu strike because their employer
wished 10 talSo seven pence or the pay for
every hundred dozen haudker hofs hommed.
The girls earn about sl2j q wcsk
TnE Chicago, Burlington Quincy strike
clOt'd all the cou mines at Beyicr, Summit
an ! Lingo. near Macon, NJ ss0Iri, a. thors
was no way Of getting coal 60 the market
and fn rr fff If
employment
THE making NJ threat s10ols IS thriving
industry in number of Maine villages. The
most novel feature about the bu uuness s The
way tnc apOJs nre polished They are simply
placed in barrels. which nro kept revolving
Iuirei supotnness
THg opraGycim tho Social Mu Woont
o.kot E J.. were surprised recently whom
they receive their pay tJ hni that their
nuTes h1d boon voluntarily ads anced b per
rent. The omp.oyes % the Nourso and Globe
received Che same aiyancs This affects 2oOJ
bands
THE artificial Govor tralo Is the worst
paid Oi Hli trades lo1rnors arc pn.d ti
week These are generally girls OF iOurt cn
lnd hitoon ycqrf IL is some weeks before
girl can earn $50 % week The creator mum
Der rarely average over - week For
single sprays Of Guc flower that are sold for
from dficcn to eighteen cents a dozen those
who mako thom receive eight cents q gross.
THE Philadelphia g. Reading Railroad
Company has resumed Sos examination of
color blndnes among ts employs The iu
vest cations consist ~ tests ior color sense,
accuracy 0' sight range OF vision aud abil
itY 20 read train dIsputchos at different lOoi.
Of seventy five conductors engineers and
hrem-n examined four per cent were totally
color blind. and tenn p8r cent NOR, deficient
iu one or more OF the tastt
THE report of Mine Inspector Williams of
tho third Anthracite district of Polugylva
ui0 shows the amount of coal mined u tle
district to Dc $50. .l3j tons THE excess over
l1st years production $685. tons Tbs
number of mino employees fatally injured
dur.uE che year was sixty five. 0f one o.
eterv ll00ll tons 0t coal miued The mum
bor Of persons seriously injured was S9l or
one Go every 2j j5i tons OF coal miucd. The
uumler of widows resulting thirty three.
Hni orphans 100 The number of fatalities
sxcee4 chat Qi 1856 BY seven