West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-02-23
INDUSTRIAL WORLD.

LAST year $1,000 tons of leather were i'm.
ported
ThE shingle manufacturers Of tho South
have form d m association at Mobile
TnERH are sixteen works in tho United
Statel and Canada engaged In locomotive
building.
TIE Magnolia Anti Friction Metal Co.,
With capGal OF 100000, is about 20 start
in RroOklyu.
owuers at Philadelphia for violating the
tre-escap, law.
THE National B uilders' Association has lust
held is session i'm Cincinnati. About 200
delegates were present.
THE strike Of tho Troy steel and iron com.
pany's employees has been settled and tho
mon have gone TO work
a S2OQJOOO iron and coal company has
just been organized NJ Tinneville, KY, tho
ccntre Of n rich mineral district
REDUCTION Of 10 per cent. in the wnRes OF
all omp'oycs has been ordered by the Lake
Erie Allian3s and Southern Railroad.
THE railroad telegraphcrs' organization
has succe cod in greatly decreasing tho num-
Der Of "students' in the railroad offices OF
Pennsylvania
TIE Iron trade ReUietg places the loses
by fro 10 the iron works Of the country.
during the past year, at si,J5l ,OJJ, against
t3,4lI50J IN 1885.
THE exports Of American machinery b.
Mexico, Central and South America, and
Australia continue q ng tate the nannfac-
.urcrs Of machinery in Great Britain.
AT mass meeting Of miners in Wilkes
barre Pa, ~ was unanimously resolved 10
devote ono days pay each month to the strik-
ers Of tho Lohigh and Bchuykill regions.
THE employees Of the Eati0Ual Tube Works
40 McKeesport, Penn, met aud refused 10
accept tho I'D per cent. reduction ordered by
the Company. The company employs about
500 hands.
TnR vclyot cutters who were imported un-
der contract last Spring by the Compton
Company, Providence, X. l., nre on strike.
clo ming the contract void and demanding
dec ~, wages.
TnE Mag nnis Cotton Mills. New Orleans.
L1 have decided to Increase their capital
sto.k from EOJ,COJ toS ,OJJ,OO. and enlarge
tho.r mill from its present capacity Of 1900
spinlics 90 1000 spluilct
THE North Chicago Rolling Mill Company
plant at South Chicago, the largest Of It's
kind iu this country, has resumed operations
after being clos "a for more than two months,
While rcpa.rs we're being made.
PARTIES boring for natural gas at Lisbon,
100 have developed n wonderful coal supply.
AZ % depth OF 20 feet there Is a vein Of coal
a,e and three fourths feet thick. at $40 feet
vein OF six feet at j8J feet "a ten foot vein.
aud at 60 feet n vein Of six feet
a Hor war is raging among the country
people at Springfield lli 10 is claimed that
10 is 'hefno 90 run the Chiuese out Of busi
ness Collars ard cuffs are being laundered
for a cent for two dozen. white shirts AN
beiny lauulorcl for two cents each.
Az unskiod japanese farm hand accord
ing to- correspondent who writes from
HiOgO receives only from % 10 cents q day
Tor IT'S labor. aui out Of this small sum he is
expected 90 board himself Skilled farm Ia
hor commands from lO o. 10 cents a day.
TIr shoe manufacturers of Cincinnati. A.
n sscret meeting Of their association, decided
.o lock out thoir 3.0U cmp'oyei because the
latter decided e. scnl q committee 10 one
Hrm and demand tho payment Of wages due
twelve girls. which the firm refused 20 pay
lft,r they had boon well earned
WourN d0iur pie work at homo in New
York city get p cents for making n woman q
ulster These are O. heavy cloth, the seam
are bound aud tle ulster neatly finished. BY
working from S in the morning until mid
ght. % clpuhl8 woman can make two
ulstrs The price paid % a principal On
a dressmaker for making pu ulster would
be not less than sA00