Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-07-07
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\ Sunday Letter of More than Passing In
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\ Sunday Letter of More than Passing In
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Special Correspondence Of the Sunday REGISTER.
sTEUBENvILLE, July The situation
in Steubenville as regards the pottery trust
seems to be about as follows: w. B. Don
edison, President of the Steubenville Pot
terry Company, Alfred Day, Secretary, and
]. Dunbar, Attorney, are in the business
to make money; they have no compuuc-
tious of conscience about whether trusts
are right or not, or whether they iDjure
people at large OF not; their object is to
make good ware and sell it ct such figures
az will bring the best possible returns, and
as they own the larger portion OF the stock
ard believe that it is necessary to belong
to the trust if il is found to be in the
swim it goes without saying that if any of
the boss pot;ers Of the Ohio Valley iden-
;:fy themselves with the Trenton scheme
tast the St.ubenville Pattery Company
will be among the number. II wss no
fault of th6se gentlemen that the scheme
did not materialize at Cresson Springs, for
Messrs. Donaldson and Dunbar went there
with the foil and avoWed intention OF en-
rolling their company With the combine,
and if what is claimed in regard to
the trust controlling the spar and
flint supply is correct the combine will
vet be accomplished. The stockholders
who do not wish to be identified with
trusts can sell out, and we understand that
the gentlemen named above stand ready to
take stock off the hands Of anyone wishing
to dispose of it. d. J. Sinclair has already
adopted this course, selling his stock to
Mr.. Donaldson, and another large holder
who does not want his name mentioned in
connection with the matter, has expressed
his willingness to sell out at less than par.
This fact is significant when il is coHsider
ed that only few mouths since Mr.. Don
aldson paid w. Il. E. Elicit at the rate of
three dollsrs Tor one for some stock, and
that ]. Dunbar, less than year ago, stated
that fifteen hundred dollars worth of
stock that he had purchased for seven hun
dred and fifty, WAS not for sale at three
thousand dollars. But then the strike has
been on since then, and while the manage
ment of the pottery claim that it is run
ming full and making as much ware as
ever, the assertion OF the strikers that such
ia not the case, seems 10 be subsiaHtlatsd
by the company purchasing goods from
East Liverpool with which to fill orders.
All is not as bright in the pottery business
in Sleubenville as it was twelve months
ago. and the stock don't command the
same.
The glorious Fourth came around as
usual this year, and resulted in the people
passing the day picnicking and excurtiDg
on the river, while the small boy amused
himself with fire crackers. Business cane
to a standstill and men stood around the
streets with their best clothes on and their
hands in their pockets. This is the kind
OF Fourth we have these days; the time
has passed for the shooting of cannon,
Grating, passing Of patriotic resolutions and
whOoping things up generally. Such
amusements have gone the way of the baT-
rel ofhard cider.
DANIEL L. Wise, the bog mi ured on the
18th Of last month by catching hold OF 3