Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-01-05
THE INDUSTRIES.
WHAT rHB wAGB WORKERS ARS DOING
IN WHEELING
And yicinny-A Glance Around the OIrels-A Col
lschon Of Items Of Interest to
AL

;,Snstrisl situation since last week. ne
Dsw vesr opens zp with bright prospects,
except for the cloud that can be seen IN
+ba distance and which promises to burst
sbou. Nav 1sl. The workmen are II good
shape to fight for the eight-hOur work
dsy and Judging from the action taken at
Friday nights meeting Of the Builders
Issuge, they are Just sc determined not to
aeeeds to the demands Of the msn. We
can only hope that in some way 1t may De
aver,ed.
What promises 20 be an interesting
meeting will be that Of the nau manuiae-
turers At the office Of the BauwoOd company
on Wednesday, January s, as the prob
abilities are that nails viii be given an
other advance.
The railways are experiencing slight
lull in freight traffic, but expect as great
a volume Of business after the holidays as
before. The traffic in lake ores promises
70 be far greater than in any previous
year Ordinarily sales Of Superior ores
are rarely made until far into January
and February, sometimes as late IS April.
This wear the sales for next years oe-
livery began in November, and up until
me middle Of December within traction
Of 2 O0O. GOO IONS Of ore had been sold.
The figures here given are those given by
opeof she largest dealers in lake ores IN
Pitssburg, and may be considered as re-
liable The purchsse Of ores N such
ouautity indicates, iron men assert, that
re orders for iron and stsel for 1880 de-
lIverv are ample 20 keep all the mills and
furnscss active through the year.
A test was recently made with the Quin-
nsnopt W. Va, bitumin6us coal at the
Chicago pumpirg works, saya the Chicago
Journal Of Commerce. Fires were started
y three furnaces. The chimneys emitted
M smoke. although no smoke consuming
contrivsnee nor steam let were used.
\ Toirtv-four thousand six hundred pounds
m coal were consumed, evspOratiDg SS6,-
400 pounds, being $40 pounds Of water
70 enc pound OF coal. Oae very notable
feature was the remarkably small proper
ton of ash, being not more than two per
cent. The chief engineer pronOunces the
coal wonderful fuel.
The snrual report Of the Directors OF the
up. shows tbe receipts from lessees, il
rentals, interest, sinking fund, ETC., to
have been 81, 2s9, COS p. The disburse-
meuts were. mortgage interest. SS44 $40;
dividends, S7S6. go $; construction bonds
and mortgages, 1856, 679 co. maintenance
of organization, ST., 146 so; total, 81, $685.
81. S.; balance, 1927 o.
Regarding local Labor matters, NJ r.
Moran says in the Pitts6urg Labor Tribune;
nOo Saturday, December 2s, on the invi-
tation Of our genial friend J. h. Burt, I
visited Beethoven Hall, on Fourteenth
street. where found the Wholesale Team
sters and Porters assembled to the num-
bsr Of sixty-eight men. After talk on
the benefits of organization, succeeded IN
organizing them, and they will Join the
american Federation Of Labor. Wheeling
Il one Of the great centers OF
the A. F. Of l., aud very nearly
al trades are now connected with
a. A. F. OF l., sud the Ohio Valley
Trades and Labor Assembly. These men
VII meet again on January to perfect
shsir organization. On last Tuesday even
ING was invited 70 meet the Hod- carriers
Union. they having concluded to return
their charter TO the Executive Board Ofthe
X. OF L. and make application to the A.
+. L. for membership. This union 10
eomposed OF colOred men, and your cOrre-
soondsnt never required sny password to
enter their meetings. They are organized
eight wears and have done good work 70
elevate their membership. There is only
one assembly Of the X. Of L. now n
Wheeling. where there once existed some
eight OF ten. ana it was the headquarters
Of District Assembly So. The only L. A.
of the X. of L is the Cigarmakers, and l
am informed that they are making ar
engagements 10 surrender their cnarter'
The Etna mill is making some repairs;
the boilers have run very steadily for the
vesr 1889; as near as can be remembered
they have worked Dis or 300 days. The
mill expects to run right along when the
repairs are finished. At the last stated
meeting Of Advance Lodge, No. 26, Ina
Vile, o.. held on Saturday, December %,
1889, the following officers we're elected
for the ensuing term: President, Dennis
O'Learv; Vice President, Matthew Will
hams; Recording Secretary, T. NJ. Rob-
bins; Financial Secretary, ". ". Smith ;
Treasurer, John Pierce; Guide, George
Keller; inside Guard, Walter Sanders;
outside Gunrd, John T. Davis; Trustees,
Alfred Dew, Matthew Williams, Henry
Williams.
TIE Standard was idle during the hOli-
day week making the annual repairs; the
puddle mill and Ncs. 1, , and 8 sheet
mills and the plate mill and No. shee.
MIL have resumed work; indications are
favorable for a steady run for some time
20 come. Mountain City Lodge is called
upon to mourn the loss Of one Of its young
members, Thomas Har,zsl. The remains
were buried under the auspices Of the Jr.
U. L. A. NJ. The officers OF the lodge for
the ensuing year are IS follows: President,
Vim. Yates; Vice President, II. j. Cecil;
Secretary, Henry Evans; Financial Secre-
AIRY, Geo. Nennum; Treasurer, Charles
James Guide, Evan Johns; Guard, Geo.
Mcguire; Trustees, Geo. Vennum, E. NJ.
Davis and J. II. Morgan.
Nobody can imagine what some Of the
window glass people are trying TO do, IN
lees 1t is 20 make boom. A dispatch
IRON Findlay says: ''The Association Of
Window Class Manufacturers of Ohio and
Indiana held its second meeting to perfect
Organization. A syndicate was formed,
WITH a capital stock of $500, 600, to handle
ias glass Of several factories daring the