Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-10-08
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CONDITIONS REPORTED FROM LABOR CIRCLES
HERE AND ELSEWHERE.
Facts Cleaned al he Nils and Facioriss-Wh'rs
Workmsn Are and What They Are
Doi1g-News From Con
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Judging By 81 examination Of labor
papers on our exchange listit Is evident
that craftsmen and labOrers had better
stay where they are. 'Stay away" from
every place that Is mentioned Is the
common notice. Remaining at home or
where one happens 70 be settled at this
time may not seem 10 be the best policy
an view of the condition Of local demand
for labor, but il does not appear that
the demand is any better elsewhere;
hence n would be cost or eXertlon or
both lost in getting TO that elsewhere.
Il is good advice; and more particularly
is this the fact as 20 f0cktng 70 the
large centsrs OF population. The demand
for labor 10 the cities is not any greater
I'm proportion 70 the supply than
Il is 10 the towns and the country dis
tricts. nor as great Just now for the
reason that there has been considerable
Influx OF men seeking employment.
Above all things 10 is hoped men VIII
not be tempted TO leave their localities
because they are ashamed to take en-
ploymept where they are known at
lower rates than they were ae'ustomed
To or because they feel against
accepting work other : their
regular calling-tO go = they are
not known and there take the lower
wages aud unfair class Of work. Better
meet the issue at home than 90 abroad
breaking the wages OF other men,
Labor Tribune
r. Vonmunralt, Of Tiltonville, O.,
the new Democratic postmaster, was In
the CITY last Friday. This gentleman
was seen By a REGISTER reporter as TO
the progress being made rebuilding the
pottery. IL was stated that very rapid
progress is being made by the brick
LAYERS. The pottery will be running
before the new year, if things go as ei-
pected. Before one OF the large new
kilns was fired the entire pottery was
burned. The kiln is being enlarged
aud rebuilt Of brick, in addition 70 the
other work being done there.
President Graham, Of the Etna-
Standard Iron and Steel Company, was
seen q few DAYS ago IS 20 the SITUATION
of things 10 general AZ his plant. Mr..
Graham stated that more OF the great
works would DO put on just as orders
would Justify. AT present ABOUT uVe
hundred men are at work 81 the mill.
Six sheet mills, the jOO0lng MILL ana
the plate mill are now IN operation
The bar mill and break down factory
will resume tomorrow. This Will en-
plov one hundred more men.
A workman, formerly of this city, now
of Muucle, Ind, in the employ OF the
Joseph Bell Stove and Range Compeny,
was seen i'm regard to the operations at
Muncie. This gentleman said things
were much brighter there now, as tue
smallpox, which so alarmed people for
time. has abated. There are now
not more than dozen cases in the
town. Several wOrkmsn or this city
came home by reason OF the dread dis
ease. They will all 60 back 10 work
this week.
over 1. 900 men are now given employ
mept 40 the big Riverside Iron Works.
Last Mondav the steel works wenton In
full, giving employment 10 200 persons,
The plate mill Is running In the A ana
r departments, and a. the tube works
nearly all the bell-weld, butt-w9ld and
lap-weld furnaces are on. In few days
the force OF men engaged 10 painting
the exterior Of the entire plant will m
ish their work.
Two heating iurnac i two boiling
furnaces, and mills 3, 4, aud z, at the
Whitaker iron works, are In steady
oDeratiou. One-haf the plant and one
hundred workmen are given employ
ment. That all the remainder OF the
plant will resums not later than one
week from tomorrow Is assured.
Puddlers at the lower BenwoOd mill
were much agitated last week, by the
intimatIon Of tho management that
pudding would be reduced from So to
$3.50 a ton. The matter has been set
tied, and the men are to get their price.
II seems there was general miSunder-
stluding.
The big improvements being made at
the works of the Elm Grove Coal Com
pa,9 ire now completed. The mine i:
reaS for operation and will employ 200
diVgers. Formerly less than hundred
men we're employed Next week the
mines will be- put In full operation.
Some plants in full operation: Wilson
& Chapman's planning mill, Ohio Valley
China Company, WarWOOd Tool m
pany, LaBel,e iron Works, Wood
plaung mill, the Reymann and Schmul
bacM breweries, Warwick pottery anc
the Donaldson carriage works.
The boiler makers at the Top Mil
employed by the Sharon boiler works oil
Sharon, Pa, Will finish their work Of
building the three immense stoves fOl
the new furnace this week. 10 will bD
two months yet before the furnace IL
ready for operation.
The Thomas Nlears keg and barre
works, across the river, the larRes
plant Of It's kind in this section, has re
sumed in full, after q three months idle
ness. Good orders are ahead, and em
plovment Is given 70 about one huudrec
persons.
Jas. Smith, the we'll known Riverside
emplove. who suffered such a painful
accident while az work last week, {,
much better. IL will be remembered
that his leg was crushed beneath pill,
of metal The injured man lives II
Belaire.
IA gentleman VINO mas recently travel
ed extensively says that he saw no plac
so brisk s Fajrmont, w. Va. The i'm
mapse CfastOa coal mines are going fl
full. Fifty more miners were giyei
work recently, aud it is said more are Il