The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-07-14
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Many OF the Western Pennsylvania Plants
WIN Resume Next Week, y"

Many OF the Western Pennsylvania Plants
win Resume Next Week, "
PITTsBURGH, PA July 1S,-The Ma,
tional Tube Works at McKeesport will
resume operations tomorrow, after O
shutdown since June 30. This resump.
ton affects all departments except the
pudding at McKeGsport aud the Boston
mill at Riverton, The company has
sufficient skelp stock on hand to oper.
ate the different tube departments for
several months. II a settlement can be
reached with the puddlers they will
also resume.
The De Wees Wood sheet iron plant
at McKeesport will start on Monday.
They have their own scale OF wages and
we're closed down for repairs only.
The big sheet and tin plant OF the
United States Tin Plate Company, at
Demmler, 10 ready for resumption In
some Of the departments and will start
up Tuesday, The entire plant will be
in operation before the first OF August.
The Consolidated Steel and Wire Com.
pany, at Rankin, is operating only the
MINOR departments. Repairs will keep
them idle until the last week in the
month.
The Crescent steel works at Fifty
second street, will resume on Monday
in all the finishing departments. II is
understood that the FORCES will remain
idle, as there is sufficient stock on hand
to keep the tinishers going como
months. This company shut down for
repairs only.
The Solar iron works, William Clark
q Sons, did not close down, and will
continue, as orders warrant a fair run
ming during the summer.
Neither the Thirty-third street nor
Twenty.ninth street plants OF Carnegie,
|. Phipps & Co. stopped. Repairs were
made during the close last summer.
The Carbon Steel Company, ut Thirty
second street, did not lose a day since
the first OF the month. There will be
no shut down. This company, as with
the others above, operate non-union,
and have enough orders for government
work to continue through the summer
and fall.
The Black Diamond steel works, also
non.union, have not closed for the aum.
mer.
The shoenberger Company, which has
been operating non.union since July Of
last year, continued work until Tuesday.
The entire plant is now closed. Exten.
sive repairs are being made. The firm,
rs they did last year, will paythe same
scale to puddlers rs may be agreed upon
by the mills now in conference.
Howe, Brown & Co., at Seventeenth
street, Brown & Co., tho Wayne iron
works, ut Tenth street, are closed for re-
pairs. The shetland forge departments
in each mill will resume before August
|. The pudding departments will re-
main idle until the adjustment Of the
rate. Even in the event Of a settlement
1t ia not positive as to the starting up Of
the puddlers,
The mills in the Soho district arc all
closed. The Keystone, Loyd's Sons &
Company, Moorhead, Mclean & Com.
pany and the Linden Steel Company
are union mills. Their sheet depart
ments can DO operated, but the firms
are in no hurry. The Loyd's Sons
mill was completely overhauled, before
tue shutdown and will resume when
the puddlers' scale Is fixed. Singer,
Nimick & Company will not finish re.
pairs until the last week in the month.
Dilworth, Porter & Company, also nor.
union, arc shut down for repairs. The
sheet department at the Republic iron
works begins operation next week.
This being n union mill, must wait the
action Of the puddlbrs and inishers'
conference.
The big sheet works at Mansfield,
CHARTERS and Irondale are closed down
for extensive repairs. 1t is given out
that they will not resume before the
( Co., at sharps6urg, and tho plate mill
OF the Spang Steel and Iron Company,
Etna, have been running since tho 9th,