Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-12-10
REALM OF LABOR.
STATE OF TRADs AND PROGRESS OF IN
DUSIRY.
The --latest Intelligence From tao Field Of Labor Of
This Wciniy-Noas About WOrkmsD.

has resigned his position aud Will move
to Philadelphia, Pa. William COnley,
a potter, OF Peoria, H., Is among friends
in the city. John Black, the well
known miner, may have 10 have his
foot amputated, caused by q large lump
OF coal falling on h.. William Helm
berger, master mechanic, OF the River
side, is recovering from o dangerous
attack OF the grip. John Mcdonald,
injured az the lower BenwOOd mill five
months ago, is Little better. His cOndi-
ton is critical. John Norton has gone
TO McKeesport, Pa, TO work in a roll
ing mill. II. II. Klein, electrician at
the Bellaire Steel Works, is able TO
work again after o bad illness. James
O'Neil, of Trenton. n. j., a potter, is
In the city on a visit. Adam Mauer
engineer, has q were attack oil grip.
Michael Steyman and John McGraw,
OF the Riverside, have gone 70 Mckees-
port, Pa, 90 work in q mill.
The puddlers at the Lower BenwoOd
mill we're laid off again yesterday even
Ing indefinitely. TIE %orkmen OF the
steel works were offered a scale for the
new year, averaging about 80 per cent.
ALNAM JAZZ VIZ AAE A1 @MA
take 70, but would work on the same
scale as MingO ana Beilaire is using at
present, which averages about % per
cent. cut on the old One. For the pres
ent the steel workers have decided 70
wait for better times before going 10
work, though many are anxious TO 20
to work ct ance. It is probable that
nothing Will be done 40 the steel works
this month at least.
Hall e Becktt, the East End wagon
makers, have long had the reputation Of
building the largest wagons I'm all this
vicinity. The firm is building q now,
which is to be the largest in Wheeling,
or larger than any ever built In the city.
The immense wagon is for George
Abrams, contractor in heavy hauling.
The weight of the wagon viii bear will
be twenty tOcs. The Tires will be Ski
inches, the 0Xles OF 6-inCh steel Skein
and the hind wheels will be four feet
and tho front ones three feet high. The
hubs are Of locust and the hind ones
will be fifteen inches in diameter.
The employees Of the BUggs' Run
Mining Company, eighty in number, are
to suffer q reduction, beginning tO-mOr-
row. The miners will be reduced five
cents on a load Of thirty bushels; the
drivers eight cents ON the pay for q
days labor, $3.50; and the entry men,
sixteen cents O. yard. Mr.. kuntZ, man
ager, claimed this was necessary TO
compete with Glendale, NOundSyille,
and the Elm Grove mines. The men
look for steadicr work. Now about one
half OF the miners are given employ
ment.
Tic was feared the Riverside Steel
Works would have 20 be closed down by
an insufficient amount OF coke, caused
by the strike in the PENNSYLVANIA
regions. 10 is now probable that the
furnace can be run as large assignments
Of coke are being received by the b.
q o. The last few days eight car loads
have been received daily. Quite q num-
Der Of the laborers at the furnace have
been laid off temporarily by reason OF
the difficulty in securing materials.
The new coal works at Glendale are
going in full, employing seventy min
ers. Tds pay OF the employees has been
reduced, but the men stood il willingly.
The Ohio River and the b. q o. have
put switches 20 the mine aud q chute
two hundred and fifty feet long is soon
20 be built 10 the river. The company
has completed the erection Of twenty
new frame houses for the miners,
VIM. NJ. Cox 81 Co.'S boiler works are
maEiag full time. The firm has just
completed q large marine fre-bOX boiler
'Or b. G.. Lowry, for a river Sawmiil and
house building boat The contract for
boiler repair at Franklin Station is also
on hand. The work at Rhodes flour
mill, in Bridgeport, is completed.
Large contracts are being figured on.
Business is duh at the Top mill.
The sheet mill is on in FUN, and q large
Oader for the West was filed last week.
Enough orders are ahead to keep the
mill going one day this week. II more
work is not received soon there IS no
alternative than another shut down.
All work on the new furnace has been
abandoned for the winter.
Grip is very bad among the workmen
OF the mills of the city. There is not
an industrial establishment in tbs city
which has not several of It's employees
down with the disease. IL some Of the
larger plants 10 was learned at the office
that rs high as fifty employees mad not
reported for work for several days, they
being down with the disease.
The Donaldson Carriage Works are
busy. A gentleman from ST. Louis,
who had travelled extensively, visited
the plant a Few DAYS ago and stated
that he had found no similar concern so
busy. The firm shipped three jobs 10
Pittsburgh and one more will be sent
in O. few days. A fair trade is antici-
pated neXt season.
Morrison & Chew report trade brisk
and tho outlook encouraging. Forces
Of their wOr6man have completed con-
tracts az the creamery on the Island,
the terra Gotta works 40 Leasureyille,
this State, and no the Touring mill &C
a. 81. C.airSyille. Enough work is on hand
20 keep the works going steadily for SIX
weeks.
The brisk season Of trade with the
Nail CITY Stamping Company is ending.
Trade az this season of the year always
gets dull and remains so for about four
months. WOr6men are constructing
the new lehr north Of the plant, and
materials are being moved from the
company's plant in LeaZureyi.ie for it,.
The management Of the Etua-Stand-
ard state that trade is about the same.
Nearly ell the Standard apartment, ex-
cept the breakdown mill, two heating
and two scrap furnaces, are in opera
ton. The bar mill &c the Etna depart
ment Is on single turn and the puddlerS
are making about Jhree-Quarter time.
The miners 40 Apollo aud L~sechburg
Pa, are.stiil holding un6rOken ranks.
Wheeling mill men are watching these