Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-08-20
THE LABOR WORLD.
WHAT IS BEING DONE At HOXI AND
ABROAD.
The Local Situation Fairly Satsheiory-lndus-
dasrial News Of All Sorts from All
Over The Country.


works are running now on a small scale.
Gne furnace is 10 operation at factory
40" OF the United States Glass Com
pany.
Howard Brenneman, Of the Wheeling
Bakery, made business trip down the
river during the week.
Peter Boyd, manager Of the Riverside
iron works, leaves In q few days for a
short trip to the Worlds Fair
Over City machines are running st
the LaBelle nail factory. Work In this
department was resumed Tuesday.
Parties drilling on Marsh Fork Of
Fig Coal river, West Virginia, expect
to strike the POcahontas coal AZ
depth Of 800 feet.
Henry Snodgrass, q young man en-
ployed 90 the Etna-Standard, was
killed In a railroad wreck 81 Rochester,
Indiana, this week.
The Whitaker mill, with the excep-
tiouslf the galyauizing department, has
been closed for several weeks. This
part Of the works stopped last evening,
The new furnace for the North
Wheeling glass works is about half
built. A switch is also being put down
from the Pewiky road TO the warehouse.
Work at the factory Of the Wheeling
Hinge Company is almost entirely suS-
pended. The factory is expected to
start 10 full blast the first Of the com
Ing month.
Tue Enterprise Window Glass Works,
Of BeHaire, mas declared dividend Of
Is per cent. The capital stock OF the
Company is S43, 500, and the surplus
more than that
All hands at the Donaldson Carriage
Company's works are busy. A hand
some new delivery vehicle was this
week finished for Geo. NJ. Shook Il
CO.. Cry goods firm.
Hofmann's Tannery Is IN full opera
ton, with the exception OF the finish
ing department, which is only stopped
for q few days. This will be resumed
again tomorrow.
About $500 mill operatives in Scrau-
toa, Pa, are now out OF work. The
North steel mill has suspended opera
tions. The South steel works began
work on Tuesday Of last week.
Owing to the present suspension in
business activity, the West Virginia
Tobacco Company Is running but half
their usual force, part OF the number
working one week aud the rest the
next week.
The Morton iron works at Ashla nd,
Ky, has started UP single turn. This
establishment, which employs 300 me o.
has been closed down since the first OF
July. The Ashland Steel Company has
also resumed operations.
The following men Of the LaBelle
Pottery left Friday night for an outing
al their fishing camp, on Strait creek,
near West Alexander: WIN. Henderson,
John Lawrence, Isaac Cassidy, Samuel
Elderly, Henry and John Billings.
The Pottstown Iron Company, Of
Pottstown, Pa, has enlarged its open
hearth furnace, and has again started
It's pudding plant after having made
repairs. The cut nail factory remains
idle, and Is closed down indefinitely.
The Wheeling Bakery has suffered
no decrease i'm trade during the past
week. The management has just Sc
exptrs bread maker from PittSburg,
VINO will act as the assistant foreman.
Al the Etna-Standard three sheet
mills are being worked. Two other
mills, Nos. 2 and 9, start on next Thurs
day. The galvaniZing shop has been
busily at work for several days. Re-
pairing is still going on at the lower
mill.
Everything is very quiet st the River
side iron works. The repairing aud re-
building Of the tagging and welding
furnaces Is going steadily on. Pros
pects are that work IN the mill gener-
ally will be renewed in couple OF
weeks:
A thorough oVerhauling and remod-
cling is going on at the Wheeling steel
works. The company is putting up a
new and improved set or shears, which
IN their construction and working will
be more simple than the old. The Ia
bles will be finished by Monday.
A rnmor was started that the Wheel
ing pottery would resume work In few
DAYS, but there wos no foundation for
this. This will not be started before a
couple OF weeks. The Company have
plenty OF ware on hand TO fill all the
small orders that are coming IN.
The sheeting and heating depart
ments at the Top mill are going. The
hot blast stove for the new blast fur
mace is approaching completion. The
columns for the foundation OF the FUR
mace have been set up. Mcclure, Amber
& Co., Of Pittsburg, have the contract.
At the Geo. K. McMecben's Preserv-
ing establishment no effect Of the stag
nation OF trade is noticed. A
lull force Of men aud women are
working overtime preserving tomatoes
and other fruit Mr.. McMechen says
ae expects To increase his force by reas-
on Of the steady increase Of orders.
There is at present lying in the Pitts
Surg harbOr, awaiting SUFFICIENT stage
u water in order 70 insure transporta-
lion to down river ports, between IS
800. 600 and 10000, 600 bushels OF
,oal. Including the value Of the craft,
his represents value Of about S1,00O,-
700, OF this, S65O.OO has been paid out
n cash.
The Cambria Iron Co., OF JohnstoWn,
Pa. has give. notice OF a reduction Of
10 per cent 10 wages, to 90 into effect
August 16. Most OF the mills have been
,but down and fully 5000 men are idle.
m addition 10 this over 400 men are out
n employment at the Gautier mills
nile the balance are working only one
third time.
Il Is said that the order for goo tons
# tank iron placed OF the Standard OIL
Company was taken at the lowest price