Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-05-28
THE LABOR WORLD.
FHE REGISTERS" USUAL WEEKLY RE-
VIEW.
All the Local Industries Running Full, and 6en-
Gal Prosperity Reported
EVERYWHERE

where 10 mas Oeen lOI Tue PS'
weeks; but although the hnanclal Slt-
uatiOn has shown a decided improve
ment for the better, we hear OF an IN
usual numOer OF failures throughout
the country, and evidences accumula-
ting that a season OF %quietneSS In the
distributing branches Of business Is al
hand. Prices OF manufactured goOos
are declining and producers are heslta-
ting: crOps are reported poor here and
abroad and a trunk line war Is threat
ened. Still. with all these evil tOreOod-
ipgs. there appears TO be no danger OF
a general panic. We have already past
the point OF danger, and there is every
reason 10 believe that within the next
three or four weeks there will be an In
movement in all legitimate channels OF
finance, commerce, industry and trade
Labor Tribune.
The Cox boiler works are running just
Rlittle slack az present.
Redman & Co. have the contract for a
fine wrought iron fence TO enclose the
North Wheeling NJ. E. church. Their
plant is going steadily.
This is a busy season at Allison's
Wheeling Wire Works, and the men are
making overtime. Mr.. Allison is put
ting out some special work for decora-
tion. Additional hands were put on
last week.
At Wood Bros. new planning mill bust
ness was found booming. The house OF
W.. c. Beans, of the Island, is we'll on
howard completion. w. I. Kennedy's
house. on the Island, is ready for pias-
teripg. Mrs. A.. X. CecilS residence,
also on the Island, will soon be finished.
Wood Bros. will begin soon erecting a
slx-roomed house on Wetzel street Tor
Officer Devlin. The Company is adding
new hands almost daily.
The full force is at work a: the plant
OF the West Virginia Tobacco Company,
with a good trade.
Along with their other extensive
repairs, in preparation for the coming
busy season, Flaceus Brothers are put
ting their Offices i'm hrst-class repair.
Other Improvements are well under
way, with the factory having a steady
run.
Tomorrow, all things being 10 readt-
ness, the new foundry Of the wheeling
Mold Company will start. This foun-
dry is finely equipped with all the latest
improvements. The cupola Is finished,
and anumber OF extra men will be given
employment. As their starting con-
tract in the foundry department. the
company has a large contract for cast
ings 10 begin on. In the other division
OF the factory the new wood working
machines and the wise, both patented,
are ready for the market. Prospects
bright, is the word from the Mold Com
pany.
The fac tory Of Morrison & Chew was
found humming with industry. A bat
tery of three boilers is beidg built for
the Riverside mill. These large boilers
will be slx-hued and twenty-six feet
+ long. Alarge rendering tank for Schenk
& Sons is also being built. A new
wagon for the Central Construction
Company has been finished. This com
pany is working on the boiler at the
Mcclure. Prospects are bright for sew
eral new contracts in the near future.
On q tour through the mills it was
found that large numbers Of the mill
men have decided 20 go to the Worlds
Fair, and already are arranging suitable
times for their getting of.
'Going in full" said one Of the firm
OF Spears & Riddle, at their factory.
This company shipped a large turning
lathe TO Gardiner, Maine, a few days
ago.
The planning mill Of Beltz & Flading
Is employed fully. New contracts are
being figured on and several old ones
completed.
The first of next month more extern
siye repairs az the City Gas Works will
De begun than those just finished. The
retort furnaces are TO be repaired and
refined with the finest of fire brick, and
the furnaces are TO be put in hrst-class
shape.
The Wheeling Hinge Company re-
ports as It's latest q factory on in full,
with the trade outlook fair.
This is the busy season at Reymann'S
brewery, and every department is on in
full.
The Central Glass Works are on in
full, and they are making very steady
time there at present.
Injured mill men improving: August
HOehler, Wheeling Steel Works, leg
broken; Peter Psigen, burned at the
Etna; VIM. Sheidin, Etna, foot crush
ed: John LannOu. Lower Benwood mill,
hand crushed; David Watkins, Stand
ard, foot mashed; George Lewis, River
side. face injured, and John Bryant, at
the Riverside mil, Jaw broken.
1t was pay day yesterday at the Lower
BenwoOd mill.
Work is again progressing very salts
factorilv az the works Of the Elm Grove
Coal Company. The differences over
the check weighman have been ad-
justed.
Murray T.. Fawcett, the book-keeper
at the Bellaire Nail Works, died a few
days ago. Diabetes was the cause Of
his death. He was aged thirty-Seyen
years.
The ,skelp department Of the Ben
wood mill will resume in the morning.
The coal mine will also be put in op-
Grafton again. Those on q position 10
know say that the prOspectSfor a steady
run are bright.
Mill men OF Martins Ferry and Etna-
Vile particularly, are agitatinE a grand
mill mems picnic, next month.
Recently quite a number Of turns
have been lost at the Standard mill,
owing to the inability to secure enough
hands.
The new street car company across
the river have had n hundred and
fifty men employed the last week. An
additional force Of fifty will be put to
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