Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-08-11
LooaL INDUSTRIAL NorEs.
Points Picked Up About thu City Las
Evening

Points Picked Up About tho CITY Lass
Evening.
II steel Is not gotten soon, the entire
LaBelle iron works will have TO be closed
down.
The big nail factory of the LaBelle
mill closed down yesterday morning. 1t
Will be idle until Monday. No steel is
the cause.
This is pay day at the Wheeling Pot
terry Company's plant. II was the first
Day since last October at the old Wheel
ing pottery.
Orders were given yesterday that mill
D, of the Riverside plate department,
go on in full Monday morning. This
1t has been idle for the last eleven
weeks, and gives work TO about sixty
men.
James +. Travis, Of the La Belle mill
nail works, was twenty-eight years OF
age, Thursday. and he with a large
number OF his fellow mill men celeora-
ted the event in an up TO date manner.
About twenty OF them had big time,
excellent aud plenteous refreshments
being feature OF the evening. MIR.
Travis is one among the best known
mill men of tue city.
During a storm THURSDAY evening
about o'clock, considerable damage
was damage was done at the Wheeling
Steel Works. y little cyclone struck
the plant and the wind seemed TO be
moving in a circle. Three large smoke
stacks were blown down, gondola was
blown from the trestle, struck the loco-
motive OF the works badly breaking it,
and the scale house wasoverturned. The
works will be off until Monday as the
result. Repairs were RAPIDLY progress
ing Yesterday. The loss to the COM
pany will be near 81. 600.
All arrangements have been made so
that the Belmont coal miners at the
head of Twenty-sixth street go on in
full next Monday. These mines gave
work 10 eighteen diggers and seven
drivers. and supply coal TO the Belmont
iron works. They have been idle since
the beginning OF the great coal strike
five months ago. A difficulty existed
as to the pay Of the drivers, but this has
been satisfactorily adjusted to oil
parties. The beginning of the week
the works changed from gas TO coal, and
since that time has been using bought
fuel.
An attempt will be made this after
noon between the managers OF the Riv-
erside coal works at the head of Twenty
fifth street and the workmen to adjust
the differences between them so that
the works will be able TO resume in the
near future. There is q difference OF
opinion as to what the haulers ought TO
receive by the terms OF the Columbus set
Element. II looks like the matter would
Do settled SD that the mines will be in
operation by the latter part Of next
week. They have been Idle for over
five months. and the mouth OF the bank
has been nailed up by the company.
The mine gives work TO about thirty
five workmen.
Five OF the miners of the Boggs Run
Mining Co. went TO work yesterday
morning. More of the diggers are to go
to work next Monday. The trouble at
the works was settled six weeks ago,
and the miners agreed at that time To
accept As cents for mining q car load
of twenty-nine bushels. formerly they
made 40 cents car. The reason that
both the mines have not been put on
before this time is that there were no
orders ahead. Within the last few days
contracts for coal for the b. 81 o., and
some for the Riverside iron works, have
been secured, and this warrants the
manager in putting a part OF the works
on.