Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-04-22
news OF THE MILLS.
STATE OF TRADE IN wHEELNG'S MILLS AND
FACTORIES
Intelligence from Mines the Contractors, and rom
Foreign Fislds-BusinsSs Increasing.
Personal PJinR


Workers OF America. AT the cOnven-
ilOn Of the Mine Workers last week at
Columbus, o., when il was decided
that the miners 20 on the strike, sat
Of resolutions were adopted. Following
IS the pIth OF their contents; First, no
coal shall be mined in the United States
until the members OF the Executive
Board shall order a resumption. Sec
Ond, they declare the cause OF Suspen-
sion 10 be to endeavor 20 secure the old
lcale OF wages Third, that the strikers
act promptly aud peaceably, and 10 win
better wages and conditions. The mines
which Joined the strike in this locality
are Elm Grove, La Belle, Riverside,
Boggs Run, Glendale and MoundsviIe.
Foreign Mill Notes.-The miners Of
the Lower NoughiOgheny, 10 Pennsyl-
vania, have joined the great coal miners
strike. Al e.. Reeves has 0een elected
the general manager OF the big iron
mill at New Philadelphia, o., and
Ambrose Beard, late Of Cambridge, o.,
has been chosen assistant manager.
Nearly all OF the iron mill az New Phil
adelphia, o., is ia operation. The
strike is sill oV at the Apollo, Pa, mill.
Fourteen out Of twenty-seven pudding
furnaces in the Girard, o., works are in
operation.
The sheet department al the TOP
mill Is on in FULL 10 has now had three
weeks Of steady running, the best rec
ord for over ten months. The blowing
engines AZ the furnace are about COM
pleted. IL the finishing of the new
furnace was begun aud rushed with all
POSSIBLE speed 10 would take two months
70 get il in readiness for operation. No
orders have yet been given 20 get IL In
readiness for a start.
A new bending furnace is 10 be built
right away at the tube works. These
works were never 10 fuller operation
than at present. Big orders are coming
In daily, and the outlook is growing
more encouraging. Last Wednesday
was one OF the greatest DAYS In the his
tory OF the tube works for big ship
ments On tha- day about 25 car loads
we're shipped, $ OF them being from the
bell-weld furnaces alone.
At the Etua-Staudard Mil Is has
been changed 90 90 inch rolls The
heat severa. days last week proved tos
great for MANY OF the mill men, and
tney had 20 knock Off. Twelve pud-
ding furnaces are now on three turns
daily. The mills now on are Nos. /, .,
g. :, s, 10, H., IT,, 13, 10, / and 10.
Work on the preparing of the tin plate
plant Is progressing very rapidly, and
will be 10 operation In less than three
months.
The Joseph Bell Stove and Range
Company reports good trade and
steadily increasing business. Large
constituents OF stoves are being re-
celved from the plant 40 MunCie, Ind.
The hrm brides itself 90 the immunity
from accidents, for 10 has been 10 business
thirty-four years and never has there
been "a man seriously hurt az the plants,
IN this or any other city.
Contractor T H. Jackson has force
OF men wOraiuy n0u-uni0n.
The plate mill at the Bellaire nall
works did not go on as was arranged.
10 is thought the miners strike may
have something 20 do with its not going
on.
improvements at the coal mine OF the
Bellaire nail works ara rapidly being
completed. The work OF making the
new entry so that the dinkey Of the mill
can be admitted 90 haul out the coal, is
rapidly being finished. The fan, which
is TO give air and fan the smoke from
the mine, is about 90 be placed.
The La Belle mill is now on IN full.
Everything is on again at the River
side iron works. The furnace is having
A great output and the steel works are
having as great run as ever before To
the history % the mill. The four plate
mills are having che steadiest Of runs.
Joseph Kraus, of the Fifth ward,
well known mil. man, is able 90 work
again, after being cd for long time.
Thomas Norton, formerly of McKees-
port, Pa. has accepted "a position with
tho Globe, Cement works OF Csldwells
Run.
About one-hali the employees OF the
West Virginia Glass Works are at work
again.
One OF the engines at the Bellaire
blast furnace is disabled, and DC is being
repaired. This did nor cause the fur
mace 20 be idle any time, however
The Wheeling steel works will be
started again iu the morning in full
Adam Kuhu, a mill mau OF F3storla
o.. is visiting among South Side friends
The miners ia the employ OF the
Boggs' Run Mining Company, az the
lower mice, were on a TWO days strike
last week. The drivers all quit by rea-
son OF one OF their number being dis
charged. This caused alI the miners 20
Quit also. The discharged man got
another job, and the works are now on
TO full.
Contractor Murphy, the well known
furnace builder, has begun work on the
new tank furnace for the new glass
works 20 be- built below Bs.laire.
Wood Bros and Holiday Is Son re-
port from their p.auinc mills that bush
ness is mucn better. Wood Bros. put
on additional msu last week.
Edward S,einbecker, one Of the well
known young men employed at the
Riverside, had one OF his fingers taken
of last week 40 tho mil-
;. q. Robinson. book keeper for the
West Virginia glass works, is on the
sick list.
The Fostoria glass works, az Mounds
vile, are on In full. The plant is hav-
ing one Of the best runs OF It's history.
The North Wheeling bottle works are
on In FULL
More OF the Etna,Standard mill Is
now on than for many months.
From the outlook the Benwood pud-
ding mill is not 20 20 on sOOn.
Murray Bros, contractors, report the