Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-09-16
IN MILL And FACTORY,
A RESUME OF THs SITUATION IN BUSY
INDUSTRIAL WRESTLING.
intelligence From All the wOrks-Ssais o
Trade and Progress Of l~Edus.ry-Par-
sonals Ab,0; Well Known Ell
Men.

End work there. The plant is free now
Of any labor agitation. Yesterday three
louFths o. tue men were paid, and
MANY thousands OF dollars were dis
Iributed. Poor market for the muck
IRON hss caused the ~puddlers TO be OF.
All the Old miners are at work, but not
making full time. Drinking water at
the plant Is very scarce, the mill pump
having gone dry fer the first tim in
the mills, history. Work is progressing
well building = new sheet mill In the
Old Standard. Sheet mills, :, sand 9
are on again after the accident OF tAe
bursting OF the mud drum.
The strike. at the new sanitary works
of the Wheeling Pottery Co., mas been
settled after u duration OF nve weeks.
The men found after they, had gone
gu that they were making about AS
much as the workmen In the same lines
Of trade anywhere were making. The
terms OF the settlement were that the
men 20 10 work a. the standard price
paid the in the sanitary work
Of Trenton, n. j.. About seyenty-hve
OF the men have gone TO work, and
more are TO be put on soon.
The Wheeling boiler works are on in
full. Never before in the history Of the
works 10 this city, was so large = ousl'
ness being done. The works are full OF
mea, and the reason moro are not on Is
that there Is no room for them. The
need Of larger quarters for the plant Is
plainly seen. The outside forces have
to work on Sundays TO keep up with
the works, q those In the shops are
making overtime. A force OF men are
1T Irondale, o., at work on &C immense
tank for an iron mill there.
IL has beer decided TO build q new
skelp mill AZ the La Belle iron works.
At the present there is one skelp mill,
and the capacity In this department
will be doubled by the addition OF the
new mill. The improvement will give
work to about 100 new men. Work
will be begun soon. Work has beeL
begun on the building Of a new Office
at the works.
Legal com IMPLICATIONS at the Western
Sanitary works at TiltonVille have been
ssettled, and the works are 10 90 on pro-
lbaly the latter part Of this week. They
employ 90 tueu, aud the works have
been 10 the hands Of the receivers for
some months. The receiver was dis
missed last week. Many Wheeling
Workmen find employment there.
The Riverside company has laid a
five inch pipe from TIE blast furnace
along the Ohio River railway tracks to
the Benwood depot. There are open
ilgs along the pipe FOR the putting cut
OF the fires caused by the dumping OF
hot cinders there. Tho company will
oon begin work on and extensive I'LL at
be trestle.
Manufacturer Alexander Morrison, OF
the Wheeling boiler works, who met
with the accident by bis horse running
of, is getting along well. His broken
leg will lay him up for a month.
Mathew Chew, OF tho same firm who
10 the accident, is all right.
II can be stated 90 authority that
Mills l aud 2 Of the Whitaker are to
go on in one week from tomorrow.
These mills have not been on since the
FIRE. Mills 8 and Z are on aud they are
having a very fair run. Mills l and ?
will give work 70 about 100 men.
Want OF materials has hindered the
Coz boiler works in their progress OF
b~Ffbuilning the three new stacks at the
Gower BsnwOOd mill. The firm reports
Z plenty Of work, but great difficulty IN
getting the material.
The furnace at the Belmont mill is on
in full, and they are having a great run.
All the other departments Of tRe mill
are on. This gives work TO about 400
persons. Repainting is completed at
the nail works.
II will be but q short time until the
Benwood iron works are using gas from
the huntsville, Pa, field. The eight
inch pipe is now being laid 10 the
mouth of BOggs Run. Forty men are
at work.
The new foot ball team Of the work
men Of the Etna-Standard is in practice
every day. They are a powerful lot
fellows. They will play Martins
Ferry next Saturday at the Bridgeport
park.
Some OF the engines at the new FUR
naces at the Bellaire nail works were
placed yesterday. The stoves are
about all placed. The excellent plant
will soon be ready for blowing 10.
The shelp mill Of the lower Benwood
mill has begun work on an order OF
500, 600 tons for the East. The works
are on in full, and are having a great
run.
The furnace the steel works, and the
blast furnace of the Bellaire nail works
are on Ia full. This makes the entire
plant running at its full capacity.
The machine works >! Spears Il Rid
die. in the East End, are on in full.
Last week an axle polishing machine
was shipped 10 MillersbuTg Pa.
William Walters, employed at the
Wheeling boiler worke, VINO has been
of work as the result OF al accident, is
found at his work again.
George Branuen, a well know glass
worker, died az the North Wheeling
hospital as the result Of a surgical
operation.
The West Virginia Tobacco Co, is
doing a larger business now than ever
before in the history Of the company in
this city.
The Twenty one pudding furnaces Of
the La Belle iron works are tooe torn
away 10 give room for the new plate
mill.
The West Virginia glass works,
Martirs'S Ferry, made big shipments
last week. The works are on In FUN.
George Bradbury, assistant Superin-
\ %tenent of the Etna-Standard, at
Youngstown, O., on u business trip.
Tho '~dinkey," Of the Belmont mill,
which was damaged by the collision st
Caldwells run, is in service again.