Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-05-20

]
/ facts were the engine had been started
to run tho elevator so that a part OF
the pottery could be cleaned. II ran
out for one day.
The Wheeling steel works ran three
| days last week. They are now iuie'
| The output Of the works now runs
nearly up 10 800 tons in day. n'S
is believed TO be the capacity OF the
works.
The production Of the CouneIlsViIIe
| coke regions last week was Is, l5f TONS
! This is lower than for many years as
| during the great strike last August the
/ production At its lowest stage reached
$1,000 tons.
Mill men report that there are an
unusually large number Of strangers d
/ the factories in quest OF work. Ihey
are attracted here by the reports tha1
some of the mills are in full operation
The Goat fishing club has been organ
/ lied among the mill men OF the htna-
/ Standard The club numbers twenty
/ five persons, and they have gone up
the river TO camp for the summer.
/ Three thousand of the employees OF
/ the National tube, OF Mckeesport' "a
| the largest works Of its kind IN the
world, are on a strike. The men want
their wages restored 20 per cent
The forge department Of the Belmont
mill went on yesterday. This depart
ment has been OF for the last three
/ weeks, and gives work 10 about so men.
/ The department is on with gas.
The small nail mill at the Belmont Is
running. None Of the other depart
\ ments are 10 operation. The tack lac
! tory is on with coal, and gives employ
ment to about go men.
Two hundred Of the miners from the
| Wheeling creek mines and other shatts
in thar locality marched TO the Bellaire
/ nail works, and persuaded the AZ
| miners 30 quit work.
I,is though that even II the coal
strike shall continue the Riverside tur-
mace can resume in few days. IL Is
now thought enough coke eau De Sc
cured 20 run IL.
BY reason Of the lack OF coal, the
| pottery at Tiltonville is closed down,
| and 90 men are idle. The plant has
been 10 steady operation since the first
of last January.
David Llewelyu, Harry Hooking and
George Owens, OF this city, are on the
Wage Committee al the Amalgamated
Convention now ia session at Cleveland,
Ohio.
It's expected that the Whitaker
mill will be rebuilt by the latter part
OF next month. But il will not be In
readiness for operation By that time.
over 200 Of the workmen Of the city
found employment a part OF last week
at Fulton laying the water pipes TO
connect with the city water system.
John and Michael Lee, mill men Of
Chsron, Pa, who have been IN this
locality visiting the mills and the
employees, nave gone 10 their home.
The striking coal miners Of Elm
Grove gave a benefit picnic. They
cleared $50 by it. The money will 90
10 aid those OF the miners in need.
Thh heat in some OF the mills in this
locality was very great last week. Ia
some Instances many Of the departments
had 10 knock of by reason Of IL.
Large quantities of coal is being re-
ceived al the Riverside from the Fair
mont region. What is most in need is
the metal and coke.
All OF the plants OF this city are now
using some gas, but none OF them are
using 10 exclusively. In most cases the
supply is insufficient.
Thomas Mclaughlin, one Of the well
know mill men Of the south Side, who
was employed al the La Belle, has gone
TO Cadiz, o., to work.
Mill d., OF the Riverside plate mill ia
closed down, the cause being the need
Of materials, The mill is also in need
OF repair.
The plate mill at the lower Benwood
mill is idle. The plant will go on next
Tuesday The run bsing had is very
irregular
Emlehardt & Schumann is the name
of a new firm of the South Side. They
vii. do csrpentering and general con-
tracing.
Andrew Schroeder, one Of the best
known mill men OF the city, has aC-
cep,ed position at the North Wheeling
pottery,
The Crystal glass works Of Bridge
port are on IN full. They have been
running steadily for the last six
months.
Cold rolling mills, hot rolls, shears
and picking machines have arrived for
the tin plate mill at the Etna-Stand-
ard,
Contractor r. c. Catch, of this city,
has the contract 10 paint 800 squares
OF the roofs Of the Htna STANDARD.
Benjamin Hi,derbrand, among the
well know mill men OF this section, has
gone 10 Cambridge, Ohio to work.
The glass works at Central City, this
State, are oil by reason Of the lack Of
Goa. About $50 men are idle.
Resumption Of operation at the iron
and steel works at JohnstOwn, Pa, will
give work TO over 5000 men.
Little Of the plant Of the Mears keg
and barrel works on the other side Of
the river is being operated.
Fifty striking potters OF East Liver
pool with their families will go 10 Eng
land 90 work next mouth.
The coal famine is on in iull force al
YOUNGSTOWN, o. Nearly all the mills
are idle IS the result.
More coke aud iron is coming to the
mills OF the city than at any time since
the strike began.
Spears 4 Riddle report that their
machine shops are going about in full
with good orders.
The Riverside bar mill at the head OF
Twenty fifth street, is idle, the cause