Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-05-20
REALM OF LABOR.
REPORTS FROM MILL, NINE, FACTORY, AND
WORKSHOP.
Labor Notes Of Wheeling and Foreign Fields
The Outlook Better At Some PlantS-NOiss
Ao0u. Mil Men.


wanted at this time. There is some
thing heard as TO possible advances in
price before many weeks have passed,
but nothing OF a definite character on
this score is 10 be had as yet. The de-
mand must be considerably greater
than IS now the case 70 admit OF there
being any advance in the price list
Many rumOrs are eXtant as 70 al extra
ordinary demand for this fuel 70 take
the place OF soft coal, but they are ex-
aggeratiOns, for there is no change from
one fuel TO the other in any volume as
vet The producers Of anthracite have
quite a lot OF coal on hand which they
would be only too pleased 10 turn into
cash TO this or any other line Of trade
which might otier.-COQl Trade Jour
nal.
About twenty feet Of the bridge on the
G. L. IL w. railway near the Wheeling
creek coal mines caught fire a few days
ago, and that portion OF the structure
was about destroyed. The bridge has
now been repaired. Many think that
the striking coal miners out that way
set tire 20 the bridge because the road
was hauling the nOn-unlOn coal, but
there is 20 direct evidence 20 justify
the charge. The railroad is placing
additional watChmen AZ nearly all the
bridges for miles out of the city, as
danger is feared from the strikers.
In couple OF weeks now the Wheel
ing pottery could be gotten In readi-
hess for the making OF sanitary ware.
1t is the intention OF the management,
however not 20 start the new plant
until the strike OF the pOttsrS is settled,
as IL is the intention 10 make the C.. C..
ware along with that OF sanitary at the
works The carpeutering work is com
pleted, aud a large number OF the
mOulds to De used are made.
The nineteenth annual convention OF
the A. A. Oft Il =. w. is in conven-
tion al Cleveland, Ohio. There are 100
delegates at the convention. The OBJ
ject Of the aSsemblage Is 20 arrange for
the business of the coming year. Iu
the numerical strength, the delegates
Of tbis State come in sixth. There is
talk Of national strike Of the organ
izatiOn.
Business at the Ftna-Staudard was
not so good last week, by reason Of the
coal strike. None OF the puddIers have
worked for the last three weeks, and
the bar mill and the break down have
been of for the same length Of time.
The plate mill is on again after three
weeks Of idleness. The new mill OF the
Standard department is on again, COM
prising mills -, -, u aud -.
Last Wednesday about IS OF the coal
miners OF this city went out TO Elm
Grove 10 get the 1t miners of the works
there TO Quit work. Some one fred
shot or two, and this excited the citi-
zens, and they sent Observation-Disclosures.
There was no cause for alarm, as some
one fred the shots 10 the air with the
evident iteutiOn OF getting tbs people
excited.
The work Of building the new tin
pl ate mill az the Etna-Standard is be-
ing pushed rapidly along. The Old
padding mill OF the Standard is being
fitted up for the wash house, and the
upper end OF the Etna will be the main
seat OF the plant. The new works will
not put in operation before the latter
part of August, it is now thought
The two new pairs OF scales at the
Riverside are 90 be tho finest in any OF
the mills of this locality. One OF the
pairs is comp'ated aud is being used,
aud the other one is being put up rapid
ly. All ths product OF the mil, will be
weighed on the new scales, which are
OF the latest patent. Each pair are
made 90 weigh l2O tons.
The furnace at the Riverside iron
works is idle, but most Of the other
parts OF the big plant are on. The tube
works had a good run last week, and
the steel works did eXcellently. One Of
the mills Of the plate department is of
by reason OF the need OF stee. and the
repairs which will have 20 be made.
Employees OF the big factory Of the
LaBelle mill made four days last week.
The tack factory made full time. Bust
ness In this department Of the mill is
very good, and the orders axe coming
more rapidly than they eau well bs
attended 20. The heaters aud rollers
are making fairly good time.
The Be.laire steel works are of
Rgaiu, The miners OF the works who
kept at work longer than at any of the
mill mines Of this locality Joined the
strike, aud the works are OF partly by
reason Of no coal and partly by reason
OF the want Of the proper metal mix
ture.
Workmen are engaged at the Whitta-
ker mill In its REBUILDING. Large con-
signments of the structural iron is ar
irving. The contract 20 build the mill
has been given 20 the Schillin Bridge
Company If PittsbarE, and this firm has
d dozen men al work
Brick Layers Union OF this city, No.
1 agreed al the recent meeting 10 work
for forty cents an hour instead of
forty five as heretofore. The workmeD
did this 10 consideration of the hard
times. The new order Of things has
gone into effect.
Local No, $50 L. NJ w. OF A, at
recent meeting decided TO hold ont u
the strike. The lodge now contains
over eco members, aud represent the
miners of the Riverside, La Belle. Bel
mont, BoKgs run, and the lower Ben
wood mill
NeAt AleSudN tue potttES SUI he ul
this city will have been on for four
month"; There are no now features in
the peculiar strike Both the operators
and the TOrkmen think they viii win,
and they will DO little talking about the
situation.
Nal Humphrey, Of the South Side,
formerly in one OF the glass houses OF
the city, Is home from Allegheny City,
Pa, where he has been st work. The
mill in which he has been employed
is shut down by reason Of the coal
strike.