Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-01-28
MILL And FACTORY.
SOME GlEAYlNGS FROM THE WIDE FIELD
OF LABOR.
y,.., FROM Nil, Factory ard Nine Of Wheeling
and v!einiy-Shie Of Trads-No.u
About Mil E.a

mauQ TOT CTuue anu ln4shed material
Inquiry is also made for supplies for
railroads, boat aud ship yards and for
general machine shop work To cover
February and March reauirements
Chicago reports a somewhat better de.
mand for structural material. and
considerable Will soon be needed AT
that point. Supplies are very low
amoag nearly all classes OF consumers
10 is too soon 20 announce apy inn
movement apart from the tendency
among buyers to purchase material alb
s1Iuteiy needed. IL is probable that no
very heavy demand will set In for some
time 10 come, because OF the very wide
spread depression, and the feeling that
there IS sufficient capacity TO meet any
probable demands. The crude iron
market IS unsettled by rumors of further
sbadings, both from northern and south
err iros making centsrs. At several
points tho lowest prices ever reached In
mill iron are reported, Snd although
there seems 10 be no special drive being
made by pig iron producers. prices grow
weaker. -AmCTicdR Manufacturer.
Word from plants: Trade Isno better
al the Mears key and barrel works.
across the river. business at the Wheel
ing bakery Is looking up. Redman a
Co. report progress this week Enough
orders are coming In at Spears * Rid
dies machine shops to keep the works
iu operation. Business no better" is
the word which comes from Allison's
Wheeling wire works Some O; the
force al the works OF the Wheeling
Mold and Foundry Company arc laid of
ty reason OF a slack trade. Trade Is on
the increase at Reymann's brewery.
The galvanizing department at the
Whitaker mill - In steady operation.
What men the Wheeling CorruEatinr
works have employed are not making
fun time.
Labor News Outside WheelIng's
I'e .-Employes OF the Salem (OD
wire mill have been reduced 10 per.
conf Large sheet mills at Muncie.
lud., have resumed. The immense
rolling mill at Birmingham, Ala, IS to
resume. The rolling mill at New Phil
sdeIph'a, O., is again making part time.
y $40 hundred wire workers OF the works
a. hraddock, Pa, have been reduced
about 20 per cent. The mammoth tube
WORKS AZ MckeespOrt, Pa, are ia part
o-eraton again. Nine hundred men
are az work at the big mill at Joliet,
l.. strikes at Apollo and Leechburg,
Pa, are still on. Industrially, Youngs-
town, o., rs little better this week. The
iron mill At IroRdale, o., is making full
time.
Things are booming at the River
SIDE said well known boss AT the
b.g works. All departments OF the
mill are In full operation, except part
OF the tube works. The output OF the
plant is now as great as IL has been for
SIX years. Some big runs are being
made, such u heats In twentv-four
hours. The old laDp-weld furnace is
LH.ug gotten ready rapidly for opera-
tuu again, and will be ready in an
other week. There was q general
changing OF rolls in the plate mill yes
'erday, and orders are ahead i'm this
department TO keep it going for several
weeks. The same parts OF the mill
".l be on this week as last.
The plants OF the Wheeling Pottery
90. aud the Warwick China Co. arc idle.
Ihe decorating shop Of the North
wheeling pottery is in operation. EN-
ioYeS OF the two 6rst concerns named
nave decided TO resist the 10 per cent.
'NJ ana the 20 per cent. retention OF
wages proposed by the pottery manage
w'nts. This will affect about 500 en-
boyes, and It promises TO be a long
struggle. The potters propose 10 form
an organization for resistance during
ihe struggle. Another Joint meeting
VIII be held at MenRe Il Howley's Hall
Is.t Wednesday afternoon, when more
~'"H'le action is to be taken.
The day turn at the Wheeling steel
WORKS made fair good week last.
'N an average about 1S heats we're
maze every day. and this is considered
wen loT the really now works. The
"'I"s H'd not run yesterday, and Will
40 the morning single turn again.
believed that by next week. the
POD. VIII 60 on double turn. Two car
'-'' 'i the newly made steel was
IAh'n 20 tho Belmont a few davs ago
Ai iue works now about $50 men have
"''.. There is little probability that
.. pa1diers AZ the plant will resume
Hlrk Watson and J. r. Watson. Of
,'' brick Layers Union. aud Henry
-.niner and John Woudle. OF the
'Hasous' Union. are home from the
-...' "t upnai Convention, held recently
mans, Neb They were treated in
'l5Ie the Western city, and are
ODD their praise OF the way they
ns'o treated. The eight-hour system
vas discussed a. length at the conveu-
.N' DUO as far as this State is concern
.ie present nine-hour system will be
JOY this year.
About the mines: Ohio miners took
'l.e on The reduction question, and
I. ere were 200 votes arains. H. Tbe
''ol.ns Coal Co.. OF Mcdonald. ia.
.' called on depu,ies % prevent blood
at ile mine. WACO differences ia
cause. Henderson Bros. will have
.'.Ne near Martins Ferry in operation
.-' 'oaI miners OF the Hampsbire
....' az Piedmont, this State are strik.
mmiug 10 up, the coal trade is
.'.aT than last week.
an Lone Tree, this state. ono NJ the
Touring mills of tho State is no
AN. '."is-. The situation is near Mid.
''Nr1e. and the proprietor and
i. Us % be Jacob Stamm. a man
Huo"n i1 this city. The mill is
....l.e.Ny built, and the machinery con.
Ior' the Dubuque Roller Mill
l'ny. of Dubuque. Iowa. having
a.. -''l lnls contract The mill viii he
To- r, .''l'on TOO the early spring.
D' works OF the Elm Grove Coal
g .. p4uy are having a steadier run than
months. The wage difference bas
.A -ttLed, the rrfrore ...-.-..