Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-03-11
on labor
eLBlNINGS FROM WHEBLING'S BUSY NARTS
OF TRADE
laiss, News rom the Mills Of This City and Vicin-
iy-Roeign Labor Noles-Psrsoa-
ais Of Mil ks1.


few days ago In q coal mine at Stat
ingt0n, Pa. and i've Of them we're kill
ed. Pittsburg is becoming quite a cen
ter for the manufacture Of tin-piate APP
paratus. The works OF the PennsYlva-
MIA Steel Company are kept busy.
Canal Dover, o., puddlers have accept
ed the offer OF the mill management 20
work on the eight hour a day system,
and the mill is now going Ia full in all
departments. The rolling mill at Cir
ard, o., Is closed down. Increased ac-
,ivity IS reported from the
mills of Youngstown, O. Some OF
the men of the Otis steel works,
of Cleveland, are on o strike against
reduction. Troubles among the strik-
ing miners, near Charleston, this STATE,
are being settled Indiana bitumin0us
coal miners have refused cut OF 20
per cent MasslllOn, o. coal miners
refuse 20 arbitrata and are still on
strike. Nil. men are dOcking 90 Gas
City, Ind, but the outlook there is not
as rosy as 10 is pictured. Industrial
Akron is brighter than a week 40.
The mills az Birmingham, Ala, are on
standstil nearly. Considering the
hard times, the mill of NunCie, Ind,
are having a good run. The Thacker
Coal and Coke Co., OF Logan county,
this State. has begun shipping lbs prod
uct. The coal mines at Hartford City,
this State, have resumed, and satisfac-
tory arrangements have been made with
the miners.
Wheeling Labor Notes.-The Msars
keg and barrel works are having
steadier run than since last December.
Business at the Eeymann brewery is
picking up. Trade 40 The C0rrugating
works is about the same as last week.
McMeChen's preserving works ara on ln
full, and the run being had is q very
encouraging one. The outlook at the
Wheeling hinge works is reported
brighter The coke trade 40 the city
gas works is reviving. The run being
had at the planning mill OF John W..
Belt s. Son Co. is a steady one. The
works Oi the West Virginia Tobacco
Company are in Steadier operation
than week ago. The plant
0f the Wheeling Mold and Foundry
Company, is running at it's full capacity.
Hall 81 Beckett, the East End manuiac-
turers, report trade looking APP. The
machine shops of Spears a. Riddle are
on in full. The word comes from the
Wheeling Boiler Works that The trade
being had there is steady one. Red
man a. Co. report good progress last
week The boiler works Oh Cox 81 Co.
are 90 and the run being had is a steady
one Things are now brighter az the
Wheeling Wire Works than for eight
months A brighter week is looked for
go the Centre foundry than last. Dom
al0son's carriage works are on in full,
aud the works of the Nail City Stamp
ing Company are 90 with about one
hundred men 40 work.
Notes about mill men: Joseph ONeil
OF the Etua-Standard, is able 90 be Out
again after the results OF the recent ac-
cident Michael Riley, of the Etna-
Standard, Is visiting among Pittsourg
friends. Henry Aibinger, well-known
mill man of this city, will go TO Cam
bridge, o., where he viii work in mill.
John ID. Williams now OF Pittsburg,
formerly OF the Htna-Standard, had
three of his fingers taken of in an acct
dent a few days ago. Burr Nixon, 90
the South Side, has accepted position
az the works OF the West Virginia Glass
Company, 40 Martins Ferry. VIM.
Hughes, foreman OF the Sitting shop al
the tube works, has resigned his posi-
tion and will go Co Kansas City, Mo-,
where be will locate. James IT,. Kelley,
the engineer at the Wheeling steel
works, who suffered the recent accident,
is able 90 be Outagain. James Geraghty,
foreman of the Wheeling stee. works,
suffers from a painful indlsDosition.
The Outlook. Banker Clews, of New
York. says: There is unmistakable
Improvement in the tone and volume of
general trade" The Chattanooga
Tradesman says: Reports from one
thousand sources CO. tho South show
that general business is very much bet
ter" r. o.. Dun IS Co. put BE-. Rather
more are taking limited risks in bust
ness. A substantial basis is steadily
growing a demand for goods. And
The American MUuUfGctiTrr says. "Ihe
market reports do not indicate any In
crease in trade. Business seems 90 be
about as 10 has been for weeks past
Last Wednesday afternoon the pot
tiers of the city held q general meeting
az Menge 81 HOwleys hall. no was de-
cIded 40 this meeting 90 hold a benefit
concert 40 the Grand Opera House on
the 2sth of this month 10 is the pur-
nose 90 have this concert big affair,
aud the best talent of this locality is 90
be secured Already the potters have
the tickets OUT. and they are meeting
with much success In their sale.
The pottery situation fin the city pre-
sents no new phases The men seem
as determined as ever 90 hold out in
their strike, and the employers are
equally as firm. The result of the strike
in East Liverpool and Trenton, will In
dueuce the result here, and all the
movements In those cities are carefully
watched here.
The sheet department 40 the Top mill
is in operation. The run is &n unsteady
one, and 10 is not known how long the
plant can be kept in operation. There
are now employed there about go per-
sons. 30 orders have yet been given
TO resume the building of the furnace.
There is yet over months work 20 be
done there.
At the recent meeting Of the puddlers
OF the lower Benwood pudding mill
with the manager, Patrick Brennan,
the men decided almost unanimously 90
stand for the S4.75 ton rate for their
work. The offer of the magement OF
the mill is s. q ton. When this mill is
on in full 10 employs over 400 worSmen.
A large part Of the La Belle mill is in
steady operation again. The rollers,
the heaters, aud the track and nail fac
tories are on again. The heating fur
uaces are now % good shape since their
robnfIdfnr. and it looks as li they would