Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-02-18
IN ZABORNCIRCLBS
THB OUTLOOK BRIGHTER FOR WHEELING
AND VICINITY
The Results Of Trips 10 the MiHs and Factories
o. ihe City and Vicinity - Movements
Of Mil Men.

one-half their force Of miners az work.
Business IS steadily increasing at Rey-
mann's brewery The new brew house
will soon be ready for the finishing
touches. The immense brew kettle is
being placed. AT the cOrrugating works
trade Is dull, only about one-third OF the
plant being on. The stock house being
built is about completed There is no
better outlook at the Wheeling hinge
works. The employees OF the city gas
works we're paid last Friday. There is
talk OF making big Improvements in the
engine department The planning mill
Of John w. BeltZ & Son Co. is In steady
operation. Hall g. Becken the wagon
makers, report trade very much better
The tobacco works OF the West Virginia
Tobacco Co. are Ia steady operation.
The works were closed asst Friday 90
make some necessary repairs. The
Cleary Electrical Co. is doing we'll az It's
lew plant Mr.. Allison, OF AllisOn's
works, reported business brighter than
10 has been for many months. He re-
CARDS it as the dawn Of great prosperity
in his business. The works N VIM. NJ
Cox g. Co. and those Of Bedman & Co.
report business probably little better
ANMMH AAAIA aANAa IT AMAA AlINNUl D Us VA
the Water Works, who has been very
ill, is able TO be about again. Thomas
Coniff, Of SteubenV.ile, has accepted a
position at the Center foundry, and will
move his family TO this city q a short
time. John Fisher, a well-knOwn glass
worker, Of the South Side, aged sixty
five years, died last week Of a lingering
Illness Francis CoSkran, Thomas
Clark and Charley Crogan, OF the South
Side, have gone 90 Steubenville, where
they have accepted positions in the
Jefferson ron works. John OglethOrpe,
miner, employed near MassillOn, o.,
but we'll known ia this city, was killed
IN the mine q few DAYS ago by falling
atOne BENJAMIN Hilderbrand, a we'll
known mill man, OF Etnavills, who has
suffered a long illness, is rapidly recOv-
ering. John Lawrence, a prominent
South Side potter, is very sick. Clyde
johnson, OF the South Side, a former
employe of the Riverside iron works.
has moved 90 the interior Of Ohio
where he will reside.
From several points this week our
market reports indicate an improve
ment 10 trade. These are mainly from
the West. as st. Louis reports distinct
signs Of improvement and a decided
change for the better. AT Chicago the
general tone OF the market is more
cheerful The bettered condition seems
TO be in 'Bessemer steel Billets and
wire rods show considerable activity.
throughout the East the outlook is
hardly so cheering as it seems 10 be, al
though a slight improvement is noted.
Several large orders for bridges are
about TO be placed. Car builders are
quite confident of good sized orders
during she month. Locomotive build
ers express the belief that they will
very soon be able TO increase their labor
force. Founders are doing more work,
aud sheet iron makers expect TO be run
ming full time by the opening Of next
month. -AmCTtcGn Manu- dctlrer.
Encouraging Mill News: The big
rolling mills at Birmingham, Ala, are
resuming. The Wellsvills pottery has
resumed with $50 men. Iron, lumber
and coal industries are RAPIDLY reyiving
In the South. The AudersOnville, Ind,
TN plate works are TO double their ca
pacity. An the large furniture fac
tories at Grand Rapids, Mich, are run
ming, and they have orders ahead to
keep them I'm operation until the first
of next July. The business outlook is
much brighter az the works OF the
Pennsylvania steel works at Steelt0n,
Pa. The Terra Haute, Ind, Iron and
steel Company has started all It's pud-
ding furnaces. The new BeSsemer
steel plant az Cleveland, o., is ready for
operation, and will be started on 10 full
81 once. Tic cost a quarter Of million
dollars The American tube works st
YOUNGSTOWN, o., have resumed after
shut down OF several months. A new
coal mine Is 20 be opened 40 New Water
ford, o., In the near future.
The remarkable run being had at
the Riverside iron works still continues.
In the tube department the company is
behind with its orders. The plate mil
is on in an it's departments, and the
furnace is having a steady run. The
steel works are also on in all their de-
partments. The tonnage men and the
day labor OF the plate mill have been
notified OF another reduction. This
cut will average about l5 per cent
with the day labor 10 is a cut from
ef.2O 90 ST. 10 a day, and their reduction
will 90 into effect In the morning. The
reduction 60 the tonnage men In the
main does not 90 into effect for three
weeks. AS the RECisrER stated few
DAYS ago there much talk OF strike or
the plate mill men when the reduction
goes into full effect There is also the
opinion, as was before stated, that the
tube workers may also strike II the
plate mill men 60 out
The REGISTER industrial man went
20 the Whitaker mill few days ago 20
learn more OF the situation or things
there. Manager Cook, of the galvaniZ-
ing department, reported this part OF
the mill on az two-thirds of it's capacity
This department has never stopped one
day since the are. Manager Row was
seen. He stated that it was the inten-
ti01 90 rebuild the mill 40 its old site,
but that the time for beginning the
work was not yet definitely arranged.
None Of the materials for the mill have
yet been ordered, as contracts will be
let and the materials will be brought 20
the site all ready 20 be put up. Mr.
Whitaker Is now on a trip east on ousl-
ness regarding the mill.
A REeIsrER reporter had converse
tion with a prominent glass operator or
the city few days ago. BE said that
60 the comparisons Of the foreign and
home glass workers. it has been the
custom OF those who wish 20 make pO-
lilical capital out OF the times 10 give
the foreign average for the days OF
actual work, while in home compari-
sons, sos days 20 the year are counted,