Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-08-26
AMONG THE Mills
TEE aREGISrgR'S" WEEKLY STATEMENT OF
TIE CONDITIONS OF INDUSTRY.
Labor Notes from All The Mills and Factories Of the
City and LOcaiy-Trais Generally Better.
Personals About Well Known Hill Man.

Sometime ago the REGISTER SIateu
that the works of the Western Sanitary
Company. Al TitOnvilie, which have
been in the hands OF the receiver since
last May, were 70 be started the nrSt
Of next month. That was the full 10
tent at the time, but there have COM
plicationS arisen which threatened 10
delay the resumption at the works Tor
an indefinite period. Many or the
workmen who were creditors 70 the
company agreed 20 wait five years IN
Gil they were paid 10 full, getting one
fifth Of the money each year, WIN IN
terest az six per cent. Some OF the
persons who mold heavy mortgages on
the works would not agree 70 this ana
some Of the former wOrkmen are now
In Trenton, y. j., and they claim they
can not wait so long for their money
Since the settlement Of the coal min
ers' strike by the compromise at Colum-
bins. there has been some dissatlsIac'
ton between the miners OF the lower
Benwood mill and their employers. The
miners went to work a short time after
the settlement at the Columbus scale
Some OF the other mines tn the localty
began 20 get some OF the Glggers 10 20
10 work for price some less tnan tnat
paid 40 the mill mines. The manage
neut of the mill threatened 10 get the
cosl elsewhere If the men did not agree
10 work FOR less. IL will be gratifying
10 learn that the matter has been set
lied between the miners and the EN-
plOyers by both parties making Sa'ls-
factory concessions.
At the STANDARD the greater
MARI OF the mill is on. Trade Is getting
better and good shipments are being
made. About 1900 men are now al
work, aud there are few idle men IN
that locality Following is a summary:
The bar aud break down mills are both
on; the new Standard department Is on,
and the idea of changing that depart
ment Tor tue making of tiu-plate mas
been given over for the time; No. mill
is of by reason of the building OF a new
furnace: seven of the pudding furnaces
are on; the niue-iuch guide mill is OIL
and the plate mill Is on in full. John
Thomas, of Cleveland, o., an expert, is
az the mill, and is giving instructions
10 the coating OF the tin-p.&;e.
Last week was one Of the brightest
which Wheeling has known for over a
year In tho industrial world. All the
mills of the city aud Ioea ,ty, which are
not suffering from some aOOr difference,
are now on aud most Of them are In full.
The change can be seen very distinctly
by every class of citizen, as money Is
pieutier than for q long time, aud bust
ness men over the city say that trade is
On the crease as the result. 10 the
CITY O., tu. ...--euJ time there ave few
men who .r, .i.s on account of boiUg
unable 10 find work.
The LaBeus Iron Works are not hav-
ing very good run. There is not q
doubt but tbat the works would be on
ia full ID it were not for the scarcity Of
steel. The wdut OF this material threat
ems 10 close down the entire piaut. The
heaters and rollers went to work the
latter part Of the week, but 10 Is not
certain that they viii have steady
run. The nail factories went on the
last two days of the week, and IL Is
doubtful whether or not their run will
be a steady one. The miners are max
ing about half time.
Edward Wright, formerly Of the
Etna-Standard, who has been az Mum
Gle, Ind, for the last five years, Is
again 10 this locality. lie will remain
here. and will probably go 10 work
again for his old firm. lie thinks this
country about the best of all Tue well
known mill man could hardly believe
that the plaut was the same when he
returned, so great had been the i'm
Urovemeuts made. When be left the
matter OF the consolidation OF the Etna
and STANDARD mills was not talked OF.
It's said traJ the johnson Steel Co.,
the leader Of the great concern being
none other than Thomas johnson, the
great Ohio Democratic Congress
will build an meCse tin plate mil, at
Lorraine, o., which wjl. alone give work
20 1000 men. The same company Is
also building immense iron works 40 the
same place, ON the Carnegie plan, which
are 10 give employment 20 5000 per
sons. LJraID is now one Of tue brisk
est towns % Ohio.
Tho ron work so the new blast fur,
mace at the BeUaire nail works Is being
rapidly pushed aud the brick work is
bsi0L rapidly placed. It vii. be sur
prise TO macy 90 learn shat the immense
new furnace Will 5e ready 10 DE blown
On ui1e,y days. To is the present inten-
ZION Of the company 20 put the furnace
iu operation as soon as 10 is completed.
The trm vii, keep both furnaces in
steady operation.
business IS on the increase with the
Joseph Bell Stove and Range Co., Of
RUS city. The firm is getting large con-
sgumeutS OF stoves from the plant NJ
MUucie, Iud., wnich'is on In full. j. ).
Bush, tue travelling salesman OF the
company. is home from a business trip
Through West Virginia, aud Joseph Bell
is az Muncie, Ind, suverintendiug the
operations at the plant.
More OF the Riverside tube works will
be this week than since the beginning
of the hard times Practically the en-
tire department will be in full operation.
Another OF the butt-weld furnaces Is 10
be put on, and 10 Is the intention Of the
company 20 keep both the butt-weid
furnaces on In full. The resumption OF
the furnace will give work 70 about GO
persons.
The big engine for the bar mill az the
Whitaker plant has arrived. Work
will soon be begun placing IL. II will
be some time vet before this department
Of the mill viii. be ready for the reSump-
tion. Mills aud Of the plant are on
in full, aud are giving work 10 about
125 men. 10 is said that more OF the
works are 20 90 on In the near future.
William NJ. Cox, Of the Cox boiler
works, reports that business has 4
brighter outlook. The firm had force
az men last week az Beck'S Run, o,
making repairs at boilers. Work has
been delayed some az the plant owing
10 the difficulty in securing plate. Now
that work will go on as before, IS good
consigumentS have been received.
Miller Bros tool works, on the
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