Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-07-08

lowance for the bar iron and other
mills by which the new scales have
been accepted, we have now total OF
not less than 43O employing concerns.
The list is continued below:
Tennessee Coal. Iron and Railroad Com m
pany. Birmingham, Ala wages o. -
coal miners increased Is per cent, OF of
cents per ton, on July l. IhlS carries " ~ -
il an equal increase OF wages OF 49,
miners employed by other companies IA
the same district r,;~,,,,,,e,-
Sloss Iron and Steel Company, Blrmlng
ham Ala. notice given of increase Oh 10
per cent (as in the case OF the 4eAHessee
Company 10 5000 miners. ...,.,.,,.
Pioneer Mining and ManutactuTl TINS
Company. Thomas, Ala; wages OF Iur-
naceTnen increased by 10 pere cent. on
Julv ] lin addition TO increase OF ~ per
cent. on June :, heretofore reported III
the wages of 100 minersl; TINS VIII cduS e
a similar advance at all the furnaces III
Bar iron manufacturers west Of the Al
leghenies: the acceptance OF the ne"
scale submitted by the Amalgamated AS
ISOLATION is virtually an increase u
wages for thousands OF men.
Phoenix Iron and Bridge COMPANY
PhoeniXyille, Pa; wages OF z,Vp men u
creased on July 1;works running hlsh'
and day. ,,,
COMPANY: notice given that the ola scale
OF wages at the shops in Reading ana at
other points will be restored on or before
October /: this means an increase Of from
Pennsylvania Wheel Foundry. Altoona,
Pa: increase Of z per cent. on June y
Iackawanna Iron and Steel Company,
Scranton. Pa; increase OF 10 per cent. on
July for 5000 men; the company has or
ders which will keep its south works
running night and day for the remain
der of the year
cleveland Steel Company, Cleveland,
Ohio; increase Of 10 per cent. on July 1 for
Pottss Brothers Mills. Pottstown, Pa;
increase OF II per cent TO puddlerS.
Hecksher * Sons. foundry Norris
town. Pa; increase Of 10 per cent. on
Woodstock Mills Company, woolens,
Norristowu, Pa; increase Of ~ per cent.
for on weavers.
Merrimac Wooden Company, Dracut,
Mass; increase of 6 per cent for weay-
Delaware are Rolling Mills, Philadelphia,
Pa: 10 per cent. on July for 300 men.
Germantown Spinning Company, Ger
mantown Pa; 10 per cent.
Greylock Manufacturing Company,
ginghams. North Adams, Mass; 10 per
American Sheet Iron Company, Phil
lipsburg \. j.; 10 per cent. on July for
Oliver Iron and Steel Company, Pitts
burg, Pa: wages of puddlers advanced
10 S.25 per ton. this being the second In
crease, the two amounting TO Is per cent.
The Sarah Furnace. Ironton, o.; 10 per
cent.
National Tube Works. Boston, Mass;
10 per cent.
Ironton Iron Works. Tonawanda, N. Y;
wages increased on July l.
Fair Hill Rolling Mills, Philadelphia,
Pa: increase Of 10 per cent.
Akron Street Railway Company, Ak
ron, o.; addition of 10 cents a day for con-
ductors and motormen July l. with
when the scale Of two years ago will be
restored.
United Salt Company. Cleveland. o.;
increase of from TO 10 per cent. for 200
men.
Ashton Valve Company, Boston, Mass;
increase of 10 per cent.
Continental Mills, cotton goods. Lew
iston, Me; increase of 10 per cent on
July /.
hin Manufacturing Company, cotton
goods. Lewiston Me; increase of 10 per
The Otis Steel Company, Cleveland, o.;
10 per cent. on July l for 500 men.
OF the increases added to the previous
list all but six-affecting less than five
per cent. on the whole number of en-
ployes thus benefted-were granted
voluntarily. Only one of the increases
in the installment given above appears
TO have been brought about by de-
mand and a strike, and in that case the
number of employees did not exceed 200.