The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-15

During the last week there has been q
story In circulation 10 the effect That the
Garter on Company had not only cut
wages but that they had discharged quite
a number Of men, The full Intention ut
.be srticlc published so far has been to
make political capital Of something
which In the main IS not true as stated
In the first place the Carter OH Com
many aid cut the wages OF number OF
The men employed In one OF It's depart-
ments but this was done simply TO keep
frpm laying the men on as there was
mt the same amount of work for them to
do now as there was In the past, In the
cut there were probably twenty affected.
This Is the only thing that has occurred.
The report 10 the effect that this COM
many had cut the wages Of large num-
her o. men In Its employ, expecting they
would quit work, and then dlscharglns
The men because they would not do so Is
all buncombe and Is pure fabrication
manufactured out Of the whole cloth,
The Carter oil Company, which is recog-
nlzsd as the West Virginia operating
branch nf the Standard, pays as good
wages as any of the people operating In
the West Virginia field.
There has been q rumor 10 the effect
that the well being drilled on the Kearns
farm. to the south OF developments Mt
Elk Fork, has come In a good producer.
This report has caused good deal OF ex-
element and when itbecame known that
the report was true, there lyas general
rejoicing, as It was supposed That the dry
hole drilled In on the Sophia Snlder farm
by the SHETLAND oil Company, shut off
everything In that direction, Late yes
terday afternoon nothing more than the
fact that the well was good one could
be learned, but that was enough TO put
the oil men In good spirits.
The Snider OIL Company have drilled
In their well on the Snder farm and will
have a fine producer. When the well
was drilled into the pay It started off at
80 barrels an hour and has been keeping
up at that rate ever since. This well ~
In defined limits and is not OF any i'm
portance aside from the increase It will
make In the general production OF the
pool, ity
The tanks and rig Of Boyd Bros. WELL
on the Dan Snider farm, at Elk Fork,
which were burned Saturday, are being
rebuilt and will be completed In a cou-
pie of days,
The oil fields Of this section are suffer
ing from the prevailing drought and
quite number OF wells in various parts
OF the Sis,ersvIlls field have been shut
down on this account The companies
operating are In a great many Gases pip
ing water for many miles from the Ohio
river and from the various larger
streams which are not yet affected and
In this way a portion of the work Is still
going or, II there IL not wet season In
a very short time nearly all OF the work
IN the fields win be shut down with the
exception Of Elk Fork. In this field
Theat & Crawford have laid water line
TO Middle Island creek and are SUPPLYING
the operators With water at a nominal
cost.
The well on the Dlcbold farm. out in
the Vicinity Of Shiloh which was due IT,
the sand on Saturday, has been drilled
and will make very small well. This
well is located a distance OF about milf
from the wells drilled by the Carter OIL
Company on the Allen farm. and Is In
close prnS'mlty TO q dry hole drilled In
that section short time ago. The well
Of the Carter Company on the Allen
farm, IS producing oil Notwithstanding.
tie fact that they have been plugged aud
It is yet Believed that a good pool exists
In that direction.
To the east NJ developments in the Elk
Fork field the Eastern on Company
have completed their well on the Glen
farm and VIII have a producer good fni
not less than 100 barrels a day. This
well makes the territory in that section
look much better