Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-10-02

again. The plan has not been given
up and is still being quietly arranged.
The executions that were issued
against the pottery for claims against
the late manager ere being withheld
by the creditors and the company is
selling the ware on hand for the pur-
pose of paying these claims. 1t is ex-
! pected that the pottery viii be again in
operation before long.
The nail factory at the La Belle is
running better than it has for months
making regularly five days week.
Ground is being excavated for the
foundation of the new building at the
Schmulbach brewery. The contract
for the stone work has been given to
Jacob Schwitser.
East Liverpool will not get the pro-
poed new glass factory, since 1t has
been found impossible to raise the
$500 bonus. The bonus seekers have
turned their toes towards Toronto, and
have offers from Canton and Steuben-
VILE
New machinery has been purchased
for the Gilleland glue factory in upper
BenWOod.
A fire brick manufacturing plant is
among the possibilities for Bridgeport
In the near future. West OF the town
some distance what appears to be
vein of fire clay of fairly good quality
has been discovered on the Boyd farm.
James w. Paul, of Charleston, chief
mine inspector, accompanied by jerry
4. et,-;a the
Edward Pinkey and S. A. Lewis, in
spectors for the thiTd and first dis
tricts respectively, arrived in the city
and were busy visiting the manufact-
uring establishments of the city during
the past week.
The new plate mill which has been
in course of construction at the Bel
mont mill for the past three months
Is said to be practically finished. Work
men are putting a new roof over the
section of the mill in which the new de-
partment Is located. The furnaces and
tbe "upri gnts" have been finished and
1t is thought that the new machinery
will be tested in few days.
S. B. Mckee, the South Market street
grocer, has removed from his home on
South EOff street to Twentieth street
in order to give contractors an oppor-
tunity to improve the former place. 1t
will be remodeled and the improve
ments outlined will cost considerably.
E. M. Holiday G Co. have received
the contract to furnish lumber for
new house for Charles Gray to be built
on the upper end of the Island.
Bricklayers began work last week
on repairs to the Fisher foundry build
ing at Seventeenth and Market streets.
The old coping which has long been in
a dangerous condition, is being remov
ed and relaid. Repairs to other por-
lions of the building will follow.
George X. McMechen & Son, preserv
ers, have been supplying orders of jams
and preserves to the government for
use in the army and expect to get an
other large order soon.
Scores of miners until recently en-
ployed at the mines out tho c., 90 &c
w; west of Bridgeport, have left for
new fields in the last two weeks be-
cause of the SMALL amount Of work they
have been given. Dozens Of men have
left Wheeling Creek and all other
mines out the road, including those at
Flushing Most of these have gone to
the West Virginia fields, where they
are given steady employment at low
er rate. 1t is said that so many men
have gone from Wheeling Creek that
the union cannot have its meetings
The national mine workers organi-
zation may take a hand in the strike
at Dillonvale and Long Run. A tele-
gram has been received from M. D.
Ratchford, the national president, ask
ing for full particulars A reply will
be forwarded to him, and If it is con-
sidered necessary President Ratchford
may come on to make personal inves-
tigation of the trouble.
The new mining law in Ohio went
into effect on September 9th. The SUBJ
stance of the new statute is as follow:
"It will be unlawful for any mine
owner, lessee or operator of mines in
the State employing miner at bushel or
ton rates to pass output of coal over any
screen or other device which shall take
any part from the value thereof before
the same shall have been weighed and
duly credited to the employe sending
same to surface and accounting for it
at the legal rate Of weights fixed by
laws of Ohio. This applies where ma
chimes are used the same as where the
coal is mined by hand. Any person
violating the provisions OF the act is
guilty Of a misdemeanor aud upon con-
viction shall be fined not more than
$500 or less than $780,"
1t is possible that serious complica-
lions may result in the disputes of To-
cal brewers with their employees in re-
gard to wages. One of the national Of
fice.s of the brewery workers associa-
ton was here recently and endeavored
to ger the brewers TO sign the scale.
which raised the minimum wages from
$40 to s13 per week, but the brewers
refused after Offering TO compromise at
$11. Since then one OF the breweries
has been singled out by the national
organization and It's managers have
been given notice that unless they sign
the scale their beer will be boycotted
throughout the country. This would
cause also a strike OF the employees OF
the said brewery and probably end by
bringing in the other local breweries.
The big and little" departments
ut the Top mill are working in full.
The Whitaker mill continues TO op
crate on double turn.
\ The Central glass factory. Wheeling
Corrugating works, Excelsior planning
mill, Spears & Riddles machine shop
and Wheeling hinge factory are being
operated as usual.
H. T. Day, contractor at Bellaire, has