Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-07-24

repairs and it may now be several
weeks before the plant is ready to re-
Bume. The steel works has been shut
down and it is said will be practically
remodeled. Several new engines will
be put in and the soaking pits rebuilt.
The company has plenty of orders to
hli and expected to work some time be-
lore erpairing, but the strike changed
their plans. The men have strong
hopes of winning the strike and con-
slider the delay favorable to them 1t
has been a difficult matter to secure
enough men to run the mill all sum-
mer and while the mills are idle many
may secure work elsewhere, and search
81 of men will compel the company to
grant the increase in wages. The in
crease asked amounts to slightly over
10 per cent and is only restoration Oh
the first reduction of 1893. This ad-
vance would place the wages where
they were before the panic. The strlK-
ers, who only include the day men Oh
the five plate mills, are about 3oo IN
number, but from SEQ to 1000 men are
thrown out of employment with pos
sibility that the number will be doup-
led should the tube works have to smut
down. They have a sufficient STOCK Oh
skelp to run them some time yet, now
ever. An accident to one OF the en-
gines at the blast furnace caused the
blast furnace to suspend work Tor a
day or two but the rumor that 1t Will
be banked seems to lack foundation.
The Crystal. at Bridgeport, cannot
find time to stop and keep up with
their orders. Business has not been
brisk enough to operate the works IN
full, but one furnace cannot more than
supply the demand for their various
lines of general glassware.
Roofing and ceiling manufacturers
of this city and vicinity have returned
from the annual meeting of the Ma
tional Tin Roofers' Association, held
at Detroit last week. Those who at
tended from the local plants were
Messrs. J. A. Topping and Henry Top
ping of the Aetna-Standard Iron and
Steel Company, and Alexander Glass,
of the Wheeling Corrugating Compa-
ny. Mr. Glass was elected a member
Of the executive committee A COM
nittee was appointed to look into the
list and percentage scales and rear
range them. Heretofore business has
been done upon a net basis and tins
r has proven unsatisfactory ito the trade
in general The committee is to make
Its report at the next annual meeting
which will be held in Cincinnati. There
was also a determination to advance
the price of roofing, ten cents per
square. The prospects for the ensuing
season are very bright, all present re-
porting conditions of the best sort pos
sible
Portions of the wall of the big nail
factory at the Belmont mill were torn
out last week to make room for ex-
tensions for the new plate mill, which
viii be put up at once. The work of
tearing out over half hundred nail
machines from the upper end of the
factory is about completed, and the re-
Quired ground space has all been Sc
cured. The nail machines in the lower
half OF the plant are working and the
nailers are getting in more than the
usual i......o.of time.
= Mons nnn sheet mills and some
other lnts of the Top mill got
to work after an idlcness of three
weeks. The big mill is running in full
to-day, and the men are gratified to
not general indication of good run.
There is to be no sl.it down at the
Eagle Glass and Manufacturing Com
pany, Wellsburg, except for a very
brief round up of stocks. Lamp or
ders enough are on hand to keep the
works on in full for some weeks. and
some new designs are being put on the
market which are sure to still further
to increase business.
William Farris, President of the
Ohio Mine Workers Association, was
in Bridgeport last week to confer with
Secretary Lewis concerning the condi-
ton of the mine workers in the east
ern part of the State.
The Central, at Wheeling, is operat-
ing one furnace, making pressed and
blown ware specalties, and a general
line of blown bar ogods.
The Wheeling Mold and Foundry Co
nave contracted with a firm in Aus
tralia to completely equip first-class
glass factory.
u. q, Align, representative of tie
wheeling company, left Wheeling last
week, bound for Sydney, for the pur-
pose of receiving and setting up the
machinery when it arrives. This is
probably the first instance of Wheel
ng firm fitting out any manufacturing
plant in Australia.
1 The West Virginia Miners Associa-
ton met in Charleston last week and
elected the following officers: w. III.
II. Toler, of East Bank, was reelected
president; Floyd Buster, of Handley,
was elected secretary; Patrick Walker,
4 of Edgewater, treasurer, and T. H.
Phillips, of Handley, member of the
state board.
The Wheeling steel works resumed
Thursday.
The local potteries are all working.
The LaBelle ran full last week
B. F. Higgins furnished the contract
of painting the city and county public
building yesterday and will this week
commence to paint the inside of the
building.
The strike inaugurated by Kurner's
men, and Endorsed by the union
couple of weeks ago, is still in force and
no applications have been received from
outside parties. The men are out
against being required by Mr.. Kurner
to leave on the six O'Clock motor, there
by reaching their work and making
more than the law permits them to
work, nine hours.
PIEDMONT INDUSTRIAL
Piedmont, W. Va, July 23.-G. S.
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