Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-28

Workers Local, No. SO. Mr.. Priester
bach came to this city for .lis puf
pose and conference was held Will
representatives Of the Reymann
Schmulbach and Belmont breweries
but the brewers refused to grant thu
demands of the Union. The new scale
which was presented stipulated thai
the wages to be paid should be, from
$13 week up instead of the present
minimum price of $40. The confer.
ence adjourned with no progress to.
wards an agreement. The local union
has still left the matter in the hands
of the national executive board fol
settlement, and there are threats OF
strike in case the brewers refuse tC
grant ii increase. Mr.. Priesterbach
left the city without beng able to ef-
feet settlement.
The cold roll boys and greasers at
the Laughlin tin plant went out on a
strike last week for an increase OF
wages, but their demands were speed
lily granted and they returned to
work
Two new heating furnaces, 712xlo
feet, which are to be fired with coal
ard attached to which are two COOK
waste heat boilers of $50 horse power
each. are being put in at the Belmont
mills. The engine is the Macintosh
Hemphill slide valve pattern with
cylinder 28x3S inches, driving direct
the 16-inch mill, which consists OF one
stand of three high pinions and one
stard Of three high rolls. These rolls
rough the iron, which is finls9ed on
Pinch mill, drawn by 40-inch belt
from the main shaft Of the engine
The Pinch mill consists of one stand
of three high pinions, one stand OF
three high rolls, one stand OF two
high bull heads and one stand OF
two high finishing rolls. 1t is the in
tention to make skelp up to inches
in width on this mill. The mills are
all completed waiting the rolls, and it
is the intention to start the mills the
10th of September. All alterations IN
the building have been completed ex-
cept the shields for the boilers. The
mills when in running order will turn
out about 100 tons of skelp a day.
They will give employment to about
sixty additional workmen. AS soon
as these mills are in running order the
Old skelp mills will be torn out and
the two mills at Brilliant, together
with the immense 36x4S-inch engine
will replace them.
Charles McCarty has made the
plans for frame residence for r. Ney,
on the Island. The contracts will be
let to-day.
E. NJ. Holiday & Co. are furnishing
the mill work for fine residence for
Harry Faubel, of Butler, Pa, to be
built on his country place near Viola,
w. Va. When completed this will be
one of the finest residences in Marshall
county.
The Aetna-Standard is running full
in all departments. The company has
considerable trouble in getting enough
lsborers and have been compelled to
advertise for them. For the skilled
jobs they have all the men they need.
The Bellaire bottle works is now
running full. The president, George
W. Yost, returned last week from New
York, where he attended the, national
convention of flint glass manufactur-
ers, who met to organize a new trust.
The Bellaire steel works is very busy
ID has enough orders ahead to keep
Them busy for some time.
Charles Rodefer and McMillen Bros,
&C Bellaire, have been OF Grating their
canning factories this week, disposing
of an abundant tomato crop.
This is the busy season for the local
preserve works putting UP preserves
and various kinds )bf vegetables which
are abundant and are now secured
from the farmers, land fruit growers at
reduced prices. 1.-THE Flaccus and Nc
Meehen factorjes are working night
The heat Mas very severe several
days last week on the men employed
at the mHlls. On Tuesday large
numbeT were forced to knock off,
and<~several were overcome by the
6eat One workman at the Riverside
fell senseless from the effects of the
heat and did not regain consciousness
for several hours.
Employees of the boiler house at the
Wheeling steel works, at Benwood,
quit their jobs last week, alleging that
their wages were not enough for their
work in hot weather and the man
agement were pushing them too hard
Employees of the plate mill also gave
up their jobs, stating that they could
not make living with the wages they
were getting under the present scale
Local ice consumers who are en-
deavoring to organize a company to
build an ice plant in opposition to the
combine, held a meeting last week,
but it is understood that no attempt
will Ibe made to build a plant this
year.
A number of the local manufacturing
plants were closed yesterday on ac-
count Of Labor Day.
The complaint made against ]. E.
Miller, by the local of Expressmen and
Drivers, No. $500. which was referred
to the Arbitration Committee at the
last meeting of the Trades Assembly,
has been adjusted. The committee
held two meetings and the result was
a settlement by the committee salts
factory to the local and Mr.. Miller
was reinstated in the local.
The Dawson pottery is again in op-
Grafton.
The Ohio Valley Trades and Labor
Assembly meets to-day.
The new bottle house at the Schmul-
bach brewery was started last Tues
day and is running smoothly.
PIEDMONT INDUSTRIAL.
PIEDMONT, w. Va. August 81. T.
Kooken has contracted to erect a four
room addition to the residence of John
Kirk
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