Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-01-23

works. at Benwood, have been notified
f al the end Of thirty days their
vases would be readiusted This an
nouncement is accepted by the men as
IN equivalent to a notice of a reduc-
ton.
Fhe chief event in local labor cir
clcs last week was the strike of the
Gar hands at the Wheeling pottery,
who made protest against the COM
many raising the price of tempered
car furnished them The question
arose over the arrangement of the 121la
H.. cent increase which was promised
rbe men and which they expected. The
entire clay department was shut down
tuesday, and remained closed the bal
ance Of the week. President Hughes,
Of the Potters' Association, was sent
for and assisted the men in securing
settlement. The differences between
fhe company and employers were ad-
irs,Cd Friday morning, the men get
ting Jheir fun 121a per cent increase.
Tire pottery will go on in full Monday.
Yhe story Of the scheme to form a
great pottery trust has been revived
m Hast Liverpool. The Crisis, OF that
place. prints an article stating that
l8, parties working the deal have sue
ctel2d in getting nearly every man
ufaCtUrer n Trenton to sign an agree
mont 10 join the trust, and have Sc
cured options on a number of East
Liverpool plants.
The trouble at the Wheeling pottery
last week shows the necessity for
standard scale OF prices; as it now is
each pottery is permitted to regulate
i5UWu prices and this has caused sew
cra disputes between employers and
employees in arranging the new scale
on a basis of 1919 per cent increase.
I5 il understood that a movement is on
foot both among the manufacturers
and among the organized pottors 20 Sc
cu.e a standard of prices to prevail IL
all parts of the country.
Al the Wheeling Iron and Steel Con-
Daays plant in Benwood the plate mill
AMI steel works were in operation last
voeh. The puddlers will resume this
week after being idle for q number Of
weeks. The men employed N the coal
bank vent TO work last week to get
sur3ly Of fuel ready cor the ruddlers.
During the time the puddlerS NeIe :dle
the ccal bank was closed, the company
bringing what coal was needed from
Moundsville.
AT The Riverside coke plant the num-
bot Of outside workmen has been de-
creased. The big iron smoke stack,
whi.l is TO be 125 feet in height, is
nearing completion, and will be finish
ri mis- week The tube workers de-
partment OF the Riverside is on double
urn except the lap-weld furnace, which
is working but single turn. The steel
works and plate department are work
iug full.
Wood Bros. planning mill, on the
South Side, is still busy and will not
;Jop, as previously mentioned in the
Register. until present contracts ere
filled. This will probably keep the
mill in operation until summer.
Work on the addition being built
% the Wheeling Paper Company's plant
on the South Side is progressing. The
addition will be usea TO manufacture
.ough white paper for use in making
-four sacks.
A representative of the Pabst Brew
ing Co. Of Milwaukee, was in the To-
sality last week and completed ar
engagements to build two warehouses
IN the spring, one at Thirty-third street
for Harry Wheat, the local agent, and
another at BenwoCd, for w. P. Curran,
the oompany's agent at that place.
Louis Asmus it, building an addi
lion to his livery stable, on South
Jacob street.
James mckinley is building frame
.wo story addition to his grain and feed
establishment at Twenty ninth street.
he three new tin mills at the La
Belle are working satisfactorily, and
the ether three will be ready for opera
ton soon Two new furnaces in the
unfinished department of the new tin
plant cavcd in last week, on account
Jl the traces being removed before the
mortar was dry. Two wOrKmen Wfo
were in The furnaces at the time Dare-
~ escaped being seriously injured.
He Wheeling Stamping 20. have
made a new departure IN the m2nulaC-
turo ol jar caps by the employment o.
aluminium as the material for making
them I his remarkable metal posses
Sos characteristics essentially It's own
and which are especially suitable Tor
the purposes required of it in this case.
II Aelll not CorrOde or tarnish, is lmper-
yi0us to The action Of fruit acids, is abb
soiutely clean, generates no noXlous
clements by contact with any SUBJ
stance, and is as cheap as the ordinary
Kind, while, being free from corroslon
ii necessarily lasts much longer. These
caps weigh only about two pounds 20
The gross, another big point IN thtn
favor. while they are entirely strong,
ln8eAlble and durable.
The Top mill is working on double
turn in ali departments and is making
considerable progress. In the output
OF metal this mill in proportion to Its
capacity, stands in the front rank OF
producers. Twenty heats are run av-
cry twenty-four hours.
W. A. Wilson G Sons planning mill
have force Of men working On the
E5eneZer Baptist church, which is hay
ing an addition put to its front, ana IS
being remodeled throughout. The mill
IS working as usual, as is the Excel
sior planning mill in the East End.
One Of the rolls in the big depart
ment at the Whitaker mill broke
'lhTgro.1o,y .re,