Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-04-10

ing. After April / the miners made
an EFFORT TO OBTAIN conference with
the operators to settle OBJ the size Of
screens To be used hereafter. and the
scale to be paid. The miners want the
ia inch screen. The operators, how
ever, met and ignored a conference
with the miners. TIE result Is that
The majority Of the miners Of the dis
trlct- are our and say, they will NOT 50
back TO work until the matter Is set
tied to their satisfaction.
Last Monday morning the committee
appointed by the tonnage men OF the
riverside steel work notified The com
pany that they would not accept the
reductions proposed in the rev scale.
The tonnage men have since been wait
ing Tor the company to ask for cen
ference in regard TO the matter bur no
conference has yet been held. The u
may hold another meeting 1t BenwoCI
to-day to discuss the matter
There has been MITCH speculation as
to the cause OF the boiler explosion at
the Wheeling steel works last Monday,
which cost two employees their lives
and injured half dozen others. There
are two theories as TO the cause, one
that there was a defect Ia the iron 81
the boiler and the other that the eX-
ploSion was due to superheated steam,
produced by lack Of water in the boiler.
The statement is given ont that the
water guages We're examined short
time previous to the accident ana
showed that there was plenty OF water
IN the boilers and tile steam gauge
showed that there was not oYgr l30
pounds pressure Of steam at the tne.
Master Mechanic James Riddle gives lt
as his opinion that the explosion was
not due to low water, but defect IN
the boiler which finally. gave way IN
der but an ordinary pressure Ct ateam
Tho two boilers OF the battery were
connected by an equalizing pipe and IL
is likely thar if lack Of water mad beaah
the cause that both boilers instead OF
one would have exploded. The broken
boiler is being repaired with new
sheeting, and will be used again. the
steel works resumed Thursday and the
plate mill Friday. No indication has
yet been made as to when the puddlers
will start or whether they will ever
start at all or not.
The Crystal Glass Company, Of
Bridgeport, have their new factory al.
ious and well arranged establishment
The old plant is running steadily
The force Of men at work on the
Riverside coke plant are at work put
ting IN the condencers for the labora-
tory department
The Schmulbach Brewing Company
last week received eight mules from
Kentucky, which they viii use at their
plant.
The Hoffman tannery, on the South
Side. has received an order from the
government for $4,000 sides OF leather.
The following delegates and ALTER
mates from this section have been cleo.
ted to attend the annual convention Of
Amalgamated Iron Steel and Tin
Workers, TO be held at Cincinnati:
Charles a. James, VIM. Joy and Jos-
eph Hilton John Cecil, B. 3. Williams,
John John, Of Martins Ferry lodge;
John Schwendler, Fred Williams, A. 4.
+. Somers. Harry Bennett, OF Wheeling.
Work on Heymann Bros new quar-
ters corner OF Eleventh and Main
streets, is progressing rapidly. 4 large
force Of. men are at work IeImQQQellhg
the big building Inside. and Our.
The Top ihil13iS onsfi' ftili.a.
The Excelsior and W. q. Wilson d
Sons planning mills aro working. as
usual.
Spears e Riddle. the machinists,
have a full force Of men at work
Reduan & Son S machine shop IS
GENERATING in full with a large number
OF small orders on hand.
The Wheeling hinge Factory is work
ing in all departments
The sheet and tin mills at the Whit
aker. are still idle. Stock is beng TAX
en- ana small repairs made generally
in all idle departments.
The Central glass factory continues
to operate with one furnace en-
The Wheeling corrugatiRg. works IS
working double turn in all depart
ments.
The Wheeling Mold and Foundry
Company is working as usual
The Pellaire steel plant is working
double turn in all departments, and
making considerable progress in the
outni1t Of metal in a. single turn
THURSDAY the steel department made
,,un which eclipsed all previous reg
ords Eorty-three heats We're made;
AZ each heat is productive Of ten tons
~ steel this number Of heats
amounts to four hundred and thirty
IONS. The employees are Of the opin-
ion thar an output OF four hundred
and sixtv tons could have been accom-
Wished had it not been for delay
ra,,sed bv the burning out OF vessel.
THE men expect that it will not be
1ono before nine hundred tons OF steel
can he turned out in day with little
exertion. ,-..,.,.,, I'LL.
The BelIaire stove foundry winch has
baan idle since the food is expected TO
be mining in full early in The week
nav elevator is under way OF CON
str1,etion at the foundry and when
Completed will be quite an improve
ment. 1-,,to,,,,.iea
enamel Company, at Bellaire, have
fnrca Of about thirty-eighC persons
,Torking at present. When the add
Mons now being built to the plant are
a siunn The company expects 70 give
e eo,,,r to about two hundred per-
sons. 4,o17,i,.o has a.
c,red large paving contract from
RANKING, Pa, which calls for The use
~ TJgomier block.
Oh T I,5 b Lewis, secretary Of the
Ohio miners. has returned home from
Univ Okla affpr attending q