Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-03-06

ne beHWOOQ pldCe mill SLIlhe SIliA
remains unsettled although it is ex-
pected that an attempt will be made
this week to run the mill. The help
ers, on whose account the mill is
closed, say they are ready to accept
any just agreement but will refuse to
go to work at the scale demanded.
The Wheeling steel works finished
a full week yesterday.
The Riverside is busy and working
full except couple of the plate mill
and one furnace Of the tube works.
1t is expected that three of the six
new tin mills which were compelled TO
shut down over week ago on account
Of an accident to one of the engines,
will resume tomorrow
The Belmont is still busy.
Last week there was a conference
of stonemasons and bosses on the pro-
position of the men for an increase OF
wages from 35 cents to 40 cents per
hour The demand was made some
time ago, to go into effect March LIST,
but the matter was not settled.
J. w. Paul, chief mine inspector, has
completed a trip through the northern
part of the State. Mr.. Paul reports
that the coal operators through that
section are sanguine of a busy season
this summer. The field is in good
shape, Mr.. Paul says, and several new
plants are soon to be opened up.
The stockholders of the Standard
Building Association of Martins Ferry
at a meeting Thursday night decided
TO commence legal proceedings to Dust
the assignee and have a receiver APP
pointed in his place. The matter Will
be brought to the attention OF the pro-
bate court in short time.
John w. Terrill, Jacob Rider. Geo.
A. McKim and Robert Hall, OF Mar
tins Ferry, will form a company 1or
the manufacture OF iron dry measures.
The industry will be located IN Mar
tins Ferry in the second story OF Me-
Dermott's tool works. George Mcklm,
the originator of the measure, sold the
right of manufacturing the measure
to the Bellaire stamping works num-
Der of years ago. The firm removed
to Harvey, H., where they later on
went out of the business. The parties
above mentioned have bought the
firms machinery and will start IN bus
mess in Martins Ferry.
Fires have been lighted in the West
Virginia glass works at Martins Ferry.
Frank Wallace will have charge of the
cutting shop and William CroWl Will be
superintendent of the decorating de-
partment when they get down to work.
The Whitaker mill is on in all de-
partments.
w. A. Wilson & Sons and the Ex-
celsior planning mill are working as
usual.
Spears & Riddle, the East End ma
chinists, continue to work in full on
two contracts for axle manufacture
ing machinery.
The little" department at the Top
mill was idle during the week, but Will
be started up tomorrow morning and
will put the mill in operation in full.
The Wheeling corrugating works is
working double turn in all depart
me1ts.
The Central glass factory continues
to operate with one furnace on.
The Wheeling Mould and Foundry
Company have large number OF small
orders on hand and are kept busy.
A gas plant is being constructed at
the Bellaire steel plant under the SUI
pervision of Contractor Miller and Will
be completed in a short time Inc
foundation for the plant has been laid
and the work of putting up the pro-
ducers was begun the latter part OF the
week. The plant is located near the
vertical heating furnace, for which the
gas is to be produced The connect
ing pipes will be placed in position in
a short time. This addition to the
steel plant will be quite an improve
ment.
The Art Glass Sign Company, at Bel
Iaire. made application for charter
last Tuesday for a company with
canital stock of S25. 900 The company
IS composed Of J. e. Blackburn, p. J.
IMtwyche, Fred Stewart, T. c. Mich
olson and c. w. Dickens.
The sale of the old Barnard brick
works west OF Bellaire, which was to
have occurred last Tuesday was post
noned until some time in April.
STEUBENVILLE INDUSTRIAL.
| Special to the Register
Steubenville, O., March 5.-The citi-
zens of Steubenville are getting worked
llp over an effort made by the Board OF
Trade to secure subscriptions to a
fund to be used as bonuses in Undue
ing manufactures to locate here. The
aim is to raise $4,000, and ward COM
mittees are out soliciting. People are
subscribing literally. 1t is not pro-
posed to give money to bonus hunters,
but to reliable firms. a number OF
enthusiastic meetings have been held
and others are planned. Two indus
tries have been secured and other deals
are under way The propo. ton OF
men interested in the shoe bu44ness
to come here and start a mandatory
! if a certain bonus was offered was
knocked in the head, as the minds OF
the people here run strangely in favor
or rolling mills, etc, instead of smaller
| and more diversified industries
Loud complaint is going up from
number Of workmen over the chang
ing conditions and meagreness OF
wages being paid at some manufactor-
les. Men of all ages were in demand
at one time about furnaces; now no
one over forty wears is wanted and