Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-09-04

Work has been commenced In tear
Ing down the old building at the
Schmulbach brewery and in a week the
new one, to be put up on the same
site, will be started. The new bottling
department started up last week.
The difference between the local
breweNes and employees in regard to
wages remains unsettled as the ex-
ecutive board OF the National AssOcia-
ton, of Brewery Workers has done
nothing since its representative left
here.
The Labor Day committee meets this
afternoon at two o'clock to make final
reports Of the Labor Day picnic.
The Belmont Central Trades and La
Dor Union will meet at Bellaire this
afternoon. A larger attendance than
st recent meetings is expected ais the
delegates were INSTRUCTED at the last
meeting to secure a. full attendance OF
delegates from their respective. locals.
The force at the Gilleland glue fac
tory Is busy at work curing raw ma
terial :-ad a much larger stock is be-
ing prepared than usual. The fall run
Of boiling will be commenced about
October LIST.
The Ohio Valley Workman has sus-
pended publication after an existence
of two years. 1t has been the organ OF
organized labor in this vicinity, Dut IS
forced to quit on account OF lack Oh
financial support. It's editor and pro-
prietor, Thos. V. Salisbury, is proml-
nent local labor leader, and has many
friends who will rect that his paper
has not met with. the success II de-
served.
The Crystal glass works, at Bridge
port, started up again last Monday.
One of the sheet departments at the
Top mill closed down last week on ac-
count Of lack of orders.
Satisfactory progress is being maze
on the new telephone building, corner
Chapline and Fifteenth streets.
The Flanagan property, on South
Eoff street. Eighth ward, is completed
and turned over by the contractors,
Kratz Bros.
The DR.. Monroe building. on South
Eoff street, below Twenty-seventh, is
finished.
The LaBella tin mills were closed
/down a portion of last week on ac-
count of the heat.
Thomas Whitehouse, we'll known
employe Of the LaBella, and Miss Laura
Butts, Of Caldwells run, were married
last week at the home OF the brides
sister in Rarnesville, Ohio.
The Wheeling Pottery Co., the War
wick and the Dawson companies are
said to be among the pottery compan-
les that have given options to the big
English syndicate that is alleged to
have been organized to control the
manufacture Of pottery ware in this
country II is said that all but six OF
the potteries west of Trenton have
given options on their plants. The
options are said TO expire on Septem-
Der 2Sth. About all the East Liverpool
potteries are said to be interested in
the enterprise, and all the general ware
potteries of the east are said also to
be in the deal.
There is a rumor that the Chelsea
pottery, of New Cumberland, w. Va,
will soon be started. Three local par
ties there with Mr.. Lloyd the President
of the company that formerly operated
the plant, are pushing matters. The
pottery has not been operated for sew
eral years, but is fine pottery and
well equipped.
Great discomfort and much suffering
was experienced by employees of the
various local manufacturing plants
last week on account of the intense
heat There were numerous instances
of men being overcome and several fac
tories were compelled to close down on
account of the nigh temperature
Tin mills Nos. I and 8 are expected
to resume operations tomorrow should
the weather be less torrid. All depart
ments have been idle at this mill during
the past week. Two carloads of tin
bars were received at the Whitaker
on Friday.
The Wheeling corrugating works is
running in full.
The Central glass factory continues
to operate as usual.
The Bridgeport Preserving Company
have been hard at work all summer
getting out their stock of goods. The
greater part of. the goods are all ready
for the market, but there is some little
amount of work on the seasou's pro-
ducts left. The company will have
their salesman on the road in about
two weeks
The new side to the Crystal glass
works has been on all last week One
extra furnace is on, but as yet no adj
ditional force of men has been pro-
cured on account of the hot weather
The extra furnace was run last week
by hands from the old side
The Wheeling Stamping works ran
night turn all last week on account Of
FULL orders The brass mill that the
company put in to make their own
brass with proved too small for the
needs of the works and had to be sent
back.
PIEDMONT INDUSTRIAL.