Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-01-30


.as " Keeling paper factory at the
month of Caldwell's run. Some of the
NH alnery has already arrived and
....s3ln be placed in position.
.5 week sixteen OF the bricklayers
..raa hlyClslde plant were lad off
~r.lar.ly On account OF the supply Of
running short The materials
...l In tua construction Of the plant is
.ap.aaured in Illinois especially for
'l.- Kind OF work.
rhe spears axle factory, at Twenty
..,.uln Street, is very busy, working at
,t4ps for some time. The Office OF the
.r53ny Dds been moved into the new
1..4Dng erected on Twenty-seventh
s-.Fe,. above the Old office.
STATE Labor Commissioned |. Y. Bar
+.9 end his deputy, w. w. Rogers, are
al work on the biennial report Of the
Department.
meeting OF the stockholders of the
v.t Virginia Glass Co. has been call
er for Saturday, February 5th, at the
c-1rm House The stockholders are
f1s business men Of this city. and Mar
ans Ferry. who subscribed in the
Ion Of starting the big plant, and the
bor holders, who place the factory in
81 s25 900 stock The total amount Of
.,ock subscribed is little over $4,000,
ar about s. 600 short of the amount
-hay started out to get. This would
}a sufficient to start UP if all the
stockholders agree to it, and one of
Tie objects of the meeting is to get an
EXPRESSION Of opinion on the subject,
Thomas Shelly, the manager of the
CRYSTAL glass factory at Kirkwood, has
one of his patent dnishers for globes
working at his factory, and from what
prominent glass workers say it is one
of the most complete arrangements
now in use in this country, and by 1t
one boy can do more and better work
than two men can do by the old way.
A. A. Rayha, of the Bridgeport
WAGON making firm of Bayha Bros, has
secured a patent on a line supporter
and open buckle. The invention Will
fill a long-felt want.
The local potteries are all busy, ex-
cent the DAWSON pottery in the Eighth
ward which has been partially idle
owing to improvements and repairs
being made. The clay hands at the
Wheeling plant, who were out on
strike as reported in this paper, re-
turned to work last Monday, fully sat-
isfad with the adjustment which re-
suited in q victory for them.
The Fostoria Glass Company, at
N9undsville, cut off several of their
employees recently. This has caused
general regret, for this factory is the
main industry of our neighboring town.
The Schmulbach Brewing Company
has closed q contract with John Feath-
enstone & Sons, Of Chicago, for l25
ton ice machine for their plant. This
machine will almost double their ca
pacity for making ice.
E. NJ. Holiday, the prominent local
lumber dealer, attended the Union
Lumber Dealers convention at Colum-
bus. two days last week. Mr.. Holiday
is Vice President of the organization,
and presided at the last days meeting.
After the convention adjourned the
majority of the members left on a spe-
cial excursion trip through the South.
Birch Bros, who have been operating
the coal mines on the McConnaughey
property, west of Bridgeport, have
abandoned the mine on account of the
water.
H. Thomas, a former engraver at one
If the local glass factories, bur now
me of the directors of the Cumberland,
Id.. glass works, is visiting hela.
The addition to Louis Asmus' stable,
IN South Jacob street, has been COM
,leted
A residence on South Front street.
island. for Miss Jessie Graham is al
ha MI
about $4,000.
The three new tin mills at the La
Pelle have been working during the
past week. The other three mills will
be ready also for operation not LATER
than two weeks.
There is no settlement of the trouble
at tie Wheeling Steel and Iron Com
pany's plant at Benwood. The facts
In relation to the reduction have been
correctly and fully reported by the
Register The helpers Of the plate mill
still refuse to accept the reduction and
remain out on a strike. The employee,
Of the steel works will nod a meet
ing to-day at the Benwood city hall,
and take some action as to the If
scale. A general strife at the plant is
not improbable.
The coal operators of the peddling
mines at Belaire held meeting last
Tuesday evening" and decided upon
Uniform scale which raises the price
per bushel of nut coal from cents TO
cents, that Of clean coal from so
cents to 6, and mixed coal from 4 cents
to I, The Bellaire peddling mine OPP
orators had been cutting under one an
other since last fall At their meet
Ing last Tuesday they decided to again
meet and organize.
Rolefers glass factory, at Bellaire,
resumed operation last Wednesday, at
Yer an idleness of three weeks. Dur
ing the shut down stock was taken ard
small repairs were made throughout
tie entire works.
The old Barrhil boiler building, at
RaDaire has been purchased by Messrs.
Stanton and Kirk. They will occupy
the old works for the manufacture OF
their hot air furnaces. The building
affords ample means for this sort of
an industry. as it covers a lot one hun
dred and sixty feet long and hundred
iec- wide The work of placing the
factory in proper shape for business
viii be commenced as soon as possible
The hellaire steel plant continues on
double turn and is progressing well In
its output Of metal
me Central glass factory will re-