Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-23

LOCAL AND rElE6RApnIc LABOR NEWS.

permits. They do not like Wheeaing ideas
along this line
John Kidd. pottery presser Of this city.
who has the inventive genius of the
Scotch in his veins. has invented strap
for holding mulds together. which is an
improvement over the old style straps in
vogue.
Pig metal wheeiers at Mdngo steel plant
quit this week because of the heavy work
which the contractor would not tighten by
hiring two ADDITIONAL men Tor each turn
Tho contract called for six men on a turn
and four were doing it. New men were
hired. but they were unable to keep up
w. ]. Kennedy. a glassworker, and Jos
Coyne, a journeyman brtcklayer. were
among the new appointments on the po-
lice force here.
| The Steubenville Wall Paper Co. has let
contracts for their new buifding, which is
to be 35x1lD Floto Bros. get the stone
work; Geo. Fickes, the brickwork; john
son & Goodlin, the carpenter work The
work on this plant recalls that the father
Of Thos. Cole the noted American artists,
! manufactured wall paper here in 1919
Thos. Cole received his first instructions
in art in this factory and aided his father
in designing.
Mingo Junction is still on the boom,
many other improvements besides those in
progress at the steel plant being project
ed. Among them are street railway to
connect the town with Steubenviae. A
! company of Pittsburghers have purchased
ground on which it is said forty new
houses will be erecaed. There is talk that
the tin plate trust has options on several
farms below the town on which it Is in
tended to erect one mammoth concern,
and the doing away with pany plants in
different localities
In the vicinity of the furnace houses are
being demolished or moved away to make
room for increasing demands for space
made by the mill company. New steel
trestles are being buiit and switches are
being laid. All this work gives employ
ment to scores of men,
Supu Crockard, of the Riverside, has
had successful operation performed at
Pittsburg, removing his right eye, and he
is at work again after the severe opera
ton. Three years ago while looking in a
blow hole at the furnace, a cinder flew in
| his eye, damaging the sight, and one year
ago he lost the sight entirely.
According to the 23rd annual report of
the Chief Inspector of Mines made by r.
NJ. Haseltine, jefferson is eighth as re-
CARDS coal output. with IA, 100 tons with
a gain over the previous year of 1853
tons Machinery was used in mining Is,
967 tons. There are forty-four mines
worked. There were 1,2O0 miners employed
in this county a loss of twentyfour from
.ba lav
hands employed, loss of eight from the
year previous There were two new mines
opened, six suspended, four abandoned.
There were 4,4l2 kegs of powder used DUR
ing the year This county mined 174025
tons of fire clay, which employed seventy
nine miners and 400 hands were engaged in
the manufacture. There was gain in
tons mined Of 1885 There were two ia
tai, six serious and seven minor accidents
in the mines.
The Sewer Pipe Trust was incorporated
under the laws of Delaware for SIS, 900 900
this week. There has been delay in for
warding deeds to the promoters DUE to
the fact that some manufacturers could
not give a clear title. 1t is believed the
consolidation win increase the net profit s
of the industry more than $500, COO a year.
Firms in this valley and vicinity included
in the trust are: State Line, J. V. Rose,
Patton Clay Co.. Uhrichsville Fire Clay
Co., Great Western Fire Clay Co., Ohio
Valley Fire Clay Co., p. Conner, Freeman
Fire Clay Co., ]. Lyth & Sons, Knowles,
Taylor &, Anderson Co., Hartford Co., To-
ronto Fire Clay Mfg. Co., H. B. Camp Co.,
McEfresh Clay Co., Buckeye Fire Clay
Co, J. Francy Sons & Co, Kennedy-KE
Co., Calumet Fire Clay Co., N. U. Walker
Mfg. Co., Ohio Vitrified Pipe Co.. McAdoo
& Co.