Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-07-23
THE INDUSTRIAL WORLD.
LOCAL AND TELEGRApHIC LABOR NEWS

For the past seven days the tin indus
try in the Wheeling district has been
getting back to its old condition of ac-
tiyity which existed prior to the en-
forced shutdown ON June Both. The
La Belle and Whitaker plants resumed
in full Monday, as also did tbs Laugh
lin, at MartinsbuIg. Tie Aetna-Stand-
ard went on in part at that time and
the mills in the new Standard addition
will be in operation the coming week.
All the rolling mills, blast furnaces
and tube works made good time dur
ing the past week, although the heat
on Thursday and Friday in.srfered
somewhat with their progresa The
Central, West Virginia and Beaumont
glass plants have all been in operation,
the Crystal, at Bridgeport, being the
only factory in the district idle. The
stamping and enameling works at Bel
laire are showing great activity, and
all three of the plants either hayo i'm
provements under Roadway or viii
have within the next week. All the
brick works of the Suburban Company
are in operation except the plant at
Moundsville, which is stocked. The
potteries have experienced a week up
TO the average from the standpoint OF
production.
The labor organizations represented
in the Belmont Central Trades and La
Dor Union have set on foot movement
to hold a celebration on the Ohio La
Dor Day. which fails on Monday, Sep
TENDER 4th. A committee has been
named TO look over the ground and for
mulate general plans. This committee
meets at the residence of t. l.. Lewis
in Aetnaville at 2 o'clock this after
noon. The report will be made TO the
Union at its meeting at Bellaire on next
Sunday, when further action toward
bringing the event TO a successful IS
sue will doubtless be taken The La
Dor Day Committee is composed OF the
following persons who represent the
three towns over the river: President
James and Secretary Smith, of the Cen
trail Union, being included: Bellaire,
G. w. Cuhtis, j. B. McNapb, Alex. Dun
lap; Bridgeport, Robert Stead, i. l..
Lewis, A. j. Grouse; Martins Ferry,
John Cecil, John A. Moore, William
Owens.
On Thursday the stockholders of the
Central Glass Company held a meeting
and decided to reject the offer of $780,
coo made by the National Glass Com
pany for the plant It is understood.
however, that this does not settle for
all time the chances for the Central
to join hands with the National, but
- aUqiI1 H-n Onpnp1
between the companies upon other
lines. The capital stock of the Company
is about SIZE. 0000, and the offer was
thus $25 600 above the par value as
whole, leaving accounts, cash, etc, 10
the total of between $4,000 and $40
coo in the hands of the present owners,
or a grand total Of something like $780,
600 for the property, which originally
cost $4,000 when purchased from the
United States Glass Company
The new endless chain pig iron
moulds at the Bellaire blast furnace
were tried Friday and the result is
satisfactory except a few necessary
changes that are to be made. This ma
chine, it is said, will do the work Of
fifty men. The p. & E. engine, which
the steel company purchased recently
from the Pennsylvania Company. is 10
be used to push the heavy laden cars
from the furnace to the moulds. BY
the new process the sand beds are elm
ianted, the metal being cast in troughs.
The carriers and helpers have been
thrown out Of jobs by the substitution
of the machinery.
Some of the workmen at the mines
west of Bellaire are seriously consider
ing the matter Of changing their resi-
dence to other localities where work is
more plentiful. The little being done
at these mines during the past month
or more has been discouraging, but
there are few mines in Eastern Ohio
that are faring much better. The in
dustry received a black eye in the out
set this season by the lake carriers,
who foundsmore money in handling
ore than coal. There are reasons.
however, for thinking mining will be
more brisk from now until the first OF
November.
Another intrease has been given the
laborers employed in the Laughlin and
Aetna-StanTard tin mills. Notices were
posted throughout the mills yesterday
morning stating that an advance Of five
per cent. had been granted, taking eff
feet on July 1st three week ago. This
news was received by the men with
much qualification as il was unasked
for, as well as unexpected. About
three months ago the same men Dene-
fitted By this advance. were given an
advance of ten per cent. this making
a total advance of fifteen per cent.
There viii be something like six hum
dred men, all outside of the Amalga-
mated Association, reached by the adj
vance.
An effort has been in progress during
the past week to unionize the men en-
ployed in the works OF the Plate and
Sheet Iron Compass at WellsviIle, 0.
NJ T. Tighe, Of Wheeling, and Presi-
dent F. NJ. Shaffer, OF the Amalgamat-
ion. have been on the ground but their
efforts thus far have been only partially
successful. P. +. Smith, president Of
the company, is quoted as saying he
will shut the mill down before he Will