Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-30

deDartments. The brick work on the
new coal storage building is progress
Ing satisfactorily. The new gas tahk
ii the upper end of the coke plant was
Given a new coat of black paint during
the week. The Riverside company, as
has been chronicled, has purcnased
large tract Of land north OF lneil
works with a view of extending tne
mill yard and having new addltions
put up. Among the new structures 10
be erected by the company during the
coming year will be a steel plant ana
coke plant, as previously mentioned.
The south end of the mill grounds Is
being cleared at present, preparatory 10
the work of constructing the coke
plant
On Tuesday a force of Pittsburg steel
workers. under the direction OF Con-
tractor G. J. Matthewson, commenced
the work of erecting large new cast
ing house at the Bellaire steel WORKS.
The structure will be located near the
nresent blast furnace and will be quite
an Improvement to the big mill. 1t is
to be constructed entirely OF steel ana
will be about one-hundred and thirty
five feet long, fifteen feet wide and
eighteen feet high At the delivery
end of the casting house, large tank
will be put up. The tank is to be nine,
ty-seven feet long, three feet WIDE ana
four feet high A large number OF the
mill laborers will be engaged In the
work of constructing the new addition,
which will be pushed forward to COM
pletion as rapidly as possible.
The Novelty Stamping Company, at
Bellaire, are making preparations 10
put I'D a large new factory, to DE 10
Gated near their present plant. Inc
new building will be a modern struct-
ure throughout and will contain the
latest improved machinery. With the
new addition, the company will be able
to turn out various kinds OF ware IN
the enameling line on much larger
scale than at present. The new plant
will give employment to large force
of hands. 1t is said that work on the
proposed building will be commenced
some time shortly.
On Wednesday, the day and night
boys and the day girls employed at the
Noeelty stamping works, at Bellalre,
gave their company a five days notice
of their desire for an advance in wages,
The boys demanded thirty cents more
a day and the girls one dollar more
per week. A compromise was effected
yesterday between the company and
employees, the boys accepting raise OF
ten cents day and the girls accepting
a promise of an increase Of one dollar
q week at a later date.
A new tin department is being equip
ped at the Whitaker mill and will be
finished some time during the coming
week. This mill was formerly sheet
mill, and according to reports, other
tin mills are to be added to the Whit
aker works within the next few
months. 1t is said that the plant will
shortly be in possession of eight tin
mills. The Corrugating Company is
purchasing a great amount of the
product from the mill.
The Register is authorized to say
that the statement published in the
Intelligencer, relative to the absorption
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Bellaire, by the National Enameling
and Stamping Company, was unauthor-
ized and almost wholly untrue. Such
a deal will probably be made, but the
particulars in the publication referred
to were absurdly incorrect.
A new coal mine will be opened at
Benwood Junction by John Brooks, of
Moundsville, about the middle of next
month. The bank will give employ
ment to large force of men, and is
assured a thriving business. Mr..
BROOKS has received the contracts for
furnishing coal to the B. & o railroad
and Riverside mill companies.
The Riverside coke plant employees
have organized union, which is to be
known as Local Union No. 1924, A. F.
of L., and have elected the following
named officers: J. H. Carpenter, Presi-
dent; E. f. Beall. of Bellaire. Vice
President; w. L. Van Horn, Financial
and Recording Secretary; Charles Sea-
bright, Treasurer.
On Tuesday ait noon the carry-in
boys, employed at the National glass
factory in South Bellaire, struck for
an advance of ten cents per turn, which
has caused the entire plant to close
down. Forty carrying-in boys are en-
ployed by the company, and they have
been receiving forty cents per turn.
The sixty-days option held by the
National Enameling and Stamping
Company, of New York, on the Novelty
stamping factory at Rellaire, expired
on Wednesday, and the deal was de-
clared off by the combine. The man
ufactory will therefore continue to run
under the present management.
The tin workers will hold a conven-
ton at Columbus next week The
meeting will not include the real MAX
ers of tin, but will include all those
employed in the dipping houses and
other minor departments. The tin
makers are included in the Amalga-
mated Association.
The Bellaire stove foundry was start
ed up on Monday. after having been
imperative for two weeks, undergoing
repairs and improvements in the var
ious departments. During the idleness
new machinery was put in.
The Wheeling iron and steel works
continues to operate in full.
The Bellaire steel plant is running
as usual.