Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-08-20

MANY met at Bellaire on Tuesday, and
transacted such business as usually
comes before a stockholders meeting.
dividend of 100 per cent. was declared
IN the original stock, which IS S40,ooo'
This does not, however, represent ene
real profits of the investment Inc iac'
is the company has increased the NUN
Der of pots from 10 to 80 without IN
creasine the capital stock, and hence
the apparent profit. The plant was lot
merlv located in Bellaire, but IN le9o
removed to Dunkirk, Ind. The STOCK
holders and officers of the company are
all Bellalre people or formerly resided
there. and the fact that the corporation
was chartered in Ohio makes 1t neces-
sary to hold the annual meetings there.
The BOARD of Directors which was re-
elected Tuesday, is as follows: PreSl-
dent, Joseph Bates; vice president, Jas
Defibaugh; secretary treasurer, L. n.
Johnson. The other members are A. j.
Bates. M. J. Brand, Aug. Schick and
George Walters.
There was a rumor started last week
that foreign capital was figuring on
purchasing two breweries in TINS sec
ton. the Belmont at Martins Ferry,
and the Schmulbach brewery at Thlrty-
third street The frequency with whlch
such propositions have been made to
the brewery companies during the past
wear would lead one familiar with the
situation to pay little attention to such
rumors.
It is stated that the Marshall County
Commissioners will soon let the con-
tract for paving the county road at the
Narrows. When the Moundsville, Ben
wood & Wheeling street car line was
built it was one of the conditions that
this work should be done, but recently
the company settled the obligation for
$4,000. and the commissioners Will
shortly fulfil their duty to the travelling
public.
Mr.. A. ]. Bauer has been elected vice
president of the Ohio Valley Trades and
Labor Assembly, to take the place OF
Mr.. Thos. Duffy, and Mr. Frank Thomas
has been made secretary to succeed Mr..
T. V. Salisbury. Both gentlemen stand
high in the counsels Of labor and will
doubtless prove efficient officers.
The stockholders of the Steubenville,
Mingo & Ohio Valley Railway Company,
in which Martins Ferry and Wheeling
people are interested, met in the Office
of J. H. Mckee, Esq, in Steubenville,
Monday evening, and elected the fol-
lowing officers: Board of Directors,
VIM. H. Hearne, VIM. Lipphart, F. H.
Eicke, L. g. Hallock, L. Z. and H. S.
Sands and John H. Mckee. The Direc-
tors organized as follows: President,
VIM III. Hearne vice president, VIM.
Lipphart; treasurer, l. e. Sands; Sec
rotary, f. H. Eicke. They also awarded
contracts for ties, rails and much other
material for the electric line between
Steubenville and Mingo. L. G. Hallock,
of this city, who is an experienced con-
tractor, will have charge of the work
which, it is expected, will begin at the
Mingo end this week.
The efforts of the American Glass
Company and the Window Glasswork-
ers' Association to settle the wage scale
for the coming fire has proven futile,
and it now looks as though the work
ers and the Independent manufacturers
will fight it out with the combine.
There are about $4,000 men connected
with the workers association, and with
rich treasury they seem determined
to make a stubborn contest
The proposed corporation, the Pitts
burg Coal Company, which is to in
clude practically all the mines and min
ing properties in what is known as the
Pittsburg railroad coal district, sent
out its prospectus and underwriting
agreement yesterday. 1t is announced
that the company will be chartered I'M
der the laws of New Jersey with a cap
ital stock of SCI 100000. OF this total
divided into $4,000 shares, one-half
will be issued as per cent cumulative
preferred, and the other half as COM
mon stock, both full paid and non-as-
sessable. A fund of $2,500,000 is first
to be provided for working capital and
for securing the mines and plants. The
effect this gigantic combine will have
upon the market is under consideration
by mine owners in the Wheeling dis
triet.
The National Tube Company, which
recently absorbed the big Riverside
plant here, continues to increase the
number of concerns in the consolida-
ton. On Friday the management COM
pleted deal for the plant of the Pitts
burg Tube Company. situated in that
city. The mill was owned by James H.
and Thos. G. McCutcheon. the Lind
say heirs, and the Crane Mfg. Co., OF
Chicago. The plant was started up
about six weeks ago, and has been run
ming steadily since. 1t has been rush
ed with orders and is putting out a
large amount of pipe.
The lamp chimney scale is still
hanging fire, and it is probable that an
other move toward a settlement will
be made within the next week. Con-
trary to expectations, the factories in
control of the combination did not
start Wednesday as had been announ-
ced. w. J. Smith, President of the
American Flint Glass Workers Union.
is in Philadelphia, where a settlement
Of the scale is pending.
The Wheeling Pottery is running as
usual. Work on the foundation for the
new Riverside coke ovens is progress
ing rapidly. A large consignment of
bricks has arrived on the grounds.
The Belmont mill is on in all depart