Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-01

BETWEEN THE MEN AND THE O.
v. T. & L. A-THE MIME AND THE
MINERS EOYCcTTElD-OTHE IN
DuSTRIAL NOTES, BOTH LOCAL
AND FOREIGN.
There is a peculiar situation at the
Richland coal works at the present
ime. Within the past week the min
Lrs have had several meetings with the
ohio Valley Trades and Labor Assem-
\ly, the results of which have never
ZEN made public. After the final
Getting between the miners and
fades Assembly, the following card
as published by the later body
"NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.
I'm order to correct the erroneous
Impression. and to rightly inform the
public of the conditions of the Richland
Icoal mine, we hereby notify the public
that the above said mine is a non
NDion mine, Mr.. Gilchrist having re-
fused all terms of an honorable settle
ment, after the Trades Assembly had
taken up the case at his request. There
fore, his mine is an unfair mine, and
all men working therein after this
date will be considered unfair work
men, or scabs.
"OHIO VALLEY TRADES AND
LABOR ASSEMBLY"
A representative of the miners now
working at the Richland mines called
at this Office last night and made the
following statement of the whole af-
fair, with the claim that it is the truth
of the condition of affairs now exist
ing. He also claimed that the men now
n orb AAN 1,4
Trades Assembly. In order to make
the explanation more clear the whole
trouble from beginning to end was
gone through with and is about as fol-
lows:
Last July, miner named Samuel
webb employed at the Richland mine,
was discharged for loading copper
\Stone. 1t is the rule for operators to
lwarn men caught loading dirty" coal
once or twice, after which it is the
operators right to discharge the min
"a. The local trades union ordered
(eir members to come out on a strike
id stay out until Webb was reinstat-
Mr.. Gilchrist took the matter be-
Fe the Ohio Valley Trades and Labor
bsembly, which body decided that
de miners were wrong in
Y$tated and drew up a contract on
the Coo basis between Mr.. Glichrist
and the men, Notwithstanding the
DECISION of the Assembly, several of
the officials of the local trade union
<Sand few men refused to go to work
until Webb was reinstated Mr.. Gill
christ would not take Webb back, so
the officials who refused TO go to work
wanted the other men, some forty in
number, to come out. The men re-
L fused to do so because Mr.. Gilchrist
had lived ID to his contract made last
July with the Trades Assembly. Then
the matter was laid before the Assem-
bly, this week by the officials of the
local union, who were trying to bring
the men out. The men were called be-
fore the Assembly and instructed to
\come out. They refused. Their char
er was taken from them and the union
lssolved. They applied for a new
bartS=Aou NGepnds that the con-
t drawn UP by the Trades Assem-
and Mr.. Gilchrist had been lived up
W Mr.. Gilchrist and the men now
work This was refused and the
We notice published. The men
Ike this statement for the benefit of
public and claim that they are
ht, and are not "scabs," as the
ides Assembly would make it ap-
r.
OTHER INDUSTRIAL ITEMS.
he La Belle mills continue to run
night and day in order to fill the
ANY orders. A new pair of shears
N be put in at the plate mill. Work
the job will be begun sometime this
EEK. 1t was reported yesterday that
e tin mills would be layed off after
e last turn. The cause is said to be
ant of orders.
The Wheeling Ice and Storage Com
hny are rebuilding their ice storage
hilding, the old malt building corner
wenty-third and Water streets. The
door of the second story in the north
ern end of the building has been taken
put. This improvement will just dou-
BILE the company's capacity for ice
storage making capacity of 4,400 tons
of iee..-This will make the chance for
a~Shortage of ice in summer almost an
impossibility.
The Mckay Shoe Machinery Manu-
facturery Company's branch recently
established in this city has made a
pretty fair start. The headquarters of
Lie I'LL Is III bUSlOH. Inc Drdncn at
this place manufacture nothing but
shoe nails. The plant has a capacity
for rs machines, or about As 900 pounds
of nails per day. At the present time
there are only 26 machines on, which
turn out about $4,000 pounds of nails
per day. The nails are shipped to all
parts OF the country. There are about
Forty hands employed at the plant at
he present.
The Wheeling stamping works have
ust completed very prosperous year.
hey congratulate themselves that they
ave had no shut downs during the
ast year and throughout the whole
Eme with a few exceptions they have
cen on night and day. The whole
Hiding has been fitted out with steam
eat. An effort was made by the COM
any to put in mill with which to roll
hit their own brass. The project.
bwever, fell through, and had to be
bandoned. The company has, how
Fer, increased its employees roll 20 per
mt.
The Whitaker mills will be closed
wn for the coming two weeks to al
" the company time to take stock.
The Belmont nail factory was closed
wn after Friday for an indefinite
u 3riod. The cause could not be ascer-
a 9ned.