Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-06-11

! ripple the output Of the Bellaire branch
and will give employment to proper
tionately large number Of hands. The
new building will be constructed on the
B. & o. property on Thirty-third street
and east of the present huildings, some
OF which will give way to the new
structure.
The strike among the sewer pipe
workers at Toronto has begun to be
felt in this section OF the valley. Some
OF the parties who have contracts with
the Toronto manufacturers are anx-
ious to have their orders filled and If
they cannot be the pipe will have to
be gotten from some other source.
Contractor T. J. Stringer, who has lines
OF sewer to put in at Martins Ferry
this season aggregating seven miles,
has been compelled to temporarily sus-
pend operation. 1t is necessary to do
the sewering during the good weather
and as the work will run late into the
season at best it is disappointment to
be compelled TO suspend al this par
ticular time.
The assimilation of the Unite States
Glass Company the tableware COM
bine has strengthened the belief of
manufacturers that success awaits the
efforts okthe promoters of the scheme.
In the absorption of the y. S. interests
the organizers take long step toward
the perfection of the trust. but it is
plain that many of the independent
manufacturers intend to stand out I'M
til something better than what has
been offered them is forthcoming None
of the local tableware companies has
yet decided TO sell to the combine and
the chances for any of them doing
so are not imminent at present.
The Riverside works have been in
full operation and progress is being
made upon all the big improvements
under Roadway. The contractor who
is building the trestle and the elevator
shaft for the coal storage house was
kept back somewhat by the rainy
weather, but notwithstanding made a
good showing for the week. A central
track parallel to the foundation walls,
has been laid lengthwise OF the coal
storage structure. AS soon as the tres
tie is completed the elevator and the
crusher will be put in, but this will
not occur for several weeks yet.
The Laughlin tin plant at Martins
Ferry still remains idle and there are
all sorts of explanations offered for its
being kept inactive. Many of these
are sensational and based purely upon
4 conjecture. There is a story going the
rounds in Martins Ferry that the pro-
duct of the mill has not been satisfac-
tory ef late but the past record of the
plant would hardly bear out this belief.
But still the solemn fact remains that
the mill is idle and the prospects for
its starting are, so far as inications go,
not fiattering.
In accordance with the resolution
passed a week ago by the Belmont
Trades Assembly, the committee des-
ignated has been making a canvass of
the labor unions on the Ohio side of
the river in the interests OF the electric
railway employees on the B., B. & NJ. T.
line. Yesterday it was understood
that considerable funds had been sent
IN to Treasurer T. l.. Lewis, who will
make an equitable distribution to the
employees needing assistance.
strike occurred among the rollers
and helpers at the La Belle the middle
OF the week. the immediate cause for
which is alleged to have been the dis
charge OF William Lewis, the hos. roll
er. There appears to have been other
complications in the dispute, though,
and while the men returned to work
Friday, matters still remain in some
what unsettled state.
Early last week the trouble at the
mines of the Pittsburg Block Coal Co.,
south OF Bellaire, was compromised.
and the men went back to work Tues
day morning. The employees were
granted satisfactory compensation for
dead" work and in turn the miners
agreed to waive all objection to the
screens.
A threatened strike at the Flushing
coal mines out the C. L. & w. road was
averted last Monday through the med
iation OF Secretary IT. l.. Lewis, OF the
Ohio miners union. The trouble
arose over the miners demand for a
check weighman which was granted
by the company.
The plants of the Wheeling Steel
and Iron Company have been in steady
operation the past week and no seri-
Gus breakage or mishap to property or
life is reported from any of the con-
Germs operated by the corporation.
The work on the new building being
erected by the Novelty Enameling
Company. at Bellaire. has advanced to
the stage where the work will soon be
under cover.
Rodefer's glass works at Bellaire had
a good week of it and were only inter
rupted occasionally by employees having
to drop out on account Of the intense
heat.
The Wheeling pottery is running
lively in all departments and the work
of converting the old sanitary depart
ment into a general ware department
continues.