Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-02
THE INDUS TRIAL WORLD.


LOCAL AND 1ELEGR
An important event in industrial cir
cles during the week was the confer
ence held on Monday between a COM
mittee of the steel workers, employed
| at the Wheeling iron and steel works,
and President C. Russell Hubbard, OF
the company, and which resulted in the
men signing new wage scale, where
by a compromise was effected on the
basis of what was asked for and what
was offered. The new scale comedies
an advance in the wages of the en-
ployes of from ten to fifteen per cent.
on an average, and in some respects is
equivalent to the scale that was paid
prior to the last reduction in 1897.
Under the new scale, some of the jobs
have been increased 20 per cent. and
others have been advanced 10 per cent.
1t was adopted with satisfaction to all
the parties concerned and will take ell
feet during the week.
A large force Of men are at work at
the southwest corner OF the RIVERSIDE
mill grounds, at Benwood, engaged in
excavating for the foundation for the
new coke plant to be erected by the
Riverside Iron and Steel Company. The
new coke plant will contain sixty ovens,
which will make it as large as the pres
| ent coke plant at the Riverside works.
! The plant will cost thousands OF dol
| lars and will give employment to
| large force of men. 1t is said that
when the Riverside company signed the
contract for the erection of the present
plant it agreed that if the first plant
| proved to be a success that another
plant should be constructed. The pres
ent plant has been operating satisfac-
torily to all parties concerned ever
since it was started.
The KOOntZ coal mine was closed
down on Tuesday at noon, on account
OF lack OF orders and the prospects
at present are not very bright for an
early resumption of operations. The
bank has not been working steadily
ever since it lost the Riverside con-
tract, and as it appears that the COM
pany cannot compete with the other
mines in the vicinity in prices, it is
generally believed that the mine has
| nearly played out.
According to an announcement, the
receivers OF the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad, have been authorized by the
court to lease to the Riverside Iron and
Steel Co., a strip of land, $500 feet
long and 20 feet wide, adjoining the B..
& O. tracks in Marshal county, w. Va.
On the leased strip OF ground addition
al tracks are to be laid for the purpose
of facilitating the handling of cars that
are run to the Riverside works over
the 3. & 0. road.
The Secretary of State has issued
charter to the Riverside Pottery Com
pany, of this city, which proposes to
operate the North Wheeling pottery
plant, with an authorized capital of
100000. Charles w. Franzheim,
William A. Isett, jeremiah A. Miller.
William A. Wilson and William F.
Stifel are the incorporators.
The old Barnard brick works, west
of Bellaire, now being controlled by tho
Suburban Brick Company, continues to
run in full and is turning out large
consignments of brick of an excellent
quality. Quite number Of orders
from various points are on file at the
plant.
1t is said on reliable authority that
the Enterprise Window Glass Company
located at Dunkirk, Ind, and in which
number of Bellaire parties are inter-
ested, are looking forward to the sale
of their plant some time during the
coming fall to proposed glass COM
bine.
Owing to the fact that practically
the entire output of beSsemer pig iron
during the last six months is con-
trolled by the large steel companies,
the metal is scarce at present and the
trade in the east has become very
much alarmed.
A large new picking machine was
| completed last Monday at the mailing
department of the La Belle works.
The machine is 4-wing construction
and is one of the largest of the kind
now in use in this section of the coun-
try.
The Pittsburg Block Coal Company's
mines, located south of Bellaire, are
being operated in full. The company
have on hands large number of or
ders which will keep them busy for
some time to come.
The Stanton Heater Company, Of
Bellaire, have decided to locate per-
| manently at Martins Ferry.
The price of tin plate has advanced.
to $1.30 a box more since the tin plate
trust was organized.
The Bellaire steel works is being OPP
Grated in all the departments.
The Riverside iron and steel works
| is running in full.
| The Wheeling iron and steel works
| is working as usual.
STEUBENVILLE INDUSTRIAL.
Steubenville, O., April 1.-The stock
| holders of the Steubenville Wall Pap
| er Co., having received the incorpora-
| ton papers this week, they organized
| by electing as directors: John Nc
| Clave, President; J. r. Kendall, Vice
| President; ]. H. Undertake, Secretary
| and Manager; c. H. Steele, Treasurer;
w. S. Walker, DR.. J. A. Mccullough,
DR. F n MAXWELL The at her stock