Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-08-26
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WOridOf Labor


One might say there has been no ad-
vapce nadeSin the iron and steel mar
kes, although many men who know the
markets well, predicted that last week
would show quite an increase in trade
but this failed. When the market is
SO cFlll ait present what would it be, if
all NE mills and furnaces were on
whicn are now off on account of the
scale OF prices and which both en-
plOyer and employees are making a
bold fight, with the outlook for a
strike.
The cut in structural iron failed to
cause much of furry in the mar
kets. and this product is still a slow
sale. All manufacturers journals is
advising the consumers to buy now
while the market is low. In Pitts
burg last week. sheet bars sold for
1880 per ton when only few weeks
ago, they were firm at s37. Pig iron is
very dull, and southern furnaces are
renting new ground to store their
stock. Sheets have cheapened and a
further decrease is expected. AS for
The last few weeks the greatest de-
mand is for finished iron and steel
products. The eastern markets show
ed a small gain last week.
Three furnaces are now on at the
Riverside tube works and 1t is said
chat the prospects are encouraging that
khe entire department will be operat-
ing In full in about two weeks. A
humber of hands were at work on the
threading floor during the week and
q considerable lot of tubing was cut
land shipped to different places. The
Riverside plate workers have not yet
returned to work as the wage question
arising between them and the manage
ment has not yet been settled
The new pumping station for the
mill will soon be ready for use. All
the inlets were finished during the
week. The plant has been equipped
with three large pumps, with capa-
city of 1000, 900 gallons Of water every
twenty-four hours, and will therefore
be perfectly capable OF furnishing all
parts of the big works with a much
larger supply of water than at pres
ent. The station cost thousands OF
dollars and is a vast Improvement.
The new Riverside coke ovens will
also soon be ready for operations. The
west section has been thoroughly
dried out and the east section is now
being tested
The Riverside blast furnace is on
as usual Hundreds Of men are EN-
ployed in the tube works and they are,
mo doubt, exceedingly pleased with the
outlook for an early resumption in
this department.
Another furnace will be started up
at the Riverside tube works to-mor-
row and it is said that the rest Of the
department will resume work as soon
as there Is a sufficient number OF or
ders to warrant q steady run. This
furnace has been idle for eight months.
The Lower Benwood iron works was
Idle the past week and will not likely
resume for several days to come, at
least p faSsSs of repairers has been
at work fitting up the big blowing en-
CINE with new valves and new springs
and arrangements are being made to
set the new spur wheel in position.
At the Belmont mill a large force
of men are engaged in making i'm
provements and the work is progress
ing satisfactorily. Two new heating
0utnaceS anu SlA ne" gao piouuC0lo
have been completed and the work of
lining the blast furnace is half finish
ed. Two stones have already been set
up and the third stone is being placed
in position. The boiler walls are also
nearly completed. The Sterling boiler
workmen have erected boilers under
which the foundations Will be placed
by the brlcklayers at once. The big
plate department of the mill is still
ruorlyfn0 ciOQla turn