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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1894
Page
3
Reports detail long standing labor unrest at Wheeling Pottery Co and related plants. Workers demand changes in pay and conditions amid a citywide industrial pause, with unions preparing for a Labor Day parade and factory remodels progressing at Riverside and other sites in Wheeling.
A visitor asks how the bronze bronze color on ship guns is achieved as Jack explains the cleaning and polishing process. The guns are coated with grease for rust prevention, washed in lye, dried, and then revealed as a gleaming tube.
Big salt geyser on the Archar farm bank of Middle Island Creek attracts daily sightseers from nearby towns. Owners William J. Co. of Pittsburgh report the water spouts forty feet high from a 3/4 inch casing. Salt spray fouls fish in the creek, killing them or driving them away. Locals note the spectacle draws large Sunday crowds and wonder if the well will exhaust or bring any real value.
The Wheeling baseball team lost at Irwin park South Side nine to sixteen to the Marietta professional club. Pitching changes and wild deliveries marked the game as Marietta outplayed Wheeling with key hits including a homer by Francis. Attendance reached about four hundred as Wheeling faced mishaps and frequent crowd heckling throughout the long, eventful contest.
Dr J Julius Richardson returns from foreign lectures and plans to open an office in Washington as a specialist. Mr Harry Beck and Miss Nellie Logan wed quietly in Wheeling. couple to reside there after seashore trip. Dr S M Steele and J E Roberts back from Steuvenville races. entries planned for Driving Park and Fair Association meeting starting soon. Local residents hosting visitors include Ed Kirkbrine and son Earl in town. W B Rogers and wife from Waynesboro spend Sunday with Dr T S Rogers family. Jack Boober of Cameron visits S W Boober on Tenth Street. J P Burley enlarges Lafayette avenue office to move Marble and Granite Co works. upstairs to be a residence. Miss Syliia Robinson returns from Wheeling. Prof D Williams and family vacation in Hannibal OH. Dr Clyde Ford now surgeon in NYC. E L Powers of St Louis visiting. Rev Walter Alexander family visiting. Republican County Executive Committee meets to appoint officers and central committee for campaign. Captain A O Baker visiting daughter in Parkersburg. Marriage license issued to G W Gatts and Edith A Brows of Woodlands. Board of Education of Washing District plans Limestone school house. old building dilapidated. Robert N Humphrey to Baltimore to arrange broom manufacture. Gen H Jones to follow. Teachers examination set for nearby towns. Profs Powell Tolbert to assist.
In Gip sy Grove Rev Sam Jones preached to a large crowd as Mr C R Drelin completed a well at Bron’s last Sunday. Local conventions for the Munington district race formed Democratic and Republican groups with officers elected and pledges to support Cleveland and the Wilson tariff. A large turnout and social events Fill the town with meetings, visits and sports as Mannington and nearby towns share reporting on politics, community news, and baseball results.
Bargain Bulletin announces the purchase of the Rochester Clothing Co stock at assignee’s sale and offers the entire stock on the market for a few days at reduced prices. Bargain hunters are urged to call early as the opening announcement signals further deep cuts to finish the stock.
A major fire today morning swept through Rochester New York wholesale clothing district on St Paul Street. Hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of clothing destroyed. A partial stock of Vine Clothing made for spring market was saved and will be sold at a heavy discount.
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