Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-01-14
FURNACE FIRES
In All the Nail Mills West Of the
Mountains Will GO Out
Tonight.
Stove Moulders' Union-- Reduction
of Wages Western Pig Iron
Association Formed.
Tariff Talk and the Action OF ths
Pittsburgh Committee--Nsw
Furnace Patented.
Special Dispatch to the Sunday Registe

PITTSBURGH, January 13.-The regular
monthly meeting of the Western Nail As
sociation was held in this city Tuesday
last. There was full attendance OF the
members but no new business OF import:
anee was sbrought up. The resolution
passed at the last session, ordering that all
nail mills belonging to the association
should be shut down for four weeks from
the 18th inst. was reconsidered and finally
reafirmed. Letters and kilograms were
read from a number of firms declining on
varioub pretexts to shut down. Prominent
among these is the large establishment
of Brown, Bonnell and Company, OF
youngstown, Ohio. The action OF
these firms was very severely cricised by
those present and some were in favor OF re-
scinding the order for shut down, but 1t
was at last agreed to adhere to the original
programme, and accordingly the fires in all
the nail mills west OF the mountains will
be allowed to go out to night, not to be re-
lighted for four weeks and perhaps longer.
Some days since notices were posted in
all the stove moulding foundries OF this
city, to the effect that five per cent. re.
duction will be demanded, to take effect
on the 4th day of February next. This
notice was posted in pursuance
of an agreement between the
stove MouIder's Union
and the manufacturers that either side
must give thirty days notice previous to
den anding a reduction or an increase. l
have seen seve raj of the gentlemen con-
nected with the largest stove moulding
foundries with reference to the cause OF the
reduction asked. They say that the Pitts
burgh manufacturers are forced to ask
such decrease in the pay OF their men in
order to compete with Western manufac-
turers. They cannot meet the selling price
of the Western stove-makers and pay the
present price on labor. The molders have
held a meeting to consider the matter, but
nothing definite has yet been decided
upon. TheIrules of the Molders' Union is
that any lodge or member, before going on
a stri Ike, shall notify the National Union
of their intention. II they strike without
taking such action they are not allowed
the benefit of the association. Another
thing that compels the stove manufacturers
to take this step is the competition OF con-
yict labor in New York. Perry, Sard q Co.
are the largest manufacturers of stoves in
the country. Their factory is at Sing Sing,
New York, and they employ l,07l convicts
at the great State prison there, paying for
their services 80 or 40 cents per day for each
man, and they can furnish stoves to the
ives tern trade at much lower rates than
other max ers. In addition to this the fac
tory is furnished By the prison authorities,
and the firm pays neither tax, rent or in.
surance. President p. +. Fitzpatrick. OF
the Union, says the offer of reduction will
not be accepted here or any place, and we
may, therefore, look out for one more
strike.
The organization that has been talked of
among the pig iron men was finally COM
pleted at the Monongahela House, In this
city, Thursday. The association will be
known as the
Western Pig Iron Association.
and promises to be one of the strongest of
the many trade unions. An election of of
feers resulted as follows: President, John
J. Spearman, Sharon, Pa; Vice-Presidents
A B. Cornell, Youngstown, o.; r. l.. Mar
tin, Fairchance, Pa. w. II. Wallace, Steu-
beuville, O.; Walter Crafts, Columbus, O.;
Gen. Wm. Warner. Tecumseh, Ala; John
S. Speer, Pittsburgh Wesley Wilson, Pitts
burgh; Secretary and Treasurer, Joseph ID.
Weeks, Pittsburgh. The headquarters of
the new association will be in this city.
and its meetings will be held here. At the
meeting at the NJ Monongahela House repre-
sentatives were present from all the large
cities and larger towns throughout the
West and South. Most of the firms not
present in person sent letters strongly en-
dorsing the objects of the association and
pledging their support. Before adjourning
to meet at the call Of the chair, resolutions
were adopted endorsing the report OF the
Tariff Commission, and requesting Con-
gress 10 adopt it. The following commit
tee was appointed to visit Washington in
the interests of tariff legislation: J. J.
Spearman, W. II. Wallace, J., d. Reynolds,
J. J. Pierce, James I. Rhodes, A. b. Cowell
and Wesley Wilson.
There was a meeting of the tariff commit
tee of the Western Iron Association,
Thursday, in order to consider the changes
that Lave been made in the tariff bill by
the Ways and Means Committee. There
was great deal deal OF dissatisfaction ex
pressed, particularly with the proposed re-
duCtion on tin plate to / 10 of a cent per
pound. while the very material from which
II is made, ,cold-rolled steel or iron is assess
ed at 2h cents per pound. Mr.. Joseph d.
Weeks, the Secretary OF the Association,
and a plumber of the members of the COM
mittee bave gone to Washington in accord
aDce with a resolution passed to make an
aggressive movement in defense of
Pittsburgh's Iron and Steel Interests.
Before his departure Mr.. Weeks said that
the committee would fight for the adoption
of the report OF the Tariff Commission as
against either the Senate Finance or Ways
and Means Committees reports. Hon.
James II. Hopkins, Democratic Congress
man elect for this district, accompanies the
delegation and will aid them in their fight.
When the Bottlers' Association was in
session here, some time since, wrote you
that the bottlers were very much dissatis-
fed at the low rates of duty under which
foreign manufactured mineral waters were
admitted. At that time a resolution was
adopted 10 fight the proposed bringing Of
the alleged natural or Apolinaris waters
into this country eatirely free OF duty.
The Senate Committee has decided TO
reccommend q reduction in the duty on
imported mineral waters, and the bottlers
are very displeased thereat. The local
association in this city will send delegates
to Washington to endeavor to
Protect Their Interests
A convention of the miners has been
called TO meet Monday next for the pur-
pose Of fixing the price of mining for the
river pits until spring. An effort will be
made on the part of the more aggressive
cent per bushel. The operators on their
part have resolved to demand that the
men submit to reduction.
For several days past some experiments
have been conducted at Glenwood station,
which if finally as successful as.the inventor
claims, will introduce method OF making
iron that will revolutionize the iron busi-
ness. The inventor is man named
Adams. The general style Of the turnsce
he has patented resembles the common
heating furnace, with the addition of the
reducing hearth, This is a chamber filled
with coke or its equivalent for generating
purposes. Upon this is placed acompound
of lime, tar and coal which forms a smooth,
porous bottom. The coal and tar holds the
fuel in a mass, which is sufficiently porous
to allow the reducing gases from below to
penetrate and deoxldize the ore. This
bottom prevents the reduced ore from in
termingling with the coke. The pre-
pared ore is charged upon this bottom as
level as possible and covered with q
neutral slag to protect it from the action
of the fame.
AZ q welding Heat
decomposition and decomposition takes
place rapidly. An eye witness says that
the newly patented furnace is capable of
producing q heat of sponge ball ready for
The muck rolls direct from the ore every