Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-06-13
WHICH SHALL IT BE z
Ihe Question Of How Many Hours
to Work
Not Yet Decided-Interyiew With Mill
Men in Regard to the
Matter.

There was no material change in the
systemye of work at the different nail factor
les yesterday.
The Top mill only worked ten hours.
g The Belmont and Riverside were divided,
q portion stopped and the remainder work
ing eleven hours.
The La Belle worked eleven hours.
The Benwood worked ten hours.
The Laughlin mill worked eleven hours.
Last evening several OF the nailers were
interyie we'd by a REGISTER reporter. One
mailer, who Is in favor OF the ten-hour
system(, of the Top mill, in response to the
question "What is going to be done o
the ten-hour SYSTEM replied: "Oh, l
think it will
EVENTUALLY BE ADOPTED.
In fact / do not see how the nailers can get
around it and still consider themselves
1ood members of the Amalgamated Asso.
citation. This law OF ten hours in the nail
factory was passed at the meeting OF the
national Lodge last August, and how any
man or set of men, members OF an organi-
zation like ours, can, IN a local page, re-
woke the dictations Of the national lodge, IS
DCNOhO H. WILL
what is the use of :
AN ~AMALGkMATED ASSOCIATION?
Why, we had better not have an associa-
ton, and let every lodge take care OF itself,
and then see what set Of nailers will be the
first to kick against it.
But still they have set it aside" re-
sponded the reporter.
THAT is true, but / think they will come
to their senses in a very short time. II
they do not, u association is not OF much
good, and this will naturally cause q bad
breach in our ranks
Another mailer who is employed in the
La Belle mill was approached by the re-
porter and asked:
"Wbati is your opinion OF this issue; is it
to work eleven hours, or abide by the
laws of your association"
Il am not in a humor to be interviewed.
Come around next week and | will be able
to give you a more satisfactory answer;
but l will say this much,
THIS QUESTION Will BE SETTLED,
and that in short order. At present there
is a misunderstanding among US nailerS.
Now, when that meeting was held last
week, quite a number of the nailers did
not know that the question OF how many
hours to work would be preached; in fact,
| did not think that a question OF that kind
could be settled in our lodge, as the law
was passed By the national body, and could
not be revoked except by that lodge. II
our local lodge had the power to revoke
the action OF the national body, quite a
number Of absenteeS would have been
present at the meeting last week, but we
did not think Of such an action being taken,
and, therefore, quite a number did not at
tend"
The issue at present is
A DEAD LOCK.
The La Belle Mill working full eleven
bours has the advantage over those mills
that are only working ten hours, by gain.
ing an hours work each day, and that is a
big advantage in the present nail market.
Nails are in great demand, all OF the mills
receiving orders every day. The ~nailers,
see the injustice done some manufacturers
and a meeting of their lodge will be called
in a few days and the matter finally set.
tied.
ELMoNT CoCNTY's COAL INTEREST.
Last evenings Pittsburgh Telegraph con.
tanned the folio wing in relation to the Wheel.
ing Creek Coal Company, just west of
Bridgeport:
This company purchased one square
mile OF coal property " and a quarter
miles back from Bridgeport, on Wheeling
creek, made two fine openings into the coal
and have kept the mines running steady
throughout the past year, shipping many
thousands of tons of coal. The different
mines operated and being opened by this
company are under the general supervis.
ion of Mr.. ]. T.. Waters, a practical
and experienced mine superintendent,
with able assistants in charge OF
each mine. No. | mine here is a drift
opening into about five feet of coal. vii
liam Neil has charge, employing about 200
men. The miners receive sixty. five cents
per ton over al inch n a quarter screen
during the spring and summer, and seven
ty.tive cents per ton during the fall and
winter. The coal is brought forward a
long distance TO the drum.house on the
hillside and then lowered with drum and
wire rope down a long covered incline to
the chutes below. No. . mine, in charge OF
Henry Wilson, was opened oil the opposite
side of the ravine. The coal on this side of
the hill is somewhat thicker than on
the other, some of it being over six feet.
About l75 men are employed in this mine.
A large double tipple, with two tips, is
now being built between Nos. | and !, and
a tramroad is graded and almost ready
for the rails 800 feet up the raytne to No.
3 opening. made in the rear of NJ. l min
This is a finely timbered double track
opening. 1t is now IN 500 yards and will
be pushed straight back to LOO yards.
1t will be crossed by north and south
entries, off OF which butt entries
east and west will be driven on the double
entry system. The empty trips will all go
in on one track and the full trips come out
on another, thus avoiding accidents, delays
and confusion. The coal will be taken
from the pit mouth to the tipples with a
small locomotive and will eventually be
brought forward from the mine with wire
ropes. \ similar opening will also be made
across the ravine in the rear Of No. . nine.
Near the tippleS so large beehive coke ovens
have been built. The tracks are now being
lad preparatory to lighting them up. The
slack from all these mines will thus be con-
sumed. The company has built a large
boarding house and IS neat little dwelling
houses near the tipples; thirty OF them re-
Gently completed were set up on the side
Of the hill. At the present time about 81
cars of lump coal is shipped daily, with
prospects of increasing. Mr.. Waters ex.
poets to keep these mines running steadily