Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-05-29
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A REersTEs reporter visited all OF the
nail mills of the city yesterday. and found
that it had been agreed among them 70 re-
iect the scale presented last week. Thnrs'
day night will bring the expiration OF the
time. and should the scale be still nm
signed at that time, all of the mills Of this
vicinity will close down. IL Is expected
by tie nail men that ONE or moro Of the
sheet, bar or guide. mills may sign bat
none of the exclusively nail mills.
s. me of the Pittsburgh papers seem 10
believe a strike is not necessarily ineyIta-
bic here and one thinks "the sheet mills
will sign the scale, and indeed the nail
manufacturers themselves have admitted
that this was to be expected. MI Whita-
ker signed the sSsie Internationally last
wear, and when the strike was finally set.
tied without the advance being granted
the employees OF the mill, Nithoot solici.
tation, released him from the contract and
accepted the same wages as paid In other
mill. This action strengthened the already
harmonious relations between the opera
tor and workmen ut this mill, aud il is not
theus bit that any trouble will occur between
them at this time. The Stan lard WORKS
will surely run il Whitaker does. and the
IEtna will be forced to follow suit or sscri-
zee lis trade to the others. 1t is said that
the mills at Irontsn. ohio. and the Stand
ard, of Chiffon. West Virgins, will con.
time after June LIST at the old scale; also
that the Pomeroy mill hss arranged co run
copditionally end abide be the decisian OF
other points as to wages
AT Amalgated headquarters all the
foregoing received credit except that re-
garding the Pomeroy mill. Secretary Mar
tin doubted whether any mill would be
worked conditionally, inasmueh as this is
against the policy OF the campaign. There
has nothing transpired in the Pittsburgh
district to DAY. The Secretary said that
manufacturers who have called recently
at the headquarters expressed themselves
favorable to a change OF the scale year
from June l to one month later, and
general shutting down in July and August.
In Oliver Bros. Il Phillips Tenth street
mill the double pudding furnaces are Ue-
ing torn out to make way for single fur
naces. As this will take two months it is
not at sll probsble the firm will sign the
scale for this mill. Secretary Martin is
under the impression there are many other
mills that contemplate extensive repairs,
and because of the scale year ending with
the present month these repairs Will begin
in June. Were the two months yearly
shut down agreed 10 all this Work would
be thrown over TO the hot season aud the
iron workers BE- relieved of the most eN-
acting work Of the year.
According to another paper, there has
not been any marked change in the sltua.
ton OF affairs between the workmen and
manufacturers during the past week. To
the great majority. q prolonged suspension
now seems inevitable. Thursday next
will witness the expiration of the existing
scale, and work will then be stopped in all
mills in which, up to that time. the new
scale shall not have been signed. The only
substantial hope Tor an adjustment
of the differences between the
mill owners and the Amalgamsted Associa.
ton was based on an improvement in the
price OF iron. That hope has been utterly
dissipated by the events OF the past few
weeks, and each party TO the contest has
settled down in the conviction that the
wages question must be settled in the old
and expensive way-by resort to the test
OF endurance. That the steel mills will
continue in operation is generally under.
stood and il is conceded also that few OF
.ha iron mills will SIGN the scale