The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-09-20
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ThE CASE OF TIE uolLERs ST ATED
~" Fellow Worknia1t-, ,rltc Nuiicrs AMI ti,o
:, "Hcs!ster' Jointly Arrnigned for uni.ir.,
:, ness--The Case Of Del,non. Ledge ana N
Mr.. Martins sllsauo.cl Views. ], "
II the Editor af thc Iatdlcn,cer: Nv
SIR:-rcasc allow space in your yalua.
bic paper, TO reply to nh article tliat aajii nj.
pearcd in last Tuesday mornings hgisldr
IN regard 10 M interview Secretary Mar.
I'm, OF tl11 AmalgNmatcd Association, and
reporter Of the Pittsburgh Dispatch
,'ad about the Belmont Lodge seeding
from the Amalgamation. The Register, or
'''e Market street political dictator, gives
rehasll to Its readers Of language credited
to Secretary Martin that he never uttered
INC Register canno'hy any means forget its
oldtrick Of reproducing news from other
papers and giving Itself credit, thourhin
lncs'iaSys article "oAe OF the Pittsburgh
papers" is credited with quoting Secretary
Maflm as SAYING, III i were Victoria
Lodge Of the l.aBtllt 'EBtks, ;" tte. Fbs <
there is no such lodge in Wheeling rs
Victoria Lodge. s a Z, -. - -
Again tho Register goes on and gives,
Secretary, Martins views and quotcssliim
nm rs follows: "The resolutions were
evidently gotten up by the boilers and )
helpers, who will be thrown out Of omploy..
lneht by the use OF steel, and whom 9iWe Z
would therefore lose anyhow. Soft makes
very little difference 10 the Associution'
whether they 80 now or not" 1t is not
necessary to further criticixo tho ,Legisier
Ill its statement. Let the reader take both
morning papers Of Tuesday last, and he
can judge for himself which paner
gives the correct news rs b taken
from the Pittsburgh Daputch OF Monday
previous. The ISTElIIGENcEgf gives the 4
news to its readers honestly, and when It !
copies from other papers it gives credit to 4
,ilem. But the Register wants and claim \
the originality Of everything it publishes. Y
tevcn throws its shot and shell into tho :
rank and file Of tho boilers to get them
confused, demomlized and DISRUPTED, 4
raise howl OF secession and avail itself of
the opportunity Of giving. news to the Y
public OF the downfall Of the boilers.
The Register is and always was, tho
enemy OF the working man and friendly
to tho capitalist. 1t is cute; it very we'll 4
KNOWS which side 10 lean to when going, j.
TO take u tumble. Taking it for granted s
mat the views OF Secretary Martin or tic 4,
itegls'er arc correct, it makes but very it,
tic difference in tho minds OF the boilers, ,I
as they have 10 go tanyhow IL the Y
steel nail is q success, and Lin
case the boilers have TO 70, they have n
several advantages left. They are stout, /
able bodied men free from nailer's con- 4
sumption. They are men capable OF turn
ing their hands to any employment. They
can 10 anything from handling pick and
shovel to editing lying newspaper. But
the grandest advantage within the re,.cl,
OF the boilers, and one that they should q
loose no opportunity in accomplishing, is .
to desert the scab ship Of unprincipied &
towards, who stand aghast in terror OF the
captain Of the ship Monopoly, who holds 4
the rights and privileges OF his sickly,crcwy5
and says: you are my sailors; iisanyF Of
You mutiny l will put you in irons. !"
The Ergisier has steel man in its office,
who generally keeps the workingman's
enemy well posted on the. steel nail
question. This steel man says that the I
secession OF the boilers will!n6tsto,1withsS
the Belmont Lodge, md that the rupture
OF the boilers from the Association will Le /;
extensive: The writer hopes SO. This
steel gentleman feels little Indignant at
tho idea OF the iron nail manufacturers 81: :
this city together with lheir2i1 employees, (.
working hand in hand to prevent the Z
making OF steel halls and stop theme
from making their appearance. ihe sIc-$5
gestion presents itself here, tthutlitwouid y.
be 4 good combination TO down the steel I.
nail by the iron mail! manufacturers and .
their employees working together; and sec i,
II they would not make the steclnail 'tly. 4
The steel man, hoWover, is not one of Z
those Inconsistent kind OF people that
says one thing and docs .anotber!thjpr., S
lie is frank in his views, u good deal more 4
SO than the steel nailers are, for he states Y
positively that the nailers will not de- 4
mand the twenty percent advance fol; cut-iG
ting steel nails, and he also, asserts openly I
that the steel plate is harder 10 cut than
the iron plate is. Here is the mysterious ( I
point on which the nailcrs kept So mum. $
Again.. this steel gentleman is very sym- {.
pathetic i'll his feeling for the arm offtheS,
mailer, in the jarring il gets from cutting 4
the hard steel. But, ali! not one word of I.
sympathy for the mil feeders arm; arm ;lwho A
does all the work. - ID. s"l7 Iiss''5s3sf 4 I
Tho next local news the Register will
give to its readers will be, that the steel 4
men and aii the naiters had spent' last
evening very pleasantly out the like lat d 4
tally pulling, and that the affair had sur,
passed anything Of the kind ever gotten {,
up in Wheeling. This tany affair came I
about by the kindness OF the 5nailers not q
demanding the 70 per cent. 4 There ID =
every lhducement to make man ;happy
thrown out to tho nailcrs. The steel man A
says that the market is in their favor
steady work all the year round, and in tho 4
near future their wages will be higher, By :.
such lavish treatment and ill kinds Of IN.
ducements presented 10 the najlers. how i
could the rough and ready boiler have the I.
audaclty to approach mailer and nsks
him to make u demand of 20 pcr cent !? Y
The writer!, predicts, though, tlnltthc ilay (,
u not iar distant when this good feeling Of 4
fellowship and cordiaiity viii be burst IN,
twain and then the nail feeders arm will &
leel the effects Of the g iarrinp :
from cutting tho hard /, steel !, nail y
or the nailers' wages will not be SO HIGH 4
The Bcllaire tnailefsll llMf,a' ,a'r6nsidltcdl'f}jhE
saE,c ship crew rs theWhcclfinr1pIh,h ,laIlcr
only the Bellaire nailers have u little y
advantage IN their classification such as !
Golonels, stockholders, unprincipled afel- y
lows and seabs. The rank Of the Bcllaire !:
"Riiers is, IN fact, not nearly ass:uniform &
Us the steel plate Is, TINT the nail is made IA
ol; Boilers of:Wheeling and vicinity, II,
cal on you asia dlsntcrested party to So Sc 4
Gede C. IRON the Anagamation ut yonr' earl z
nest convenience. Desert the sinking slil;t q.
ana leaye nothing left, ifpossible, but the
rus. ou sec now at the present crcunl-is II; z I
stance That the boiler has to 60, and % z
with vengeance. But by tho eternal "
vengeance, We when they do 80 they.willigo a