The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-09-18
IRON AND STEEL ilE. NAILS
What Dir. Jarrett Thinks Of the nollers'
flilse. "a I.4t Trouble Her. s .s1llIgI,l.1g

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Trouble Here. ;.E
81 Yesterdays Pittsburgh Comm,rreital-
Gazette has The following. John jarrett
returned yesterday from Wheeling. While
there he made some inquiry both among
the manufacturers and workmen in regard
to the steel nail which is now being manu-
iactured in two mills in TINT city. He
does not think tho steel nail will take the
place Of the iron one. II talked viii, u
Prominent builder and contractor while
there" he said, "and hc told me Tint he
aid not like the steel nail MS we'll ms
tho Iron, and that he thought Il never
could DO successfully used lit tho place OF
INC Muer. Why tho Belmont Lodge
Withdrew from the Amalganated .Asso.
citation am not able 10 state. think II
was n footisl, move. Tho Belmont mil Inns
not introduced tho stcel-workinp nroccss
asyct. understand, however, tInt there
was some dissatisfaction among TIN work.
men. THOSE not making steel nails wanted
the cutters in tho Riverside and Hcllairo
works to demand 20 percent above The
price received Tor making iron nails iIc
workmen refusing to do this gave origin
to the trouble" lr5 "'.}7''' o &C. e.
"What effect will it have upon the work
mcn?' sN'-' Wy '' !" -
swell, II throws tho boilers mud helpers
out where 1t is introduced. True, Il gives
employment to other men, but not 50
many Dy aLy means rs It turns ont I'm
skilled, labor takes tho place Of skilled
labor" 49,
:, "llow about h, the advantage to the man
az can't see that tho making NJ steel
nails VIII ~, DcneiIt'sthem to any great ex-
tent; Ihey'placc their product on the
market ma !owcrpTcp thaniron nailsurc
sold for and what little advantage there
Is goes 10 the consumer. linrlly believe
That the manufacture OF steel nails will be
Introduced into Pittsburgh from the fact
that don't think it would pay tho man.
afactares to make the change"
tN THE COMING NAIL.
Tho Dispatch has the following express.
lon from well known iron man.
"Alanniacturcrs were forced into the
steel hall business by the action OF the
Amalsa'natcd Association, and have no
'ss''s III easiiiS mat stcel nails Will
soon entirely supercde iron" This re,
mark was made by A. I. Heating ycstcr,
day in the presence Of u Dispatch reporter.
and when asked why he thought so, said !:
Because steel nails can be produced so
much cheaper than iron. 4 mailer can
cut more OF them in day than OF iron.
und the steel nail plate can be produced
Mt so much less cost. To-day tho steel
nail makers arc rolling out steel rails ut
less cost than we can produce muck bar.
Now you want to know why. Simply be.
cause We have to pay such n hici, price
for pudding. tell yon that it Is only n
question ofa very short time until the
| Amalsamatcd Association will have
driven every single article OF iron out OF
the market. saw steel rivets Il few DAYS
ago that were equal to any iron ever saw,
and cannot begin to make them ut the
price they were produced Mt. 1t will be
} so III all departments shortly. They will
soon make bolts, nuts, fall kinds of angles
and structural shapes. Everything, in
. iact, VIII be made from steel, and the
skilled ironworker will be compelled to go
out West and learn to plow."