The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-10-23
THERON HE 0Nl@W0RKERSi
AND THE PRESENT SITUATION

iITttl y A,T5sT5' s'f1 itsll III a. 4 5li3
Of the Iron and Nail Industries In whs cling.
Tho Lockout OF the Nailers--Ths Idls
III Boilers-wiatE Various Glasses say
III About steel Nails md Iron Naila.
The strike or lockout Of nailers In the
Wheeling mills has revived the public
discussion Of the various questions con.
nccted Will, tho nail industry which have
recently attracted public attention, par.
ticularly the success Of steel nails, and tho
effect Of the innovation upon the leading
manufacturing interest Of Wheeling. The
Bcnwood, Belmont, LaDelle and Top
mills were still idle yesterday, though the
LaBelle nailen held u meeting yesterday,
aud It was reported later TINT they Ind
come to mn understanding with their en-
ployers. Tho agreement is that tho fac
Tory committee shall decide whether
breakages arc 10 blame upon tho liailer,
mud II so, that he shall DO charged with
them, butil not tho company shatl stand
tho loss. The factory will start up ut once
The boilers Ia ali tho mills but the
Belmont were idle, and these boilers
having withdrawn from the Amalgalna.
ton, nre notallectcd by the present strlKS;
The Riverside mill is IN operation IN oil
departments. - 5,@C4r..s.,
~ seems 4 li!tle curious 10 onlsluets
alter the protest o. the boilers against u.
refusal OF INC nallers 70 demand 1lie eHlia
pay Tor eating steel mans, 10 see Inc p9 IlI
ers come out WIN the nailers ~ strlk.
in the interests OF the latter, .bnt Of conrs s
50 long ~ they arc members OF inc Also ].
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| 4 reporter yesterday met one OF th'
boilers resent!y thrown out OF employ
ment by the adoption, Of steel nails, ah'
asked him what the ld!e boilers were 90
Ing. Nothing" WINS DIS reply, "A yer,
lew OF them nave gone mo othcr Dusl
ness, ana some have gone 10 other place
) and secured employment IN nail mills o
merchant mills. three or Jour are VOTE
lng IN merchant or sheet mills IN w
vicinity, but tite most OF 'nem are 81
idle. guess the majority OF them INN
tits not worth while 10 seek other en-
ployment Tor awhile yct. EIeryboa
VINO knows anytfilns about IL Rhows ca
III spite, otall mat has peei SAID ny IN
manufacturers the steel mai IS not yet
success, and for my, part ! have Away
said it never would be: am IN no MUIR
, to hunt up y new JOB, Tor 1t IS ohlya 9ues
ton OF time when we get our OLD place
( back: Stoek holdefs are not gong y
stand THIS steel nail 1ooiiShness 'lore!e'
q 1t Is losing game the mus are playing
and by and by they will draw out" b
ANOTHER VIEW OF STEEL NAILS,
Finding the success Of the steel nail OK
pertinent still mootcd question, the II
, porter hunted up u well known mill mar
, not q boiler, but practical niun know
!, Tor his intelligence and general iniorml
! ton touching iron and nail making, an
,, asked him 10 give his opinion of the stee
nail. All or, Etit.I.
In the first place, this gentleman dc
clarcd, the so.callcd steel nail is not stee
, nall It is made Of fine quality c
, IRON continuing IoW percent ol CaEuoi1
but not rs good an iron as the Jllniat
bloom. lie regarded It as very inprob
able both on theoretic grounds and iron
observation OF the work SO fur, that thes
nails would ever DO y success except thos
Of small sizes for box innhing or o.he
light work in soft wood. lie says tn
nail must either be made so soft that i
will bend il driven in hartl wood, or g.
brittle TINT the head will fly oil: 1t woul,
be impossible to countersink them.
i Again, he said, tbs nail cannot be eco
nomically made, because the spr9p eapno
be worked over rs IRON can, anu lhefe Is
ha E rnm nrI st"el ;r.ots Than betwcc,