Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-08-02

and talk was melted during the oay py the
report that conference between commit
tee of the nailers and one of the feeders was
held at the St. James hotel yesterday and
the question of the feeders demands fully
discus
What
THE EXACT RESULT
Of this meeting was could not be learned
o ecisely, but it is authoritatively stated
| that an agreeable compromise was made, to
the effect that the feeders will be allowed
their demand that three per cent OF their
number be taught to grind, two per cent 10
be selected by the factory manager and one
per cent by the nailers. What other buF-
ness was done could not be ascertsined.
| However an effort will be made to induce
all feeders to stand in with the nsilers in
their efforts to retsin thetwo per cent scale.
| Thls action puts
| NEW PHASE
on the matter and the fight will begin in
earnest now.
A reporter met one of the feeders who has
| taken q machine in one of the mills, last
|
| the action would be.
at is too late" said he. THE nsilers
had over month to give us an answer be-
| fore their convention, and now we do not
propose to recognize their concession at all.
We have made arrangements and
SIGNED AN AGREEMENT
to take the mnchines and propose to see it
through. There may be several OF the I'm
| ion members who will leave Us and 60 to
the other side, but can say with confidence
| that about three hundred men will stick b.
us, and take machines. The nsilers fear
| that we will make success of our attempt
and are becoming frightened, but as | said
| it is too late now The fight will begin to
get awfully warm now and you may look
| out for something new almost every day.
There are several nail men from other
mills of the Western district in the city,
probably called here to confer with GU!
uailers in respect to the situation.
TIE same number of feeders are still a.
work in the Benwood factory and say they
INTEND TO STICK.
1t is expected several additional machines
| will 60 q tomorrow at this mill.
A, the Riverside FIVE feeders were at work
alu about FIVE more will he added to-mor.
roS. The boys are making fine progress
| rhe Is Belle will go on Tuesday with nine
machines The Top mill will also resume
tomorrow morning with thirteen machines
run by feeders, part of whom will come
from Bellaire and the other from the Top
| About thirteen new machines will also be
| added at the Belmont tomorrow, which will
make twenty nine machines in operation.
At the Bellaire factory eightyfour ma
chimes were running yesterday until the
breakdown occurred which compelled the
factory to lay oil.
THE MILLS ABOVE.
The Steubenville Gazette, in speaking o.
the situation up there, says: The nail ques
ZION is in statue quo to-day, the nallers
having taken away all their tools before ten
| o'clock, in accordance with the order. |
| js impossible to learn the intention of the
management as all feeders and nailers
claim that no one will be found to take tn
| places of the nailers Mingo and Brillian
are in the same shape as yesterday, nothing
being done, aud from all appearances moth
| ipg likely to be done.
| The renewals of the Riverside Iron Works
are progressing rapidly under the able ano
rfhcient superintendency Of Mr.. 'Spearmau
| The foundation of the stack will be finished
today and the superstructure will go upim-
! medlately. In the stock house foundations
have been laid and strong tresthng put Oh
to support the track through the upper part
This work has been a Godsend to many O.
ne idle men of the city, as all the men en-
ployed are with two or three exceptions res
idents Of Steubenville The company will
spend at least $l25,000 on renewals and tht
expenditure for labor and much of the ma
terisl will be in Steubenville.
The Lsughlin mill at Martins Ferry will
probably not resume until some time during
the week, the time until then to be utilize;
in getting the machines in shape.
The rollers, heaters and their helpers will
hold meeting this afternoon in this city t.
take action in regard to the question.
It's understood that fifteen men were dis
charged Yesterday from the B. & o. shops
some being taken from each department
The shops here are running only eish
hours a day. while the shops at Bellaire ar,
running on nine hour time, three days pc:
week.
The Glass Situation.
st q meeting held in Martins Ferry yes
,erday of representatives from three Of the
glass factories in this vicinity, the tollowinl
action, looking to an end OF the lockout
was taken:
MARTINS FERRY, 0, August l, IS.
To the manufacturers of the Ohio Valley
who have their employers locked out:
The locked out glass workers do respect
fully submit the following propositions
towards ending the present lockout. We
ssree to resume work upon the old wages
moves and system or will take Duncan's
factory, which is Elson' proposition, or any
five factories in Pittsburg, barring
the OHara, from which we
will draw up list of moves
wages and system to work by until Sep
TENDER l, 1885, the manufacturers to select
two and the workmen three of said facto
ries from which to draw up said list; pro
vided the manufacturers do adopt on Sep
TENDER lst the list adopted by the A. F,
CIV. q. at the Philadelphia convention,
until the expiration of two weeks after Sep
TENDER let and continue the same, pro
vided the workmen of Pittsburg enforce the
same rules. If the Pittsburg men fail tc
epEore said list, the men and the msnufsc
turers of the Ohio Valley to draw up new
list to work BY in the Ohio Valley in the
future, the firms to reinstste all locked-out
workmen and to recognize all new com
mitees. The above rules to apply to fac
tories making lanterns.
| CSiQned A. +. G. W. u.
Conference COMMITTEES of Local Unions
Nos. 9, Is and 81.