The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-11-30
|TOFORM A NEW UNION
A MEETING OF rnE NEW aA11Ens
To orvnni.. national sOelsty for their Pro-
lection and the FutthoranSS of their In.
tsrssts-ThS Work to be oemplstsd
Next sunday-Nau News Notes.

A very largely attended meeting Of rep
resentatives of the nail.feeders now en-
ploYed in the factories OF this city and
other places where the seventeen-cent
scale is in force, was held yesterday alter
noon in the hall Of NRilieeders' Union No.
l in this city, in the McLain block. The
object OF the meeting was to take the pre-
liminary steps toward the organization Of
a trades union ofthe same general charac-
ter as the United Eailers before its ANAL
gsmation with the Rollers and Heaters
Association. The organization is intend.
ed 10 DO national in its scope. The work
of forming the union was only started yes
terday, and the meeting adjourned to re-
assemble in the same place next Sunday
afternoon TO perfect the organization.
President Hill, Of Union No. l, said
last night that tho meeting was fully
representatiye one, and the prospects fol
the organization Of national union were
bright. Tho organization will naturally
be comparativeiy limited in its member.
ship and influence at first, but Mr.. Hill
thinks it will grow rapidly, and become q
power in the nail trade.
TALK or NEW NAIL wokEs.
Mr.. A. R9ckerhauseu, the Bsllaire Goa
generator, makes the following proposition
| lie will give the ground for the erection
Of a matt mill on his premises, and agrees
to take stock in the mill amounting TO the
value Of all his property excepting $4,000
which sum Is a debt against the prem.
ises. The Bellaire Tribune, in speaking
Of this offer, says: eat low estimate
this prope ty is worth $4,000 and posses
SEES every advantage Of location, besidel
being underlaid with coal which is easy
Of access, We understand Mr.. Rocker
hansen is corresponding with nail men in
regard to this matter, and that it is by nj
means improbable that ere long We will
have another nail mill. )"
The striking nailers OF Pittsburgh havI
received q Communication from the Mayo
of Gallipolis, o., who says that he hal
been authorized by E. Betz, a Council
man Of the town, TO offer the nailera an ad
vautageous site Of four acres and So, 900 il
money If they would locate their proposed
cooperative nail factory there. Tn.
writer speaks OF the many natural auC
other advantages Of Gsllipolis, OF it's rive
and railroad interests, and expresses the
hope that the offer will be carefully con
sidered.
TnR TERRA HAurE FACTORY.
The management OF the nail works a
Terra Haute Ind, have decided TO put
tine puddlers at work single turn to-day
This will give. employment 10 100 men il
that department. The mill does not neet
the iron at present, bnt it will be needed
before spring, and it is thought best t
have 1t made now. The nail works COM
pany does not desire to give any mort
feeders mschines atpreEOnt, hut the man
sgement say they will probably do &C
soon. Several applications Tor machines
have been made. There is q rumor a
Terra Haute thatthe mill will soonbe run
ming full alldepartmeutg. The leedersar'
seeking employment elsewhere. Las
week party OF four or FIVE went to Can
tralis, Ill. The mill there is running IN
Ill 9o'cleCk at night on the q cent scale