Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-07-30
ANOTHER FACTORY ON.
Three Factories and Thl~rty-four
Machines In Operation.
The Riverside Resumes With Four Machines
~~--ImpOrtant Meeting Of Nail Feed
srs Last Night---Generai
Nail News.

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Things among the mills yesterday re
NAMED in about the same condition IS on
the previous day with the exception Of the
resumption Of another factory. The matter
still continues 10 be the one universal topic
of conversation and is discussed on every
hand.
The Belmont was on yesterday with fit
teen machines in operation, making nine
and ten penny hot and three penny cold.
Three of the boys were running two ma
chimes apiece, and most of the nails turned
cut were very fair specimens. It's learned
that several Of the Chattanooga nailsrs who
are in town dropped in during the day to see
how the
ROYs WE'RE GETTING ALONG,
but whether they assisted them any could
not be learned. 1t is said that sorne one
got in the factory the previous night and
knocked several of the machines ous Of
gear by screwing down the moving knives,
putting the gauges ont Of shape and other
wise getting the tools out o.
order. A mailer said yesterday that
these d~epredations could not be charged to
them, as they were all bitterly opposed to
any such action; that it was evidently some
one who wished to sntagonize their inter
ests by doing these petty acts, and thus
create q feeling Of bitterness against them.
Whoever is doing il, if caught, the managers
will make it dear work. Jerry Donovan
was yesterday sworn In as special police 81
the Belmont, and will hereafter watch pro-
ceedings around the mill.
AT THE BESwooD FACTORY
nothing unusual occurred yesterday. FIT
teen machines were still in operation, and
the boys were only meeting With ordinary
success. 1t was rumored last evening that
four men had quit, but the report could not
be substsntiated. 1t has not yet been dis
covered who broke the bead stones at TIT
mill, but the managers state that they vii
be prosecuted ifdlscovered.
Meeting q well known manufacturer yes
'erday be stated to q reporter thststhe thing
was q go and they intended to put the feed
ers in as fast as could conveniently be done
he also stated that the report that a con
ference of nail manufacturers would be hello
in Pttsburg soon,
IS WITHOUT FOUNDATION,
that no meeting would be held until the
80 regular one, which occurs in August.
How do you suppose the Bellsire mill is
making money at the nailers scale, when
he mills here esnno do sop'
well, | do not know anything about
that. Probably Mr.. McCourtney could tell
you As the reporter was unable to see
the latter gentleman, the question still re
mains unanswered, out itseems to be a very
pertinent one.
The Riverside factory opened up yester.
day morning, and FIVE men were booked to
go to work, but at the eleventh hour one o
them, an old feeder, came to the conclusion
hat he would not 60 in. The other four
men went to work and started up their ma
chimes making eight and nine penny. Thu
nails turned out were fair to medium, al
though it is the FIRST time several Of them
EvER GROUND 4 MACHINE.
Additional machines will be started as sool
as expedient.
1t the Laughlin mill, in Martins Ferry
the situstion still remains unchanged. Tht
feeders have not gone to work yet, ano
probably will not until the first of mex
week. Everything is apparently ready foI
resumption, except that there are no took
to work with, but this defect will likely bt
remedied by Monday. One of the nailers
said to q reporter last night that they had
nothing much to say about the matter.
The machines are there for the feeder
to run if they can" said he, land if they
we are sent for and our scale is signed"
ONE OF THE FEEDERS
who refused TO take machines, said tina
while he was sorry to see it, he believeo
that the cause OF the nsilers looked ex
eeediDgly blue. There are sixteen feeders
on the list to take machines aud also
three u~silers, two Of them from Chattanooga
and n from Omaha. There have also been
several applications made by e~x-puddlers to
the heating furnaces, and the prooabilitie,
are that some of them will be accepted
when their services are needed.
In accordance with the notice at the ToJ
mill q number of the nsilers yesterday tool
their tools from The factory. This factory
it is stated, will not resume until some tim
next week, although nothing definite could
be learned about the matter.
The LaBelle notice gives the nailers un-
I'll Saturday evening to take their tools out,
out a number OF them did so yesterday.
The factory will not open until some TINT
next week.
NAILERs A~ND.FEEDERs CONFER.
Yesterday morning q well attended con.
ference meeting Of nailers and feeders was
held at MOrsn's Hall on the South Side.
Feeders from all the towns in the vicinity
were present, being those who we're not in
'svor of going to work on the machines
What the exact object of the meeting wa
could not be ascertaine1, but it was learned
that the question was discussed pro ano
con and some satisfactory conclusion ar
rived at.
Last night a meeting Of the feeders Wa
held at the same ball, and it was lsrSel,
attended by workmen from Martins Ferry
8ellaire, Benwood and the mills in this city
1t is learned that resolutions were adopted
censuring the course taken by the othe'
feeders in accepting the machines. A.
tar as could be ascertained, no other actor
was taken, and the meeting adjourned
They will probably holt another meeting il
the near future. Things are beginning t.
take on an interesting shape, aud the nsxi
week will probably show sp the situation il