Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-08-06
TIVE SITUATION
r. Fail Circles Practically an Ul-
changed 0ne.
Ire GIeanicgs Of a Reporter Who
Made a Tour OF tHe Various
Factories Yesterday,

but are apparently well satisfied with the
nails cut. A REGISTER reporter visited the
mills Yesterday and secured the few
points floating incident to an u~neyenttuI
dav. At the Riverside factory there are
still but eight men workin-. OF these but
two aIr mem hers Of the feeders union. A
nail, carelessly picked from each separate
box, in every instance showed fair work
I The finish of some OF the mel was
ABOVE THE AVERAGE,
while one or " new men turned out only
a fair nail. The manager stated to q re-
porter that the men had al gotten their
hand in, ard that they were obliged to thro"
out but few Of the nails. such as fell short
of the prescribed average are packed IN
kegs and sold at a lower rate than the well
finished article. This stock of nails is dis
posed Of at retail to customers about the
city, and are aold to any chance customer
who wishes fifty or one hundred pounds for
fencing purposes. The present force al
this factory Will not likely be increased Tor
several days, as the mill owners are san
luine Of winning the battie.
At THE BELMONT NIL
thirty-our hands were busy at work yester
day. and probably will not be increased for
a while, as the force is LARGE enough to sat,
isfv the management. The men are all
members of the union, and in conversation
with a reporter said they were confident OF
securing their ends. The bulk OF the work
turned out thus far is fair and is claimed
TO be constantly increasing IN excellence
A handful OF freshly cut mails, on being
compared with q like number OF old mails,
slowed ND tolsrsbly well and would have
required q critical eye to drtecta difference.
| John Nul,y, the cX-policeman, turned out
,weuty.ihree kegs for Monday work.
John Devlin, President Of the Feeders
| Union, stated TO the reporter that the iced
ers sill held to their old demand toc three
uer cent. OF their number 10 re taught to
gyird. and in aGGiuou three.litths OF the
proceeds. Even on this basis, he said,
'it is doubtful that the men would come
ont, as they seem 70 distrUst the ~naIlers, IN
case the trouble was amicably a adjusted Oh
any basis.
the Ia BELLE
factory had seven machines running ypster
day, the same number as tn day before.
The n expressed himself rs well
| satisfied with The work turned out, and dis,
plaved sample nails as evidence. A sligh'
accident occurred yesterday mornin- by the
breaking of a shaft. This, however, will
not cause much delay as the shaft had ben
! cracked for some time, and would have to
| have 0rrn repaired at az carly date at any
raie. The force at present at work will De
increased shortly. The company claims
to have had numerous applications
from feeders for work, all
Of the applicants being members
OF the feeders union. The number OF teed'
! rs wcraire at present is small, but VII be
ra-.ey increased at an early da'r, accord,
ing 70 the claims Of a prominent Official
TIE yAJLERS
Of tie various mills have secured tn hal
above Frank MOrans saloon SO o rendez
yous. and gather in large Numbers during
he dav tin. 20 confer on The situation. a
repor.td visited the hail yesterday atternoo1
aud held o short conversation viii certain
of The ]naiiers. The men present
a finn front aud are certain
heir terms vi, b. accepted when
ever b. manufacturers ar ANXIOUS to be-
gin work in earnest. They still laugh Al
the idea Of he feeders being able TO rIr
t-c naclinos any length Of time and clam
: a he mill owners will ere lon, become
di cus,ed with the new movement, wh'cf
81 prov, disastrous The ancient evan.
ole OF the Shoenrn5erErr mill III
Pittsburgh, several years ago
was cited. DO YOU know, said an ole
mailer. that that mill tried that dodge. anc
had the ADVANTAGE of securing men from al
ats Of the coantry, but gave il up att"r &
short Trial, during which they sunk $40,
uu0;' The denuhciations Of the feeders was
in several instances
IO"G As" DEEr.
and expressions used which were anything
but complimentary. Certain OF The Mel
were uoticeably nervous in their demeanol
in spite OF The sang froid hey rndeavored tc
exhibit. The majority OF them seemed
also averse to talking and hid ittls
10 say in reference 10 tn situation. IN
feeling Of some residents in the nelghoor
hood Of tie mills is one Of Uneasiness IS
they seem TO feel that the trouble vii. resul
in Disturbances Of some sort. Tn
opirion OF these few is undoubtedly a Dug
bear, as the mill owners and operative.
make light Oy.r the doubtless absurd view
of ,hr tjmid citizens. That there is con
siderable
EAD Eiour
e~Nistiu. cannot be denied. but outside of
wc,dv assault on the Riverside feeders Mon
day evening as they were returning hom'
from work nothing Of . tangible ~
tur { could be discovered 4 mill ot'icla
stated 10 o reporter that there WAS no dan
rer of any trouble, as he mills we're sc
cursd and guarded by watchmen who hl'
stric, orders to admit no outsider, Will
railers laugh at the idea.
Developments in nail circles in Martin
Ferry wer. rather scarce yesterday. Ia
came crew was on at the L.aughtin mid:
with the exception OF a couple Of the I'm
p:om?'W ~nailers, who werr oil nursing
SORE HANDS AND WRISTS.
4 meeting OF feeders WAS held Tucsla
night and a committee appointed 70 comic
with the nailvrs and feeders Of other fax
tories. The nallers still! seem to maiu:aI
their good spirits aud all seem coatidel
that a settlement is only a matter Of tiu'
Tie feeders wbo nave not taken machine
assisted by committees from the Wheelin
mills, axe working Ike beavers in thr hop
tlat the new crew eau De influenced 10 Ieav
tie positions they have taken. There hay
no new OILS zone in, and some Of those a
ready in show
SIGN o. wEAEENiNG.
On lie ottcr hand Mr.. l.auChIiu Saws
has had applications enough 10 fill his "a
tory already, and some Of the new nail"i
say they have gone in 10 stay. In convers,
ton Yesterday your reporter asked one
them If he was not satisfied with the naile'
promisr Of two per cent said he, ~
have twenty six per cent. of the feeders
work l%earnin- now, so why should we co,
descend to take two. The nailers n
think that as soon as tn, machines need
thorough overhauling and repairing, Il