Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-04-23

The Meeting Of Manufacturers b
this City, Yesterday.
Eighteen Mills Representative New
Officers The General Office to Be
in This ciy---The Next
Meeting at Columbus.

Eighteen nail mills were represented at
the meeting of the Western Nail Associa-
ton, which convened in this city yesterday
morning. These mills, with the number OF
machines contained in them, and the anne
of the gentlemen representing them, are as
follows:
Wheeling mills-Riverside, l40 machines,
J. N. Vance and j. D. Culbertson; Wheel
ing Iron and Nail Company, l26' machines,
C. d. Hubbard; Belmont Nail Company,
40 machines, ]. D. Dubois and Thomas
O'Brien; La Belle Nail Company, Ito ma
chimes, q. NJ. Priest and G. A. Robinson.
Bellaire-Bellaire Iron and Nail Works
1875 machines, j. r. McCourtney and j. w.
0glebay.
Martins Ferry-Lsughlin Nail Company,
l2O machines, Alex. Lsughlin.
Benwood-Bsnwood Iron and Nail Com.
pany, l40 machines, Alonzo Loring n
George W. Wise.
Mipgo-Junction Iron Company, l26
machines, Samusl1aughlin.
Steubenville-Jeferson Iron Company,
1876 machines, W. Il. Waters.
Misunderstanding Iron Company, 10
machines, G. II. Spaulding.
Pittsburg-Chess, Cook Il Co., Sc ma
chimes, Water Chess; Jones Il Laughlin,
60 machines, G. NJ. Lsughlin; lug L Co.,
SO machines, A. F. Heating.
Sharon, Pa.-Sharon Iron Company, -
machines, G. Il. Taylor.
Cbicago-Calumet Iron and Steel Com.
pany, 100 machines, Col. Bradley.
Terre Haute-Terre Haute Iron and Nail
Company, l2O machines, F. NiPpert.
Ironton, O.-Kelly Iron and Nail Com
pany, II machines, j. A. Kelly and BENZ
Fisher; Bellefontsine Iron Company, "a
machines, f. d. Norton and j. G. PEBBLES
The meeting was called to order at II 40
| o'clock in the psrlors of the Lincoln Club,
BY Mr.. J. n. Vance, First Vice President,
who presided in the absence of the Presi'
dent, B. F. Jones, of Pittsburg. The ques.
lion of q removal of the general Office of
the Association to this city or some point
further west was then taken up and dis
cussed for a considerable time, it being
finally decided to locate it here, Wheel
ing being a much more desirable place than
any other from the fact that not only are q
majority OF all the nail machines west
Of the mountains located within
essy reach of our doors, but
otre also is located the
general ofice of the United Nsilers OF
,merica. a labor organization which will
necessarily be brought into very close rels
non with the manufacturers in the future.
he Pi tsburg delegates made no effort to
rstain the headquarters in that city, and
there was very little opposition to Wheeling
in any quarter.
This question settled, the association pro-
ceeded to ballot for officers, with the follow
ing result: President, j. n. Vance, Wheel
ing; First Vice President, C. L. Fitzhugh,
Pittsburg; Second Vice President, W. 81.
Wallace, Steubenville; Secretary, Geo. W..
Wise, Wheeling.
The delegates then briefly discussed the
| situation of the nail trade, and the prospect
Of a change in the card rate, but nothing
looking toward a change in prices was done.
One delegate, who talked to a REGISTER re-
porter, after the adjournment of the meet
ing, said the members were really as much
IN the dark as any one about the future
| either of prices or the steel nail. He said
4 great deal depended upon
shat the price Of pudding would be
next year. II the puddlers hung out for $3.50
per ton, the steel nail would continue its
onward march, and prices would 60 up. II
pudding should be put down to 81 or $3.50
be iron nail would have another lease OF
life and nails would come down very mate.
rally.
Another delegate in response to an in
quiry as to the reason for removing Secre'
AIRY Weeks, said there had long been great
| dissatisfaction with Mr.. Weeks through his
connection with the Iron Age, aud that in
asmueh as it had been agreed to remove the
headquarters from Pittsburg the members
telt that the moment was a good one to in
stall another secretary. The same delegate
said the removal of the headquarters from
Pittsburg had long been sgitsted by West
ern mills, and it was IN Difference to them
that another point was selected. The gen.
eral iron manufacturers would like to have
seen the eaequarters sent to some other
| point-Columbus or Indianapolis for in
stsnce-but fortunately they had no inAu'
ence with the trade.
The meeting seems to have been
very harmonious, and came to a close
about two o'clock, the last business trans
acted being the adoption of a resolution Of
thanks to the club. The delegates then
repaired to the New Mcclure House, where
an elaborate banquet had been spread, in
the best style of this celebrated house.
Covers were laid for twenty.eight, and the
delegates, with Messrs. W. Il. Woodward,
of Birmingham, Ala J. P. Gilchrist, of this
city, and j. N. Robbins, of Cleveland, as