Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-02-15

Yesterdays Conferences Of the
kalIers Of the CITY.


Yesterday afternoon there was . very
largely attended meeting Of the makers OF
this city, At NeLanes bal, called WITH the
txo tod object OF investigating the stand
taken BY the Nail CITY Lodge, and OF con
sid<ring the difficulties nos pending De
tween The nailsrs aBd pOddIers- The ses-
son was very short one. and from EhsI Ee
were able TO learn, no action whatever vas
Z aiken iE regard to the matter last above
named The case Of the Nail City Lodge oe-
{ eHpyirg, exclusively, the attention OF the
neefing. President Weihe, OF the AnAlgA-
mated Association, vas said to be present
Those taking part in the conference we're
extremely refieent as to what trAnspIred,
and but little could be CLEANED As 10 the
proceedings Il is intimated by some Of
I the psiIers that they feel that thsT have the
best Of the controversy, and prefer TO await
some action from the Puddlers before
taking
LIKE DEFINITE ACIIOS.
There wa also 3 meeting OF the Bel
mont pudilers at ST. Alphonsus ball
Yesterday afternoon, at which 8 com
/ mlttee Eas appointed to consider and
Z report upon the present state Of the trouble
| and to D . proper remedy. Ihls
committee will assemble at the same place
this afternoon these Puddlers were paid
OF in full yesterday, bat we're not dis
charged, as had been feared BY some.
As II LOOKS TO Outsiders.
In connection with the present somewhat
! complicated state Of the nail trade the fol
| - .ka Efnarnn Naknn
from the New York Iron Age, viii be read
With interest:
There are ~coutending influences at work
and, while the msjority Of manufacturers
are undoubtedly firm at the recent advance,
| there are ~instAneesin which the price asked
g. Is. il shaded. We have traced a few
| reports of this kind, relating to transactions
st $l.lO or less, 10 special circumstance
uhich should not be regarded as rejecting
the true condition of the market The
causes of the Western advance, which LED
those here, are fully and clearly discussed
below. This market is very closely watched
even BY many who have no direct interest
il it, because the advance is regarded By
many as the hsrbiuged Of better figures
generally, If maintained. 1t is urged thai
! recent events in nails prove what al De
done BY insisting upon higher yaluea- This
"a undoubtedly been the case quite geuer-
a,ly. though not universally, and the efortt
Of the near future on the part Of nail manu-
fscIurers should be 10
STRENGTHEN INA POSITION.
As to the situation in this city and yicin
iiy. the same journal says:
H. rnnsEEefal IN TrNr
circles over the first and second advances
at Wheeling in the price of nails has been
-jiil luther increased by q third advance
These three advances have taken place In
side of two weeks the last one having been
made on Thursday, the 5th, and the FIRST one
two weeks previously. The occasion Of
these advances We have already explained
10 be the fact that the Wheeling nail manu-
fscturers, upon taken account Of stock the
first of the veal, found such q decided loss
on the business Of the last six months o.
1884 that some Of Them determined either
to secure better figures or TO
STOP N~ASUFACTCRISG.
As the stocks Of nails were in the hand
Of the manufacturers, and as II appeared
that the mills adjacent to the great distnb
utipg centers Of the West, St Louis and
Chicago, we're practically without nails, thu
Wheelings mills, some Of which had quite
large stocks felt themselves in a position to
make the first advance, which was not NJ
10 he views Of some of the mills. This I'D
vance seemed so well maintained that a.
their De1t meeting the card was again ad
vanced 10 81 20, and at the third meeungt to
81 %. where IT now stands. Nearly al, il
10. all, Of the Western mills have agreed &c
NAISrAIS The ADVANCE.
The only ObjectiOs that seems to be made
70 il on the part of any OF the Western mill
is the effect il maj have On labor. Tha'
TIE advances we're necessary, and that ever
at the present rates no more than act "a
cost is received for nails, is conceded By al
manufacturers, but the advances wen
deemed by some ~nnEiSe, o n the ground thai
hey would be taken by labor as an indica.
lion Of an improved condition Of things
~hich does not exist, the real significance
Of the advance not being any iu prOvemeni
in demand, but a desire on the part Of the
mills TO save themselves from loss. Labor
in the nail mills of the West, equally with
that in mauy Of the iron mills, is passing
Trough
A PROCESS up READJCSTHCST.
Whatever may be the views of the work.