The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-06-17
SHEET MILLS START.
~ AennfatRaT IS AnR1vED "a

AN AHhEtAAEN& ~ AettAtAN - -
the ntanufacturera,a and Amaiga.
nations Committee, Leaving the Old
Ran aud Cracked Iron CLAUSE uaset.
tied-The Saii Mills san Idls.
The conference between the committees
Of the Amalgamated Association and the
Iron Manufacturers at Pittsburgh yester-
day was protracted, and the clauses Of
the scale concerning which there has been
the mast trouble wusleft unadiusted for
the present. Its said on good authority
that there were several very lively pass
ages during the session, and the confer
ence was about to dissolve, when q propo.
sition was made and accepted which tenn.
pofarily avoids the difficulty.
This proposition was that the old rail
and cracked iron clause, In the sheet-roll-
ers' scale, printed in yesterdays 1STRILI-
dgScRR, be referred 10 q special committee
OF sheetiron manufacturers and another
Of sheet.rollers, they to agree upon the
scale tarsheet.t olling as best they can, In
the meantime the sheet mills will start
up; the other departments running under
the old scale, until this matter Is adjust
ed. It Is understood that the two sub
committees of conference TO whom the
Objectionable clause was referred, will
meet within q week,
wnEELISo MILLS ArFEcrRp.
The action Of yesterdays conference
will enable the Whitaker sheet mill, of
this city, and the Standard and Etna
mills, OF IEtnaville, to start up as soon as
they eau get ready to resume work. The
Whitaker mill. while IL makes sheet iron
exclusively, does not use old rails or old
rail iron, and wasnot individually inter
ested in the dispute over the clause con-
earning this kind OF work. The Standard
mill Is In the same situation. Itrolls no
old rails. The !Fstaa mill is the only one
10 this vicinity which will be affected by
the decision Of tho subcommittee as to
what shall be paid for rolling old rails.
This mill uses come old rails or old rail
Iron.
These three mills alone are benefited by
the agreement yesterday. The nail mills
have little orno dealings with the ANAL
gan1ated Association since the nailers,
feeders, heaters and rollers organized their
Independent unions.
THE NAIL MILL SITUATION.
A representative manufacturer, one Of
the leading mill officials OF Wheeling, said
TO IN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. last evening:
81 do not look for an early solution Of
the difficulty in the nail mills. Idonot
see how the difficulty can be adjusted be-
fore tho middle OF July. The mGnufac-
turers have already done all they can do,
intima.ingto the naiiers and other work
men their willingness to enter into a con-
ference whenever the workmen were
ready. The United NaileIs have no pro-
vision in their organization for q confer
ence committee, and this defect in their
rules can only he remedied by q general
meetingof matters. Their annual conven:
ton meets in this city July II, and 1 do
not expect to see anything at all done to.
ward starting the nail mills until alter
that date, II then.
"0ur organization. you see, stands on an
entirely different footing from the Iron
manufacturer Association. The latter
includes all sorts OF mills, ana its mem-
Observation-Disclosures Agreat
many work on speclalties, and cannot
stop, or are not willing to stop. With US
it Is different. We are all in the same
boat. We all make nails, and what is TO
the interest Of ono man Is to the interest
Of all the rest. II is therefore folly TO ex.
pect break in our ranks"
a NAIIERs' VIEW.
In. spite Of this view, which prevails
with all the manufacturers who have been
seen since the strike began, the workmen
continue to predict an early start. Said q
mailer last night:
II believe the mills have accomplished
what they wanted, and are now about
readyto start up again. They wanted to
stop awhile, and preferred to have the
public regard 1t as a strike than as stop
page OF their seeking. That Ia all, in my
opinion, there is in the situation"
The Riverside steel plant started up
yesterday, as announced. This stimulated
the hopes OF the idle workmen still more,
though tho manu[act nrers unite in assert
ing that this resumption has no signih-
canoe in connection with the nail strike.
The repairs at the La Belle mill will be
completed this week.
There Is no new development in the
situation at Bellaire.
THE PITTSBURGH AccoUST.
That oniy the pittsburgh arills
wiii Start.
The following Associated Press dispatch,
received last night, differs somewhat from
the account Of the result Of yesterdays
conference given above, but it is believed
that the above statement 10 more reliable
than the following on points where the
two do notagree;
PlrrsBuRoH, June 16.-The iron strikein
this district sat nend. Thescaleh hiss bean
signed. and general resumption Of work
will follow Immediately. Outside Of Pitts
burgh, however, the strike will continue,
and the mills Of Chicago, Cincinnati,
Wheeling, the Mahoning and Shenango
valleys will remain idle for anindeHnite
period. This Is the resultof to,day's con:
ference.
The manufacturers have agreed to sign
the scale, leaving the disputed question Of
wages to be paid the sheet iron men,
for working old rails, to COMMITTEES Of
seven manufacturers and an equal num-
berof workmen. This agreement was not
to masters operating mills
west Of Pittsburgh, and they withdrew
from the conference, ayowfnR thatunler no
they will 1.-THE demands
Of the Amalganated Association. The
conference was in session continuously
from 9 o'clock this afternoon until 10
O'clock tonight. ABOUT an hour before
the Western manufacturers
Withdrew and after their departure the
plttsburgh milf owners signed the scale,
the settlement OF the aheet mill
and old rail clauses.
The manufacturers operating those de.
will pay the old scale Of wages.