Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-12-11
The twenty-five Cent Advance Creates No

The twenty-five Cent ADVANCE Creaces NO
Comment.
The advance in the card rate Of nails to
% so excited no particular comment in
this city yesterday, except CT course, among
the men o. work in the various mills,
whose wages viii be advanced from II to
Is cents for ten-pennies, and other sizes in
proportion. Az nails have been selling for
more than 81 81 tor sometime back, the
advance 10 that figure is rather more OF a
toImslty than anything else.
1t is claimed that q new snd improved
method Of manufacturing a semi wire nail
will soon he pct in use in some OF the
Pitts62-g mills, which will revolutionlze
nail manufacture. By this method
semi.Wire nails of square section, boat,
barge, track and railroad spikes, SIS we'll as
the common cut nails, a be made on the
cut nail machines nov 10 use without
changing the manner of the operation.
The improved cut nails will be Of the
same pattern and appearances US those nov
made, except that the inclined sides will
be smooth aud the parallel SIDES will be
the cut or rough surfaces, thus increasing
the adhesive or holding power Of The nails.
Semi-wire nails made by this method will
be Of square section, with four parallel
sides AMI a chisel point, while the output
will be at least three times that Of the reg
ulsr wire nail. The boat, barge, track and
railroad spikes will have the same appear.
apce as the most perfect now made from
rods. The heads will not come Of in driy-
ing, By vibration or extraction, and any
shape OF head can be produced.
In addition to the increase of output, il
is estimated. that the improvement will
save ST least 81 per ton on the labor COST
il manufacturing nails aud spikes. The
annual output Of the goods 10 the United
States is more than 100000 tons.
The only change Involved will BE q
modification in the process of rolling the
plates.
yARIoCs LABOR NOTES.
J. F. FlaaueYy, G mailer who arrived in
SteubenVille Wednesday for the purpose of
taking a Job in the jefferson Iron Works,
was attacked in Waller Grsy'S saloon, ia
S;eubenville, about 10 o'clock at night, by
two striking iron workers, and terribly
beaten.
The Jefferson Iron Works, at Steuben.
vile expect to have thirty machines run.
nipg by the last of this week.
There seems to be some misunderstood.
ing as to whether the LsBelle Glass Works
is to be started on the same terms and con
dirions as the other works in this vicinity
The Buckeye is also included. Both Of
tbese factories are in shape to start by The
arst Of the year, but they have made these
preparations with the understanding that
that they could start on equal terms withthe
other factories. The manufacturers made
the agreement with tbese two that they
would stand by them for the same terms.
There does not seem TO be so much OBJ
lection from the men engaged in the fac
tories where the new system is in vogue SIS
from the Wheeling glass workers, under
whose jurisdiction the La Belle is claimed,
and iflt is allo=sS ta go TO york on the
new system under tee fales of the order OF
the glass workers in Wheeling, then, it is
claimed, the other workers in that city
would, to be consistent, have to yield to a
demand from Hobbs. Brockunier
& Co. and the Central Glass Works This
to be The sticking point, and how it
will be adjusted can only be guessed.
There are those who do not anticipate
and Others Who do. There is one
point which does seem clear, sad that h if
the LsBel!e ia under he Jurisdiction Of
wheeling it easht not 10 DO. I, belongs
10 the Ohio Valley Manufacturers assn-
to which the wheeling factories do
not, and whatever that association does Is
rpca ;,.-6eiisire Independent.