Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-05-31
SCALE SIGNED.
The ReIlaire Mill Signs the Hailsrs'
Scale,
Yesterday, and the Prospects are that Sew
eral Mills in the City Will Shortly
Follow Suit.

Phe msuzfscturess Yesterday presented
Their scale - the naiiers Psooosins the re
ducSon mentioned in yesterday morning )
issue, The mais all Closed doSn yesterday
and il wa thought that q gsnerai strike
would ensue, sat this will psotsbly aow
be avered, as reliable inHormsson . 90
tanned that tie Bellsire mill has ngned the
pailers' scale whish was presented several
weeks sgo.
In conversation With q pror,ineH manu-
f~scturer last night, 80: corrected with the
Sellaire works, q reporter asked him what
lie thought of the prospects.
We'll" said he, Il have no doubs that
the nailers
WILL REFpSE TO SIGN THE s<GBs,
and a shutdown will undoubtedly ens,e,
but am not discouraged over ths final -
suit. 1t will likely end in conference be.
tween a committee of manufacturers and
one 81 n~silers, by which the differences
will probably be settled a~micabiy."
1T q understood that ths Bellaire men
have si9ned the railers' scale. If this Is
true, what will be the effect on the other
millsY"
my opinion is, in that case, that at least
some of t;e other mills will follow suit, but,
of course, that will lie left to the directors
own discretion. If they think it best TO-
sion it they will do 90, but ifany should
have a different idea, they will no-doubt act
in conformity with ii"
The reporter afterwards met a prominent
mill man and asked his opinion o. the mat
ter. ,
"Of course" said he, "you have heard
that the Bellaire mill
HAS sIGNED THE SCALE,
and | hear from good authority that the
Riverside and La Belle have also sgnihed
their intention OF following suit shoeid any
other mill lead the van. Now as the Bel
laire mill has made the start they will likely
follow in its wake"
The reporter then skirmished around to
authenticate the rumor that the Bellaire
mill had signed, and he was successful. lie
met a gentleman who had seen the signed
scale in the hands of the Secretary OF the
Nailers' Association, and he also stated
that the news had been Immediately teie-
graphed to President Weihe of the Amalga-
mated Association, at Pittsburg.
mere W&5 SOhe SURPRISE oHptSSS. WV
! the prompt manner in which tie scale was
SIGNED BY Tie BELLAlRE MILL,
but that is easily explained from the fact
,hst they had determined on the action be-
fore the recent meeting ofthe manufacturers
at Cincinnati, and it IS said the manufae-
turers' scale was made, knowing the DISPOSE
ten of the Bellaire men. But be this as 1t
may, the scale is signed and what the effect
will be on the other mills viii, nc doubt, be
learned in o short time, although all the
mills will probably shut down tor several
weeks to make repairs.
Looking at it from a logical stand point,
as illustrated by q well known mill man
last night, it is n OF the
VERY BEST THESGS
the mills could have done. Because, said
he: What would have been the conse-
Guence. II the reduction were conceded by
the ~nailers, the advantage would not come
to Wheeling, but would 90 to the jobber,
the retailer, and ultimatelyathe consumer
in the West, and woEkmen in Wheeling
would feel the pinch more than ever"