Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-09-15
NOW THE hAIlERs STAND.
What One Of Them Mas to Say About
The Situation.
Receiving Contributions from the Eastern
FaetOries---A Prospect that a New
Cooperative Mill viii Be
Built---0ther News.

Meeting q well known mailer yesterday q
reporter asked him what was new in nail
circles.
Nothing much new" said he, except
that we are in q Aourishing condition at
present. We are receiving money from all
t e factories running in the East which is
distributed regularly, and it is enough to
keep the wolf IRON the door, even if the
old chap were proving around. Thus, you
zee, We are well fixed financially and ready
to stand up against the toughest kind Of a
winter. Then we are hopeful because every
indication Of how the thing will turn out in
the end is favorable to Us. Let me see;
there are now five factories running at the
twenty-one cent scale in the Western dis
trict and all seem to be making money, the
assertions Of the manufacturers here
20 THE CONTRARY NOTWITHSTANDING.
What factories are theyY'
They are the Bsllsirs, Centrslis, Green
castle, Omaha, and Pueblo, Col factories.
In the latter there ire several Wheel
ing nailers working, who like the place aud
are prospecting finely. With these facts
staring the manufacturers in the face, why
should We not feel that our aide has the best
Of the matter so far
We'll, how about the factories in this
v~icinityT's
oh, to an outsiderit looks ss If the pros
pect tor US was exceedingly gloomy, because
q coed many feeders have taken machines
here. But to those inside Of the ropes, who
understand the exact situation of affairs, it
is quite different. Take the Belmont, for
instance. They seem to have quite a
number of machines running, but
the feeders are not making q success oil
the venture TO as great an extent as their
employers had tondly hoped and asserted
they would. In fact, it is my opinion that
they are getting
LITTLE SICK Oh THE EXPERIMENT.
The feeders down there seem to be turning
out a good many nails, but people do not
think Of the extra expense incurred in their
manufacture. The scrap down there in the
shape Of bad nails, &c, ioots up to quite
a large amount in a week. This was all
avoided by the old nailers. Then | have
positive information that the LsBelle, Bel.
mont and Benwood mills have had nails
shipped back 10 them on account of their
irieriority. Such a thing never occurred
when the old uailers were working
Row about Eastern nails coming h5reY
Eastern nsnUfac u,ers cannot ship nllls
this market because their customers kick
against it, as such q proceeding would have
q tendency 10 force up the price
Heretofore the state Of the nail
market has been rather against US, but now
that position has changed ABOUT to one IL
our favor. The demand has greatly in
creased, the market is low aud the mills
here cannot supply their customers. What
sre they going to do? Some Of the mills do
not seem to be anxious about putting more
feeders on the machines, but merely opened
up With q few in order to keep faith with the
ACTION OF THE MANUFACTURERS ASSoCIA.
TON.
Seeing that the mills in this vicinity are no
a unit in this respect, the manufacturers
vest Of Wheeling are holding back and
allowing the manufacturers here to try the
uufruittul experiment to their hearts con-
tent. They are not losing money, but are
standing off watching those here do 80.
There is another evidence that the manu-
'acturers are. weakening on the feeder
mailer question, and that is this: II the
feeders can run the machines, why are some
of the manufacturers sending OF and IN
ducing nailers TO come here and take ma
chimes We ,ook the position that
If the feeders couli run the machines,
we we're mistaken. and we're perfectly will
ling for them 10 try the experiment. But
when the manufacturers bring these for
eigu men to take our places, | think 1t
right that they
SHOULD BE IXDUCsS TO LEAVE
AID allow Us to fight the battle out or
selves, as we have enough against us any
wey."
Are there any prospects Of the na'lers
building a cooperative nail mill, as was
talked of some time since
We'll, to tell you the truth, think thst
Vi be the final outcome. There are =
number of railers in this city who have
from three to eight thousand dollars and !
sm of the opinion that they would inves'
part of their savings in such q concern. We
have several frst-clsss offers. For instance,
there is a prominent capitalist in Chicago
ato offers 10 give us tee ground, to build a
mil upon it and allow US
TEN YEARS 70 A o IT.
II tie location is good in respect to coa',
shiI ping facilities, etc., we could not find a
0etter proposition, even if we made it our
selves. Then We also have like offers from
gsntlemen in Minneapolis, MINI Bsraboo,
Wis. and DesMoines, Iowa. No; we have
moi come 10 any conclusion in regard to
any one OF them yet. Taking all these
things into consideration, we feel very COZ
fdent. because if we cannot win the strike
t ere are other ,hi"gs to which we can have
recourse 10 help US out.
Amalgamation Affairs.
The Executive Committee of the Anal.
camated Association Of Iron aud Steel
Workers, st . recent meeting at Pittsburg
decided that when old rails are worked into