Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-08-03

held at the St James hotel yesterday auo
the question Of the feeders demands J
discussed.
What
H EXACT RESULT
OF this meeting was could not be learned
precisely, but il is suthoritstiyely stated
that an agreeable compromise was made, to
the effect hat the feeders will be allowed
their demand that three per cent Of their
number be taught to grind, two per cent to
be selected by the factory manager and one
per cent by the nailers. What other bust
ness was done could not be ascertsined.
However an effort viii be made to induce
sl feeders to stand in with the nailers In
their efforts to resain the two per cent scale.
THIS action puts
ANEW PHASE
on the matter and the fight will begin in
earnest now.
A reporter met one of the feeders who has
taken q machine in one of the mills, last
evening, and asked him what the result Of
the action would De.
at is too late" said he. The nailers
bad over a month to give Us an answer De-
fore their convention, and now we do not
propose to recognize their concession at all.
We have made arrangements and
SIGNED AN AGREEMENT
to take the mnchines and propose to see il
through. There may be several of the I'm
ion members who will leave Us and go to
the other side, butt can say with confidence
that about three hundred men will stick BY
us, and take machines. The nailers fear
that we will make q success Of our attempt
and are becoming frightened, but as / said
it is too late now. The fight will begin to
get awfully warm o and you may look
out for something new almost every day
There are several nail men rom other
mills of the Western district in the city,
probably called here to confer with Out
bailers in respect to the situation.
The same number of feeders are still at
work in the Benwood factory and say they
INTEND TO STICK.
1t is expected several additional machines
will 90 on tomorrow at this mill.
At the Riverside FIVE feeders were at work
and about FIVE more will he added aomor-
row. The boys are making Sns- progress.
The La Belle wiz 90 on Tuesday with nine
machines. The Top mill wiz also resume
tomorrow morning with thirteen machines
run by feeders, part of whom. viii come
from Bellsire and the other from the Top.
About thirteen new machines will also be
added at the Belmont tomorrow whlch will
make twenty-nine machines in operation.
At the Bellaire factory eightyfonr ma
chimes were running yesterday until the
breakdown occurred, which oompAled the
to lay of.
THE MILLS ATovE,
The S~teubenyille Gazette, in Speaking of
the situation up there, says: Tbs nail ques-
ion Is in statue quo to-day, the nsllers
having taken away al sheir toois before ten
O'Clock, in accordance with the order. 1t
is impossible to learn the intsntion OF the
management, as all feeders snd nailers
claim that no one wiz be forad to take the
places of the nailer1 Mingo and Brilliant
are in the same shape rs yesterday, nothing
being done, aud from al appearances 10th
ing likely 10 be done.
The renewals Of the RSszside Iron Works
are progressing rapidly Znder the able and
efficient SUPPLEMENTARY OF Mr.. SpsArman:
The foundation Of the stack viii DO finished
today and the supsFst1ueture viii 90 upim-
mejlately. In the stock house foundations
have been laid and strong tres.hng put on
70 suuport the track through the upper part
This work has been q Go5send to manY OF
the idle men Of the city, as al the men en-
ployed are with two or three exceptions res
;dents Of Steubenville. The company viii
mend At least $3.50 on renewals andthe
expenditure for labor and much OF the ms
terial viii be il Steubenyile.
The LauQhhn mill at Martins Ferry viii
probably not resume until some time during
The week, the time until then to be utilized
in getting the machines in shape.
The rollers, heaters and their helpers vii
hold a meeting this afternoon in this city to
take action in regard to the question.
II Is understood that fifteen men were dis
charged yesterday from the b. 4 o. shops,
scme being taken from each department
The shops here are running only eight
hours q day, while the shops at Bellaire are
running on nine hour time, three days per
week.
The Glass Situation.
At a meeting held in Martins Ferry yes
terdsy of representatives from three OF the
glass factories in this vicinity, the following
action, looking to an end of the lockout,
was taken:
MARTINS FERRY, O., August l, 's5.
To the manufacturers of the Ohio Valley,
Who have their. employers locked out:
re locked out glass workers do respect