Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-06-11
A FLAT DENIAL
OF the Story Of Dissatisfaction
Among the Nailers,
BY President Wier---He Says the Organ
izatiOn is Solid and Growing
Other Testimony Of The
Same Kind.

Yesterday mornings Pittsburgh Com
mercisl Gazette contained somewhat SEN
saional story of trouble and dissatisfaction
among the members Of the new nailerS' or
ganization, and the article created much
talk among local iron workers yesterday.
The writer started BY saying tina. the asso-
citation has already become tired Of standing
! by itself aud wanted to be taken back into
the Amalgamated Association, and said
committees from lodges both in Pittsburgh
and throughout the territory covered BY the
nailers union had for some time been feel
ing the ground for return to the Amslga-
/ mated.
This actor" said the writer" is the re-
suit of their first strike against the manufsc
turers. They begin to fear that they will
not be able to stand alone and
WANT ASSISTANCE.
They think they can find it better and
easier in Observation-Disclosures ranks
than outside. They are making all sorts OF
promises to be allowed to return, and while
there is still minority fighting vigorously
against the movement, the majority will no
doubt be able to win the day.
by the secession of the nailers the Anal
gamated Association lost about LOO men,
bers and it was freely predicted that it was
its death. blow. The nailer5 who want to
come back, though, promise to bring with
them more members than they took out
They also say if they can be reunited moth
ing will ever divide them again and no as
ISOLATION of manufacturers will be able to
stand against them.
The revolt first started in this city
among some of the nailers who were op-
posed to forming a new and separate organ
Ization.
AGAINST THEIR BEST JUDGMENT
they yielded to the majority and went into
the United Nailers' organization with the
determination to bring it back into the
Amalgsmated Association if possible. They
have been working slowly and quietly and
events helped them. At the start the nail
ers expected no trouble on the first years
scale. They claim that there was an under
standing among a number of nail operators
that if they came out from the Amalgamated
Association the old scale would be signed al
once.
"On this promise Hersey Lodge at Bel
aire withdrew from the Association, others
followed and the new nailers' organization
was formed. The scale was made up and
presented 10 the manufacturers The Bel
aire lion 4 Nail Works kept their part Of
the bargain and attached their signature to
he scale as soon as presented. The other
manufacturers all over the West, with but
two exceptions, refused to sign, and the
United Nailers found themselves, at the be-
ginning Of their association life, face to face
with strike of no mean proportions.
Since the strike began the nailers have
had time to think the matter over. The
pleasure that comes from running things
for themselves wore OF, and they began TO
think they had
MADE A MISTAKE.
The men who were in favor of going back
to the Amalgamated Association saw their
opportunity and began their work Meet
ings have been held all over this city and
out through this district, and over LOCO
nsilers have expressed their willingness
and determination to come back to the as
ISOLATION if they will be permitted so to do
They further begin to think that they
were sold out BY the manufacturers. IL
was not so evident to them at the time they
formed their new organization that the man
ufacturers were stsbbing the Amslgsmateo
Association through them as it is now
They claim to see now how nicely the man
ufacturers worked and how neatly they
seemingly gained their point by weakening
the association. Seemingly weakened, the>
say, for they think the Amalgamated Asso
cistIon is stronger to-day than it ever wa
before.
They feel rather ashamed to come bach
and acknowledge that they were unable to
keep up their organization alone, but
THE ICE Is BROKEN,
the first steps have been made and they arr
coming back if they can get back. Cores
pondence is now going on between the
leaders OF the various local lodges, and the
final steps will be taken Just as soon as the
formslities of procedure can be arranged
They want to get back for two reasons
especially. One, and the foremost, is to
have their revenge on the manufacturers
They must get even with them at any rate
and in any way, and they think the bes
method to do so is TO further strengthen the
Amalgamated Associations ranks. The
other reason is that they want to set them
selves right with their old associates i n tn
Amalgamsted Association. They begin
70 think that they have treated them badly
and propose to even it up if they can.
They are finding some trouble, though,
with the Amslgsmated Association. Sine
the separation they have been totally divided
from them. The members of the United
Nailers Association rarely, if ever, are seen
in the association rooms. They find thai
the Amalgamated Association is not quite
so anxious to have them back as they are to
get back. In fact the Amslgsmsted Asso
citation, while it was sorry to see them leave;
found it could get along without them.
found, indeed, that it was stronger without
them than before.
IN this situation the Amalgsmated Asso
citation finds that it
CAN DICTATE TERMS.
The uailers would like to be received back
in body and without giving up their or
ganizatiou. The Amalgamated Association
| VIII not nsten 10 lnlS, out uemanuS lna
they disbsnd their union and enter the asso
citation again in the same manner as any
other applicant. As the charters OF all the
lodges have been revoked and it will require
some little time to accomplish this the nail
ers are hesitsting. They don't like to go
through the formality of each lodge in the
West applying for a new charter, but there
seems to be no other way out of the diff
Guilty. The movers in the change see this
and are busy with arguments concerning the
danger of delay, and are urging immediate
and prompt action. They say if the matter
is put of much longer the nAilers will be
forced to succumb in their present fight
with the manufacturers.
ut is reported that President Wier's visit
to the city few days ago was only in fur
| thurance of A plan presented to the officials