Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-06-25
THE NAILERS MEET
AT KNIGHTS OF ST. GEORGE HALL, YESfER-
DAY MORNING,
And Take Action in Regard to a Settlement
Secretary Martin, Of the Anal
gamated Association,
Present.

The fact that the joint committee OF
manufacturers and members of the Anal
Association, appointed in Pitts
burg TO confer in regard to the nailers'
scale, adjourned in that city Tuesday
morning without having done anything,
caused a feeling of hope deferred to fall
upon the nailers who heard it.
However, there is a great deal of signif-
canoe in the fact that almost Immediately
after the conclusion of the negotiations up
there Secretary Martin jumped on a train
and arrived in Wheeling at 1875 the same
evening. No .One knew what his trip
meant but those in the secret, of course.
He called a committee of nailerS together,
however. and soon they were putting their
heads together in private caucus, which
must have resulted in something-Some-
thing like q call for a general meeting OF
nailers from Bellaire, BenwOOd, Martins
Ferry and Wheeling, for yesterday morn
inc at 9 o'clock
The call was answered literally from all
the points and when the meeting was call
ed to order in Knights OfSt. George Hall In
the Reilly building, there were IA few short
of one hundred representatives present,
Secretary Martin stated the object of the
meeting, which did not seen to have 4 start
ling effect, whatever it was.
4 well-knOwn mailer being asked yeSter-
dav what the purpose Of that meeting was
said it was to instruct the Conference Com
mittee; and that was probably the real
cause. He also said he had been confident
all along that they could not come to a
settlement on the MingO compromise scale,
and intimatcd that the meeting in the
morning had been for the purpose of asccr-
tanning if the nailers in the Wheeling dis
trict would agree to a settlement some
what different from that scale.
The nailers did this in their
meeting almost unanimously and
Secretary Martin returned To PittSburg
with the result concealed in his inside vest
pocket. Now, what is that result? Let
us see.
The Joint committee broke up at Pitts
burg without having taken action. The
cause of the breakup was the demand OF
the nailcrS for the compromise scale. The
manufacturers wanted them to waive some
point or points which they had not the
power to do. Well; Secretary Martin
came down to Wheeling To receive inStruc-
tons from the nailerS here and as
certain if this point or points
would be waived. The milerS
here agreed to them, from what can be
learned, and that settles the matter rs tar
Us Wheeling is concerned. 1t is under
stood that PittSburg is also willing to
waive the same points. This amicable re-
suit having been obtained there remains
nothing for the Joint conference committee
to do but reasonable, to-day, probably,
and come to IN agreement, sign the scale
and end the longest nailerS' strike on
record. That this will be the outcome is
beyond doubt, and the Wheeling nailcrs
arc very happy, and ~anNiOusly awaiting
the Resembling of the Conference Com
mittec ut PittShnrs,
The reader naturally asks what points
were waived. That is IN inquiSitivc qucS-
ton, to say the least, but cannot be an
swcrcd at this writing, although il would
DlODIllN w vi llNNlNNN wv At lA''i" ~
ever, the result is what is locked for, and
that will likely be announced in a day or
81.
1t was reliably asportaincd in Pittshnrg
that il the scale Is not signed ly WedneS-
day that all of the Amalgamatcd ASsOcia-
ton members who are employed at mills
where there are nail departments, will 90
out on II strike. In that city there are
five iron manufactures where there are
nail machines. These are: Xug x Co.,
Shocnberg < Co., Jones & Laughlin, Moor
head Brothers, and Chess, Cook Il Co.
4 nail manufactures sud this morning
that so fur rs all qgnLvFmCc$ Of me two
committees beng at an end, one could I've
called this afternoon, or at any time be-
tween now and July |. 'The substance
OF the n.qElSr" lie said, ~ that We net
and didn't agree, but we will meet again
if we are asked" lie refused 10 prOphcSy
that any suGh mRctiRg would he called,
nor would liz express IN opinion rs TO
whether either side would make OnccS-
SiOns.
One of the manufacturers present at the
conference said all was not harmony among
the factory owners. One OF the latter pre-
scented a scale which would have been in
all ASPECTS satisfagtGrY to The WGrdipsmtn,
and iSin Fact IN Improvement on what Is
known us the Mingo scale. He was sum-
marily sat down upon by the other manu-
facturcrS, who declared they would accept
nonc other than the II cent scale. PrcSi-
dent Wcihc worked hard to get the Mingo
compromise scale adopted, but the en-
plOycrS, except The instance noted, fought
il stubhornly. Another conference viii be
held to-day. 1t is pretty certain that Il
compromise 81 sqNa2 Kind will h. e~frptcti,
\ Milwaukee telegram, received last
night, said: The local committee of the
Am~algamatcd Association Of Iron and
Steel Workers to-day submitted its scale
for the ensuing year to the representatives
of the North Chicago rolling mill com
pany ut BLyview. 1t was signed