Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-02-20


Gazstta as saying that the feeders woulo
be outrsgecusly ungtGtetul II they olo NOT
prree TO the new nineteen cent scale, as tne
psilers have been keeping the feeders 10
provisions for lorg time, :.
At the new cooperative works noinlng
could be ascertained concerning the feel,
Jugs of Messrs. Prentiss, Reed, Bechtei ana
Werner. the four stockholders, who were
formerly nsilers at MiDgo, but 1t WAS
learned on the outside that these men are
rather indignant at the course thst
things have taken. They put their
money into the new enterprise, De-
lieyipg that all the nsilers would hold out
for the twenty-one cent scale, and thst tney
would be able to compete successfully Win
the mills employing the teeder-nslIers
by reason of their superior nails. Now II
the nsilers 60 back at the new nineteen
cent scale, they will have such dangerous
composition as will imperil the success OF
the co operative factory, whereas II the
twenty.ope cent scale had been adopted they
would have been on an equality with older
and larger enterprises.
The Jefferson people say the fact OF the
Junction lion Company Withdrawing from
the manufacturers association Will not
have the effect upon the present situation
that many would imagine. The sltusuon
a. Minpo was much different from that at
other places, no machines having been run
ning hy feeder nsiers. The TACT Of the
new steel plant being Just completed led
Mr. Lsughlin to accept the compromise.
In mills where q number OF machines are
running the prospects OF q compromise
upon any other than the l7,cent scale are
exceedingly remote
AT PITTsBURG.
The following from Pittsburg will serve
10 show the situation among nsilers, feed
ers and manufacturers there:
PIrrssURe. February l9.-The news
that the Junction Iron Company, OF MiDgo,
O., had effected compromise with their
nailers based on a 20cent scale with q
$3.50 card rate, caused no little commo
ton among the manufacturers and nsilers
Of this city. The former claim that the
break will have no effect upon the other
manufacturers and that tomorrow meet
inc will prove this conclusively. The
pailers who are jubilsnt, are
of the opinion that the strike
will now end in short time. Among the
feeders, however, there is feeling OF dis
satisfaction. Joseph Christy, one OF the
leading feeders Of this city, in an interview
to-day, asserted that they would not accept
sny cut in their wages. Said he: I'VE
iained the nailers for the 2l-cent scale
that ia, we want 10! cents for cutting a keg
of 10 penny nails-aud as We have stood
by the nsilers they cannot reasonably ask
us 70 accept a reduction. ltthey accept
the 29-cent scale they will have to bear the
reduction themselves.
AT YOUNGSTOWN.
YOUNGSTOWN, 0 February 1.-The re-
ports published this morning Of the proba-
bic settlement of the nail strike, By con-
cessious ct Mingc, has caused much sPecu'
istion among the nailers here, who have
been idle since the beginning OF last June.
The only nail mill here is connect.
I'd with Brown, Bonnell i Co. operating
fifty machines. At the Office the firm
stated that nothing had been heard form
the nailers. The firm do not belong to the
Western Association, and they refuse to
say whether they would start or com
promise the same as at MDgo, They say
no orders for nails have been refused by
firms, their trade being supplied by buying
from Eastern markets. They are not AK.
! ious to start, and predict that If the MiDgo
compromise i5 accepted and factories all
start nails will reach $3.50 per key in less
than sixty days. The nailers have tele-
graphed to headquarters for instructions,
aud expect to know by night VIVA. action
10 take.
~ the Falcon Nail Worka, at Niles. yes,
terJoE conference Of uAilers and oPer,
ators was held, Bolh sides being Grn the
operators, after the conference, ordered
the nailers TO remove all their tools from
the mill 1t is not known what effect the
reported compromise will have