Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-01-01

The Amalgamatsd Asked to Help
the Nailers.
The Request Originates in Chicago:
Secretary Martin Declines to
TaIk--The Probable
Effect,

Ill now seems posslOie llSl tue stiAe Vi
the nailers, which to-day enters upon its
eighth month. may soon be destined 10
take on new phase, the change i'll the
situation being brought about by the
interference Of the Anal gamated Associa-
ton. That the strikers have made an ef-
fort to gain the support OF the Association
seems tolerably certain, and if this is a
fact the result of the application will be
awaited with great interest by hundreds OF
manufacturers and thousands of workmen
Should the association decide 10 assist
them the strike will assume
NEW FEATURE
and the iron mills oil over the country will
be closed down for an indefinite period.
Yesterdays Pttsburg Commercial ia
zette says
The request for the AmRlgamated As.
ISOLATION to take hand in the fight comes
from the Chicago Trades Assembly. 4
telegram received fcotn Chicago yesterday
stated that the Assembly has written q let.
ter TO the general headquarters Of the asso
citation in this city, asking n what relation
the Nailers | Mon stands to the organils
tiOp. The letter fdrteen states that num-
Der OF nsilers working al the Calumet Iron
and Steel.Works. at Cummings, ILL.,, have
Joined the Assembly and request that q
boycott be Issued at once on that mill The
Assembly also wants to know if the boycott
shall be declared, and whether the Anal.
gRmated Association will 10 this
mill, hep tn uaiIers by ordering
all men ont on strike.
The difficulty al the Calumet mill is
one OF long standing. The owners refused
last summer 10 sign The Amalgamateds
scale, and the mills have been idle til
within the past two weeks. Nails are made
at this mill, and when the Amelgsmated
scale was at last signed no attention was
paid to the nailers schedule. The works
started up in sll departments the operators
succeeding in securing the services Of 4
number OF teedernai!ers, who went 10
work al their scale. Everything was 90.
ing on nicely, and might have so contin.
ued had not the local lodge of nailers
Joined the Trades Assembly and asked
their cid in continuing the strike
This request OF the rgdes Assembly &c
the Amalgamated Association places that
organization in
1 rEtUi!AR POSITION.
by It's constitution 1t cannot declare a
strike unless the wages scale has not been
signed for members of the organization.
Tie association, as do all other labor
bodies belongs to the Trades Assembly,
and by its lava is bound TO help any sister
organization in gAining the victory ia g
battle with capital Il 10 on this ground
that the Chicago Trades Assembly has
asked the AmalgamGted association 10 in
tertere and throw its powerful influence
into the scale in favor Of the naliers. Ii il
likely that general meeting Of tho Anal
gamalei officials viii be called at once 10
taka ACTON OIL this request.
Some Of the Plttsburg nallers were seen,
and they said that action may be AIKEN by
the AmalgRmated Association TO aid them.
But whether this ID done or not they will
CONTINUE THE sTRTEE
till they win They admit that favor
able decision would help them greatly, and
that the closing doRn Of ell the iron mills
in the country would bring the operators
to their terms il very short time. They
admit that they seeded from the AmRlga
mated Association, but say that the most
friendly relations still exist between them,
They also claim that il the organization
sees fit 10 help them it will all be due to the
action Of the Chicago Trades Assembly,
and that they have lost no sell respect BY
this action.
The whole union
FEELS EN,OOkAuEp
by the action Of the Massachusetts uallers
They have never been united before, but
have felt the necessity OF a union Repre-
sentative meetings have been held and the
organization oi the nailers in that State
under one Central BosTd will soon be an
assured fact They will work in harmony
with the unions Of the East and West ard
will materially aid the nailers in this dis
trict in their strike
Secretary Martin, Of the Amalgam sted
Association, was spoken to in regard TO
this matter yesterday but declined TO talk
He would not cay what action the associa
ton would take. When pressed for an
interview his only answer Wag. IF labor
orsauila alton addresses letter 10 this organ.
i2ariou, courtesy requires rs to answer,
but the nAiIers ere mol now included in
this association.
Here in Wheeling na,lers who we're
Questioned yesterday in II ard TO the mat,
ter professed 70 know no,hDg about 1t.