The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-02-24
TO-DAY'SGONFERENCE
BeTwEEN Gaa oPPosINe sIpEs
10 tho Nsll MahsFS Wages oontroysrsI-A
settlement Hoped for, and Prophecy
that ~ the Conference Fails In.
dIvidual AInIS VIII Compromise,

dItiicpltles concerning Wages IN the mai
factories Of this section Is expected by the
wurkmsn to result from the conference at
the BsnwOod Iron Works Office in this
city at 10 o'clock this forenoon. The pub.
lie, judging from the expressions heard
about town, are hopsiul that y settlement
will result, but similar hopes have been SO
frequently blasted in the recent past that
the feeling Ia less sanguIns than hereto.
fora when there was less reason to hope
for IN end Of the strike, The mauutac.
turers, so far ~ they have been seen, do
not expressthemselves very freely, though
one gentleman interested in mill said
yesterday that he had little expectation
that IN understanding would be arrived
at to-day. The manufacturers generally
profess to regard the compromise scale
signed by President Laughlin, Of the Min.
go factory, as very undesirable. One of
the elauses OF that scale which creates
amusement ia the price to DO paid for
heating, The Laughlin ConpromiAespsCi.
les SO cents, while hea'iug Is now being
done in this city US low as So cents with
similar gas furnaces, Manufacturers de-
clare 63 cents on Smith gas furnaces Ia
out of all reason, and that they cannot
and will not agree to it, while the natlers
say they cannot in justice 10 the Mlugo
company name u less figure,
ProphGsips are heard that II to-day's
conference is not effective In securing q
settlement, several mills will compromise
individually. The Bay View mill, at least,
is ready to do SO.
President GlesBner, OF the Laughin
mill at Martins Ferry, says the Compro.
misc at Mingo does not in the slightest
degree affect the prospects at his mill. II
to-dsy'G conference falls, the Laughlln
mill will not adopt the MinRo scale. Said
u gentleman familiar with this mill
yesterday: "The plan suggested by the
mailer quoted in this mornings IETELLI-
GENCER for the Riverside mill, applies
equally to the Laughlin mill. They can
easily separate new nallers and old ones,
putting the nav Ones in their new factory,
and still having room tureCeiV6 back I'LL
their old employees, with several full Jobs
to spare"
Messrs. j. H.,Clay, OF Terre Haute, and
J, G. Stevens, OF Pittsburgh, members OF
the Conference Committee Of the nailers'
association, arrived in the city yesterday.
Mr.. Long, Of IrOnton, Ia expected this
morning, Measrs. A. W, Vaughan and ].
+. Glover, nailers OF Tens HsUte, aro Rso
here, Mr., John Russell, Of Ashland, Ky,
a member Of the Manufacturers confer
enCe committee, also arrived yesterday.
Mr.. +. ID. Norton, OF lrontOn, who Is also u
member OF the committee, has been in
the city since Saturday. Mr.. Heating, OF
Pittsburgh, will probably arrive thismorR-
ing.
Several nail manufacturers were seen
yesterday by Pittsburgh Chronicle lele.
NGph reporters with reference to the oh.
jeCt ana probable result Of to.day's confer.
ence. Almost without exception the gen.
tlemen interviewed denied any knowledge
Of the programme. Mr.. Cook, OF Chess,
Cook & Co., stated that the tendency OF
the conference would be to settle tho
troubles. 1t was not direct consequence
Of the action. OF Mr.. Laughlin, VI the
Mingo Junction works, though indirectly,
Of course, that had some influence. Be.
yond this, the gentlemen would say
nothing.
Another gentleman WHO is Interested In
two large Ohio nail mills spoke more
openly on the subject. II am not in q
position to say what will be done tO.mor-
row, but entertain little doubt but that
some RCtion will DO taken which will
make the nailers rejoice aud Mr.. Laughlin
feel blue.
~ will tell you where he is wrong,
leaving the principals Of this unjust action
against the Nail Association out Of the
account. The Association has been
ready 10 srbitrate for the last ak months.
They were, In other words, willing to 10
convinced that each side going half way
would be the proper solution Of the diff.
Guilty. They would not yield the whole
way, because they could not afford to do
80. The nailers could not be- gotten to
endorse an arbitration plan, but now
Laughlin's men, at least, have gone In on
IN advance over the manufacturers scale
Of one cent. They will zee that they
were foolish to do so, in very
short time, Now think that the manu-.
facturers will make most decided effort
to down Mr.. Laughlin at his own game.
The present members Of the Association,
almost without exception, can afford 10
keep up the shut down. They can Just as
we'll open up and make npifB without a
profit, and that is what will be done. A
proposition will probably be made To.
morrow to open up the old 2l.cent scale,
and sell without q profit, in order to con.
vince Mr.. Laughlin that he made a mis-.
take.
"Here's another point continued the
gentleman, "Mr. Laughlin Ia at present
building o steel mill ut Mingo junction
expressly for the manufacture OF mil
plates for tho nail mills. Had he remained
Ia the Association he would have found
market for his product, but now no one
will buy from him. Besides, the Pitts.
burgh plate mills can supply plates down
at Mingo cheaper than he can manuiac.
ture them there"
Mr.. A. +. Heating, OF lux 4 90. was
asked: "Will thsrG be general re.
sumption In the event Of q compromise ?"
"There will not be-. Perhaps not Que.
third OF the factories will start up II the |
strike is ended Tho reason il this:
There Is no money in nails at the present
rate and would be scarcely any even II |
tho manufacturers secured tho rate Of
wages they have Rxed."
MIR. 1AUGnL1N's COURSE
Approved by a Meeting of Citizens Of sAingu
Held Yesterday.
A public meeting was held in Hodkin.
sons hail, at Mlngo Junction, yesterday,
and the following was unanimously
adopted:
WHEREAS, We have passed through one
OF tho most persistent and determined
strikes ever known In the history Of the