Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-05-25
NAIL cu1r1Na-sLIpINa SCALE.

Ten per cent off when selfieeders are
used.
"Amalgamsted Association prices in
plate mill and for heating the Smith gas
furnace"
It will be observed that the beginning Of
scale yesr bas been changed from June to
February. This was done on account OF
the fact that Mingo mill and others that
signed the compromise scale dated
their agreements from February II, 1886,
and tbs object is to have them all come
together.
There has been great deal OF talk late
IL to the effect that the Bellaire mill at the
expiration of their present scale
year, June l, would demand that their
men sign the Manufacturers seventeen
cent scale, or the mill would put in feeder
nsilers. The fact that this mill was the
only Que in this vicinity that signed the
nsilers' or twenty one cent scale last year.
naturally makes it centre OF interest, and
its action in regard to signing the scale
will carry more or less weight with it, which
ever way it may result. There are many
hopes expressed by the workmen thst they
will sign the eighteen scsle-the one pre-
scented by the nailers this year. but nothing
definite regarding their intentions could be
learned yesterday.
Several manufacturers were interviewed
Yesterday on the subject, hut none OF them
seemed inclined to express their views.
One gentleman, however, said:
ut is q useless formslity for the naiIers
to present their scale as We do not recog-
nize them as our employees any more. We
have hired new men to fill their places"
Another manufacturer said:
We'll, the nailers have held out a whole
gear and wouldn't De surprised If they
held out another year.
ConversiDg upon the subject, Secretary
Chew. of the nsilers' association, said:
while we haven't much hope that the
scale will De signed yet it is one OF the
Laws OF the association that it be pre-
seuted and we have observed 1t 80 that
there can be no complaint from any source
OF neglect on our part"
There was a good deal of talk among
the workmen in the city yesterday, regard
ing the probability of the mailer scale be.
ing signed, and many thought that the fact
Of the possibility that the nailers will be
taken back into the Amalgamated Asso-
citation will have some weight in the mat
ter favorable to the nailers The outcome,
of course, will be awaited with interest by
all.
Last evenings Bellaire Independent
says: This will be the last weeks work
st the Bellsire nail works for while How
long nobody knows These works have
made run of seven or eight months right
steadily. Many of. the employees have
shared their jobs and their earnings with
their less fortunate fellow vorkmen in
Wheeling and vicinity, until as an absolute
fact noue Of the SorSmen ct tbs nail fac.
tory realized the l 7 cent scale for the work
done the past yesr while the company con-
tirued under the 2l.cent scale. Though
Il c0ssss he company the q cent scsle, the
employees OF the works ala moi reap sSJ
direct benefit, as their assessments to keep
up the strike and their division of work re-
duces their pay to perhaps below the II
cent scale, while the strike that has kept all
the other nail factories idle made better
trade for this company than it would have
had. But there has been no boom in nails
st any time since the strike commenced"