Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-02-20
TO-DAY'S MEETING,
Decisive Action to be Taken In
Pittsburg This Morning.
The Wheeling Men Depart Last Evening
The Feeders Union Endorses the
Action of the Naiers.

AT ~ clock THIS morning lhe "es|eiH
Nail association will meet ct Electromagnetic
Ia House Pittsburg, to take some definite &C.
tion upon the change in affairs brought
about by the junction compromise, Pres'
ident J. W. Vance, Secretary Wise, and
representatives of all the Wheeling mills
went up to the Smoky City las: night, and
the Western manufacturers will arrive
there this morning. A REGISTER reporter
accompanied the Wheeling delegation to
'Pewiky" depot and CLEANED the following
information Of the situation, the feeling OF
the mill owners, and the probable outcome
of the meeting.
First, there seemed TO be general and
pronounced
FEELING OF HOSTILITY
toward the MiDgo mill for the movement
made by it. the Wheeling manufacturers
asserting that the terms made with the
strikers were out of all reason. and not
warranted either by the present or prospect
i've state of the nail market On this point
one manufacturer said:
The basis of settlement means ruin to
the mill interests of Wheeling. We can
not sign the new scale and hold our trade
against the Eastern mills. | am sure that
should We be forced to settle on the terms
announced this morning the mills will
shut down as soon as the rush consequent
upon the spring trade is over, leaving the
Eastern mills 70 supply the ordinary de-
msnds fthe Western market whereas al
the II cent scale our mills would be en-
abled to run steadily and therefore profit
ably both to ourselves and the men.
Another N manufacturers sid; five should
start ST the new scale, | predict that in
ninety DAYS the card price of nails will be
81 90. Why, the mills right around ia,
from Mingo to Bellaire, can turn oat
50 900 kegs Of nails per week, and the mar
ke.will never stand it in the world. At the
l9 cent scale we will have to shut down by
May, whereas at II cents We could 80 on
with a margin of profit.
As to what would be done at to-days
meeting the Wheeling representatives
would not express an opinion, claiming
ths, it would De idle 70 specula on the
subject until an exchange Of views had
been had With the members OF the AssOci-
alton at other points From the tenor OF
their conversation, however II IS probable
that q majority OF the Association
will be favorable to an immediate accept
ance of the new scale, the Wheeling mau-
ufacturers generally being in the minority
II, however, a majority of the representa-
tives should be in favor of still holding
out for II cents the minority favorable 10
the new scale may at once sign 1t and
start up, the, result thus being the
disruption Of The Association.
TIE FEEDER EAMERs'
is the stone IN the path of the mauutsctur-
ers With them out of the road, the sit
uation would be vastly simphhed, aud no
one dou5;s but that the scale would De
signed at once, and the mills started fall
blast. The manufacturers seem to be as
firm az ever in their determination 10 stand
by the new nsilers, wiiie the strikers as
firmly insist that they will rot 20 % work
under the same root WIN tuSlu. III eOht
quarters an arrangement: wa7' suggested
Yesterday as q way oct Of the trouble, II be-
ing 10 puI all the feeder nGiIersiR two o. three
of the mills, and then open the others 10
the United Nalers, making the price uni.
form in all the mills. This was very for
cibl7 objected e ry the naiiers, however,
who said il would place the manufacturers
operating their mills With feeder uailer8 in
a very bad condition. One mailer said:
The manufacturer who would Gil his mill
% with feeder nailers' would never sell d
nail. We would boycott til? life out of
him 20 ;h!ae months. They viii never do
thai, for cannot imagine any enc sacrifc'
ing himself in that msrtyr-ike fashion for
the benefit Of tee others. The feeder
mailer must 60
The result OF to-days meeting will be
looked forward to with grea. anxiety by
all. and it is TO be hoped that some way
out Of the trouble will be found