Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-06-05

struction to other delegates.
Now that the matter is over, was there
any decided objection made By any Lodge
to going bsckY 49,,
"No Lodge refused, bu. several qualified
their vote by insisting on certain things.
The Sharon, Pa, Lodge was probably the
oae most opposed to tbs change, but even
there the objection w2s not absolute. The
change is very generally satisfactory"
The Piitsburg Commercisl.Gszette OF
Yesterday had the following interview in
the same line With the above statements
By the Secretary:
What is your status in the Amalgama-
tedY asked reporter Of one Of the rein
stated members last night.
When we surrendered our charter and
ps-aphernalis and other traps belonging to
that association, at the time of our seces
son last year, We were considered out OF
that body. We shall now have to reorgan
ize. rereceivs our charters aud other prop
erty. hold our meetings and send our dele
gates to this convention. Our return gives
the Amalgamstion LOO members. We
have twenty-three lodges, located in Wis
consin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, West Viz
rinis aud Pennsylvania. Not single
lodge has q membership under thirty, and
many of them run up toward a hundred.
| think most Of the prelminaries will have
been arranged BY Monday and the dele,
yates duly accredited here By that time.
We shall have our proper representation on
the Scale Committee.
The scale we snail ask is the Mingo
scale or the Is cent scale. The rates tor
heating ard rolling are prescribed by the
Amalgamatiou, and there will be 10
trouble on any OF these points. We re-
turn to the Amnlgsmstion as good mem
bers as when we left. We 60 back with
rauks intact, or practically 80. Out of all
those men who began the great strike Of
1885 | think only one or two deserted US
We say without Boosting that we have
brought back to the AmSlgsmstion az Or
der that for intelligence, ability, fidelity to
purpose and general mechanical accom-
phshments has no superior in the labor or.
carnations of the country. We need nov
only the steel plant workers TO organize
snd the circuit will be complete"
Does the AnalgsmstiOn shoulder your
striker
After pause, ~ would rather not say
Anything on that point, but l may ssy that
it will assume part oft "
What part is that?
Don't pet too minute l have helped you
out very nicely to night, and now you want
sll there is "
What about the fseder.nsilersY
an q recent proposition to 60 to wor K on
the 70 cent scale we agreed TO waive thst
point, and we practically did it in this in
stance. OF course the Reproduction of the
black sheep principle inersnt in the Anal
gsmstion IS atill paramount to sli other
considerations, but the impression is that
there ia q remedy for this evil without re-
course to any Of the ordinary exterminating
measures"
What is the remedyY
Again you touch the quick. Didn't II
occur to you that there is no room for q
poor workman beside one who knows thor
oughIy the details OF the business? The
West has made q reputation for nails and
il must keep it up to stsy in the market.
The Eastern nails, always inferior, have
been more than up TO the standard of the
last years production in the West. This
ia q sectional view of what | mean. Like
the South, We have had enough OF seces'
SION, and henceforth We pull together.
Tne following is published "a the scene
IN the Convention on Thursday, when
Msssrs Ripley, Gneh and Potter appear
ed on the floor to answer such questions
as might be put to them by delegates
Their entrance was the signal for a
very exceptional scene Directly they Cd
tered the door under the escort of Mr.
Whiteman and others of the Conference
Committee Mr.. Weihe raped the members
of the convention to their feet aud ss soon
as he could be heard formally introduced
the ex.members to their brethren. The
applause vas repeated aud after bowirg
their Acknowledgements the members were
resestei aud the formal discussion pro
ceeded.
The report was taken up SeriQtim and
each of the clauses extensively discussed.
Not only the members Of the Amslgsnns.
,iou spoks on them, but the nsilers, heat
ers and rollers epoke. Capt Liuch, Of the
last named body, who was one ofthe strong
opponents of secession At the outstart was
called upon for his ideas of the re-sdmis-
sion scheme. His remarks are spoken OF
az a calm and digni6ed exposition of the
plans Of the United Heaters and Nsilers,
their reasons for seeking q new alliance,
the mutual advantages, relative and ALSO
lutte, that would result, the in
creased respect that the eonsUmstion
Of the plan would superinduce in the hssrts
of manufacturers and the increased power
that would inare TO the Amslgsmstion
His speech vas in brief largely compre-
hensive answer to fcsilsde Of questions
cred By the members Of the AGslssms
ton generally. Vice President Ripley and
Mr. Potter spoke briefly snd pointedly in
the same strain. There was considerable
opposition to the rssdmission of the peti.
TONERS, but tit soon transpired that it cane
from members who had been instructed By
their lodges TO oppose it and on this &C
count il did not haze The weight intended"