The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-06-28
rHn NAIL sL1uArloN.
What Il Said OF IL Here md Elsewhere,
Nail MIL News,

NAH MIL News
A well.knowR nail manufacturer who
was asked by an ISTgLLIagNCRR reporter
Saturday what elect the signing OF the
ucale at Pittsburgh would have here, said
it WAS too early to tell, Possibly the BEN
wood and Bsllairo mills would sign and go
10 work with union hands, The mills
now in operation at the manufacturers
scale would probably eventually accept
the compromise Reale, though he could
not say definitely that they would. The
conference was solely and purely Pitts.
burgh affair, the only representatives
present On the pErt OF the manufacturers
being one man from each OF tho i've Pitts
burgh mills. While neither the Wheeling
nor Ohio Valley mills were represented,
the new scale is practically the CinCin-
natl scale with i9w immateTial changes,
which would have been accepted by the
Wheeling manufacturers, as well as those
elsewhere, long ago, had they been met in
the right way, As far as the so.Galled
feeder-naieTs are concerned they would
not be disturbed,
The Pittsburgh DiSpach says; The nail
ers with but few exceptions are satisfied
with the new scale, but the feeders are
objeCting to it. A meeting OF the Pits
burgh feeders will be held at st, MalaChi's
Hall, Southsde, on Tuesday evening to
take come action on the mattel, A repre-
sentative feeder says tho scale is unjust,
Heretofore" said he, "the mailer earned
S. 40 per day and the feeder 81 10. Under
the new scale the former receives S. 50 and
the latter 81 70. This is not much moro
than lsbOrsrs' wages, They will have to
divide tho pay in u more equitable manner
before We accept the SCALE" Since the
settlement OF the strike an important quGs-
tion. has been raised, 1t is, "Will the firms
who signed the Mingo scale bs compelled
to pay it until the expiration OF the
year, next FebTuaFy2' This question has
been answered by both manufacturers and
workmen, and both take a different yiaw
of tho matter. The Pittsburgh manuiaC-
tureTs believe that the scala will have to
be paid until the contract expires, but
some intelligent workers say 1t will not,
Said one OF the latter; "Ihis scale was
signed through committee representing
the United Nalerg, Heaters and Rollers
Association. This organization is now do.
fuuCt and the contract in my opinion died
with 1t. 1t has also been said that the
factories now being operated with feeder
naileTs will continue st the Decent scale.
This will be impossible unless they em-
ploy non.union men to make the iron.
Members OF tho Amalgamated AssoCia.
ton are ut work in their rolling mill do.
partments, and they viii not work unless
the HCale is signed and the feeder.nAilers
RELOCATED TO their former positions. 1t
will be safe TO say that all the nail fac
tories in Pittsburgh and the West will be
operating under the AmalgaInated scale
before two weeks"
A large portion Of the nail factories Gre
in operation ut present. Following Is a
list OF those working under the Mingo
scale with the number oil machines In
operation:
New Castle, Pa, 81; Kimberly & Co., OF
Sharon, 40; Junction Iron Co., at MING,
1926; Brilliant, o., rs; Clifton, W. Va rs;
Niles, o., Al; GreenCastle, Ind, 45; Cen
tralia, ILL.,, J0j Waugh mill, BellevIle, ILL.,,
50; Co, operative mill, BelIevllle, 80; bay
View, Wis, 100; total, 500.
0f the above number the Junction aud
Niles1aGtories re on double turn. There
arc 1900 nlaChinGs operated by feeder.
naiers, making total Of 1000 machines
in operation, with a weekly capacity Of
100 900 kegs. These factories employ about
1000 nailers and 800 feeders.
Owing 10 9 broken roll tho nail depart
ment OF tho Junction Iron Works was
compelled to close down, 1t is thought
the damage will be repaired by Tuesday,
and the mill will resume at that time.