The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-02-12
THEY WILL CONFER.
NArLERs AND MANUFACTURERS
To Meet Next Monday aud Attempt to
Reach an ASrssmsRt-ThS Action Of the
AIaRgIaG,ursrl' MsSrinE Keen Dis-
appointment to the SAilSrs,

A conference will be held next Monday,
at the Office Of the Bsnwood Nail Works,
in this city, between the Conference Com
miLtees OF the United NRilers OF America
and the Western Nail Association.
The communication drawn up in an
swer to letter irOm Secretary Chew, read
at the manufacturers meeting at Pitts
burgh on Wednesday, was ssnt 10 him by
Secretary Wise yesterday. The substance
OF this communication was given yester-
day. 1t reatirms every action heretofore
taken by the Manufacturers Association.
The official report OF the meeting, with
held from publication yesterday, was fur
Rished to the Associated Press last even
ing by Mr., Wise, and is rs follows:
THG OFFICIAL RRpoWT,
OFFICE or WESTERN NAIL ASSOCIATION,
WHEELING, W. VA, Fen II, 1856. !
GESTLggRN: The regular monthly
meeting OF this Association was held yes
terday a. Pittsburgh, Pa. The following
mills were represented; Jones 4 Laugh.
Inns, Moorehead Bros, 4 Co., Chess Cook
& Co., ShoenberEer Il Co., Rivsrsile, La
Belle, Jefferson, Belmont, Wheeling, Ben
wood, Norton, Bsliunt, Terrs ii Iute, Sha.
ron, Falcon, Zlg 4 Co., Laughlin, West.
ern, junction, Spaulding, Kelly and North
Chicago.
Tho following letter was read:
WHEgLlSG, W. Va Feb. Sth, 1856.
Mr., George Vie, Secretary Ci The Western
Nail Association;
DEAR SIR;-ln conversation with indi.
vidual members Of the Association Of
which you IRE Secretary, they expressed
theAsetveB as believing that 1t would be
necessary to waive the positions heEet0.
fore maintained by both Associations be-
fore q conference would be necessary.
Acting upon this idea the Executive
Board .authoriZe me to inform you that
we are willing to waive our position II
your Association 10 willing to waive theirs,
aud leave the matter open for q confer
enCe, Yours respectfully,
VI, A. CHEW,
Secretary U, n, II, q K. Association.
The following reply to Secretary Chew's
letter was adopted
PrTsDURaH, Pa, Feb, 10, 1886,
Mr.. ~ 4, Chen, Secretary 0. ~, IT. e Il,
.I@ociaiion, IhseiiHJ, w. Ia,
DRAR slG:-Your letter in relation 10 a
conference was considered by the West.
ern Nail Association at lis meeting to.
day, and tho following action was taken
thereon:
ReSoirtd, Forreasons involving this CUES.
ton OF the success Of the nail manufiCtur.
ing interest Of the West, Wa Caunot recsde
from the main basis Of the Manutactur.
era Scale, Wis: II csnts l)r cutting l0l
nails on 1926 card basis.
ReSOlred, FoTT0asOns involving our honor
with present wOrkmen, we caunot consent
to any conference looking to any interior.
ence with feeder.nailerB and other work.
men In our employ.
A committee, consisting OF O. II. Spauld.
ing, q, d, Hubbard, W. ii. Wallace, A. +.
Heating, Samuel l.lughlin, Alorzo Loring,
j. D. Dubois, i. j. Hearne, and John Rus
sell, was appointed to confer with a like
committee from your Association looking
To settlement Of other questions involved.
Provided such conference ia desired by
you, tho committee 1uggesL that tho meet.
ing be held at the Office Of Hsnwood Iron
Works, Wheeling, W. Va, on Monday,
February 10Th, 1886, ate =. NJ. Awaiting
reply, HourB respectfully,
GGORGE WISE,
SecrCi0ry WeSiern NuH association.
The next meeting OF tho Association
will be held at Gibson House, Cincinnati
Ohio, March l0:h, 1886.
Norus respectfully,
GEORGE WISE, Secretary
4 DISAPPOINTMENT.
To say that this action was keen dis.
appointment to tho striking workmen ia TO
put it mildly. Many OF them WEI inClin.
cd 10 CritiEs the manufacturers position
roughly, and take All RntagonistiC attitude.
The officials Of the Association, however,
took o busiDess.llke view Of the situation.
A meeting OF the Executive Committee
was held, and Secretary Chew was author.
lied 10 send 10 Mr.. Wise response to the
manufacturers letter, regrsLting the firm
stand taken, but informing them that II
the position Of the manufacturers was at
all open to modification a. basis OF agree.
ment could probably he reached.
Among the nailers yesterday there was
general ex pression that the manuiAC.
turerg had left little to confer upon. They
hoped, however, To secure concession on
the seli.ieeder clause, making the reduO.
ton for nails cut with selfseeders 10 per.
cent instead Of %. They would be willing
to accept the seyenteen.cent scale, or
some Of them would, II the starting point
could BIO made 81 Instead Of 81 %, the
price for cutting nails being II cents
when the selling price Of nails is So, aud
ascending a cent with every q5 cents ad.
vance In the card rate.
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