The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-02-23

Thg report tEa. there would be gen
erll cOnysatlOn vi ths Association ~ Pitts
hurgh yesterday was a mistake, The
meeting thgGe, II there was one, was Of 4
local character, THIS deputy VI each OF
the diAtTiCtG we're notified yesterday to be
here tomorrow IN time TO hold 4 confer
enCe at l0A,M, ..
Mr. pArkcs, Of Bay View, left yesterday
Tor home, having drBpared oil doing any.
thing toward an Individual settlement be-
fOrD the general CnpfereIGa tomorrow
forenoon. The Iailtrs here regard Bay
View rs Ile coming nail mill, for the rea-
son that II ID nearer tho big western mar
keis and Is oNned by the North Chicago
Company, GSt'opgand wealthy corporation
when eau al.Td To operate It's I0ill when
otheTa might DO forced by dull business to
shu. down.
The M!ngo i0sdsls yesterday decided to
90 " work VI the compounds scale IA
soon % the mill ia ready to start up,
leaving any difficulty about their pro-
portion Of wages to be settled when the
lime Is more pTopitiouS.
Yesterdays Steubenylle Gu;eiie Gays:
The cooperative nail works started up in
full blast this morning, with fifteen ina.
chimes IN operation. The men VIII work
for the present ON double turn I I ten
hours each. The machinery is running
smoothly and first ClAsa nails are being cut.
TlGE MINGo MILL,
More activity was displayed about the
factory Of the Junction Iron Company, at
MinyO Junction this morning SSy1 last
evenings Stubenvills G0;tte, thsu at any
limo since last June. The heating fur.
nACes was fred up yesterday, and this
morning the rolls we're started, making
the FIST nail plate sinCe tho GhortiYS at
tempt to start with the Chattanooga men
last summer. Near,y all the nAilefs we're
examining their nIschinea and making
such small repairs as arc Unnecessary owing
to the machines bsiug out Of use for go
long atimD. None oil the particulars relRt-
ing 10 the action II the feeders upon the
compounds could be learned, beyond tho
fact that they will 20 10 work.
Tho officials tf tine factory ars very
sRuguinu over the prospects OF a long aud
steGdy run. They expect 10 be started in
good llape this week and George A. Dean
said to GG.,RG representative that they
would make more and better naila on
"Wednesday than theJeaerson you'd make
all this week.
MR. tAuGHLlN TALKS.
Mr.. Samuel Laughlin Is quoted by the
salne paper as gaying that his action was
not surprise to the other manufacturers,
rs they knew that he contemplated q
compromise II such could be effected on
any terms tina! were equitable both 10 his
company aud TO tho nEIlers His COnduCt
throughout tho matter lie was confident,
would be endorsed by all fair minded
people outside Of the manufacturers, lie
knew that the manufacturers were pour
ing out the ,vials OF their Indignation
upon lis head as tho cause Of the whole
affair, but his course vas that dictated by
the Board Of Directors. Had lie consulted
his own pecuniary interests he probably
would not have been willing to start the
mill Just now, Us his investments else
where would he some respects seriously
affected. But the Mingo mill could start
now Just as well as II could in six months,
as there were no complications concern.
Ing the ieedGr-nailers. Every lteatiOn
having 4 tendency 10 CompliCate the ait
uation has been satisfactorily adjusted 10
farashe could learn. II allthe manufacture
ers were 10 meet the naiers in q proper
spirit hO was certain that ample ConCes.
sions would he made, such as would en-
able the mills 10 start up.
THE FEEDER NAILIRs.
Mr.. Laughln said no had been assured
by President Wier that compromise
could be effected easily in mills where the
fsedernailers were employed. Mr.. Laugh
lin thought that there ought to be no dis.
pute where au incompetent man Is now
employed, that his place should be taken
by man Of experience could such be OBJ
tanned, The ieeder.nailera now at work
who have learned the business should he
retained, and he had every reason to be-
liqve that the nailers association would
admit this claim. So far as the Junction
Company was concerned they would be
running full single turn this week with
bright prospects, OF starting double turn
very soon. There was good demand for
nails everywhere and he was confident
that they could sell all the nails they man.
uiaCtured Tor some time 10 come.
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