The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-07-19
THE SCALE SIGNED.
AN uNRxpEcTED BREAK MADE
In the Franks of the Nail Manufacturers
The LaBslls Nail Company Accepts the
A~malgamatOd Associations scalS-An
old workmsn to be Taken Back.

h welcome announcement was made
by public rumor Saturday that the La
Belle Nail Works had signed the mailing,
heating and rolling scale OF the AmRlgs,
mated Association Of Iron and Steel
Workers. This rumor proved to be en-
tiFely correct, 1t caused some surprise,
for the reason that the LaBslle has been
operating a number Of machines with
non-union ieeder-nailers, The agreement
stipulAtes that all the Workmen in the
employ Of the company when the strike
was inaugursted, June l, 1885, shall be
received back, AT least a part Of the
fesder-nailers and workmen heretofore
employed in other departments will also
be retained, however,
Under the agreement the price for
heating only holds good until the supply
o isteel slabs now on ~hsnd-2,6OO tons-or
any that may be purchased prior to the
erection OF the new mill, Is exhausted,
The company has purchased the Ben
laugh process for manufacturing nails
from old steel rails, and when that syatem
Ia introduced it will require an entire
new process for heating, the price for
which will be regulated when 1t Is tried
and underwood,
THE NEGOTIATIONS,
Conferences with a view to the settle-
ment arrived at have been In progress for
a week, The first hitch was on the price
for heating which the operators desired
TO place at 50 cents, claiming that was the
price paid by competing manufacturers,
Next came the fight over the matter oil
reinstatlng the old workmen In their for
mer positions In all departments Of the
mill-nailers, rollers, heaters and feeders,
This the manufacturers resisted stub
bornly, but finally yielded when they be.
came convinced that tho Workmen would
hold out till the last.
The prices for rolling and other work in
the nail plate mill are 10 percent less than
1884 Amalgamated prices, identiCally the
same as the present scale OF that Assocla.
ton,
Twenty-Five nailers and a number oil
feeders from the LaBelle hold jobs at the
Junction mill at Mingo, and other Of the
old employees arc ut work in the eastern
mills. These will be recalled and other
Wheeling workmen will probably secure
the situations made vacant.
Below will bs found a copy OF
THE FORMAL AGREEMENT.
TO all Whom il May Concern, Greeting;
For the purpose OF terminating the ex.
listing labor difficulties between the La
Belle iron works and nailers and heaters
in the employ OF said company prior to
June |, 1885, II Ia hereby agreed on the
part OF the nailers 10 work Tor said com.
pany at mailing until July !, 1887, at the
basis and prices named In the Pittsburgh
or ~Amalgamated scale, expiring June 80,
1887, for said labor. And it Is hereby
agreed on the part OF the heaters to work
for said company at heating until such
time as the steel slab now or. hand, or any
that may be bought prior to erection Of
new mill, shall be converted ftftt plate, at
the rate Of 63 cents per ton, and heater pay
all help except one helper, who shall be
paid by said company. 1t Is hereby agreed
that prices for the plate mill shall be 1854
Amalgamated prices, less 10 per cent.
The said LSBelle iron works hereby
agrees to pay said prices for said specified
terms and conditions. 1t Is understood
that each Of our former workmsn is to be
reinstated. LABELLE Iron Works,
By II. NJ. PRIEST, President.
WIZ. Q. CRElGuToN,
WA NEWT LINCu,
RALPH MARSH,
JoHN H. STRoBLE,
Committed LaBplla workman.