The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-05-12
NAILERS DIVIDED
IN THEIR vIEws OF REUNIFlNe
with the Amalgamatod Association Of Iron
and steel worEurs-LOdEsS said to DO
Moving in the Natter Report Denied
and Rsanirmsd- Manufacturers.

The regular monthly meeting Of the
Western Nail Association will be held at
Cincinnati to-day. President Vance, Sec
rotary Wise and representatives Of all
the mills here, inclnding,t the Bellaire mill,
left for there last night on the B. & o.
train. Members said they did not expect
anything but routine business to be done.
The report that the United Nailsrs, Roll
lers and Heaters Association Of America
was seeking 10 be re.aimitted to the
Amalgamated Association Of Iron and
Steel Workers has stirred up a good deal
Of discussion, The Register Of yesterday
quotes President Wier, YiCe-Presldent
Ripley and Treasurer Pugh as repudiat-
ing the "scheme," Mr.. Ripley represent
ing the nailers to be nearly solid against
it, Whether the Register quotes them
correctly ia not known. Certain 1t Ia that
many Of the rank and file OF the NRilers,
Rollers and Heaters Association favor the
consolidation. An official member was
asked by a reporter last evening;
ibid you sign the petition asking TO be
taken into the Amalgamation
mo; being an officer, was not ex-
peCted to sign IL, But vii the officers, or
nearly all, knew oil about it. Those OIL
ciala who repudiate the move in print
this morning in my opinion act very I'M
wisely. II the consolidation took place,
We would have these steel plants and
nail factories under one control, and the
iron works OF Pittsburgh would not be
able to turn q wheel, until the uailera'
scale is signed, | am surprised that any
mailer should try to.giye the plan q black
eye when We all know 1t Is a good thing
and that most OF our men favor it."
A visit to the nailers' headquarters yes.
terday afternoon resulted in nothing. The
officials parted direct questions and ignor-
ed indirect ones. Secretary Chew said he
could consClentlously say he had never
seen one OF the petitions, He did not sx.
press either approval or dlsapproval Of the
plan.
Another official was asked: "Will there
not be u proposition before the Anal
gamated Association, at it's coming con
Yention, to admit the lodges Of your asso'
clatIon?" y
Suppose a proposition should come
from the Amalgamated Association to us,
was the reply,
A well-En0wn mailer told the reporter
afterwards that several lodges Of the
United Nailers had voted to make appliCa,
ton to the AmalgRmated Association fol
charters, 1t Is sale to say, whether this
report is true or not, that the original YER
sion Of the petition and other steps taken
toward consolidation was substantially
correct.
A mailer said last night that he knew Of
the movement before the last conference
with the manufacturers. Had that con-
ference resulted in settlement, OF course
that would have ended this movement.
Said another mailer: Glad we been In
the Amalgamation this year, we would
have had our scale signed by last October,
The Riverside mill, for instance, could
not have made any steel III It's steel workers
has been In the same association with US,
Those workmen are not organized as mem
befs OF the Amalgamation, because we
are on q strike. II we had been working,
they would have been organized long
AOn "