The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-02-27
THE NAIL SITUATION,
30 NEw EEATusIs yEsTERDAY.
what me sIsn Who are PosIsd say Of the
OlllSOE-PntSbuTsh Feeders Firm for
theTveRty.Sns Cent sepls-Ihs Saii'
srs w There said to bs Confident,

There Vas nothing new in the local
nail situation yesterday except rumOls
which were promptly denied. Vice
President Stephens and Mr., Squisrs, Of
the Chicago district, arrived in Pittsburgh
Thursday evening ia excellent spirits in
spite OF the failure Of the conference here.
Toey expressed their confidence Of ulh'
mate suCcsss, and, to prove they had good
grounds for 1t, Mr.. Squiers showed the
telegram from W. b. Parkes, superlntend'
eRt Of the Bay View nail mill, announcing
the compromise there, The Pittsburgh
natlers think they have no cause to be
doubtful Of their success. with the manu-
iacturers breaking away from the ranks
at the Ste Of one a day. They expect
another Invitation from the lnanuIac'
tureIs TO q conference before another week
has passed.
AT meeting * the nail plate feeders Of
Pittsburgh and vicinity yeatelday, per
nanent organ zltion was formed. twas
QeClueu W stduu URN W. Nh0 FNOAVI 'VnS
cent scale, regardless Of any compromise
tc,le excepted by the nailers.
Similar action had already been taken
at q meeting Of nail feeders held at New
Castle, Pa, on February 90, ana the FOL
lowing resolutions, passed VI similar
meeting held at Miles, 20 were endorsedi
WngkRAs, AT q meeting 0I the Manu-
iArturArs' or Western Nail Association
they ask for u conference oil naileTs tc
meet like committee OF manufacturers
as we believe, for the purpose Of com
promise therefore, be it
RssOired, That We, the nall feeders o
the FrlCon Iron aud Nall Company, o
Niles, o., do hereby resolve 10 stand hru
by he old twenty one'CenE card rate, re
gardltss Q 1 all action taken byeither com
mittee. Anything lefs would be nothin.
better than ''sCabbing" blythe nsileIs.
Thispreamble ard resolution has already
been received by the nail-iegders' uni0r
but 60 far no sCliOa has been taken upon 1t
Mr.. W. II, Wallace, Of the Jefferson
mill, lellB the SttubeRVille reporters tina
80 lar as no can see the strlkeis no n6arel
settlement than II was before the con
| leE6uCe VIVID VpeuSul tiAo ntNhAhk pun
being the feeder nailers. The matter o
wages was not discussed at the confer
enCe, there being no need Of fixing an
other scale unless the nallGS would agree
to 20 10 work with the new men. ThA
tho new men will stay in is n fact by which
tho Association will stand and il thu
nSileHs will not work With the new ner
there Is no need Of discussing wages. The
Jefferson, he lays, will take in feeder
nailers II they present Themselves for jobs
he claiming lhRt TO operate the mill in Lhil
way 10 the only immediate solution 81 tht
trouble.
SECRETARY Marion, OF the stSubenvIll,
Cooperative mill, says that the spikc ma
chine will not be ready Tor work unit
next week, but the fifteen other machines
are running two turns Of len hours each
The SteubenVlAe Heidid says; Vict
President Stephen Ripley and JohE
GAVIN, Of the United Nailer8, Heaters and
Rollers Association, were in the city las
night ConleIring With the SteubenvllIC
mill men. They were entertained BY
Mrp. John Lindsay, on North Fifth strett
Tho Jefferson blast furnace will BLOWN
in two week., and bessemeF pig will b.
made.