The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-08-31
VOLUME XXXv.--NU0lBER7 Z.
NAIL SITUATION
At AtPIttsburgh-Nailers Decline to Resume u
the Seventeen Cent Card,

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PITTsHuRGH, Pa, August 30-Aftel
much vigorous advertising in severa,
papers, to the effect that the nailen al
ShoenbergOr & Co.'s nall mill would 20 ia
work this morning on the manufacturers
scale Of a l7-cont card rate, the nallers uu.
jointsd the rumor badly by refusing to do
80. 1t is true that they were all there at
the opening hour, atlired In working
clothes and ready to work, but q hasty con
sultation among the man developed the
fact that the l7-cept scale was not the one
they wanted and was not the one dc.
sired by the Amalgamated Association
which as Ia we'll known arranged the scale
at eighteen cents, and the nail machines
did not Clatter, NAilers from all over the
city appeared shortly and alter conalderG.
BILE informal talk, the men repaired to Sic.
berts Hall on Penn avenue where long
discussion Of the situation took place. Ii
was definitely Racertained that some Of the
man were anxious to 20 to work at any
scale, They were In the minority, how
ever, and o mailer who was compelled to
leave before the meeting commenced,
stated that the temper Of the msjority was
to abide entirely by the action OF the
Amalgamated Association,
A mailer, who was formerly an official
OF the Nailers, Rollers and Heaters' Also.
citation, gave the following rs semi.olliciaI
view oil The matter, and guaranteed that
eyents would prove his assertion correct.
IN the tirst place." said he, "the papers
are a good deal to blame in the lRte agita.
ton In Mailing circles, No sooner are We
out OF one trouble than rnmors get uy into
another, The truth OF the whole business
Is this: When the Amalgamated Associa,
ton readmitted US into their ranks, the
power Of the nailers to fix on working
scale was assumed by the AmAlgamated.
They and they alone have power to fix
our scale, unless we again HeCede.
Very well, They fixed our scale for this
year at lS cents. No action by any other
naileTs has any bearing upon us in Pitts
burgh. Our matters are in charge OF the
Analgamated and changes can only be
made through It's office, There are ahso.
lutely no difficulties between ourselves
and the Amulgamated Association; we
will stick to them aud they will stick to
us. That Is what We went back into tho
huhlRamhttu AbauClhLlOu IOF, w % BTQg-
gled year by ourselves. We had all Of
that We wanted, and we obtained, at some
expense Of argument aud work, readmit.
tanCe to the ranks OF the Amalgamated,
DO you think we would be 80 silly as to
undo all that was accomplished at 80
much expense Of time and labor, back
down, and 90 10 work at the very scale
we fought for over fifteen months? No,
sir. The Amalgsmated Association has
charge OF our scale, and any changes
must be fixed up at their office, or they
don't go. AS for the feeders' troubles, /
presume they will be given what they ask.
At any rate, all the business OF tho de.
iunCt Nailers, Rollers and Heaters Union
is now transacted at tho Amalgamated
office and not on the streets or in the
newspapers or manufacturer office. The
nailers will leave this whole matter to be
settled by the Amalgamated and will not
accept any reductions Of their scale. l
really have no doubt that within few
dayS a settlement whiCh will be salts.
factory to all parties will be made"