The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-08-07
.YHH NAIL STRIKE HNDED.
An Agreement Reached at the
LaughIin Mill,
P%ITTsBURGH's INTEREST
In Having the Wheeling Mills
Rendered Idle now by Labor DIFF
ferences-,some Expressions
from Various Sources.

The strike OF the nailers at the Laugh
lin mill against cutting nails below the
uniform weight at the present card rates,
was of short duration, 1t ended last
evening, and work will be resumed as
usual this morning, Yesterday morn
ing a committee Of three nailers waited
on the President, Mr.. W. L. Glessner, at
the mill, where an interview was had
He told them he was under the impress
sion that all OF the factories were to have
begun making small nails on Monday
morning, and that this was one OF tue
reasons the step had been taken by the
Laughlin, He appeared to regret that
the mill was not running, and said he
would not expect the men to make the
light nails at present II they returned to
work, and not until the other mills be-
gan. The committee left apparently
satisfied with the interview, and reported
at a well.attended meeting OF the nallers
ut the X, OF p. hall In the afternoon, at
which the matter was discussed at
length,
The committee was instructed to mott,
~ the management that the men would
resume work on the above terms this
morning, as desired. /,
The committee did rs instructed, and
this ended the strike, Both sides ap'
pear satisfied with the result,
All the nailers who have been work.
ing lately will take their old places, and
this morning will find running oil the
machines from six penny down, includ,,
ing the six penny, finishing, casing aud
sixteen penny hot. =,
The mill has plenty Of eight, ten and
twenty penny nails on hand and none
OF these machines will run for q while.
The company only had orders for
thirty kegs OF the light weight nails, and
It is doubtful whether the mill would
have made many OF them.
1t is claimed that other mills in the
vicinity arc making some Of the light
gauge nails. A conservative mailer said
Yesterday that the Wheeling nailers
would not strike against the new gauge
unless the Pittsburgh and Western nall
ers 90 In with them,
In connection with this matter, the
Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph OF last
evening says:
Here was a possible chance for Pitts
burgh to worst Wheeling, II the Pitts
burgh nailers accept the new gauge, II
will make local manufacturers kings Of
the situation,
It Is claimed that the, Wheeling PEG
Pile saw this and that yesterday two rep
resentatiyes from the Nail City-fearing
that this soubriQuet is in jeopardy
came here and spent q part Of yesterday
and last evening in shaping matters to
the end TINT Pittsburgh will DO placed In
the same position us is Wheeling. II ID
not yet known what the effect OF the
visit will be-.
The Pittsburgh Times OF yesterday
says; Alonzo LIoring and O.. II. Hub
bard, two Ohio Valley nail manufaCtur.
ers, were In Pittsburgh yesterday, and II
was reported that their visit was made
to induce Pittsburgh cut nail manuiac.
turers To work in harmony with the
Wheeling trust TO advance tho prices oil
nails.
Part Of the machines at the Bellaire
Nail Works are on this week; but sew.
eral are idle because the sizes are moi
needed.