Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-05-05
LEAGUED LABOR.
Annual Meeting Of the United Amer
lean Mechanics.
Thirty-Sixth Session-State Membership
Receipts and Observation-Disclosures
Elected and Installed for the
Ensuing Year.
NOTES FROM VARIOUS QUARTERS.

sixth annual session OF the state Couhcll
of the Order of United American Mechanics,
of Pennsylvania, commenced its sessions
in the hall OF Manoquesy Lodge, L. U. y. f.
Broad street, yesterday morning. AT an
open session, at which Burgess G. H. Mey-
ers and Councilmen Anstreet and God
shalk were present, Burgess Meyers bid the
delegates welcome to the hospitalitles
of Bethlehem in short speech,
which was replied to on behalf OF
the State Council by State Councillor John
Eckstein. OF Philadelphia. The number OF
delegates present is about one hundred
At the morning session OF the Council new
members were admitted and reports OF the
sew eral officers were received and referred
TO committees. At the ending OF the flScal
wear June 80, 1881, there were l53 councllsol
the order in the state and a membership OF
lO.927. The receipts OF subordinate coun-
ellis were Sl2l, 1889, exclusive OF the Wld:
ows' and orphans fund, which amounted
TO S37l3.lS. The balance in the treasures
of subordinant councils aggregate SBo,-
1850, and in the widows and orphans
fund, $50. SAT-. During the current year
many additions have been made to the
membership.
The officers of the S'lte Council for the
ensuing year, commenting May ), are as
follows State Councillor, William 5. Mil
lar, of Scranton; State Vice Councillor, NJ.
F. Senderling, of Philadelphia; State Coun-
Gil Secretary, John Kroder, of Pmladel
phia; State Council InduCtOr, John s. Nick
ie of Harrisburg; State Council Examiner,
NJ. S. LeSSig, of POttstOvn; State Council
Protector, Nelson Enders of Jacksonville.
At the afternoon resolution was adopted
to instruct the representatives to the Nd
tional Council to urge upon that body the
establishing of home for aged and inllrm
members.
The new officers were installed. The per
capita tax for the coming year was fixed at
"a cents. Peter StyerS of Bethlehem, was
elected representative to the National Coun-
Gil for three years. Lancaster was selected
as the place for holding the next annual
session, on the first Tuesday in May, 1888.
Situation in New York.
NEW YORK, May 1.-THE horseshocrs in
custom shops in this city went on strike
Yesterday, asking s. and $3.50 per day for
hoOrmen and firemen respectively. Many
of the bosses granted the demand at once
and the men resumed their work but
many more still hold out, claiming that the
high price of material and the present
rates charged their customers for work will
not allow them to pay IT, ."crUaSe.
The Association of Boss HorSeshoers met
last night and. after discussing the subject
of wages. decided that the men were enti-
tied to it, and allowed each one present to
use his own judgment as to paying the IN
crease, but also that it would be injudiciouS
to pass a resolution compelling every MEM
her to pay it, They decided also that the
- 81, Il l. kn 4
cents per set to cover the increase in wages
and the price of material, iron having gone
up So per ton and nails seventy-tive cents
per box.
The strike of the bricklayerS still contin-
ues against Messrs. Weeks Il Son, and work
is almost entirely stopped on the new Law
school of Columbia College. The firm are
immOvablc ut present, the difficulty of get
ting bricks. which are scarce and high
priced, fortifying them in the position
they take against their men. But 1t is
generally conceded that they must cvcntu-
aliy grant the demand madc-to discharge
their foreman-Gs it is impossible to get
men enough to do the work, which is very
particular. both inside and out. Nearly
all the strikers were around the building at
times during the day yesterday. The
stone ma~onS say the strike will stop their
work in forty-cight hours, one OF them
saving: 80, while their union pays them
right along every day they're out. we'll
have to whistle and get no money
The plumbers are employing every means
to gain their strike. Committees are daily
visiting the different jobs where men are
still employed, and by intimidation or
otherwise trying to induce them to quit
work and Join the strikers. The appren-
tiCes of one firm by such means were
Il. . 4. H. l., h,t
at the meeting last nightit was decided that
they should return, a. it would be an act
of injustice to make the boys lose their
trade.
The boss plumbers met yesterday after
noon and reiterated their intention OF not
granting 81 per day. They say the people
will not stand he increase. Several re-
ported that they were getting few hands
10 go on with their work, and hope 10 have
all bands back in a week or more.
Tie strike at Higgins carpet factory is
steadily growing in proportion, and prOba:
bly, before the end Of the week, unless the
ten per cent demanded is granted, the en-
lire 800 hands employed there will he Oh
the street The success OF the dyerS last
week encouraged the movement Sixty
Brussels carpet weavers left their looms on
Monday night and l15 tapestry weavers
Yesterday morning. They were getting
- cents per yaru ana ueWanueu Ten pa
cent more: the firm offered one.eighth of
cent, making the price 2}9 cents. The girls
held a mass meeting at Wendel's Hall and
unanimously refused the offer, demanding
10 per cent or nothing. The fifty girls in the
section rOOm-where the patterns are set up
strike this morning, and this will throw
thirty more out, because they will have no
looms TO watch. The strike causes con-
siderable excitement in the neighborhood
iE consequence of the loss of livelihood in
so many families should a lockout follow
the strike.
The coopers' strike in Williamsburg still
continues, with prospect of its extension
to other and larger shops, who are at pres
ent supplying barrels to the firm whose
work has stopped.
The file cutters in Williamsburg struck
for an increase of wages on Monday, and
nearly all resumed work yesterday after
gaining their point.
lABoREBS DISCHARGED.