Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-10-15
a DEPARTURE


No. "a
PrrrssuEcH. Ictober M.-Last week the
Executive Bo44f 81 khe National Grand As
sembly of the E<fhtr Of Labor were in Sc.
cret session il q sitY for three days. Al
that time it Weo|t possible 10 learn the ma
ture of the In ftfAnt business that had
called them t0S8 Der. To-day the facts were
obtained ia an u tefEiev with Grand Secre-
tary Layton, ar4 they are OF the greatest
strike Of the p0ttsry employees Of East Liv-
erpool, Ohio. Fer Tie. first time in its his
tory the order " whole body has deter
mined to boypp}f an industrial enterprise.
Grand Seeret>fy layton said yesterday:
THE grand e1,tuti ge officers of our board
are seriously cot ftemplsting boycotting the
pottery manu- Snrers OF East Liverpool,
Ohio; Such aaEN has never yet been un-
dertak6n BY or rider with the sanction Of
the Grand Bohr It has been done local
ly By districts a2d single lodges, but never
generlllY by the tsktire order. It was at
leihrtPd ~ some time neo on che
s0s~ego Gloss q Company but upon
investigation by our Executive Board. the
boycotting was stopped: That action very
materially strengthened our order"
'sHow will you boycott the potters?"
"Nothing is more simple. In contempla.
ton of taking the step, We have prepared
ourselves. Here are samples OF the ware
manufactured IN East Liverpool. The
trade. mark 10 very plain. In case the Board
issues the boyoetting resolution-and they
certainly will i'll the potters hold out-I will
issue cards to every member of our order
in the United States The card will be of
size convenient to carry IN the pocket, and
one end will b plainly printed with the
East Liverpool potters' trademark. The
bearer of the card, If he be a
good Knigh, viii refuse to buy or in
any way use any articles bearing fac
simile Of the trade mark appearing on the
card. Not only that, but they will not
work for any firm dealing in or in any way
potters. Besidss. we have q recognized
understanding with all other trades organi-
zatiens that when one branch Of organized
labor boycott any brand Of article, no mat
ter where, no meter how, that We shall all
do the same. They may change
their trademarks just as often as
they like. We have facilities for keeping
posted in the matter, and will only have to
notify our different Lodges. We will teach
those East Liverpool manufacturers that
labor is respectable, and that the firms
which expect to carry on the pottery in
dustry in Ohio must respect 1t and acknowl-
edge labor's rights. The order has not been
issued yet, bur Il expect it very soon, as am
perfectly informed of the prevailing opin-
ion in the Executive Board when they met
here recently. am ready to carry out
their orders. The effect of black-listing
the East Liverpool ware would be greater
than may be at first imagined. You may
think that II the Knights of Labor did not
buy at retail that dealers would still keep
Liverpool pottery on sale for persons who
did not belong to any Order or organized
labor. Not 90. We would refuse to buy
any other article from firm which sold
East Liverpool b.ands OF ware. This is
our greatest argument. We feel able to
kill any firm in any business