The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-08-13

HE WHEELING Dali
PRESIDENT WiEIHE
AND SECRETARY MARTIN AezIs
Elected 70 the Positions they % ABLY Filled
In the past-The AmAigamated Asso.
citation Adiourns after cempist.
Ing its business The oaleeFs.
The annual convention of.the Anal.
gamated Association Of Iron and Steel
woik ers Of America adjourned yesterday |
afternoon, having completed all the
business demanding attention. The cleo
ton Of officers, which took place just prior
to adjournment, resulted in the choice Of
the same officers who have served for the
past year, with the exception Of two mem-
Der Of the Board Of Trustees and one of
the District Vice Presidents. The con-
yention has been harmonious throughout,
and there now exists the same unity OF
purpose which has always characterized
The members OF the Association.
Anumber Of important steps were taken
by the, convention, but the final result TO
the iron industries OF the country 1t Is yet
to early 70 tell, though the action taken
on Tuesday, refe1ing the old rail question
10 the local mile. for settlement, hos
already borne good fruit in the starting Of
the Youngstown mills.
THE CLOSING SESSION.
Yesterday morning the Committees on
Grievances and Claims made their re-
ports. The latter committee recommend
ed that Secretary Martins proposition
that lodges otherwise in good standing,
but which from protracted suspension OF
their mills had fallen into arrears 70 the
grand lodge, BIO exonefated from all past
dues. This was done except In one or two
special caass.
+ A communication received several days
ago from Cincinnati, inquiring, How
many heats per furnace constitute days
work for Dire bO,i made on what are now
known as plate and tank mills, formerly
classed as sheet and jjbbsng miils?' anu
referred to q epeci& committee, was re-
ported upon by this cammittee, as follows;
"All mills which work on plate and
tank mill prices must be governed by
plate aud tank mill iules-and five heats
per turn per furnace, ten heats per turn
Tor t@oiurpaces and fifteen heats per turn
for three furnares shall constitute a days
work, aud no more shall be made on any
one turn"
The report was adopted.
q CONVENTIONS coABlSHD.
Tho report Sot the special committee OF
twenty which last week recommended
| that the district, scaia and rational con-
yentions be combined, was adopted. This
combined convention will be held each
year on The first Tuesday in June, at Pitts
Iburgh until Otherwise ordered by the AS
ISOLATION. Heretofore the annual conyen-
ton met on the tirst Tuesday in August,
and ethe scale convention In May. The
change made yesterday necessitates the
placing OF the commencement OF the
scale year one month later-July Instead
Of June l, as heretofore.
In case Of strike hereafter, the men
will be. idle through July aud possibly
August, and work In June-a decided adj
vantage. :,
lcussion OF the scale will be the first thing
in order. As always, local lodges will
submit propositions concerning changes
in the scale. These will be referred by
the convention to special scale commit
tee of fifteen, TO formulate aud report
scale. This committee will include the
President, Secretary and Treasurer, the
other twelve members to be equitably ap..
portioned among the different branches OF
1 industry. A committee will also be APP
pointed from among the delegates TO con-
/ Ter with the Manufacturers at some time
during the session OF the convention, in
regard TO wages.
.fgEDgRs AND EA1LERs.
The following was offered, bu. after
some warm discussion, was indefinitely
postponed. The feeders will therefore
have to wait at least another year to get
back into che Amalgamation:
Resoiped, That Tin the event OF the nailers
and nsil.feeders disbanding their present
organizations and making application dur
ing the year for reinstatement in the AS.
ISOLATION, the President OF the National
lodge shall be empowered TO issue q cir
cular laying before the sub lodges this
question: sl
Shall the nailers and nail.ieeders be adj
mitted to membership in our Associa-
TONI
And majority vote Of the lodges shall
decide.
OTHER RESOLUTIONS.
/ On4motion ~ wna $500
Resolped, That all decisions rendered by
the President from time to time be printed
in the qual .erly report issued by the Ma.
tional Lode and also in the yearly journal
Of proceedings.
Tho following resolution wss offered,
butAfter some discussion laid on the table:
ReSofted, That the action regarding the
striking out Of the engineers be reconsid-
cred. ~. <
The following resolution, were unani.
mously adopted: ts ,.
RsSotrei, Tha. this Convention tender q
vote Of thanks to The local committee OF
arrangements for the very kind, courteous
and gentlemanly treatment the delegates
have received at,their hands during the
sessions OF this convention.
WHEREAS, The officials 81 the city OF
Wheeling have been 80 generous as to ten.
der the delegates in attendance atthis con-
yention the Tree use OF their city building
Il H. ~. a 1, lJtns. 'af a1H tankb animal oa0.