Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-06-03
The AmAlgamated, A

THE BUSINESS TRANSACTED YESTERDAY.
The Amaleamsted Association OF iron
and Steel Workers WAS called to order al
Turner Hall, Pittsburg, at $50 @'tiock yes.
terdsy mornn;:55g by President Weihe. Sey-
eral communications were re23, anu The
special coumittse that was appointed to
! confer With the Nailers ard Heaters Com
mi,tee was instructed to cobfer with that
committee in the afternoon ana report back
to the Convention as early az possible. The
most i'm pcrtant business that came before
the mornings session was the reading Of
the letter from General Master Workmsn
Fowderly, and sent by him in &C.
cordance with the action taken BY
the Knights Of Labor at their convention
in Cleveland. The letter commences with
tribute to the Amalgamated Association
which is on the road to success. Refer
erence is made to the fact that the roads
| TO the success of labor are where it is uni.
ted. 4 proposition is made that the Anal
rsma,ed Association enter the Knights OF
Labor organization rs body. 10 making
this proposition the latter states that II is
not the intention by such action 10 have
the Amslgamated Association destroyed,
but With desire 10 strengthen tat organ
ization. The letter states rha. the knights
OF LABOR is the great henrt through which
tbs life blood of labor flows and that the
Amalgsm8ted Association ia recognized as
q part OF it.
The letter when read before !bs eonven.
ton this uoTnug vas veil received The
officials Of the AmslgGmated Association
sent reply 20 Mr. PosderlY. Their let
ter stated that his communicable had been
kindly received. aud had oeen unanimously
referred to the Committee on iae Good oI
the Order. sai ihGt the officials were
outhoriged to return the frAternsl greeting
to the Knights Of Labor An invitation il
also extended TO Mr.. PoEderIy to visit thiI
city during the Convention and t. address
the delegates.
The proposition made by the Genera
Assembly Of The Knights cf Labor to th,
Amslgsmt ted Association created consid
cradle excitement among the delegat
+ TO tia n6lgamatsd convention
The delegates we're very reticen
4 however, and could not be induced to ex
press an opinion. Should the proposition
!. be accepted, the ironworkers would eric
!. the same relations With the HIights OF Ia
Dor, &c tie Window tiIass Workers Associl
+ ton. Mr. Pogderly calls attention I
an extract iron the constitu,io
Of The Amslgsnsted Assoc:stio
+ which declares in eff5o, lat the iron vorl
sr. can accomplish nothing except thEoag
organization e. ane body. On the sam
principle be urges the acceptance OF b
L uroposit;on. Il is understood that if Ii
e iron workers go into the combination the
Il will be given representative on the genert
e Executive Board and will form the mo
/. i'm por;apt branch Of rhe Knights Of LAbo
h The only difference en- adoption Of the pla
1t would make to the Anslgsusted would
8 tha, before declaring e stEiss on the SEA
10 question tee highest authorities of th
knights of Labor would have 10 be co
suited.
In referring TO the letter, 8 psominel
Knight Of Labor, who bad just retGrn'
n from Cleveland, stated that be he'd talk
With Mr Posderly about the proposiio
last night. and il the iron workers receive
his letter in the same spirit in which it y