Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-05-01
THE ITALIANS MUST GO.
Continued from Fourth Page.
not one but favored the following paper,
some Of their names being signed"
He then read as tollows:

, not one but favored the following paper,
some OF their names being signed"
He then read as tollows:
EXPRESSION or DIsAPPRovAL
WHEELING, April 30, 1856.
We, the undersigned citizens OF Wheel.
ing, having read the callfor public meet.
ing at the capital on Saturday evening
next, in the papers of this date, deslre to
mark our disapproval of its objects as
system of coercion TO compel the Natural
Gas Company of West Virginia to violate
the obligation of its contract with P. l..
Kimberly. The undersigned, while de-
ploriDg the employment Of foreign labor
while home labor can be had still recog.
mise the legal right of said Kimberly to
employ such labor, but affirm and declare
that to sanction the threatened efforts to
amend the franchises and privileges con.
terred upon the said Gas Company, would
be q gross piece of injustice, would encour.
age the reputation of contracts, which
the law holds valid and binding, and in the
end be submissive of civil rights
Signed by Henry E List, A LsiDg, NJ.
l. Ort, W. P. Heiskell, c. q. Odbert. J.
N. Vance, James D. Culbertson, VIM
Harvey, James V. Dickey, G. T. Digby,
Frank Booth, A. C. Egerter, q. Hszlett,
f P. Wheat, R. A. Hays W. Ellnghsm,
j. F. Norton, Jacob Snyder, Z. w Con
ner, F. b. Stanm, f. Schsefer, James
Grsngle, r X. Giffiu, J. P. Maxwell, A
T. Hupp, G w Bo5d. W. B Simpson, F.
Fl. Lange, W. II Grsbe, George Wise, V.
Rosenberg, Il Quarter e. N Harper, A.
c. Richardson.
COULDN'T GET ENOUGH MEN.
he added that il would be impossible to
get enough men in the city to do the work,
and if the company depended on city labor
they would have 10 wait some time TO have
the trenches completed; that the CouLcil
had no right to take any ACTION in the
matter, and that they ought to have the
back bone to sit down upon it at the start
Mr.. Myles said they were meeting as an
advisory committee. He thought citi
zens should be rendered Jobs first and il !
they could not do the WORK it was then !
time to call in outside help; that Italians
never spent anything with the city mer- |
chants. but carried away what they earned !
Mr.. Hesrne here Orose and stated that
Secretary Buchanan was present, and
would, no doubt, make statement from
their Standpoint
Mr.. Buchanan arose and said the 90 npsny
had always tr,d to favor those from whom
they expsctto get support, that Mr. b NIB.
, was not given the contract IS the lowest
bidder, but because hs WAS citizen and
one who wouli be agreeable to all, and
when Informed Of the employment Of Ital
ian labor they had gone Immediately to
Mr. Kimberly and demonstrated with him
He slGo said that if it was necessary on
account Of The price Of the contract to have
the same snnuled he stood ready on be.
half OF the company to do go and buy from
Mr.. Kimberly sll the tools he bad pur.
chased 10 do the work, and re-let the con.
tract although it would be at considera.
bic expense to do 90; that they were en-.
gagged in other industrieg, Gud among al
the large number OF men employed by
them there could not be found one Italian
AwAWN SPEECH.
Mr.. Kimberly said be iel, that the testi,
mony he had given was such tha, il did !
not sufficiently eEplai.. matters. Il do not
wish 10 stsad in the way of the Natural
Gsa Company" said he, becoming quite
warm, "but there is not a man present who
seems to appreciate the situation. If /
should contract with one man and we
should happen to disagree about the price
a strike would be Immediately DECLARED
and | would be leftia pretty box. am
under penalty and if do not do certain
amount of work in certain time forfeit
q given amount of money. If any one
knows Of On able bodied man Just send
him out to me when work is begun On this
end OF the line, and see i refuse him
work. It yea q SAD day when Christopher
Columbus, who was born in Genoa, came
over here and discovered this country. We
peopled it, and coll ourseIves Z gEeat Tree
nation, and nov beeEuss {, lew OF Christie.
piers coHntrImen come over here TO get a
little work there issuch o ahullabSloo kicked
up over the loot that would be sufficient to
souelch the whole OF Italy and all Of her
inhabitants. Now | would like to See the
man who presented the resolution to Coga
cll to call this meeting. T..is v.nrssary Of
Jsv Gouls, this friend ofthe lsboriDg man
who worked durino the great strike on the
Western Union lines several years sgo
Bring him in, want 10 sse him want
to look OF him Where is he
At this point Col Jake kempIe arose
and said, He is outs; de with the belly
ache"
FEW QUESTIONS.
Mr.. Cruise, who wss present, addressing
Mr.. Kimberly, said he mad understood that
two MEN had applied to him for situations
but that they had rec, ived no satisfaction
regarding the matter, and one Of them
stated that a certain amount Of digging
had to be done for days work.
Mr.. Kimberly al swered that he was in
such an undecided s,ste as TO which end
the work was TO commence on thst lie I
could give no one deGuite answer. In
regard to the other matter, he bad never
told any man how much dirt he expected
q workman TO throw out in day !
here Mr.. Kimberly, Prs,idept Bachelor
ard Mr. Smy,h held lttfe consultation !
at the CONCLUSION Of Which Nr. Hsrrell
Who vss present said 10 Mr.. Kimberly:
You made the assertion that you told
our citizens that there was no certainty
when you could give Them vorE. but you
could contract with Italian labor ard have
gang of them held 10 await work"
Mr.. Kimberly stated that he did not pay |
the men until they started 10 work, and
after q little cross fritg with Mr.. Harre!!i, ,
he turned TO Chairman Hil5Teih sad ssid
j have Iast made GU arrangement by
which think that the Italians Can be en-
tirely dispensed With | will investigate
the matter and if il can be done shall
dispose of Gil OF them before the work be-
gins"
This was rather sudden. Here was the
object Of the whole meeting accomplished
almost in one fell swoop and the listeners
stood speechless from surprise for mo-
ment and then applauded the speaker.