The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-04-30


.,Iiryan indignation meeting on Satur.
u, rj,ht, 80 protest agRinst the intro
h,fop Of cheap foreign labor" All clti-
',,usiuyited to be present, The action
An. meeting is not LETT to the citizens
.D, NAV attend. Those who have pre-
and the call declare that Council must
inooI the privileges Of the West Virginia
y,tpra! Cias Company, and tho State
R,riofPublic Works must withdraw the
,.,b, of way over the National Road. II
NAV be that the people of Wheeling will
M, think Il best to make these demandO
m o,LppubIic bodies named, or to take any
acton agGinst company which ss yet
bm sbused no privilege granted to 1t,
IAe West Virginia Natural Gas Com
many has not even offended the public
ointment which prefers home labor TO
Yy other labor. The company invited
Ltis for certain work and, we are In
famed and believe, was glad to let the
,oultact to Wheeling man, believing
pnt Wheeling labor would be given tn
ss, chance. There was, Of course, nc
,lch condition in the contract, but such
o.litiOns are not made in contracts. Tn
Ohio River Railroad was built with Italiar
lboh Ohio county made a subscription
IA aid in the construction OF that road
The Commissioners were not asked to
neind their action because Of the EN-
Doyment OF Italian labor. The road has
D.sn sourCu OF convenience and prof.
ptheciy OF Wheeling. 30 will the gas
line be, by whatever labor constructed.
lhe lSrgLLlaENCRR has expressed its
rget that the contractor did not Civ
home lsbor chance. The views OF thit
newspaper regarding Italian labor are 30
often expressed that they are known to
everybody who reads the paper. We re
Uet that anybody employs this labor fol
,ny purpose, for Italians OF this grade d.
not come to stay, they would not bef
desirable addition to the population, and
they beat down the price Of the worl
vhicht they perform. From the point o.
view Oi the public welfare they would bt
dear at any price. But tho fact that Ital
ian cheap labor has been employed by
the contractor, in the exercise OF righ
which We wish he had not exercised, vii
not Justify an assault on the West Vir
inia Natural Gas Company, which has
uot offended in any way.
Wedo not suppose that any Wheeling
vorkingman desires to be unjust, how.
ever much he may resent the coming oi
tue Italians. We do not suppose that
any Wheeling workingman would ask the
city or the State authorities to break
Llilh with company which has broken
risith. Surely West Virglnians will moi
llvetisO themselves to the world as re
paliaton Of their obligations, and this Is
the proposition Of the call for the meeting.
We cannot afford to upset everything be.
cause.-The contractor has done what We all
regret he has done. II citizens desire
pilCeGbly to assemble and express them
selves iu good temper on any matter
which interests them, that Is their right ;
basthey ought always toguard against be-
ine carried to extremes by heated feeling
tic never wiso To establish precsdentO
which may come back at other times and
mother ways to do a deal Of mischief.
Here is thought for those Wheeling
VakiuCmen who would like q chance to
work gu the pipe line. A meeting Of the
Board Of Directors Of the West Virginia
Natural Gas Company will be held In thir
city at the company's Office tomorrow al
lernOOn. Let committee of worklngmen
wait on the Directors and solicit an inter.
view for the purpose Of talking the matter
over. This plan, II carried out, coald do no
harm and would al least lead to state
nmt Of the compAny's views. The In.
ELtloEScEn thinks that the Directors
would not decline to grant such an inter.
view.