The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-05-14
TILE TRADES ASSEMBLY.
Interesting Matters Considered ut Its Meet
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The Ohio Valley Trades and Labor
Assembly held its regular session yestcr,
day at Bellaire. 1t was known before.
hand that there would be some very in.
teresting business brought forward and
there was an unusually large attendance,
The meeting was, us had been anticipa.
ted, very Interesting one, and there is,
it is limited, a not remote possibility OF
the action taken resulting in something
still more interesting. The following
particulars have been learned:
At the last meeting OF the Assembly,
three weeks ago, a resolution was intro
duced ordering that the five or six men
who compose the mill committee for the
Riverside steel plant ut Benwood, be
listed as "black sheep" The events
that led up to this being offered date
back over two months-to the time the
X. OF L. and the Amalgamated Associa.
ton were quarreling over who should
control ut the Riverside's steel plant,
where the X. OF L. had had
possession for year, and where
their scale was the one signed, after
some few notifications had been made,
The Trades Assembly became involved
in that matter and refused to receive us
representatives those sent by the X. oil
l.. assembly made up OF workers in the
Riverside plant. At the same time il
did receive representatives from the
other two X. OF l.. assemblies ut Ben.
wood. Before that even, the trouble
between the X. OF l.. and AmalgamatiOn
over the question OF supremacy in iron
and steel matters had been rather lively,
The men formerly employed at the
Brilliant belong to the Amalgamation,
They went on Il strike and are still out,
while the mill is being run us non.
union mill.
The Brilliants representatives in the
Trades Assembly stated that the mill
committee ut the Riverside had been in
formed by them that the mill was sending
steel to the Brilliant ''scab' mill and that
it ought to be protested against and
stopped; and this was said to the men
whose representatives the Amalgama.
ton men and their friends had refused
to admit into the Assembly. The mill
committee took no steps in the matter
nor even protested. Thus the Brilliant
representatives reported to the Trades
Assembly, and it yesterday voted to list
the committee rs "black-sheep."
As soon as the vote was announced
the representatives from the mixed X.
OF L. assembly, No. 1923, and the River.
side tube workers assembly, both oil
Benwood, stated that anticipating such
action they had been instructed to
withdraw their lodges interest and rep
rcsentation in the Trades Assembly. II
is limited that this time. the X. OF L.
men, being assured OF the hearty
support OF the District Assembly,
officers will carry this matter to the Ma.
tional officers, and endeavOr TO secure
an order preventing Knights OF Labor
assemblies from aiIiliating with the
Trades Assembly and FORGETTING the char.
tiers OF those that may continue with it,
Such action would probably make big
cut in the Trades Assembly, us nearly a
dozen Knights OF Labor assemblies are
represented.
Mr.. Thomas Clark, OF Pittsburgh, a
member OF the District Executive Com
mittee, was present yesterday and made
a very conservative talk. He was for
harmony and not throat cutting; he
was sorry the Trades Assembly had UNI
der its constitution, been drawn into q
fight; that the two orders should be left
to fight it out for misunderstanding
on the principle OF n survival Of the tlttest,
The action OF members OF the Build
ing Trades Council in continuing work
on the Spear Axle Company's factory
after it had been boycotted was satisfac-
torily explained, and the work on this
concern will continue till the contracts
are completed.