The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-03-11
MR.. ROBERTSON CHOSEN
As the Ohio Valley Trades AS
sembIy's Candidate,
STATE LABOR COMMISSIONER
Created by the Last LegisIature-A
Strike settled-wiIlIam Martin
for National Labor Commits
missioner-W, &H, II. II,

The regular meeting yesterday alter
noon of the Ohio Valley Trades and La
Dor Assembly, was one OF the most in
terestiug, as well as the most protracted,
held for many months, The principal
matter Of interest passed upon was the
naming OF a candidate for the newly Gre
ated office OF State Commissioner OF La
Dor Statistics, In accordance with the
final recommendation Of the Assembly's
Legislative Committee, it was decided
that the Assembly should name one
candidate for the position, without re-
gard to politics, and urge upon whoever
may finally become Governorde Jacto his
appointment,
There was n good deal OF discussion.
Among the candidates had been NJ, A,
Chew, Conrad Wassemann and John
Corcoran, but these all withdrew In ia
vor OF Mr.. Richard Robertson, OF the
Neus Letter, who was thereupOn unani'
mOusly nominated for the position.
Mr., j, II, Burt, so long and promi'
nently identified with this Assembly,
having withdrawn from his candidacy
for National Labor @ Commissioner, a mo-
ton was made and prevailed unanimous
ly, that the assembly endorse William
Martin, Secretary Of the Amalgamated
Association, for this position.
A BOYCOTT LIFTED.
The delegates from the Martins Ferry
Carpenters Assembly reported that j.
Kerr 4 Son, the contractors there, had
conceded the point for which the men
struck last July, agreeing to employ
only union workmen, to work on union
hours and to pay union wages. The
strike had therefore been declared oil,
and the Assembly was asked to lift the
boycott. This was done.
The Cigar Makers Assembly, X. OF L.,
reported that bogus label In close imi,
tation OF their copyrighted label, had
been gotten up and was used on cigars
made elsewhere and brought here tosell
The matter was left for their own assem-
bly, to take the proper action.
THE W. 4 II. R. II. MATTER.
Attention was called to a publication
in Yesterdays MeWS.Leiter charging that
Paige, Carey & Co., the contractors who
are doing the bridge aud tunnel work
for the W. < II. Railroad Company, had
written to all the bosses In their employ
a letter, all substantially alike, and one
OF them reading as followsi
PAIGE CAREY 4 Co., RAIL
ROAD CONTRACTORS, WHEEL
WHEELING, Feb, l, 1880.
Vr. DergiSson;
From this date on you are ordered to
employ no man who lives in the city oil
Wheeling. II so doing your services
will no longer be required.
Yours respectfully,
PAIGE, CAREY 4 Go.
This was held TO be gross violation
OF the agreement by the company that
Wheeling laborers should be given the
preference, and the matter was referred
to a committee OF three, composed o.
Messrs. Il. Robertson, II. A. Chew and
John Plant, with power to take such
action as they deemed proper.
TIE STREET CAR STRIKE.
After the meeting 1t was reported that
the demand Of the employees Of the cleo
trical railroad for 81 70 n day for nine
hours work, which was to have taken
effect last Saturday, had been deferred
unlil next Saturday, owing 10 the alb
senCe OF some Of the officials Of. the COM
pany. Tho employees now receive 81 0O
d day, for twelve hours work, nomin.
ally. The men say they are now Obliged
to work eighteen hours one day and
only six the next, and at the end Of one
week they have only five days to their
credit and at the end Of the next week
five and one.fourth days. They now
want TO make six days wages for fifty.
four hours work, and II they do not get
it by next Saturday, will strike.
The Miners Scale.