The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-12-23
NEW OFFICERS CHOSEN
BY the Ohio Valley Trades AS
sembIy Yesterday,
Ia STRIKE AT MARTINS FERRY
Receives Considerption-New Bodies
Being Organized The Eight
Hour movement Is Again Dis
cussed : Labor News.

A regular emi,month ymeetipg o fthe
Ohio Valley Trades and Labor Assembly
held yesterday afternoon was well at
tended by the delegates from the several
organizations forming the Assembly,
The annual election Of officers and
several other important matters which
were presented for consideration made
the meeting one Of the most interesting
held for some time past, The election
OF officers resulted as follows.
President-W, W. Wood, Of the Gar
penters' Brotherhood.
Vice President-Miss Agnes Leaton'
burg, OF the Lantern Works girls organi'
cation,
secretary-Thomas N. salisbury, o.
Martins Ferry, Of the Carpenters
Brotherhood,
treasurer, NJ, Murphy Of the Plas
terers' Union. +,
Trustee-John Corcoran, o fthe Ameri
can Flint Glass Workers Union,
A communication was received from
Bridgeport, giving the names Of thret
grocers doing business there who are
still handling Marvin's hoycotted goods
Arrangements we're made for notifying
people who deal with those three gro
Gers that they are handling boycottet
goods and for seeing that union meI
cease trading with them.
Saturday afternoon the carpenters en-
ployed at B. Exley & Co.'s planning mil
at Martins Ferry were called out by thu
union, on account Of the discharge o
Joseph LaRue. A conference commit
tee called on Mr.. Exley, who refused Il
receive them. LaRue was discharged By
Mr.. Exley while they were dlsputInl
concerning the proper way to do a piec'
OF work.
This matter was reported to the As
sembly. Tho grievance is not 30 mucl
over the discharge Of the workman
named as 1t is oyer the manner In which
Mr., Exley refused to receive the com
mitter. The matter was referred to th'
arbitration committee Of the Martini
Ferry Carpenters Brotherhood.
The Arbitration committee Of the As
sembly reported the settlement Of TIN
strike Of the girls at the Nail City Ian
tern Company's works.
The Organization Committee reported
having organized the male employees o
the Nail City Lantern Company, TIT
warehouse employees and the laundry
workers,
Complaint was made that the brewer
are buying foreign made kegs In viola
ton OF the agreement made with tlt
local Coopers' Union. The matter wa
referred 10 u special commIttee for in
v~estigation.
Over au hour was spent in the dis
Gussion Of labor matters in general, anC
the e~ighthOpr movement in particular
This question was discussed in a mos
entertaining manner. II Is question
that Is attracting much attention In al
the large cities, and az the time draws
near when tho effort Is TO be mad0 10 en-
force the eight hour rule there is appar'
emit a marked increase In the interest
shown. An e%ight.hour badge has been
adopted by many organizations In larger
cities and Is worn by thoae in sympathy
with the movement: Following is q dc,
scription Of II. The badge is q disk o.
copper or gold, half an inch in diameter
enamelled to represent, as shown. in
maps Of the world, in blue or black, but
marked by only eight meridiaps in gilt
These are indicative OF the demand OIL
the Federation Of Labor fora work day
Of eight hours. Above the disk Is
scroll with the letters A, +. Of v. I'm
derneath Is u pendant inscribed "tabol
Omnia VinCit," emitting, asi 8 usual the
word "Improbus" from the quotation
On the disk at the north pole Is the
figure 49," and at the south pole Is the
word nhours.p