The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-04-04
An INTERESTING CONFERENCE
Held Last Evening Detween tho Two Sides
* of tho Carpenters' Strike-So Settlement
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Held Last Evening between tho Two Sides
of tho Cnrpenters' strike-N o Set iement
Yesterday morning Mr.. Willard +.
Geiaey, Secretary Of the Builders Ex-
change, received communication from
the Building Trades Council asking that
the Conference Committee which was
appointed by that body some weeks ago,
and which held ono meeting with tho
Building Trades Councils committee,
should meet them again last night. A
meeting Of the Builders Exchange WIS
called ut once, and at that meeting Il
was decided That the Exchanges commit.
toe should bein waiting orthe Councils
committee at 1880 ,. IN. The Exchange
also adopted a resolution asking that re-.
porters Of the morning papers bs present,
the invitation, Of course, being condi.
toned 80 that the desires OF the Councils
committee should be considered. 7.
Ata little past $ o'clock tho members
Of the Councils committee arrived al
the Chamber OF Commerce and touSd
the Exchanges committee and the re.
porters already on hand. Mr.. Wagener,
Of the Council, who acted as chairman
Of tho former conference, WIS again
chosen for tho position and D. Il,
brooks, of the Exchange, was again
made secretary. MI. Caldwell moved
10 allow the reporters to remain in tho
meeting aud Mr.. ilrooks seconded the
motion. Mr.. Stoetzer, of the Council,
asked the reason for the motion, aud
Mr.. Brooka stated that on behalf Of the
Exchange Tho reporters had been asked
In, and that tho members Of the Tx.
change had nothing to say in the meet
ing which they objected to the public
hearing. MI. britt, Of the Council, said
tho Council proposed to do nothing
which 1t would be ashamed Of and that
for his part he had no objections to the
presence Of reporters. Mr.. Wagner
said he did not propose to say ordo any.
thing he would 10 ashamed OF, but that
ho could not see the need Of making the
doings OF tho meeting public. 70
President Roland aud Vice President
Schwartz, Of the Carpenters Brother.
hood. whose presence in tho city was
noted In yesterdays Issue, accompanied
the Councils Committee, and President
Wilson, OF the Exchange, came in also.
Vice President Schwartz asked permits.
sion to say few words, which was
granted. lie though 1t very inoppo.
tune time for tho reporters to be pres.
ent, for the reason that nothing final
could DO done at the meeting. Doth
committees must report back to their
parent bodies any action or suggestions
which might be developed at the meet
ing, and those suggestions might not DO
approved, hence there could be no good
in publishing them. He was in favor of
the tiual terms Of settlement beng pub-
lished when such state Of affairs de.
yelops. ~ LIZ.
Mi. Caldwell thought 1t best for the
reporters to- retire since there was oppo-
sltlon to them, and while tho matter was
under discussion, the native modesty OF
those gentlemen forced them to depart
rather than longer listen to an argument
concerning themselves. e.,
The meeting lasted until nearly II
o'clock. After it was finished one Of the
gentlemen said that Vice President
Schwartz persisted that the clause OF the
Exchanges proposition wherein they
are assured tho right 10 sell to whom
they please and get out work for whom
they please, would never be conceded.
On the other hand President Wilson was
Just as positive in the assertion that the
Exchange would meyer settle the matter
without that provision. There was no
better understanding and the questions
ut issue We're no nearer settled when the
meeting adjourned than at the start,
The Councils committee asked for
another meeting for Saturday night,
which tho members OF the Exchange
committee agreed to on condition that
the committee come with power to
settle the trouble. The Exchange CON.
mlttee insists that the building work
will begin next Monday with either
union or ron.union men, and they will
not meet the committee from the
Council again unless It is vested by the
parent body with power to settle the
long existing trouble. s:s'{.