The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-04-28

The Glass Strike, The Reilly Hook, Etc,
New Organizers Appointed-A Letter
From the Governor.
Conrad Wassaman presided over the
meeting OF the Trades Assembly yester.
day afternoon, President Wood still be.
ing irdisposed. As usual every chair in
the house was occupied.
The first matter taken under consid.
Grafton was the resolution passed by the
Assembly at the last meeting declaring
against placing the blown.tumbler
smoothers at the Central Glass Works
on the black list. 1t was held that, al.
though the strike may have been i'll.
advised, the men who took the strikers
places opposed the foundation principle
Of unionlsm as much as il the strike had
been entirely fair and had been sane.
toned. The vote was reconsidered,
and the matter went over till another
meeting Tor further investigation.
The carpenters presented q list OF
names Of men who are employing non.
union labor, asking that the employers
be boycotted and the wo!kmen in their
employ blacklisted. The lis: contained
the names Of members Of the Builders
Exchange and the uen employed by
them.
At the request Of the Stove Filters
Union. the Joseph Bell Stove Company
was placed under boycott and the men
employed there were blacklisted.
The delegates from the Plasserers'
Union stated that there are some non
union men ia their trade at work, but
no official action had been taken, hence
the Assembly could not recognize the
statement.
The condition Of the new union form
ed at Blocli Bros. tobacco works was
brought up for discussion. At the time
the union was formed, the Assembly re-.
commended that the union should not
admit the foremen into the concern. The
union was formed q few days later, and
the foremen were admitted, and bene.
VIOLENT features were incorporated, |
When the American Federation was ap-
pealed to for a charter, it refused it on
the ground that the ioremen are mem
beers and because the benevolent feature
appeared to them to be uppermost. The
delegates from the union yesterday stat
ed that they,had passed a resolution Co.
ing away with the benevolent feature
and expellingthe foremen. The Assem-.
bly, thereupon instructed its Secretary to
appeal to the Federation for a charter.
a letter OF thanks Vas received from
Architect E. B. ~FranSheim, expressing
his gratitude to the Assembly for its
recommending to the County Commits |
siouers the adoption OF his plan for the
new Jail.
4 letter was received from Governor
Fleming in reply to the request that
he appoint NJ. j. Finley, as a Representa-
tive union man, a member OF the
Worlds Fair Committee. Speaking OF
the letter las. night, one Of the Assembly
members said:
IT is n Of those very long letters
which carefully avoid saying anything.
Ee hle all such letters and remember
A resolution vas also adopted recon.
mending W. L. kinsey, OF Blaine, Ohio.
to Governor Campbell Tor q similar posi-.
ton.
The scarcity of organizers in this
vicinity was brought up for discussion.
was shown that all three OF the OF.
,anizers are not in position to do service.
". ?. Burt, OF the Federation, il perma.
located in Greensbure, Pa. N. F,
the other Federation organizer
3 busy with the Ainers' Union ouf in
he State, and ". W. Wood is sick. r
Salisbury, Richard Robertson and (,
Ienry Schenk were recommended for F,