The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-03-15
qHB OTHER SIDES VIEWS
OF the Building Strike and its
Complications. s.a y
A planning MILL MAN TALKS.
Some Things he Says tho Unions do
and Some Things They Don't do.
Meetings orBulldcrs Exchange,
Carpenters md pinstcrcrs.

Carpenters md pinstcrcrs.
Tho Platerers, Carpenters and Build
ers' Exchange met last night, but not
together. All three meetings did not
furnish good i!om OF news, and there
Is comparatively nothing to Say about
item.
Tho strike Is no nearer settlement
than 1t was two weeks ago tonight, when
the conference between the Builders
Exchange committee and tho Building
Trades Council adjourned. Neither
side has offered anything looking to a
settlement since that time and no one
will venture guess rs to when m offer
will be made.
The striking workmen have had their
strike recognized by the Federation OF
Labor and their respective national or.
ganizationa, and all hands will be draw
ing strike benefits in a few days. It is
reported that tho plumbers are already
getting their benefits.
The Builders Exchange has promised
to present full and complete statement
Of the case from their point OF view for
publication Monday. "A committee sent
from tho Exchange to this Office last
night stated that movements are on foot
for the amalgamaton Of all labor unions,
so that hereafter when ono branch Of in
dustry stops all branches Of whatever
character will DO closed down to force
settlement. Such scheme would mean
that the industrial forces OF tho world
would be paralyzed by difficulty in
any branch Of business.
An 1NTELLIGENCER reporter met a
planning mill man yesterday who was in
humor for talking, and tho result is
some information concerning the Build.
ers' Exchange side OF tho building
strike. :
an the first place. said he, ~ want
to say few words about Wood Bros.
and their lumber. No planning mill man
in Wheeling has entered any protest
against Wood Bros. or any one else buy
ing lumber. All the retail lumber deal
ers in Wheeling, Bridgeport, Bellaire,
Martins Ferry and Wellsburg belong to
an association known as the Union AS.
ISOLATION OF Lumber Dealers. It in
cludes retailers in Ohio, Pennsylvania,
West Virginia, Indiana aud Illinois, and
is formed for the same purpose rs the
Grocers' Protective Association is FORM
ed, namely, to keep wholesalers from
selling to consutlers, or contractors,
other than regular dealers and yard
owners.
"This association has been in existence
quite \ long time, and it las succeeded
in commanding the respect OF whole
sale lumber dealers everywhere. The
wholesalers know that il they sell to the
consumers they cannot sell TO US, so
they are careful to know where their
lumber goes. Wood Bros. order for
lumber went into the office OF johnson
& Co. alter this strike was on, and j. is
natural to suppose that Johnson 4 Co.,
putting two and two together, decided
not to fill the order, and not to sell to
anyone but the dealers with whom they
had been doing business until after the
strike is eettlod. The Builders Ex-
change, nor anyone connected with it,
have ever sent johnson & Co. any in
formation.
"Wood Bros. are not mistreated in
this case at all. At no time would these
people sell lumber to anyone not known
to be lumber dealers. None OF the man
uiacturirg establishments in this CITY
could bay car load OF lumber from
them, unless Johnson & Co. would paw
ten per cent Of tho price to tho dealers
in this city who buy from them. AS soon
as this strike is settled, Wood Bros. or
any other dealer who declares himselfi ia
the business regularly can buy all the
lumber he wants. n
"But on the other hand suppose we
had notified the wholesalers not to sell
to Wood Bros. We would be doing no
worse by them than they have done BY
us. W. W. Wood is President of the
Ohio Valley Trades and Labor Assem-.
bly,, and member Of the Carpenters
Union. Theodore Wagner Is President
OF tho Building Trades Council and
Treasurer OF the Carpenters Union,
Alex Beebout is Secretary OF tho Car.
penters' Union, and Edward Woods is
Secretary OF the Building Trades Coun-
Gil. These men are all officers in organi-
cations which are boycotting the plain.
ing mills. They and the men in these
unions will not work for us and will not
buy from us, nor will they allow anyone
else to work where they can hinder it.
They began the boycotting, and we
stood it without complaint, but the
minute they even imagine they are
pinchcd, they squeal right out"
"Whut is the trouble between the
Builders Exchange and the workmen 2"
eln the stonemasons' strike the dill.
ference is just SO cents a week. The
men want eight hours on Saturday and
the contractors want them to work nine
hours every day. When tho demand
was made by the stonemasons whereby
they got the nine.hour day there was
no Builders Exchange, and the master
masons were forced to grant tho men
anything they might ask. When they
came with this last demand, the Ex.
change decided that one hour in the
week is rs valuable to them rs another.
and the last hour Saturday night would
not be paid for unless it was worked.
,""All the other tradesin the city work 0
hours straight every day in the week,
and there is no reason why the stone.
masons should have an advantage over
the others. We therefore offered to pay
them 50 cents an hour and let them take
as many hours on Saturday as they care
to-" 81
"Wcll, arc there not some differences
between the Exchange and the car
penters?'' i
."Yes, there is a difference between us.
The carpenters insist on saying to whom
We shall sell our lumber aad our manu-
featured product. We think we have
perfect right to sell what we have to any
one"
"How. about tho proposition Of the
earpenters to do away with the black
list?' ...&a
ut is not only the grievances Of the
carpenters, but other trades which make
the trouble. Suppose the nailers or
puddlers in one Of the mills have trouble