The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-03-10
ANOTHER BIG MEETING
Of the Ohio Valley Trades and
Labor Assembly
HELD YESTERDAY AFTERNOON
Seventeen New Delegate Admitted,
and Much business OF Import.
nncc Transacted Five New
Local Unions Admitted.

Another big meeting Of tho Ohio Val
Icy Trades and Labor Assembly was
held yesterday afternoon. The Assem-.
bly, is growing rapidly, and lately, the
spectators, chairs have been iavorite 70.
sorts for interested members Of the vari.
GUS trades unions, represented in tho
Assembly. Yesterday every chair in the
house was filled, and not member CT
spectator left the hall during the long
SESSION. III. az. .tl. +.
President Woods presided over the
meeting with his customary dignity and
fairness. Seventeen delegates presented
their credentials and took the obliga.
tons, among them being delegates from
the new Tobacco Workers Union recent
ly formed among the workers at Bloch
Bros. factory, from the Red Letter
Union from the West Virginia Tobacco
Company's factory, from the newly form.
cd Stove Fitters' Union, from the Labor.
ars' Union, and also from the Martins
Ferry Hod Carriers Union, which was
formed last week. hy -g.r
The delegates from tho various build.
ing trades reported their strike in first.
class shape, and assured the Assembly
that they would win the points they are
fighting for. The boycott on William
Hull, the brickmason, which was or.
dered on atthe last meeting, was lifted
at the request OF the Hold. Carriers dele.
gates, he having settled his differences
with them. A circular was received
from the Warehousemen's Union, OF
Pittsburgh, announcing that two whole.
sale firms in that city had refused to
recognize the union, and asking that
their goods be boycotted. A circular
was also received from the Brewers
Union, OF St. Louis, declaring all tho St.
Louis breweries, except one, non.union.
The Ohio branch Of tho Legislative
Committee reported TINT it had decided
to run full labor ticket in Martins
Ferry at the coming spring election.
The proposition was enthusiastically
approved. n..
The Committee on Organization re.
ported the organization OF several new
unions, an account Of which appears
elsewhere. A letter was received from
Governor Fleming acknowledging the
receipt Of the Assembly's Recommended.
ton Of William Stephens for Mine In.
spector. The letter gave no promises;
A resolution was presented looking to
the securing OF the appointment OF q
representative workingman on the
Worlds Fair Committee. Discussion
on the matter was deferred till the next
meeting. We.
The lE!navillc assembly X. Of L., ex,
tended to all the delegates an invitation
to attend an open menting Of that asse IN.
bly, to be held next Sunday afternoon,
a resolution endorsing the strike Of the
Building Trades was Unanimously
adopted. A communication was receiv.
ed from Bloch Bros.' Tobacco Workers
Union asking the advice OF tho Assem-.
bly, in the matter OF admitting bosses tc
their organization. The matter was
thoroughly discussed, the Assembly di
viding almost evenly on the matter. l,
Was finally decided that it would not by
best to admit them.
The session wound up with report BY
Hon. John Corcoran reporting the acts Of
the special session OF the Legislature,
especially those acts which affect labor
He also announced himselfa candidate
for County Clerk, subject to the Demo
cratic convention.