The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-01-27
.COMNIT'FBBS APPOINTED.
ByiP'esident Wood. Of the
Trades and Labor Assembly,
BEER UNDER DISCUSSION,
And n Circular Naming sch,nul.
buch's ns the Only Union iccr
Made In tho City, Ordered Sent
out-olhcr Matters.

An interesting meeting OF tho Ohio
Valley Trades and Labor Assembly was
held yesterday afternoon. The first
business was tho admission Of delegates
from the Nail City Federal Union, under
the Federation OF Labor, q mixed or.
ganizatlon composed Of ex.membsrs Of
Prosperity Assembly, X. Of L., and
others whose trades aud occupations are
not organized into distinct unions. The
Clerks Union, composed chiefly oishoe
store clerks, reported that it had made
several efforts 40 induce the shoe dealers
to close at p. IN, and that MI had
agreed to It except j. II. Locke 4 Co.,
who positively refused. The Clerks' rep.
resentatives In the Assembly stated that
MI reasonable means hud been tried,
and asked that tho Assembly take
charge OF tho matter. II was referred
to the Arbitration Committee, and
another effort will DO made 10 induce
Locke 4 Co. to close, with the rest.
A resolution WINS adopted declaring
Schmulbach's beer the only union beer
made in the city, and the secretary was
Instructed to send written coumuuica,
tious TO the varions local unions notify
ing them OF the Asscmbly's notion. In
the argument on the resolution in theAs
sembly, II was urged that since tho AS
senibly had made strenuous effort tc
drive out foreign non.union beers, II
must do the driving with union home
made beers. Schmulbach's brewery, /.
was also stated, Is straight union con
Germ aud none other than union mer
are employed.
The committee which has for several
months been comforting with the Gro
GERS Protective Association, reported thai
the crocers have waived the clause. In thu
agreement. asking the Assembly to assis
in the collection Of debts, and the agree
tncnt will now be signed. 1t stipulate.
that tho Assembly shall assist in closing
the stores in the evenings and on Sun
days, and that the grocers shall not gel
Marvin's nor the Wheeling bakery
Company's goods nor any brand OF non
union cigars. The seal OF the Moulders
Union, used on ware made at Fish
er's foundry, was given the endorsement
Of the Assembly. The matter of the boy
colt declared against the Tiger Strip,
Tobacco Company OF Zanesville by tin
GAINESVILLE Trades Council, was not re-
moved on account Of the failure OF til,
GAINESVILLE Council to report the matte
to the Assembly.
An hour was spentin discussing thu
eight-houri question. It was reported
that the Martins Ferry Local Union o
the Carpenters Brotherhood had dc
clared against reduction in the hour
and had decided to ask an advance o
twenty-five cents day, April !. Thj
action, it is feared, will have tcndcnc,
to complcato matters ii the Buildin,
Trades Council decides to ask eigh
hours, and an effort will be made /,
have the Martins Ferry Union rescint
or notify its action aud await the actor
OF the Trades Council.
President Wood appointed the fol
lowing committees Tor the coming year
Arhitration-C. Wasseman, Us. Gray
Frank HuseIton, NJ. J. Finley, ". S
Berisford.
Organiza!iun-IIenry scteuk, vii
linn Frohme, jr., Agnes L.atonburg
". W. Wood, james O'kane,rW W. a
Stoetzer. SD, sl-
Lrsislativc--John Corcor.n, Richart
Robertson, James a. Fi,zsimmons
jaime, X! Bier, Charles Harbsook, 2
Butler, Ed. kurtz. Il
Ohio Lesislation-William kiusey, J
B. LaRuc, j. X. McCue, Matthew vii
liams, Patrick Dougherty, Joseph Par
rish, Joseph Grow.