The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-01-11
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Again a X d Over at at Last ast
4. Night Meeting Of
THE BUILDERS RS EXCHANGE.
Board Of Directors orGnnizcs..A
II Contractor Talks about tho Pro.
x posed Movement which he Docs
Not Think will Nfntcrinllzc.i

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Another largely. attended meeting Of
the Builders Exchange was held ut the
Chamber Of Commerce last evening.
Considerable business Of d routine char.
acteri was disposed Of, but nothing Of a
really public character was transacted.
The meeting OF tho Exchange was fol.
lowed by one Of the new Board Of Direc.
tors. The.siS hold.over members Of the
Board are Mrs. Joseph w. Bier, Pr.
Gilligan, R.V.EArkle, Louis Hartanay,
d. Il. Brooks and Alex. Keinple. Tho
SIX newly elected members, who will
continue In office for two years, arc
Messrs. William Carney, Bernard Kle-
Wis, Edward Holiday, a. G. Fisher, j Ohm
Chapman and G.E w. Baggs. Tie
Board y organized J. by electing Mr..
Bier Chairman, Il and Mr.. Willard
1. Giesey, Secretary. 81. The \ financial
condition OF the Exchange was inquired
into by the Board and found TO be In ex-
cellent shape. Arrangements were also
partially perfected for sending the dele
gates recently elected to represent this
Exchange in the National Builders Elk.
change, to. st. Paul the latter part OF this
month to attend n meeting OF the Ma.
tional organization. 4 4 a, &,
AS matter OF course tho proposed
eight hour, movement, the Inauguration Of
which Is set for the current year, was
talked over to some extent during the
meeting OF the Exchange. There Is a
growing impression among the members
OF tho Exchange that no effort will be
made to enforce the proposed eight hour
rule by the Il workmen hercabouts
this Il year. During the present
week the builders and contractors were
waited on byn committee from the local
branch OF the Carpenters Brotherhood,
and asked as to the stand reported 10
have been taken at the last meeting OF
the. Exchange with reference 10 the put
ting up by each member OF tho Exchange
Of s., 900 to- be forfeited in case the do
mand for eight hours Is acceded To-. The
committee, it is said, was told by all
those it waited on that the intention
was to firmly resist any demand made
Tor eight hours, and that the Exchange
felt itself 10 be in conditionto beat the
men il there was Gght over the cues.
ton. x 4. Is 4 2 <, s5lrS,
1t has been the understanding all along
that no eight.hour demand would be
made in this city unless all the building
trades united in. making it.. The report
among the contractors is that the Brick.
layers Union has about resolved,not to
join in the demand.
A contractor, in speaking the matter,
said: So far, rs can see there is among
the conservative element OF those en-
ployed in the building trades m aver
sion to \ making the demand this year.
They have had a good years steady work
and another year Of steady work is be-
fore them il they! do not kill it. "a
large number OF workmen built them
selves homes last year, going into build.
ing associations or borrowing money
for that purpose. They did J this on
the Strength Mof s the }steady work
they ;: saw ahead and II "a do Il not
apprehend that they : will feel like
sacrificing both their work and their
homes 10 make this demand. The
money. one may have laid by goes very
last when one lis idle. q; II. the matter
comes to a fight the members Of the Elk.
change are in a position 10 win. 4 81