The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-03-24
A VARIETY OF MATTERS
Discussed ut Yesterdays Meeting Of the
H. Trades Assembly. ND.

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Aregular semi.monthly meeting Of the
Ohio Valley Trades and Labor Assembly
was held yesterday afternoon. President
Wood was absent, and ex.President NJ.
]. Finley occupied the chair. Three
new delegates were admitted, making
the number Of unions now represented
In the Assembly, forty.nine.. The hall
was filled as usuaf, the delegates being
almost numerous enough 10 take all the
chairs.
The first matter actcl upon was a re-
port from tho coal miners, In which they
called attention 10 their strike ngainst
the Van Fossen mines, tho cause being
difference OF opinion with regard to
the matter OF throwing back slack. After
the miners' delegates had made state
ment OF the case, the Assembly endorsed
the strike. ordered u boycott on the
mine, and placed the names Of two
miners, who refused to join the strikers,
on tho black list. W1p"
The strike OF the tumbler amoothers ut
the Central Glass Works WAS reported
10 tho Assembly and referred by 1t to
the Committee on Arbitration. The
strike Is for piece work, and Is against
William Martin, who has the contrac,
under tho Central Glass Company. The
company Is in 10 way concerned. The
delegates from the various building
trades reported their strike In first casH
condition, and stated that their strike
benefits from the national organizations
had arrived. 1t was also reported oil,
cially that a number OF tho striking
workmen are doing well contracting on
their own account.
The strike OF the Stove Filters Union
against the Loseph Bell Stove Company
was endorsed by the Assembly and also
by tho Stove Molders' Union. Ono oil
the Molders' delegates stated that hereto.
fore the shop has been known rs an
open uhop, whore union men md non.
union men both work, but that the
Union had at recent meeting declared
the shop closed to all union men. The
matter was referred 10 the Arbitration
Committee.
The Assombly's standing committee
appointed to csnier with usimilar com.
mittee Of tue Grocers' Association re.
ported that the resolution offered for the
Association's consideration by tho As.
sembly had been laid Oh the table. The
committee had in its possession a list Of
names Of those whom the Grocers want
to have hoycotted, but the Assembly re-
fused to have 1t read because OF the
action OF the Grocers in tabling tho As
sembly' resolution.
In consideration OF tho fact that some
person has spread abroad the statement
that the product Of the West Virginia
Tobacco Company is made by non.union
people, the Assembly passed a resolu.
ton declaring that the company has
never employed other than union work.
ers.
The movement to secure the appoint.
ment Of some representative labor man,
with a national reputation, on the
Worlds Fair Committee, was discussed
a few minutes and laid over for further
consideration.
The feature OF the meeting was dis
cussion OF the question whether man
may belong to union representedin the
Trades Assembly and to the Builders Ex.
change at the same time, or not. The
matter was brought up by communica.
ton from the Team Owners Union stat.
ing that there arc several gentlemen in
the union who arc members of the
Builders Exchange. The Team Owners
Union stated that the matter had been
discussed in their union, but that no de.
cisIon was arrived at. The argument
used against the advisability OF man
being member OF both is that the Elk.
change and Assembly are Numerically
opposite in almost all matters, and since
any member OF union represented in
the Assembly can sit in tile meetings,
with no seal Of secrecy, ho would be at
liberty to keep the Exchange posted on
all matters transacted in the Assembly.
1t was decided by an unanimous vote
that all those who are members OF both
must leave one or the other ut once.
The session plosel with talk by D.
Colyin, OF Michigan, q sixty-year.old
farmer who fayors unlimited silver
coinage. Mr.. Colvin is quite a pleasant
talker and puts his arguments viyor.
Ously. I..