The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-12-15
4 LONG, BUSY SESSION N:


or tho Trades Assembly Held Yesterday.
hliners' Strikes, Etc.
The regular session OF the Ohio VAL
ley Trades and Labor Assembly ycster.
day afternoon was fully attended. In
the absence OF President Frohme, who
was at Pittsburgh, Vice President Jere
Mead occupied tho chair. Eight new
delegates were obligated, three Of these
representing the new Miners' Local As.
sembly at Elm Grove.
The Committee on Arbitration re-.
ported that II had held conference with
a committee OF the employing bakers
yesterday forenoon at l9e'eleck, relative
TO the dispute over the scale proposed
by the Bakers Union. There were
present on behalf Of the Assembly
Messrs. Schenck, Dobler and Meade,
and the bakers committee was composed
OF Aiessrs. Fioto, Nolte and Pioch. The
eituation was very fully discussed, and
though no final adjustment was reached,
the committee considered the prospects
bright for an amicable adjustment of
the difficulties ut another conference 10
be held Tuesday evening, to which time
the committees adjourned.
The miners strike at Elm Grove was
taken up, and the split OH the subject 10
the local union was exhaustively dis.
cussed by the two factions" The mat
ter was referred, after two hours OF talk
on its various phaaea, to the Committee
on Arbitration, with instructions 10
agree upon some basis OF settlement, to
hold good until tho National Assembly
can pass on II, it's decision, OF course, to
DO final. Both sides agreed to abide by
tho results Of this action.
Local Union No. Sl05, the teamste,s,
reported the names Of George Woeber, a
liyeryman, and John SChwager, q former
member, who was working for boy,
cotted firm and refueed to quit. The
union asked that these names be put on
the blacklist. After explanations, Woe.
ber's case was referred to the Commit.
tee on Arbitration, while Schwagcr Yves
btacklisted. .
A boycott was declared on Wilbur
Jacobs, the Wheeling contractor.
The trouble Mt the iE.na mills coal
works again came up. The mills are
using "black Sheep coal, tho striking
miners cay, and they want the Alnalga.
mated Association OF Iron and Steel
Workero, controlling the mill, 10 help
them to secure their demands. The
miners petition was referred 10 the
Committee on Arbitration with in
strIfctions to use its influence 10 secure
the action on the part OF the Amalgama.
ton which the miners asked.
The committee which called on local
clothing dealers in regard 10 the hand
ling of clothing manufactured by eastern
boyGotted iitms, reported that the re.
sponses from the dealors here were gen.
orally satisfactory. Most Of them agreed
10 stop handling the goods il the diff.
culties with labor at the factories are not
adjusted.
A report was received from the Gro.
GERS Protective Association, favorable to
the alliapCe. offensive and defensive,
which it is proposed ;hSt Association
and the Assembly shall form.
The matter OF the organization OF the
employees at Reymann's brewery into
the Local Union No. 53 was reported and
diccpssed. Nlr. Reymann offered if the
men ct his brewery Eopld form sepG,
rate union, to rent or build thea hall
to meet in, put also reading room in it,
and pay for fifteen daily papers and
other periodicals, and llt up a bath room
in the building, all for the free use o!
the organization as long as it cesired to
avail Itself Of the offer.
The men were eager TO accept this pro-
posal, and President Gompcrs, OF the
National Federation OF Labor, gave his
consent, but the head officers OF the
Brewers Rational Assembly denurred
and that settled it. Fifteen OF Mr.. Hey.
mann's men, therefore, went into Local
Union SO, and others will join at Its next
meeting.