Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-10-11
THEY WILL STRIKE,
NO SETTLEMENT REACHED AT THE OONFIR-
ENCEOT WARgHOUSSHEN AND MERCHANTS
A Long Meeting held Last Night st NELL &
BlliDgham's, at Which the Different Scales are
Discussed and Finally REJECTED.

not adjourn until nearly midnight Inc
Warehousemen's Committee was composed
of Messrs. Gardner, John Fisher, P. G.
He'll, E. L. Davit, Jas. Noble and John
Burke. The Merchants Committee was
composed of Messrs. James Reilly, Will
liam Ellingham and Henry Baer. Mr..
| Burke acted as spokesman for the ware
housemen. Mr.. Baer acted as chairman OF
the committees, and A. T. Hupp as sec
rotary.
Article 1st was considered and agreed
TO by both committees. The Merchants
| Committee proposed TO the warehousemen
that they continue to work at their present
occupations, and to be paid at the rate or
scale now in force, until such time as the
| Merchants Committee can meet the ArDl-
tration Committee Of the Trades Assem-
/ bly,. The proposition was rejected. IL was
then resolved by the Merchants Com
! mittee that in consideration OF that
rejection of their proposition by the ware n.
| housemen, that the merchants reject the
! scale offered by the Warehousemen's
| Union.
The present agreement will expire on
| Tuesday night, and 4 general strike will be
! the result. In another column Mr.. Henry
Baer adverlises for twenty-five men to
take the places Of men now working:
| Following is full text of the scale pre-
sented by the Warehousemen's Union:
Article l. Fifty-nine hours shall constl-
/ tute a weeks work.
| Article ,. The employers to reserve the
! right 10 discharge whom they please for a
Just and sufficient cause, but we reserve
! the right to refuse TO work with any man
who is not or will not become member OF
our union.
Article g. The minimum price for one
horse driver shall be Sl075 per week;
two horse driver, $l2 per week; a three
horse driver or driver OF transfer wagon,
Sl325, and all drivers who have extra
horses to attend TO- if they do it on their
own time, they shall receive 81 per week
extra for each head, and the extra man at
stable receive an advance OF seventy-hve
cents per week.
Article 4. The minimum price for hus-
tier shall be Sl0.25 per week.
Article D. The minimum price for por-
ter shall be 81 25 per week, and any porter
who is receiving 5000 or over shall re-
ceive seventy-tive cents week advance.
Article 6. All overtime shall be paid for
at tue rate of thirty cents per hour.
This scale TO hold good until the first
day of April, 1892
GEO. MILLER, President.
NJ. WHELAN, Secretary
To this scale the merchants sent the fol-
lowing reply:
WHEELING, w. VA, October Z, 1891.
Mr. George Miller, President WarehouSemen'S
Union, No. 1923:
DEAR SR:-We acknowledge the receipt
of your scale Of October 5, 1891, which we
can not accept. We submit to you here
with scale of wages, which for the
reasons we give below we consider more
4 r.ly 70 (lrn,s
reasons for such are: First, the reduced
cost of living through bountifu! crops. and
the low prices of nearly all the necesSaries !
of life. Second, the shrinking Of values
amount TO about 80 per cent on most Of the
articles we handle, thereby causing pro.
pOrtionate re iuction Of our profits, as
compared with last year Third the in
ceased cost Of dQ9g 6qs ness thTf9ggg55I ag
etc.
The above we consider good and sufficient |
reasons for presenting this scale, and by !
accepting the same you will show your |
sense of fairness, and strengthen the |
pleasant relations existing between en- |
ployer and employee, and you will always
find US ready, as last year, to adjust wages |
in accordance with the times and the cost
of living.
Should there be any features Of the pro-
posed scale to which you object we would
ask that any differences be referred to dis
interested parties for arbitration and ad-
iustment, and that while such arbitration
is pending, work shall be continued and
paid for on our basis, with the under
standing that whatever mutual agreement
we finally arrive at, the difference shall be
made good, or deducted, as the case may
be. Being informed that your next regu'
lar meeting Is next Friday evening, we ask
YOU that you give US positive answer not
later than Saturday, The 10th inst, at 9
o'clock n. Very respectfully,
HENRY BAER,
WIN. ELIlNGHAM,
J. n REILLY,
Committee of Wholesale Grocers and
Produce Dealers.
This letter was accompanied by the scale
presented by the merchants, which was as
follows;
WHEELING, w. VA, Oct. 8, 1891.
GENTLgMEN:-We present the following
to take effect October l4th, 1891, and con-
tinue until February LIST, 1898:
Article l. On and after October l4th,
1891, tifty-nine hours to constitute weeks
work.
Article .. The minimum price to be paid
for a hustler shall be S150 per day, after
be has been in our employ six months.
Article 3 The minimum wages for apor-
ter shall be $40 per week.
Article 4. The minimum prices for drivers
shall be $40 per week for one horse wagon,
sll. 25 for two horse wagon, and Sl2.5O for
a three horse wagon, and transfer wagon
that drivers shall help each other TO load
and unload, when called upon, and shall
take care of their teams in addition to the
50 hours las specified in article one) with
out extra compensation.
Article D. That all over time II called out
after p. m. shall be paid at the rate OF 70
cents per hour for porters and hustlers,
and 25 cents per hour for drivers.
Article 6. The schedule agreed upon
hereby 10 go into effect October l4th, 1871,
and remain in effect TO February lst, 1898.
Article :. The jobberS reserve the right
TO employ and discharge men for good and
sufficient cause, and express no objection
10 their men joining the Union, providing
such is done of their own free will, and
without coercion, and their refusal shall
NOT be- a cause for dissatisfaction or aoro-
CATION Of this agreement.
This letter was read al the meeting of
the Warehousemeus Union, on Friday
evening. and the scale was unanimously
rejected. as reported in yesterday morn
ing's REGisTER. Following is the reply OF
the Warehousemen TO the Merchants.
WARxHoUsEMENs UNION, No. 1922
WHEELING, w. VA, Oct. 8, 1891.
To the Merchants Protective association:
Yours Of the 9th received and contents
noted. It was read very carefully but OBJ
iected BY unanimous vote. II this is not
satisfactory our committee will meet you
at any time you may appoint.
Yours Truly,
WAREHoUSEMENs UNION.
NEARING AN END.