Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-10-13
THEY WILL STRIKE.
81, w,RyHOUININ AND MERCHANTS IAn
70 REACH AN AaREBMINT
n, Nesting Held Las. Night - The Scale
,,,,,., Today aHd One Hundrsd and
rvlB-Eys Men VIII Go Out

committee OF Warehousemen's
-, and the Arbitration Committee
,.bs Trades Assembly met commit
,f RI Wholesale Grocers' Assoeia-
~, last night, in the Office of Neil &
rr-rgbam. The conference lasted from
49,, c,st seven until after eleven
-..,,,E and the committees failed to
...b settlement Of their differences.
49,, result a general strike is declared,
ON rbe hustlerS, drivers and porters
--- .loved in the wholesale houses Will
,- -,rt to-night, when the present agree
Tsnt expires. 49,,
usrrv Baer, NyrOn Hubbard, James
DIV. William Ellingham and Archie
l..,.1 reDreseuted the merchants. The
I'm we're represented by the aroitra-
--.... committee Of the Trades Assembly,
',-,D9-pd OF Roman DObler, William
r.-F-s Jr.. and Jerry Meade, ana
r,tr Bnrke and William Gordon, OF
.ss Warehousemen's Union. The men
s-st announced that they would not con
.5sr any proposition, which involved
rs5uctIon in wages. This was met oy
rps announcement on the part OF the
.-sr,FaDts that they would not consider
-rv r-Y.1sitiOn for an increase OF wages.
These matters were fully discussed
Tine Warehousemen's Committee then
.-rasi 20 waive the demand for an IN
crease in wages, on condition that the
merchants accept the conditions OF Ar
-tl'e of the scale presented Oy theh.
This article reads as follows;
ART. 2.-The employers 70 reserve
the right TO discharge whom they please
fora lust and sufficient cause, but we
reserve the right TO refuse 70 WORK Win
arv man who Is not or will not become
member OF our Union.
The men retired while the GrocerS
Committee considered this pr0p0Sltlon'
The merchants, after brief discussion,
decided 20 refuse 20 COncede the de-
mand. The conference adjourned.
The result will be general strike, IN
which l25 or 100 men will be involved.
The number of men employed at the
largest wholesale firms, VINO will be al
f-.-ed by the strike are as follows:
simon Baer's Sons, 2S; SpeidelS, 20;
Hubbard q PAUL, 2; NJ. Reilly, y; Neil
4 EIfngham, Is; WaterhOuSe Bros, z.
Ir.tZ Bros. aud y. Schultz have
agreed Co give the advance asked. In
s1 advertising column Of this issue will
be- found a card from the Trades Assem-
DIV Committee warning all union men
10 keep away from the wholesale houses
who refuse 20 grant the demands OF the
warehousemen.
a REGISTER reporter saw the Ware
h0usemen's committee after the meet
ng adjourned. They stated that their
principal fight was for recognition OF
their union, and they were willing TO
drop all other demands, II that point
was conceded, and work for the same
wages paid during the past year. IN
der the existing conditions, they claim
hat merchants take advantage Of the
cause which provides that the
wages Of hustlers are advanced
80 cents per week after they have
worked six months. The men may
De- discharged at the expira-
t5u of that time, and II
they ind work elsewhere do not
get the benefit for six months OF the ad-
vance 20 which they are entitled. At
the conference they also demanded that
after hustler had worked SiS months
be should be given a certificate stating
that fact and be entitled 10 So. so per
week, In any wholesale house in the
city.
On the other hand the merchants
claim that TO grant all that is asked
iu clause two of the WarehOuSemen's
scale would be virtually to surren-
der all control Of their establish
weutS to their employees. They claim
they have no objection TO the union, or
90 employees, who wish to join the
u1i0u, but TO compel them to do so or
gst out is an innovation, and an inter-
ference that is intOleraole and 10 which
they will not submit.
A meeting OF the WarehOusemen'S
Union will probably be called for to-
night. Both sides are firm and the out
come Of the trouble is a matter for con-
lecture.