The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-12-16

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jobbery and favortism, in addition to
ignoring the positive pledges to recog'
nize the voice Of organized labor, to say
nothing Of our rights US stockholders
in the Worlds Fair enterprise.
1--WE see on one side the shock to the
business integrity OF the country
wherein the favored few camped upon
the ground are picking the ripest and
iuiciest plumA from the fair stockhold-
ers. On the other hand Is labor with
no voice but that OF protest, pleading
for Justice and equity in the disposition
OF these concessions. Has the Ameri.
can people reached that degree OF
stolidity wherein our voice will not be
heard2
"That labor is aroused, that justice
itself is awake and on its travels
throughout this continent needs no
confirmation other than reading OF
daily papers OF the land. This ques.
ton has spread all over tho United
States, and will direct attention TO mat
tiers and methods that, II not venal,
have all the marks Of villainy.
1.-THE workingmen's committee on the
Conkey contract received its first direct
cut yesterday when the board Of con.
troll of the Worlds Fair, after making
distinct appointment with tho COM
mittee OF the Trade and Labor Assem-.
bly and with the Typographical Union
No. is, stood said representatives OFT
until today, knowing full we'll the con-
tract was ''cinched" in the hands OF the
w. B. ConEey company.
"This may be "busineSs" from the
standpoint Of shrewdness, but the
working people know they hold win
ming hand and will play il. The Amer
lean Federation is our lever on Con-
gress, the American peoples sense of
right our final arbiter in this question.
We appeal to the grand jury OF public
opinion with our cause.
Samuel Gompers was teiegraphed
the following dispatch:
at looks like bitter strife. We will
boycott the fair until its close. The
souvenir coin will be nailed 10 the wall
as a badge OF infamy. Will hold mass
meetings all over the land. No compe-
tition was in the award OF catalogue
and public honesty is outraged thereat.
Sunday opening must BIO killed. Pres
ident Higinbotham says union labor
has no rights.
"The workiugmen have resources
left which they think sufficiently pow
erful to win their cause. Public opin-
ion is to be appealed to throughout the
country in every way to help right Ia
boris wrongs and this stab which JUS
tice has received"
SOME RESOLUTIONS
The following resolutions have been
adopted and sent to labor organizations
throughout the country:
"WHEREAs, The ways and means COM
mittee OF tho Worlds Fair Columbian
Exposition has awarded the contract
for printing the Worlds Fair catalogue
to the W. B. Conkey Company, no
torious non-union concern; and,
WHEREAS, Said action is in conflict
with the principles OF labor organiza-
tions and also contrary to sound BUSH
ness methods, inasmuch rs the said
committee did not advertise for bids,
but let the contract, through the in
strumentality of a mysterious stock
company, to an institution that, despite
declarations to the contrary, made the
most vicious and unfair fight on trades
unionism that ever occurred in the city
OF Chicago; therefore, no it
"R solved, That the Trade and Tabor
assembly Of Chicago does hereby most
emphatically protest against the action
Of the waysand means committee Of the
Columbian exposition and calls upon
the board OF control to refuse to be
party to such netarious transaction;
and be it further
ar, solrsd, That this assembly calls
upon all labor organizations of the
United States to assist the Topographic
cal Union in its efforts to maintain
union principles and to save the e1-
hibitors at the fair from being forced to
contribute to the Golfers Of corpora
ton without being party to the trans
action land, further, be it
"ReSolued, That we, the Trades and
Labor Assembly OF Chicago, do hereby
pledge our moral and financial support
to the Typographical Union in its
struggle for justice"
The protest against tho secret grant
ing of the catalogue and directory con-
cession to the Conkey-TRney outfit is
not alone from the laboring men, nor
alone oh account OF the fact that nom
union firm is the beneficiary. The
2S, 900 stockholders of the Fair are rais-
ing their voices. A simple calculation
shows them that tho catalogue and di-
rectory Of the lair will be source of
great revenue, and they agree that in
Justice to themselves, the work should
be done by the directors in order that
the fair should receive the benefit Of
the receipts. A writer in tho Chicago
Post calls attention to the matter as
follows:
The concession to Conkey & Co. Is an outrage
on tho worlds fair stockholders The catalogue
should have been printed b. the directors.
There will be 10000 exhibitors Each Of these
will want his name and location III the dirrC-
tory, for which he will gladly pay s., making in
nll s7J0,00O, The expense to get this up would
not be moro than 5000, and this Is the Niger
you arc looking for. Conkey's job would net as
follows:
kSce s. %c%iS;: iSir ,S ~
S00o0o
10 per cent on $780, 10000
$4,000
Nice little net proat 900
The foregoing history OF the scandal
is cleaned from tho publications made
in the Chicago papers. Future develop
ments will be watched with interest.