Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-02-13
NOW 10 CITY council.
TRADES asMBLY WILL BRING THE STREET
OAaG sRIKE TO THEIR ATTENTION
The Legislative Committee Instructed to Draw Up
Resolutions to Present 70 Council at the
Next Maetng-A Long and
Lively Debate.

yesterday dlleIuuuus J@'e N~A"'o Wv
meeting opened Such ia the interest
in the affair now all over che city, that
passers-by every now and then would
stop asd try to catch On inkling Of
what the latest was concerning the
affair.
Shortly after two o'clock nearly all
had clambered up the stairs leading 70
the hall on the third door. IL was the
occasion Of the regular monthly meet
ing the Ohio Valley Trades and Labor
Assembly, and coming as 10 did az this
critical time Ia the street car strike, oc-
caSloned considerable interest. II was
the most largely attended meeting OF
the Assembly held for many months.
The hall was filed, all the seats being
taken, and extra chairs were placed
outside the regular rows Of seats. There
were about one hundred and ten per-
sons present, several new delegates be-
ing admitted yesterday. All were In
tent on learning what next was 70 be
done In the street car strike, aud were
so impatient in this regard that they
found 10 difficult TO listen 10 the routine
preliminary proceedings. PRESIDENT
DObler presided, and Secretary Sails
bury was on hand as usual.
MR. HARTMAN TALKS.
After the admission OF new delegates,
and the reading OF the minutes, Mr..
Samuel Hartman was allowed one-half
hour in which 20 address the members
upon the question Of labor and capital,
and particularly on the fundamental
principles OF uniOnism.
Mr.. Hartman is not member OF the
Trades Assembly, nor yet union man,
but afiiliates WITH the working classes,
and takes an active interest In all their
proceedings. He was invited 70 be
present by one Of the delegates, and he
was given permission of the floor by the
Assembly. Mr.. Hartman is q gardener
and wine grower, and lives at BOggs
Run, being no relation 70 the Hartman
who was injured in the car riot. As
bearing on the recent strike Mr.. Hart
man said, eli you understand the full
power OF unionism there need be no
fear. See TO it that those who oppose
you shall get 20 know you hereafter,
and deal with them accordingly. OF
course you should bear 10 mind that all
line OF moral suaSiOn, II possible. As
Illustrating the greed of railroad com
panies, manufacturers, and other cor
pOratiOns he said that the difficulty lies
in the fact that our wealth is 10 the
hands OF the few and the power lodged
in amassed wealth which
CONTROLS THE MARKETS
bA.ween the producers and consumers,
making 10 necessary for the farmer 20
sell for what be eau get, irrespective or
: rood values, and the latter to pay what
Is demanded without regard 20 the le-
Ultimate cost OF production" The
financial condition OF the State Of Ohio
is but a fair index TO the condition Of
the states OF the Union in general. An
other instance will illustrate well the
general trend and tendency Of the move
mept of our country under the control
OF the present system of financial rule.
Just what the nations wealth is esti-
mated 20 be az this time we do not know
But I'm the year 1850 Ia was put down st
$50, OOO 600, 600, a thousand dollars per
capita, or $1,000 per family. On this
vast wealth to-day S36,25O, 100000 is
owned By 81, 100 persons, leaving the
residue 70 the ownership OF the 59,963,-
900 remaining persons, which upon an
average would be less than four hundred
dollars per capita (S395). While on the
other hand 10 would make milliOnalres
OF every one Of them. Allowing these
money lords to make per cent. per an-
mum on their wealth, which is far short
OF their annual income through their
financial gambling scheme, they would
at the end of twenty years hence be
worth 500, $50, OOO,O 600. Now, the aver
age per cent. increase per annum OF the
nations wealth is two and half per
cent But even az its maximum, (32)
its aggregate wealth would be at the
end OF twenty years, S14. 2jO, 600, 600.
From these figures we see that, In less
than twenty years hence these money
sharks would own every dollar OF the
nations present wealth, T. G., Of 1850.
ARBITRATION COMMITTEE REPORTS.
At the conclusion OF Mr.. Hartman's
address he was extended a vote Of
thanks by the Assembly, and then came
the report of the Arbitration Committee
on the recent conferences held with
Manager Jolly. The report was as fol-
lows:
On Monday January 3Oth, the day fol-
lowing the special meeting Of the Trades
Assembly, the Arbitration Committee had
another conference with Manager Jolly,
and after a lengthy argument with him.
and being convinced that be would not ac-
cept any proposition we might then offer
for an amicable settlement ofthe Streetc car
trouble, we finally persuaded him TO make
a proposition, In writing, TO the Street Car
Workers Union, which was 20 the effect
that the men VINO were on strike and
wished TO return 20 work, would have 10
make application for positions individually
and sign a binding contract. We reported
the matter 10 the Street Car Workers
Union, and they refused 20 consider the
proposition The Union then made prop
OsitiOn and sent 10 20 Mr. Jolly by the Ar
bitration Committee. The proposition was
as follows: "All men on strike return 10
work, and the charges against the men
WHO threatened, or made threats, 70 de-
stroy the company's property would be in
vcstigated.n =
Mr.. jolly coSad not consider this propo-
sitiOn IS, he said, there were certain men
who could not return 20 WORK under any
circumstances. The more we tried 10 reas
on with him the more determined be
seemed TO be not 20 settle the difficulty. We
Tually, as last resort, offered 20 leave the
Vttlement Of the trouble 70 an outside ar
vatiOn committee Of three, one
member 10 be selected by
the Company, one by the Union
or Arbitration Committee OF the Trades
Assembly, and the two so selected TO Sc
lect the third party. Mr. jolly would not
give as an answer 20 this proposition at
the time, as be said he would have TO con-
suit the other members of the Company,
and said be would send US word il they
came to any conclusion. As the Commit
tee have received no word from Mr. Jolly
esrea that time Wa ara under. the fr- r,res