Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-05-15
INTERESTING SESSION
OF THE OHIO VALLEY TRADES AND LABOR AS.
SEMBLY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
A Lively Discussion Over tie Withdrawal o.
Delegates From Local No. Is, A. !. G..
W. U.-Mr. Doblsr 0ut Of the Race
for Labor Commissioner.

| The Ohio Valley TRADES ana LaOor
Assembly met in regular session yester-
day afternoon. There was fair at
tendance Of delegates, and considerable
routine business was transacted. Pres
idept Dobler occupied the chair, with
Secretary Salisbury at his post.
A list of the persons in the city who
| have purchased boycotted coal, was
read by a member Of the Boycott Com
mittee. 1t was very long, including
some two hundred and fifty or three
hundred names. A motion was made
to include all the persons who patron
lied the electric street railway during
the recent strike, as well as the persons
buying the boycotted coal; to have the
names engrossed, framed and hung
upon the wall of the Assembly ROOM
A lengthy debate followed, and the
motion was adopted without dissent
! ing voice.
President Dobler reported that the
labor unions of Moundsville contemplate
the organization of Trades Assembly
One meeting has already been held, and
another will be held next Sunday. tie
requested all members OF the Oily,
az well as all union men and friends OF
! organized labor, to be present and en-
courage the unions 10 the work.
The Secretary read q request from the
American Federation of Labor that the
Assembly sign petitions TO Congress-
representing that the telegraph service
of this country has become burden
some monopoly in the hands OF a COM
pany extorting in charges more than
| twice as much as people of other coun-
tries favored with government lines.
and praying that body to establish
government telegraph and telephone
service On motion, the request was
complied with. A communication re-
garding the boycott OF Leggett u
I MYERS tobacco was referred 10 the
! Cigarmakers' Union.
NJ. E. Stegman, one Of the street car
! strikers who was convicted Of assault
ing workmen in Marshal county, asked
the Assembly TO give him financial ald,
on account of the cost to himself, which
he was unable to pay. delegate
thought the request should have been
made of the local union 10 which he DE-
longed. A motion was made to make a
donation of S45 to enable him TO pay mis-
fine. Another delegate wanted to know
il several persons were not convicted at
the same time. lie thought 1t would
establish a dangerous precedent, and at
the next meeting all the other men
Rwould ask for aid, and also all the men
who are out of work on account OF the
strike. There was no recommendation
from the union. The union has been
sustained by the Assembly as long as
there was any chance for winning In the
strike. Somebody inquired II the union
was still in existence. A delegate replied
that Charley Sylvis took the charter
from the hall and took it home to keep
il. The motion was amended to refer
the matter back TO the street car work
ers' local and then adopted.
Fl. w. Candy and Geo. Refer ten
dered their designations as delegates
from Local Union No. Is, A. +. G. w. T.,
of Martins Ferry. Delegate Candy, who
was present, explained that the action
was taken blythe local on account OF inter-
nal dissensiops gro wing out Of the street
car strike, the members being OF the
opinion that the Assembly had done the
strikers no good. Personally the dele
gates felt very kindly toward the AS
sembly. The designations were &C
cepted. A motion was then made to
Withdraw the boycott on the North
wood glass works, which was placed ut
the solicitation of Local No. Is. This
was urged as retaliatory proceeding.
An amendment was offered to defer the
raising Of the boycott for two weeks, in
| order to give the Local an opportunity
to reconsider its action, which was rep
resented to have been hastily taken.
The amendment was ruled out OF order,
and the motion to remove the boycott
was defeated by unanimous vote. A
resolution was adopted to again take mp
the coal boycott and order printed TO-
600 circulars to be distributed in this
city.
A motion was then made to reconsid.
er the vote by which the designations
OF the delegates from Local Union No.
Is. A. F. G. w. e., were accepted, and
they were laid on the table until the
next regular meeting.
President Dober reported that the
matter OF imported contract labor at q
local pottery had been called to the at
tention OF the proper authorities a,
Washington. and Secretary Carlisle
stated that matters Of that nature viii
be given more attention in the future
President Dobler also announced thai
he has withdrawn from the race fol
Labor Commissioner for this State.
motion was then passed unanimously
endorsing Hon. John Corcoran's candi
dacy, and the Secretary was instructed
TO communicate the action Of the As
sembly to Governor MacCorkle.
Adjourned.