The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-05-15
TRADES ASSEMBLY.
Regular semi-Monthly Meeting
Held Yesterday Afternoon,
TELEGRAPH TELEPHONE SERVICE
Under Government Control Asked
for-An Echo of the Late Street Car
strike-Delogates Resign, but the
Resignation is Not Acoepted-coal
Miners to be organized-other Rou-
tine business.

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Assembly met in regular session yes.
terday afternoon, and transacted consid,
cradle routine business, The attendance
was very good, twenty or thirty delegates
being on hand. Mr., Dobler was in the
chair.
A member OF the boycott committe Of
the assembly read list OF people who
have bought coal from q boycoited
company; the list wasvery long, and in.
cluded people all over the city, two or
three hundred in number. After the
list had been read a delegate moved
that the names OF people antagonistic
to unionism, by patronizipg the street
cars during the late strike, and by buy
ing the boycotted coal, be engrossed,
framed and hung on the wall Of the as.
sembly room. The motion unani-
mously prevailed.
The auditing committee reported
progress in settling up the accounts Of
the assembly.
President Dobler stated that the
working people OF Moundaville have de-
cided 10 organize trades and labor as
sembly., and members OF the local us.
sembly have been invited to attend the
second meeting OF the MoundsvilIe as
sembly next Sunday.
Blank petitions were received from
the American Federation Of Labor, ad-
dressed to both houses OF congress,
praying for q governmental system OF
telegraph and telephones. The petition
represents th2tthe telegraph service OF
this countrYhas become q burdensome
monopoly1h the hands OF company
extortE9 in charges more than twice as
much us the people OF other countries
i9yond with government lines are
Obliged to pay. 1t also represents that
When the existing telephone patents
expire similar monopoly will come
into existence; therefore the petition
goes on to ask congress 10 pass laws es.
tablishing governmental System Of tcle-
graph and telephone.
1t was decided that tho request for
signatures be complied with. The pc.
tition was generally signed by the mem
bers OF the assembly. When filled the
petition will be sent to the American
Federation Of Labor. 1t is estimated
that nearly million signatures can be
secured for the petition. The fedora
ton, 1T is understood will push the
matter before congress at It's next SOS.
sion.
A communication was read from NJ.
E. stegman, one Of the upper Benwood
street car rioters. He represents that
he was fined and imprisoned, that he is
married and unable to pay his fine. He
asked financial assistance from the
assembly. President Dobler stated that
another charge is pending against Steg-
man, WHICH will come up in the June
term OF the Marshall county circuit
court. A delegate wanted to know II
the man ia member OF any local union,
and II so, the matter be referred to the
local, Another member moved that the
fine be paid by the assembly. Another
delegate thought such action would es-
tabllsh precedent, 80 that others fined
would como up for assistance, and that
after awhile the men who we're knocked
out Of employment during the strike
would want to DO paid by the assembly.
Another member took the Same stand,
stating that the precedent would BIO a
wrong one, and that the treasury
should not be touched" on every occa-
sion. A member OF the street car
workers union said that member had
taken the charter from tho hall and the
unions existence suspended. Another
motion to tho effect that the matter be
referred back to the street car workers
union, carried.
Messrs. II. A. Gauding and George
Rlzor, members OF the assembly from
Martins Ferry Local Union No. Is, un-
der instructions from their union, ten.
dered their designations. One OF the
delegates from the local said since tho
street car strike, the opinion among his
local brethren:had been that the assem-
bly, does them no good. On motion, it
was decided to accede to the request.
and at the same time that the boycott
on the Northwood glass works product
be removed. The former part OF tho
motion prevailed, but there was some
discussion relative to the removal OF the
boycott, and 1t was finally decided not
to raise the boycott.
n luOtlon 70 teCouhlueC Lnc aCLloH Oh
the assembly in accepting tho resigna-
ton OF Mossrs. Gauding and Rizor by
local union No. 10 was made, aud the
resignation was laid on the table until
the next meeting.
The candidacy Of John Corcoran for
state labor commissioner was endorsed.
II was ordered that the organization
committee proceed at once and en-.
deavor to organize the miners in the
Koontz mines.