The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-10-09

The Ohio Valley Trades and Labor
Assembly met in regular semi.monthly
session yesterday afternoon at their
hall on Market street, twenty.iour dele
gates present, President Grogan in the
chair and Secretary Salisbury at the
desk. The business transacted was OF
more than usual interest.
An auditing committee was APP
pointed by the chair, aud after the
meeting the books of the assembly were
examined and found to be correct,
everything in proper shape.
Boycott circulars were ordered
printed, regarding the product of two
stove foundries and pants concern.
Tho special committee delegated by
the assembly at the last meeting to in
vestigate tho Franzheim.E ngcl affair,
and report to the assembly, through
Mr.. ?. +. Farrell made the report. Mr..
Farrell stated that after the committee
first got together the sheriff was out OF
the city, but that on last Wednesday he
was seen, when he declined to go be-
lore the committee on account Of pre-
vious engagement for that evening.
The report submitted was us follows;
"That neither Mr.. FranZheim nor any
witnesses in his behalf appeared before
the committee, and that the evidence OF
the witnesses presented by MIR. EnGel
retuted all tho charges made against
him in the letter sent to this assembly
by Mr.. Franzheim and tended toward
the complete vindicatiou OF the latter
from improper conduct. The committee
from the evidence presented recon-
mends that Mr.. Engel be exhonorated
from all blame in the trouble at the
grand stand on Labor Day, as having
only been q party to it owing to an at
tempt to faithfully perform his duty.
W. II. RILEY,
RICHARD ROBERTSON,
P. i. FARRELL.
Tho committee having in charge the
revision OF the bylaws and constitu-
ton OF the assembly made its report
The now set OF bylaws and constitution
were presented in printed form. 1t was
first proposed to take them up by sec
tons, but there was opposition to this
proposed procedure, and it was finally
decided to lay the whole matter over
until tho next meeting The new rules
20 into effect on the first OF January.
Delegate NorrinGton reported us to
the effort made to organize the mu-
sicians, and said that there we're excel.
lent prospects for their being organ
lied.
The trustees reported receipts and
expenditures for the current quarter.
The report was received and fled.
The next business up Tor considers.
ton was moro or less in the shape OF n
bombshell to many OF the delegates.
1t was tho following statement signed
by two Amalgamated men:
ave, MS members OF Ohio Valley
Trades and Labor Assembly, deem it rs
our duty in tho interests OF the Anal.
gamation to investigate the means
adopted to bring abont the change
which was made recently in the Stand.
ard mill, wherein Mr.. Hugh Clark
secured and accepted the position
formerly hold by Charles Kaufman"
Several members spoke about the
statement mado, and one said that Clark
had taken the Job at one-third what it
has heretofore paid. There seemed to
DO n sentiment that Clark had secured
the Job in q not altogether open-hauded
way, and that he is in fact "blaCk'
Sheep" as one delegate expressed it.
After a great deal OF talk it was decided
to place the matter in the hands Of the
arbitration committee OF the assembly,
and they we're directed to make thor
ough investigation Of the entire affair
and to report to the assembly at the
next meeting, when action will be taken.