The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-03-12

Tho Ohio Valley Labor and Trades
Assembly mot in regular session at its
rooms on Market street yesterday after.
noon. Tho attendance OF delegates was
somewhat better than at tho meetinCa
Of tho past month. aud tho interest III
tho proceedings pronounced.
The following now delegates wero
Obligated:
Musical Protective Union-John Bach
man, Joseph Kalterbach, W. II. Paul,
Charles Doane, Joseph McisIcr.
X. OF l.. No. 255-Alpha PeaDO.
The miners aud pottery strikes wcro
reported to tho assembly. Tho Wheel.
ing creek coal miners strike was re.
ported satisfactorily settled.
The pottery workers reported tho
names OF three packers at q local pottery
for the blacklist. The matter was re-
fcrred TO the arbitration committee fer
consideration.
The typographical unions delegates
reported No. ~ has been unable TO do
anything looking TO the uuionizing OF
the COrlsr Stone office. 4 resolution
boycotting the paper in question was
passed.
The report OF the West Virginia leg.
islativc committee regarding its visit to
the state penitcntiary board was read
by the secretary.
"Your legislative committee as in.
structed by this body appeared before
the state pcnitcnLiary board on We'd.
ncsday last to enter 4 protest against
the introduction oil tho manufacture oil
hollow ware i'll that institution. Brother
Dobler and others addressed tho board
in opposition TO the hollow ware scheme,
principally on the contract system OF
hiring Convicts or in other words selling
their days labor for forty-two cents to
parties who made over one dollar and
fifty cents on their daily product. Be-
sides the product OF such labor coming
in competition with the product OF free
labor had ruinous effect on the mar
kGt price OF labor, rs well rs forcing
manufacture engaged in the hollow
ware industry out oil the market and
throwing their employees out OF employ.
ment making work scarce and labor
plenty.
"Mr. McNabb, hollow ware mouldor
and manufacturer from Bellaire, accom-.
panied the committee in the interes. OF
the moulders OF the Ohio Valley. This
gentleman made statement from his
knowledge and experience in the busi-
ness for Il number OF years. He said
that one dozen No. S tea kettles made
by FREQ labor cost s. in the Belalre
market when dozen OF the same kind
OF penltentiary made article, sold in
the game place for 81 SO. The board did
not seem to overestimatc the remarks
OF Ar. McNNbb. as he was asked in the
commencement OF his statement where
he worked and where such manuiac-
turing establishments were located; he
answered III BCllaire Ohio. Then the
board had no further use Tor him, and
promptly asked the question OF your
committee il any hollow ware was made
in this state. 10 tins question we had
10 answer no. but were here 10 protest
against this industry being introduced
III this institution through the appeals
and request oil organized labor through
. the state, and that on this account our
mission WAS to fight the new plan on
general principles.
"Then We were asked ii We could pro-
pose any scheme whereby the convicts
could be employed, whero thor labor
would not compete organized labor and
keep that institution as self sustain
ing one. We answered by saying'that
they should be utilized in making
county roads through the state. One OF
the board said that the last legislature
made some law bearing on this ques-
ton but nobody seemed to put it in
force or made any application whatever
Tor ConvICts 10 work on county roads,
ard that there were nearly two hundred
IN the pen getting big with
laziness' and something must
he done to put them 10 work.
Your committee on pressing tho Ques.
ton OF the injury and ruinous effect the
prison contract labor would have on
free labor was answered in this manner
by Captain Cnipley OF the board, that it
was organized labor through its constant
boycotIs thnt forced manufacturers and
capitalists TO turn to penal institutions
Tor the labor OF canviCts under the con-
tract system. This gentleman was ans
wered promptly that greedy employ.
ers and capitalists had made applicn,
ton for prison labor before the word
boycott WIS known. The cantain after