Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-07-10

The fifth annual convention OF the
National Brotherhood Of Operative
Potters, which is being held in this
city. promises to be one Of The most i'm
portant meetings ever held by that
body 1t is the intention to consoli-
date all the existing organizations,
local, State and national, into one
body, embracing all the men engaged
in the industry, and to adopt uniform
scale of wages throughout the country.
The Brotherhood at present takes in all
inc p0tters west Of the Alleghenies. In
the East are two separate organiZa-
lions, the National Potters Union, and
the Sanitary Po-ters' Union. The lat
ter organization is comparatively new,
but il has already experienced the benc-
fits of organization. 1t was brought
into existence through q sweeping re
duc,ion by the operators, averaging
about 40 per cent, and the union has
already brought about a restoration OF
the original wages.
President J. T. Morgan and Secretary
T. Dennis of the National Potters'
Union. and President Devlin, of the
sanitary workers, all of Trenton, n. j.,
are expected to arrive to-day, and the
proposed consolidation of all the pot
t5ry workers will be the principal MAJ
ter under consideration at t0-day's
meetings Representatives viii also
be present from Baltimore and other
10, SC
effected, there will be a uniform scale
Of wages in all parts of the country,
and the po-ters will have one Of tAe
most powerful labor organizations in
the United States.
The morning session yesterday was
given up to committee reports, after
which the convention went into COM
mittce Of the whole and acted upon tha
reports The business was largely OF
a routine nature. and possessing no
public interest. - Encouraging news
was received from Trenton regarding
the condition of the pottery workers in
that city. The arrest of Eugene V
Dobs and his associates, for the part
they took in The recent railroad dis
turb3nces in the West, was made the
subject of number Of speeches by the
delegates The following resolution
was adopted:
we the members of the National
Brotherhood Of Operative PCters, in
annual convention assembled, do con-
denim the action Of The Supreme Court
of the United States in depriying the
citizens of said United States CT Amer
lea, of a trial by jury Of mis- peers, and
substituting a trial by injunction 2L
The command of the molOpolistic cor
p0r2ti0ns etc. Be il
Resolved. Thai We tender to Eugene
Y. Debs and his associates in their con
fnement our heartfelt sympathy and
hope that the day is near at hand when
trial by injunction shall he q thing Of
the past, and that each and every cit
izen Of the United States shall be re-
stored 10 his rights as an American
citizen. as granted by the Constitution
OF the United States"
A resolution bearing on the appren-
tice system was under consider9 ion.
but action was postponed until to-day's
nee ing. I'm view Of The fact that there
will probably be q consolidation of all
the peters organizations. The discus
sion. however, was very interesting. T.
is proposed TO limit the number Of Gp-
prentices to each i0urneyman, and to
lim.- the hours to nine for each work
day
A number Of delegates did not arrive
until Yesterday. and the convention viii
now get down 20 work in earnes.. Its
session will probably be prolonged On
account of the important nature of the
business to come up for consideration.