The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-11-25

Yesterday afternoon :! regular semi
monthly meeting Of the Wheeling CEN
trail labor organization, the Ohio Valley
Trades and Labor Assembly, was held
at It's hall on Market street, at which
there was an unusually large attend
ance OF delegates, President Riley was
in tho chair und Secretary Salisbury
firted with the inkstand.
The following new delegates were i'd
mitted ard obligated;
Mountain City. Lodge, A. A. /, q s.
w, MARTINS Terry)-w. A, Clark.
IIodcarrlcrs' Union No 5O26, tFederR-
tlon)--Osborne Grey.
The special committee ON "Moying
Day., which hud been Instructed to
confer with real estate agents and own
ers relative to changing tho annual
moving day from April to May |, on
account OF the usual lnclemcnucy OF tho
weather on the frat mentioned date,
made its report IN the shape or an
ugrcGmOnt TO make the desired change
by making leases starting on April /,
1926, run thirteen months, SO they VIII
expire May /, 1897, when the May
moving day" would 90 Into effect. This
agreement was signed by all the real
estate agents and n large proportion Of
the real estate owners Of the city, The
report was accepted and the committee
discharged. 1t Is practically settled
now that the desired change Will be
made.
The West virginia legislative COM
mltce reported progress In the matter
OF Its effort 10 secure the use Of coal In
the city water works pumping station,
in place Of natural gas, at greatly de-
creased cost.
a delegate from tho tobacco union
asked that the product OF the Detroit
tobacco factory be declared union
made; inter discussion this was done.
4 committee from the local miners
union reported that II had interviewed
the new gas board members who had
declared against the further use In the
electric light plant OF ron-union coal
on motion the motion was referred TO
tho West Virginia Legislative commit
tee 10 "see It through"
AT several sessions OF the assembly
the matter OF prison made clothing
turned out by the Sing Sing conYicts,
has been matter OF discussion. II was
brought home to the local organization
by the allegation OF the New York
Clothing cutters unions that Il Wheel
Ing firm has been handling the con-
Wet garments. This, however, is de-
MED by the firm In question. The mat
ter Is now further complicated by It's
becoming feature OF the jenlOuslCs
and differences that exist between the
two big labor organizations, knights
OF Labor and American Federation OF
Labor II seems that the X. OF L. sub
organization, United Clothing Cutters
and Trlmmers, has been pushing the
fight against the convict garments, and
now the New York firm which handles
the product has made an arrangement
with the Federation by which II can
place the federation label on the gar
ments The cloth Is cut by union labor
and put together by the convlcts, AMI
goes on the market with the union la
bel attached This ls u curious condi-
ton OF affairs 10 sny the least.
There Ia n law In New York by which
prison mnde goods must be shipped dl-
rect from the prison, but the law ~
evadcd In very clever manner. For
instance should a retail firm order
these goods OF the New York iobber
who handles the product, he might do
II innocently, The goods are shipped
from Sing Sing to some New York
drnyman to be forwarded 10 the real
conslgnee. and at New York the prison
marks are erased The assembly could
take no action while the Federation To-
bel continues to DO uPed