Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-05-20
FOR CHEAPER MEAT.
An Expression Of Opinion by the
Trades Assembly
an Ordinance Pending
in Council-A Brief Session Yes
terda T Address Made by M. j.
Elliott Of the American Railway
Union.

The question of permitting farmers
to sell meat in open competition with
the local butchers, was the matter dis
cussed at a special meeting of the
Trades Assembly. called for that pur-
pose, yesterday afternoon. The matter
comes up at this time through the in
PRODUCTION of an oSinance in the City
Council, and the Trades Assembly has
declared in favor of its passage.
The Legislative Committee, to whom
the matter was referred, met at one
o'clock, and after a short discussion,
decided to recommend for adoption the
following resolution:
Resolved, That the movement now
pending before the City Council to
grant the farmer the unrestricted priv
ilege of selling meat at any place and
in any quantity, to suit the purchaser,
meets with the unqualified approval of
this Assembly.
When the matter came up in the AS
sembly it was freely discussed, but no
opposition was manifested. President
Riley, Delegates Tighe, Clifton, Darby
and others advocated the adoption OF
the resolution, advancing strong ar
guments in support of their position.
1t went through by unanimous vote.
The business of the Assembly was
completed early. Mr.. NJ. J. Elliott, a
member of the Board of Directors of the
American Railway Union, was invited
to address the Assembly. Mr. Elliott
is one of the officials of that labor or
ganization who suffered imprisonment
with President Debs, after the great
Pullman strike He is an entertaining
talker, and has an apparently mex
haustible fund of information upon the
labor question. His style is ausmenta-
tive, rather that rhetorical, and al
though extremely radical in some of
his views, he is generally logical. His
address was listened to with close at
tention by the elegates
Mr.. Elliott spoke of his connection
with the American Railway Union, and
enlarged upon the strike at Pullman,
HIS, and the conditions which brought
it about He made the statement tina,
the strike was ordered by the A. r. t.,
and not by President Debs, as reported
in the newspapers. He contrasted the
A. r. L. with the Brotherhood of Lo-
connective Engineers. In the latter or
ganization, President p. NJ. Arthur is
supreme. while in the former the con-
trolling power is the Board Of Direc-
tors, of which Eugene Y. Dabs hap
Dened to be President. Debs simply
acted in his official capacity as the rep
resentative of the Board.
The speaker denounced in the strong
est language the so-called blanket
injunctions, and the arrest Of labor
leaders for contempt of court and con-
spiracy. He dwelt at some length upon
this feature of the Pullman strike
condemn.ng the system which first en-
Joined the labor leaders, and then pros
ecuted them before a judge and without
a jury. He was particularly indulgent
about what he termed their denial to
workngmen OF the right of trial by
jury which is guaranteed by the Con
suJution of tae United States. The
conspiracy Of Debs and his associates,
he said. amounted to $50 delegates
meeting in convention, preparing plans
for a strike. and carrying them into
execution.
Mr.. Elliott also spoke in a general
way upon the labor question, finding