The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-01-28
ORGANIZED LABOR.
Ito Representatives In tho o. v. II.
81. A. Met Yesterday.
MANY INTERESTING MATTERS
Wero Up for ConslderatIon-Prosl.
dent Riley Appoints Ills Standing
Committces-Tbo Warrentoa Coal
Mine DImoulty..Tho buckeye Strike
Uphold-More New Delegates Ad.
mittcd-othor business Transacted.

Yesterday afternoon n regular meet.
ing Of tho Ohio Valley Irados and Labor
Assembly, the general labor o~rganiza.
tion OF Wheeling and vicinity, mot in
regulas nos,ion, tho hrst, by tho way. Of
the newly elected delegates. President
Riley occupied the chair and Secretary
Salisbury was at tho desk. A number
Of tho delegates who were not present
at .ho last meeting, woro on hand, and
obligated, as follows:
Tobacco Workers. Union No. 1887,
A. F. OF L.-Robert Smith.
American Flint Glnsaworkors' Union,
No. - William Robinson. Louis Shank
and Abraham Stamm.
United Mine Workers, No. l5l-J. d.
Starr.
Musicians Union, No. Si-Charles W..
Doane. Isaac Z. Friesc, William Motto
and Robert Yahrling.
Various minor matters OF no great
importance were reported to the Assem-.
bly, aud then m Of the miners' dole
gates brought up the Warrenton coal
mine trouble. detailed some time ago In
the ISrELLrGEScER. Tho delegate had
gone TO Steubenvillo for a conference
with the Jefferson county prosecuting
attorney, Mr.. E L. Erskine, and tho
outcome may be u case in the Ohio
courts against tho Warrcnton mine
owner, who, alleges tho assembly, has
been violating the Ohio law In paying
his employees in merchandise. Sherman
GLASGOW. tho Bellaire miner, was pres.
ent and spoke regarding this matter. A
copy oil a proposed agreement, presented
to the coal company by the labor peo-
pie, was read. Finally a motion was
passed, %instructing the arbitration com.
mittce to proceed against the company.
President Riley named his standing
committees as follows:
West Virginia Legislative-Peter F.
Farrell, chairman; Ned Sims, Ii. A.
Foster, William Hughes, F. G. Darby.
Ohio Legislative-G. W. Clifton,
chairman; ]. ?. Faust. J. Wilson, Ed.
ward Ssrautman, W. II. Blon.
Arbitration - John W.. Norrington,
chairman; Jere Mead aud S. II. Engel.
Organization = Richard Robertson,
chairman; Ii. A. Uthman.
The bonds OF the various officers
were presented aud all accepted.
President Tighe presented the
following resolution, which was uuani.
mouhiy adopted in the assembly:
WHEREAS, There appears to be a de.
termined aud persistent effort on the
part OF the management OF the Buckeye
Glass Company, Of Martins Ferry,
Ohio, to introduce in its works that per-
nicioua system OF non-unionium for tho
solo purpose Of crushing out both or.
ganized labor and union wages, there
fore, be 1t
Rcsolred, That this assembly commend
the firm stand taken by the Flint Work
ers Union II their efforts 10 maintain
both union principles and wages, and
extend to them our heartiest support
both morally and otherwise; that we
condemn in severest terms the unjust
and disreputable actions on the part Of
said management and ask all persons to
assist the Flint Workers union in de.
feating this method OF reducing the
American wage Garner to the level OF
the cha,tel slave.
The secretary read, a communication
from Secretary keliher, OF the American
Railway Union, dated at tho McHenry
county (lll.), jail, in which he thanked
the assembly, Tor tinantial assistance
rendered. Debs and the other i'm
prisoned officials OF the order, since the
letter was written have been released.