The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-27
LABOR OBJECTS
Through the Trades Assembly to
the New City Charter.
BOTH POLICE AND FIRE CHIEFS
should be Elected by the People, Says the
Assembly - Representatives TO Appear
Before tho Charter Committee aud Adj
yoca,e Changes-preparimg for the La
Dor Day Celebration Lower street Car
Fairs Not Yet Obtained.

The Ohio Valley Trades and Labor
Assembly met yesterday afternoon aud
although the meeting was not u long
one, 1t was very interesting. President
T'ghc called the Assembly to order nj ?
o'clock and Secretary Boes read tho
minutes OF the last meeting.
The first business OF Importance was
The report OF the boycott committee, In
which It reported progress md informed
the assembly that certain Jobbors and
wholesale merchants OF the city were
handling non-union cigars and stoglcs.
This portion OF the report brought out
n motion to have Garfield assembly
Cigar workers., appoint committee
to investigate and request certain mer-
chants to cease handling the "scab"
goods.
The labor day committee reported that
II had decided to give Garfield assem-
bly, the right OF the procession and
stated that the action was taken be.
cause the cIEar-workers had secured
and paid for their own band. The re-
port drew forth quite heated prsu-
ment IN which the representatives OF
the other unions participated. but II
was finally decided TO adopt the COM
mlttecs report.
The committee appointed to walt on
the street car people with n View 60 Sc
cure n special rate for workingmcn go.
ing to and coming home from work, re-
ported through Mr.. Grogan who stated
that the directors OF the company had
shown signs OF acting IN bad faith at
their last meeting by not asking the
ass"mbly's committee to be present az
they had promised to do. He told OF an
agreement which he had with President
Hazard, OF the company. but that gem
uGman was not present ut the July
meeting. The committees report was
accepted and 1t was continued. The
members will probably meet with the
railway directors at their next meeting
which Is to be held August Il.
The next report was the one that
proved through the discussion that fol-
lowed to be the feature OF the meeting.
1t was the report of Mr.. BOdley, who
represents the assembly on the sub
committee on the new city charter. Mr..
Bodley reported the progress OF the
that portion which relates TO the ap-
polntment OF the chief OF police and the
chief OF the fire department by the pro-
posed board OF public safety. was the
signal for an expression OF dIsapprov-
al on all sides. About one-third OF the
delegates present had something 20
say and all OF them were against the
action OF the subcommittee. II was de-
Cjdcd that the assembly should fight
the change vigorously and that the only
way 10 defeat II was TO have the char
ter submitted to the people for vote
on Il. A motion was made and carried
that President Tlghe be appointed to
attend all the meetings OF the commit
tee and use his efforts In securing
changes desired by the assembly and
workingmcn. A committee was also APP
pointed 10 act as an advisory board,
whose duties II will be to adopt means
for carrying ont the desired changes In
the charter. The committee consists OF
FIVE members and was named as fol-
lowg: Messrs. Riley, Sims, Foster, Gro
gan and Bauer,
Secretary Salisbury having resigned
his membership In the assembly, his
place on the Ohio legislative committee
was declared vacant and Delegate
Goodhue was elected to I'LL the place.
Mr.. Riley. was made chairman OF the
committee.
Under the head OF new business the
question arose why It was that the
board of education had no labor pa
per on file at the public library, and az
ter some discussion. the secretary was
ordered to communicate with the board
and request that one be placed on file
for the benefit ot'ttc working men.