The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-26

Who speaks In Wheeling tonight.
tending so far. He referred the COM
mittee to Mayor Butts, President NJ. A.
Chew, Of the second branch OF council,
or Charles c, Schmidt, chairman OF the
council committee on real estate, the
committee being In charge of the city
building. Mayor Butts, however was
IN Cleveland, and would not return to
the city until midnight; Mr.. Chew was
down the river on fishing trip, and in
the afternoon Mr.. Schmidt had not been
seen. The chief OF police advised the
committee to geek another place to hold
the meeting, for the reason that such
meeting at the city building square
would result In the destruction OF tho
grass that now surrounds the building.
The committee informally took up the
question Of other places. including the
public landing, where thousands could
he accommodated In a way that all
could hear the speaker, either from the
wharfboat or from other craft anchor
ed at the short. However, the public
building square was considered the best
place and efforts were 10 be made to see
Mr.. Schmidt or Mayor Butts on the lat
ter's return from Cleveland.
Finally arrangements were made
with the authorities, and the speaking
IS announced to take place from the
west veranda Of the building.
Curious TO Hear Drbs.
That the Debs meeting will be large
" attended goes without saying. The
man Is known throughout the country
as n labor leader of radical ideas, who
Is now buslly engaged in assisting Pres
ident Ratchford of the miners organi-
cation, In trying TO make the coal strike
general by extending 1t throughout the
West Virginia fields. Curiosity will
draw to his meeting many who win not
regard come Of his ideas and con-
illusions with favor
Mr.. Debs will be the first Of the strike
leaders arriving In Wheeling to attend
Tuesdays meeting OF labor leaders, at
which steps to bring the coal strike TO a
successful termination Will be taken.
The call Issued by President NJ. d.
Ratchford, of the United Mine Workers,
requests the presence of the executive
officers OF all Of the organizations afiil-
lated with the American Federation OF
Labor. In the Federation there are
many organizations, and advlces re-
celved by local leaders are 10 the et.
feet that nearly all OF them will be rep
resented at Tuesdays conference.
Prominent among the officials to be
present are President ". NJ. Garland, az
the Amalgamated Association Of Iron
and Steel Workers; President Mahon,of
the street car workers; President Rea,
Of the painters and decorators; Prest-
dent Samuel Gompers. OF the American
Federation Of Labor, and many others
As to the result OF Tuesdays confer
cnce there IN some uncertainty mt this
time naturally However, 1t Is known
that an effort will be made to termi.
nate the strike In favor of the miners
by inducing the flremcn. brnkcmcn and
conductors to refuse TO man trains
hauling West Virginia coal This has
been announced from the beginning to
be the last resort OF the strllcrs-lt was
said that such step would not be Ia
ken until the attempt to make the strike
general In West Virglnln had failed or
failure was assured. Now that the
mIners' organization aud the officials Of
other organizations In sympathy with
II are said to have come 60 the dctcrml-
nation to call on the rnllroadcrs, II
would seem that the efforts Ia bring out
West Vlrplnln miners IN anything like
considerable numbers had proved fu-
tile.
Engineers Not Represented.
The engineers brotherhood viii not
be represented at the Wheeling confer.
once and the miners have no faith In
their ability to bring the engineers over
to them to tho point of declining IS haM
the west virginia coal Their efforts
nlong this line will be directed entirely
on the organizations Of the iremcn,
hrnkcmcn md ronhuctprR.w hnNc not
the ultra conservative reputation pos
scsscd by the Brotherhood of Loc0mo-
tive Engineers. This organization, II
wit be remembered dlt not participate
In che railroad strike In which Dchs was
the leader with the engineers dcclln-
Ink to come out some of the labor PEG.
pie doubt that The calling out ot the
llrpmon, conductors and htnhCmCn
would cause a tlc.up Of the roads
Aside from the alternative NJ having
The nllroldorH assist IN winning the
STRIKE, II W known that nm Cibri win be-
made ut TuoHd1r'B meeting Nv have tho
several labor organizations assist tho
United Mine WnrRdrH IN d renewed ana
more vigorous unOrt among the miners
In West virginia though tho onurtl